Pymatuning earthquake in Pennsylvania and Late Minoan Crisis on Crete

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 245-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Gorokhovich ◽  
G. Fleeger
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Water Loss ◽  
Numerous Case ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
Insight Into

One of the previously published hypotheses on Late Minoan Crisis on Crete considers water loss in aquifers as a reason that forced late Minoan people to abandon their palaces and settlements. According to this hypothesis the water loss in aquifers is attributed to the activity of repeated earthquakes at that time. This hypothesis was supported by numerous case studies of the effects of earthquakes on aquifers in various geological regions around the world. Presented study concentrates on detailed description of the one of the most interesting cases, the aquifer in Pennsylvania (USA) damaged by the relatively moderate Pymatuning earthquake in 1998, and compares its geological settings with similar conditions on Crete, specifically near Phaistos and Knossos palaces. Pymatuning earthquake resulted in devastating effect on approximately 120 households that lost drinking water from wells. The lessons from Pymatuning earthquake provide a unique insight into similar situation that could occur 3,600 years BP on Crete.

Hegel’s Account of Christianity and Religious Alienation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-152
Author(s):  
Jon Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
The Other ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
Insight Into

In his Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, Hegel argues that the development of the religions of the world leads up to and culminates in Christianity, which is the one true religion. One key element which separates Christianity from the other religions, according to Hegel, concerns the issue of alienation. He argues that the previous religions all contain some form of alienation, which can be found in their conceptions of the divine. In this paper, I wish to examine Hegel’s view that Christianity alone overcomes religious alienation. What is it that makes Christianity so special in this regard? This is a particularly important issue given that the question of alienation is so central in the post-Hegelian thinkers such as Feuerbach, Bauer, and Marx, who all insist that, far from overcoming alienation, Christianity is guilty of causing it. I wish to argue that this issue provides new insight into the old criticism of Hegel as a thinker of abstraction.

Hegel’s Account of Christianity and Religious Alienation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
The Other ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
Insight Into

In his Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, Hegel argues that the development of the religions of the world leads up to Christianity, which is the one true religion. One key element which separates Christianity from the other religions, for Hegel, concerns the issue of alienation. He claims that the previous religions all contain some form of alienation, which can be found in their conceptions of the divine. I wish to examine Hegel’s view that Christianity alone overcomes religious alienation. What is it that makes Christianity so special in this regard? This is a particularly important issue given that the question of alienation is so central in the post-Hegelian thinkers such as Feuerbach, Bauer, and Marx, who all insist that, far from overcoming alienation, Christianity is guilty of causing it. I argue that this issue provides new insight into the old criticism of Hegel as a thinker of abstraction.

scholarly journals A benchmarking study for reforming a Korean water department

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-15
Author(s):  
S. Lee ◽  
H. Park ◽  
D. Choi
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Performance Indicator ◽  
Indicator System ◽  
Water Services ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Public Servant ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
A Performance

This study is aimed at developing internal reform plans for a water department of Seoul City by benchmarking it with selected best practices of the world. At first a performance indicator system was developed to logically evaluate concerns, problems, and issues of the Seoul water department. Since it is typical of Korean water services providers, the Seoul water department was selected while Tokyo's in Japan and Denver's in America were selected since they were considered as best practices of public waterworks much similar in governing structure to the one in Seoul. The results of benchmarking concluded that Seoul has traditionally been emphasizing more on “being a good public servant” providing drinking water services, and should be reformed in directions emphasizing ‘entrepreneurship’ to overcome its current limitations. Based on the results, a road map to reform the Seoul water department was established. Since it is typical in Korea, the reform plans and road map established were further recommended for reforming other drinking water services providers in Korea.

scholarly journals Not Just a Slice: Animal Crossing and a Life Ongoing

Loading ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 72-88
Author(s):  
Gracie Lu Straznickas
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
It Impacts ◽  
Game World ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Insight Into

This paper defines and examines a genre of videogames I call slice of life and reflects upon the use and appeal of the genre for different audiences. I develop an account of the slice of life genre by defining three critical traits: the mundane activities comprising most of the game time, the normativity of social interactions within the world, and the ongoingness of the game world in the absence of the player. Utilizing a journal and experience-based methodology, I present my own experience with chronic pain and pain management to assess how Animal Crossing: New Leaf, a game that falls into this slice of life category, was useful to me as a disabled player. My analysis not only reveals a connection between my experience in Animal Crossing: New Leaf and pain management, but also offers insight into how the slice of life genre involves different metagames for different audiences. Future work may address more case studies in further development of the slice of life genre as well as how it impacts different audiences.

scholarly journals A Portrait of the Mehmandar: Accompanying Hajji Baba, of Ispahan, to England

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-51
Author(s):  
Alina Pelea
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract There are few professions and professionals to be constantly perceived as ambivalent. But for interpreting and interpreters, this seems to be the norm, rather than the exception. On the one hand, there has always been a sense of fascination for these extraordinary people who speak so many languages and have such a wide knowledge of the world. On the other, they have inspired reluctance, distrust or even fear. While literary works sometimes reflect one or the other perception, James Justinian Morier’s The Adventures of Hajji Baba, of Ispahan, in England (1828) reflects both and provides us with an insight into the nature and circumstances of the situation. By following the attitude towards the mehmandar throughout the novel, the present paper considers a set of memes that seem to be still valid today. The reasons this is so relate to features inherent in the profession, the privilege of understanding both sides ‘of the coin’, the power tamper with information, the risk of misunderstanding, etc.

scholarly journals Representación y comprensión de la fotografia: uma epistemologia Del mundo de Cartier-Bresson

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 215
Author(s):  
Juan Bautista Bengoetxea ◽  
Joana Maria Roig
Keyword(s):  
General Theory ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Photographic Image ◽  
Partial Isomorphism ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The World ◽  
The One

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1808-1711.2016v20n2p215 The article aims to conceptualize both representation and understanding in photography, an activity whose main goal consist in elucidating the process through which the photographic image is constructed on a partial isomorphism relationship, as well as in enabling to understand a meaningful message. We appeal to Nelson Goodman’s account, according to which such a construction is based on data provided by the image, on the one hand, and by viewer’s knowledge, on the other. Given that those sources give viewer a new knowledge about the world and that the inferential processes depend upon a general theory of symbols, we both show and account for the inferential procedure that raises from the photographic ‘information’ in several case-studies taken from Henry Cartier-Bresson’s work.

The Multiple Voices of American Klezmer

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
ABIGAIL WOOD
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
World Music ◽  
Old World ◽  
Jewish Music ◽  
Jewish Heritage ◽  
Multiple Voices ◽  
The World ◽  
European Jewish ◽  
Radical Transformation ◽  
Insight Into

Since the 1970s, klezmer has undergone a revival and radical transformation. Originally a European Jewish music, klezmer is now a staple of the world music scene. Although the fusion of instrumental and vocal genres under a single musical umbrella is a significant marker of change between the Old World and revived klezmer repertories, the extension of the boundaries of the klezmer repertory to encompass vocal material has largely been overlooked by practitioners and scholars. This article reinstates song in the narrative of the klezmer revival, exploring how and why it has assumed its prominent position. In case studies of three ensembles, song gives insight into the sensibilities of individual musicians and offers a prism through which to consider contemporary klezmer as both an American Jewish heritage music and a world music genre.

Artefacts of excavation

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Symbiotic Relationship ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Online Appendix ◽  
Original Distribution ◽  
Museum Object ◽  
The World ◽  
New Form ◽  
The One

Abstract This paper explores the collection of artefacts from British excavations in Egypt and their dispersal to institutions across the world between 1880 and 1915. The scope, scale and complexity of these distributions is reviewed with a view to highlighting the complex, symbiotic relationship between British organizations that mounted such excavations on the one hand and museums on the other, and also to providing a basis from which to argue that both field and museum collecting practices were enmeshed within the same processes of ‘artefaction’. These shared processes together created a new form of museum object, here referred to as the ‘excavated artefact’. It is further suggested that the collection of artefacts for museums was one of the primary motivating factors in the establishment of a scientific archaeology in Egypt. Case-studies of the activities of the Egypt Exploration Fund and Flinders Petrie’s work are presented in order to throw these arguments into relief. An online Appendix tabulates the original distribution of objects from eef excavations to other institutions.

scholarly journals Women’s Empowerment: an Insight into History and the Present Day

SIASAT ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-167
Author(s):  
Oksana Koshulko
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
The World ◽  
Insight Into

The article presents the results of research concerning the empowerment of women from the 17th to 21st century in various countries, including Mexico, the U.K., the U.S.A., Ukraine and France among others. Fourteen cases of women's empowerment in their areas of activity are explored, using case studies collected from primary and secondary data. Twelve of the cases are described and explored using secondary data and two cases using primary data, collected in 2019 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The cases are encrypted as Case 1 - C_ 1 through to Case 14 - C_ 14. The article is an important insight into women's empowerment through history to the present, showing how at times women have sacrificed themselves to achieve their aims and how these sacrifices are important for women of today. However, despite the achievements throughout the centuries, women must continue their struggle to obtain full rights and freedom for all women around the world.

A Tale of Two Schopenhauers

2019 ◽  
pp. 11-36
Author(s):  
Sandra Shapshay
Keyword(s):  
The World ◽  
The Will ◽  
The One ◽  
Insight Into

Commentators generally see Schopenhauer as offering a hierarchy of ethical visions, with resignation at the top since it embodies the highest ethical insight into the fixed, grim nature of the world. The life of the compassionate person is a good but ultimately second-rate ideal, for the compassionate person still acts as though the sufferings of the world can be substantially lessened. This chapter calls this the “One Schopenhauer” view. By contrast, this chapter puts forth the “Two Schopenhauers” view. On this view, the ethics of compassion and resignationism cannot be fit neatly into a hierarchy because they are mutually antagonistic: Insofar as one resigns from the will-to-life, one does not live up to the compassionate injunction to “help everyone as much as you can”; and insofar as one lives compassionately, one does not resign from life. Thus, there seem to be two distinct and incompatible Schopenhauerian ethical stances on the world: the Schopenhauer who recommends resignationism, or the “the Knight of Despair,” and the Schopenhauer who recommends compassion, whom this chapter refers to as the “Knight with Hope.” This chapter argues that the interpretive fulcrum here—on the question of which of these incompatible Schopenhauerian ethical visions we should embrace—is the issue of hope: Are there good Schopenhauerian grounds for hope that the world can be substantially improved and suffering reduced?

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