scholarly journals The Transmutation of the Symbolist Ethos: Mystical Anarchism and the Revolution of 1905

Slavic Review ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 608-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal
Keyword(s):  
Current Crisis ◽  
The West ◽  
The World ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Religious Aspects ◽  
Social Upheaval ◽  
The Revolution

He [Chulkov] says to me, “mystical anarchism,” I say to him, “non-acceptance of the world, supra-individualism, mystical energism,” and we understand each other. . . .Viacheslav IvanovThe Revolution of 1905 challenged the symbolists’ belief that they could seclude themselves from the rest of society. Forced to reexamine their previous ideas, values, and attitudes, they developed new ideologies that took cognizance of the current crisis. Among the most prominent of the new ideologies was mystical anarchism, the doctrine of the symbolist writers Georgii Chulkov and Viacheslav Ivanov. Particularly attractive to the symbolists, mystical anarchism also influenced other artists and intellectuals; doctrines similar to it proliferated, and it engendered a polemic in which almost all the symbolists took part. Strikingly similar to the mystical anarchism of other periods of social upheaval, both in Russia and in the West, illuminating a facet of the little-known mystical and religious aspects of the Revolution of 1905, and providing an example of the response of apolitical writers and artists to revolutionary upheaval, Chulkov and Ivanov’s doctrine merits closer study than it has so far received.

scholarly journals The sportification of judo: global convergence and evolution

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shohei Sato
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Global Convergence ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The West ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Olympic Sport

AbstractThis article re-examines our understanding of modern sport. Today, various physical cultures across the world are practised under the name of sport. Almost all of these sports originated in the West and expanded to the rest of the world. However, the history of judo confounds the diffusionist model. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, a Japanese educationalist amalgamated different martial arts and established judo not as a sport but as ‘a way of life’. Today it is practised globally as an Olympic sport. Focusing on the changes in its rules during this period, this article demonstrates that the globalization of judo was accompanied by a constant evolution of its character. The overall ‘sportification’ of judo took place not as a diffusion but as a convergence – a point that is pertinent to the understanding of the global sportification of physical cultures, and also the standardization of cultures in modern times.

A GRASP ON THE NATURE OF LUNDAYEH THROUGH THEIR TRADITIONAL DANCE CULTURE

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
LEE SUAN CHONG
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
The West ◽  
Dance Culture ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
Religious Aspects ◽  
Life Philosophies

AbstrakPenduduk Lundayeh terdapat di Tenom, Sipitang dan Long Pa Sia, di sepanjang pantai barat Sabah, Malaysia. Bentuk dan sistem tarian Lundayeh telah melalui perubahan dan variasi sejak kewujudan mereka di Borneo. Artikel ini mengkaji dalam pelbagai aspek, termasuk muzik, pakaian, pergerakan, fungsi dancerita-cerita daripada tarian tradisional yang diamalkan dalam masyarakat Lundayeh hari ini di Kemabong, Sabah. Tarian tradisional Lundayeh yang masih diamalkan berdasar terutamanya kepada aspek budaya, sosial dan agama hidup Lundayeh. Kajian ini membawa kepada penemuan corak pemikiran, falsafahhidup dan perspektif dunia Lundayeh yang dipengaruhi oleh agama dan budaya purba mereka. Tarian tradisional Lundayeh berfungsi sebagai satu saluran untuk memahami sifat orang Lundayeh sebagai salah satu kumpulan etnik kecil di dunia. Pemahaman tentang sifat orang Lundayeh akan terus menyumbang ke arah perkongsian dan penemuan dalam dimensi ilmu kemanusiaan yang baru.   AbstractLundayeh populations are found in the areas of Tenom, Sipitang and Long Pa Sia, along the west coast of Sabah, Malaysia. Lundayeh dance forms and systems have gone through changes and variations since their existence in Borneo. This paper looks into a variety of aspects, including music, costumes, movements, functions and stories of the traditional dances practiced in today’s Lundayeh communities in Kemabong, Sabah. The surviving traditional dances found to have stemmed from the core of Lundayeh cultural, social and religious aspects of life. The study leads to the discovery of the thinking patterns, life philosophies and world perspectives of Lundayeh that are strongly influenced by their religion and ancient culture. Dance music ultimately serves as a tool to understand the nature of Lundayeh people as one of the minor ethnic groups in the world. The understanding of the nature of Lundayeh would further contribute toward sharing and discovering another dimension of human knowledge and wisdom.

The ongoing aftermath to the financial crisis and the Great Recession

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 560-570
Author(s):  
Gerardo del Cerro Santamaría
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
The West ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The World

This article discusses the consequences of the financial crisis that started in 2008 in the West, and particularly in the United States, as a manifestation of neoliberal capitalism’s multiple failures. In doing so, it focuses on the scholarly contributions of Manuel Castells and his colleagues in two important books: Aftermath: The Cultures of the Economic Crisis (2012) and Another Economy is Possible (2017). Both books are collective works led and edited by Castells. Also included in the review is a third book by Castells, Rupture: The Crisis of Liberal Democracy (2018), which can be read as a statement on some of the political consequences of the 2008 financial crisis and a report on the current crisis of liberal democracy. The contention is that Castells et al. make an important contribution to the socio-economic literature on the financial crisis, its consequences, and the interpretation of the societal changes that ensued and are key to understand our contemporary world. Such contribution, as observed in the three books under review, can be summarized as follows: (1) Castells and colleagues provide cases and examples from around the world in a broad comparative fashion, thus expanding our understanding of a crisis that was essentially a crisis of the West with ramifications in other countries but never a truly global crisis. (2) The approach of Castells and his colleagues is interdisciplinary and goes beyond purely economic arguments to include sociological, political and cultural ideas and insights that help us understand the complexity of the historical period under analysis; readers develop an awareness of the systemic character of the crisis, where all events were closely interrelated; in particular, both micro and macro processes leading to the crisis converged into a mutually dialectical and reinforcing relationship that warrants the contention by the authors that ‘economies’ are ‘cultures.’ (3) The authors in both Aftermath and Another Economy is Possible focus on the (long) aftermath of the crisis, which is still ongoing as of September 2019 around the world; in fact, one of Castells’ main points is that the financial crisis brought about irreversible societal change, ongoing and clearly visible today, as it triggered a significant restructuring of global informational capitalism. (4) The authors provide a focus on one of the reactive consequences of the crisis: alternative economic practices developing in the aftermath of the crisis, under the premise that we might be witnessing the rise of a new economic model based on new, alternative values. (5) Castells provides a discussion (in Rupture) of aspects of the contemporary political landscape a decade after the outset of the financial crisis and the Great Recession.

Mary and Mariology

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorian Llywelyn
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
The West ◽  
Christian Doctrine ◽  
Marian Devotion ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The World ◽  
Global North ◽  
Almost All

The mother of Jesus is the most important female figure of Christianity. Mary appears in a small number of biblical passages, but the vast Marian phenomenon includes Christian doctrine and a range of cultural expressions. Interest in Mary emerged early in the Eastern Mediterranean, and spread into the West. With slightly different emphases, Catholics and Orthodox Christians share a number of beliefs concerning Mary and pray to her, but most forms of Protestantism reject Marian devotion. While Catholic attention to Mary diminished in the global North following the changes wrought by the Second Vatican Council, it has remained strong in other parts of the world, especially in Latin America. Shrines such as sites where Mary is believed to have appeared draw millions of devotees annually. Contemporary Mariology, the academic study of the figure of Mary, includes considerations from almost all the liberal arts.

scholarly journals ABAEV AND THE LANGUAGE GAP BETWEEN THE RUSSIAN AND WESTERN IRANOLOGICAL TRADITIONS

Kavkaz-forum ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Р. ФОЛЬЦ
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Huge Amount ◽  
The West ◽  
Actual Problem ◽  
Iranian Studies ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Life ◽  
Almost All

Большинство специалистов согласятся с тем, что Васо Абаев является величайшим ученым, областью научных интересов которого было, прежде всего, осетиноведение, рассматривавшееся им под углом иранистики. Уже при жизни он, несомненно, пользовался международной известностью и признанием среди иранистов, о чем свидетельствует публикация 540-страничного юбилейного сборника в его честь, выпущенного Итальянским институтом стран Африки и Востока в Риме [1]. Но в какой степени эта репутация основывалась на том, что его западные коллеги действительно имели возможность глубоко вникать в содержание его исследований? Из огромного количества материалов, созданных Абаевым за его долгую жизнь, практически все были написаны на русском языке, которым мало кто из иранистов владеет как на Западе, так и в самом Иране. Если говорить о переводах, то было переведено и опубликовано лишь несколько статей и одна книга по грамматике, и они, к тому же, существуют в крошечном количестве копий, хранящихся в университетских и государственных библиотеках. Принимая во внимание огромный вклад Абаева в науку, вызывает сожаление тот факт, что большинство иранистов за пределами бывшего Советского Союза имели такой ограниченный доступ к его трудам. В статье поднимается актуальная проблема интеграции русскоязычной иранистики в мировое академическое пространство, вскрываются основные причины слабой вовлеченности советских/российских осетиноведческих исследований в международную иранистику. Кроме того, дается краткий обзор тех немногих работ по осетинской тематике, которые вышли за пределами России. Most experts will agree that Vaso Abaev is the greatest scientist, whose area of ​​scientific interests was, first of all, Ossetian studies, which he considered from the angle of Iranian studies. During his lifetime, he undoubtedly enjoyed international fame and recognition among Iranian scholars, as evidenced by the publication of a 540-page anniversary collection in his honor, published by the Italian Institute of African and Oriental Countries in Rome [1]. But to what extent was this reputation based on the fact that his Western colleagues did indeed have the opportunity to delve deeply into the content of his research? Of the huge amount of materials created by Abaev during his long life, almost all were written in Russian, which few Iranian scholars speak either in the West or in Iran itself. In terms of translation, only a few articles and one book on grammar have been translated and published, and they also exist in tiny numbers of copies held in university and government libraries. Given Abaev's enormous contribution to science, it is regrettable that most Iranian scholars outside the former Soviet Union had such limited access to his writings. The article raises the actual problem of integrating Russian-language Iranian studies into the world academic space, reveals the main reasons for the weak involvement of Soviet / Russian Ossetian studies in international Iranian studies. In addition, a brief overview is given of the few works on Ossetian topics that have appeared outside of Russia.

scholarly journals CONSULT ANALYSIS OF EFFECTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE PERIOD OF QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS IN UKRAINE AND THE WORLD

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Chkan ◽  
Iryna Chkan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Special Support ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Operational Management ◽  
New Type ◽  
Almost All

The article deals with problems in the activity of enterprises in the conditions of the new modern crisis  pandemic. The purpose of the research is to identify the most priority and effective tools and measures of effective entrepreneurship for enterprises in a pandemic  a new type of socio-economic crisis in the world. In the article the consult-analysis of the activities of enterprises by the authors was conducted. The authors have determined that the current socio-economic crisis has significant differences from all previous crises that took place in the economy of the world. It is determined that today the enterprises of almost all branches of the national economy find themselves in a situation where they simply do not have sufficient financial resources, lose their profit through of fluctuations in the exchange rates, must operate in a new way, have to implement new technologies of operational management, have to completely change the technology of work with consumers or even suspend their activity on indefinite term. According to the research, most of the enterprises, even in the situation when they continued their activity, can work for quite a limited time. In this aspect, the expediency of developing and implementing a set of measures by the state of supporting the entrepreises in crisis and post-crisis periods has been proved. As the priority were determined different areas: preferential taxation, compensation of wages paid to employees, introduction of a temporary moratorium on checks. The practice of foreign countries (Poland, Italy, Germany, France, Britain, USA) on the protection of entrepreneurs in the crisis is analyzed. Most of these countries financially support entrepreneurs and the population, introduce preferential taxation on the results of their activities, and create special support funds. The authors summarize in the article the set of measures implemented in Ukraine for small and large businesses. On the whole, the authors identified that measures that have been developed in Ukraine to support business, help in the current crisis, but most of the measures are not enough productive, their implementation has some limitations and difficulties.

scholarly journals The Concept of Modernization of the Ottoman Empire in the XVIII century

2020 ◽  
pp. 45-60
Author(s):  
A. Chalyi
Keyword(s):  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Political Actor ◽  
The West ◽  
Xviii Century ◽  
The World ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Xix Century ◽  
Desperate Attempt ◽  
European Civilization

Article examines views and current conceptions of theory of modernization applied to the so called “Eastern societies” and more to the Ottoman Empire as the most prominent non-European political actor and one of few states that survives the domination of the “West” during XIX century. Due to its origins in 1960’s, theory of modernization encompassed wide and numerous ideas, theories and concepts in desperate attempt to clarify, how backward and generally weak, comparing to its Eastern neighbors-rivals European civilization (mainly Western European) became economically and so force politically stronger and suddenly turned the tables, enslaved almost all the world for century. Europeans created new or renovate old institutions (frequently in spite of themselves) to became fitter than their competitors in worldwide struggle for wealth, both political and economic. Theory of modernization tries to explain when, how and by whom these changes were incentivized. It took a few decades to create various and rarely views depends on scholar’s scientific methodology and research methods, ideological preferences and ethnicity. Simultaneously, such European-based theories were applied to the non-Western societies due to find out the reasons of their second-rate positions, which appeared obvious to anyone in the last quarter of the XIX century. Author tries to apply a methodic instrument given by theory of modernization to analyze the process of reforms in XVIII century Ottoman Empire and what their efforts in political, economical and moreover mental spheres lead them into a trap of vicious circle of reform. The main question, were the innovations, provided by Ottomans a simple westernization (in the meaning of mindless compilation of European-created institutions) or in was straight purpose to emulate “Western” societies – to become stronger and sufficient, using their own resource and methods.

scholarly journals ASTROLOGI SEBAGAI ILMU BANTU EPIGRAFI: SEBUAH PEMIKIRAN

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-96
Author(s):  
Djulianto Susantio
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
The West ◽  
Human Aspects ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Many ◽  
Almost All ◽  
India And China

Of the thousands of inscriptions, both stones and metals, there is only small number known as dated. Other parts are damaged, worn, or missing for various reasons. Generally, inscription contains elements of the date, month, and year in the Saka dates. With a particular method, Saka dates can be converted to AD dates. Even through the knowledge of astronomy, the element of hours can be interpreted. These four elements, namely the date, month, year, and hour are absolutely necessary in the analysis of astrology. Originally astrology is used to predict human life. However, with the development of science, it can also predict the non-human aspects, such as the important events in the history of the world. Through incisive analysis, knowledge of astronomy and astrology is very useful for epigraphy, although the time was far behind. There are several types of astrology it is commonly known, the West Astrology or Greek Astrology and East Astrology of India and China. Actually, almost all major civilizations in the world knew astrology. But among the many traditions, currently only popular Western Astrology, Chinese Astrology, Indian Astrology. Since a few years ago the West began to introduce Archaeology Metaphysics, one of them through the analysis of astrology. 

Modernity and Muslims

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-44
Author(s):  
M. Ashraf Adeel
Keyword(s):  
Modern Science ◽  
Islamic Culture ◽  
The West ◽  
Critical Attitude ◽  
Central Concern ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Almost All ◽  
European Renaissance

This article is focused on some conditions in today’s world of globalized media, which are producing either an uncritical acquiescence or fright in Muslim societies as a result of the interaction between these societies and the contemporary Western powers that represent modernity and postmodernity on the global stage. The rise of fundamentalism, a tendency toward returning to the roots and stringently insisting upon some pure and literal interpretation of them, in almost all the religions of the world is a manifestation of this fright. The central concern of this article is to suggest that fundamentalism is neither the only nor the most reasonable response for Muslim societies in the face of contemporary modernity. Muslims need to adopt an independent and critical attitude toward modernity and reshape their societies in the light of the ethics of the Qur’an, keeping in view the historical link between Islam and science in as much as Islamic culture paved the way for emergence of modern science during European Renaissance. The necessity of a pluralistic or contextualized modernization of Muslim societies is discussed along with the need for the removal of cultural duplicity in the role of the West in relation to Muslim societies. All this leads to an overall proposal for modernization which is given towards the end.

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