scholarly journals Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Treatise on Tyranny

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-88
Author(s):  
Thomas Banks
Keyword(s):  
Modern World ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Conceptual Frameworks ◽  
Critical Commentary ◽  
Democratic Liberalism

George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four portrayed the societal antithesis of modern liberalism, and in so doing, established the adjective "Orwellian" in popular use. Orwell's novel thematically represents conceptual frameworks of tyrannical governance. Recently, questions regarding a crisis of democratic liberalism have prompted debate, discussion, and study. This article investigates how Orwell characterises the processes by which totalitarianism develops, delineates the nature of autocratic governance, and describes how totalitarianism achieves continuity. Further, this article parallels the typologies of tyranny, developed in Nineteen Eighty-Four, with the modern world. I seek to detail the ways in which Orwell's novel is a cautionary, critical commentary of totalitarianism relevant to contemporary society.

Political Calling in an Age of Technology

2019 ◽  
pp. 41-70
Author(s):  
George Pattison
Keyword(s):  
Public Discourse ◽  
Personal Relationship ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The Impact

The modern world has been marked by a recurring sense of the degradation of language. According to Hannah Arendt, for whom the possibility of politics is interdependent with the possibility of authentic speech, this generates a political crisis, connected to the role of science in contemporary society. The impact of science on the language of public discourse is further explored through Habermas and Uwe Poerksen. Their analyses receive added force through the development of new communications technologies that are proving fateful both for individuals and their personal relationship as well as for political life. Though acknowledging the optimism still associated with these technologies in some quarters, the chapter asks how we can protect against their negative effects. The thought of Byung-Chul Han is used to identify the need for attentive listening and a sense of the uniqueness of the human countenance and name to counter the digital shitstorm.

scholarly journals Can Homeopathy, a Particularly Mild Therapeutic Approach, Survive and Grow in a World of Violence?

Homeopathy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 109 (03) ◽  
pp. 179-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Vithoulkas
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Therapeutic Approach ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Philosophical Question ◽  
Therapeutic System ◽  
Personalized Approach ◽  
Positive Results ◽  
Clinical Problems

AbstractThis short treatise addresses a philosophical question concerning the place of homeopathy in our modern world. The question raised is whether a therapeutic system as peaceful, mild, and non-violent as homeopathy can survive and grow within a society that often displays the opposite characteristics.Much of contemporary society is more interested in fast and impressive cures, even if these may also bring side effects; whereas homeopathy can offer solutions with a personalized approach that requires long hours of case study by the homeopath to find the correct personal remedy that aims to bring about positive results, which the therapy can produce in deep chronic diseases.The conclusion drawn is that homeopathy does not readily fit within a modern and violent society that prefers quick and invasive solutions to its clinical problems.

scholarly journals Protocol SS7 and the Security of Mobile Networks

2019 ◽  
pp. 6-11
Author(s):  
Kristina Guzhakovskaya ◽  
Yuriy Umnitsyn
Keyword(s):  
Cellular Networks ◽  
Mobile Networks ◽  
Mobile Communications ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
Global System ◽  
Telephone Exchange ◽  
Confidential Data ◽  
The World

The paper considers Global System for Mobile Communications, which plays the important role in contemporary society and carries new forms of dialog in the modern world. It is shown, that GSM-nets play two roles: firstly, they serve as communication tools for people who are in any point of world, and secondly, they can be used as tools for confidential data theft due to the old technology for telephone exchange setting, created as early as in the 1970s. Attacks using SS7 are often executed by hackers. After all, the attacker does not have to be close to the subscriber, and the attack can be made from anywhere on the planet. Therefore, to calculate the attacker is almost impossible, through this vulnerability can be hacked through almost any phone in the world. It will not be difficult to eavesdrop on conversations, intercept SMS, get access to the mobile Bank, social networks because of the vulnerability in the SS7 telephone infrastructure, through which service commands of cellular networks are transmitted. Due to the fact that the vulnerability with the Protocol SS7 is on the side of the operator, protection from such an attack is impossible. Until mobile operators are able to abandon this technology, this threat in the field of information security will remain relevant.

The University and the Unhinging of Society

Worldview ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
James V. Schall
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual History ◽  
The United States ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Western World ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Communications Media ◽  
Technological Control ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
Race War

The attention of the Western world has been concentrated very forcibly in recent years on the meaning and the place of the university in contemporary society. Student unrest and political “activisim” have gained widespread publicity in all communications media and in every legislature. In France, Mexico, Czechoslovakia, Japan, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the United States, the university confrontation has occasioned grave civil crises that have shaken the very stability of government itself. The origin and nature of this phenomenon is rooted in the intellectual history of the modern world which has sought to effect a humanism totally subject to man's intellectual and technological control. What we are now seeing is how this control is passing from thought and technique to political and messianic action, to movements which profess to “re-create” man in the midst of his most pressing crises of poverty, race, war, and equality.

Priesthood and Politics in the Nineteenth Century: The Turbulent Career of Thomas Mcdonnell

1987 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith F. Champ
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Pyramidal Structure ◽  
The Social

THE CONSEQUENCE of the Cisapline attempt to ‘grapple with the social and intellectual transformation of the modern world” and to bring about a ‘revision of the pyramidal structure of the Tridentine Church” was the greater assimilation of English Catholics into contemporary society. Encouraged by a new sense of freedom, clergy and laity participated more actively in English public life’ and dismantled much of the closed élite community of the recusant period. This led to a brief phase in which both clergy and laity exercised their new-found freedoms, but which was dogged by disputes. Arguments raged between liberalism and authority, and between sectarian ideals and non-denominational activities. They were eventually resolved in a restoration, by 1850, of the pyramidal structure of the Tridentine Church, in which the role of the laity was subject to the authority and guidance of the clergy.

scholarly journals U-2 The Juristic Decisions and Resolutions about Modern Islamic Finance and economics issued by Islamic Fiqh academy India

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-48
Author(s):  
Sajjad Ahmed ◽  
Muhammad Shahbaz Manj
Keyword(s):  
Islamic Law ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Islamic Finance ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Interfaith Relations ◽  
Collective Effort ◽  
Collective Method ◽  
Muslim Communities

 According to the Quran and Sunnah, the Sharī‘ah ruling for the new incidents derived by the process of Ijtihad. From the Sharī‘ah sources, ijtihad is a prerequisite for the survival of Islam law in a modern world. It plays a crucial role in applying Shari‘ah to contemporary society. Ijtihad is categorized into two types as individually as well as collectively. In the era of globalization and specialization, the collective method of ijtihad is preferably required to be embraced. Collective Ijtihad is a practical mechanism for determining the Shari‘ah’s opinion on modern issues facing Muslim communities (ummah) on a multiplicity of current issues. It explores the practical framework of this kind of ijtihad and its application by discussing the Islamic Fiqh Academy (IFA) India that practice it. The main objective of IFA was to provide solutions through a collective effort of religious scholars to solve the contemporary legal and ethical problems Muslim societies faced. IFA was established in 1989 in Dehli, so far successfully brought together a large number of religious scholars (ʿulamāʾ) and collaborates with a global network of several Islamic institutions with similar objectives. In the seminars discuss all matters from the perspective of Islamic law in a bid to find acceptable solutions. As of 2017 IFA has conducted 27 seminars in different cities of India whereas addressed almost 135 crucial issues such as Islamic Business contracts, Islamic finance, economics, medical ethics, insurance, divorce given by a drunkard and given in the state of intense anger, interfaith relations, and dialogues collective issues have been discussed and its decisions are valued all over the world. By discussing the IBF, the objective is to high light the contemporary collective Ijtihād in Fiqh of finance in light of the guidelines provided by the Sharī‘ah.

The Immortals: Prehistoric Individuals as Ideological and Therapeutic Tools in our Time

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Nordström
Keyword(s):  
Human Remains ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
Full Picture ◽  
Biographical Approach ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Therapeutic Tools ◽  
The One

Archaeologists have begun to look more closely at the history of displaying the dead in museums. One important reason for this is a growing awareness of the fact that, apart from deepening our understanding of certain events in prehistory, the evidence, such as bodies in different states of decay as well as grave-goods, reflects changing attitudes towards death and what it means to be human. One example is Howard Williams’s appeal for the need to look at how early medieval graves are displayed in British museums. He points out that we must be more aware of the seductive and even misleading reconstructions that we can see today, but he also suggested that we should focus more on ‘the bigger picture’: the broader contexts of factors and influences affecting how we display the archaeological dead. This concerns the question: ‘What do the early medieval dead ever do for us?’ He suggests that currently we pay too much attention to the two ‘fringe groups’: those who either stand for the scientific value alone of human remains on the one hand or those who object to the display of the dead on ethical or religious grounds on the other (Williams 2010). Instead, he proposes we focus more on the social roles of the archaeological dead in contemporary society. For several years I have worked on similar issues, mainly with the purpose of understanding why some individuals from the past become famous and ‘immortal’ whereas others are more or less forgotten in their showcases (Nordström 2006a,b, 2007, 2010). I have adopted a biographical approach to human remains in museums in order to afford a full picture of these individuals’ ideological and therapeutic value in contemporary society. What do they, as individuals, as timeless renowned characters, mean to us today? It is important to understand their role in our modern world both as evidence for the human past and as famous objects in museums today. Last but not least, it is vital to recognize that the mass media—newspapers, documentaries, and the like—play an important role in how these individuals’ stories are told and retold.

Perioperative Death

2001 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-3
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Political Statement ◽  
Insight Into

This phrase although a political statement provides a startling insight into the cultural values of death and dyeing in the modern world. Turner (1996) highlights that since mediaeval times there has been a gradual rationalisation of death and its consequences in contemporary society. Turner remarks that we have moved from one system of public ritual and ceremony characterised by religious funeral rights to new rituals, those of a supposed technologically advanced modern society.

scholarly journals Creative Industries in the Context of Globalization: Development Processes and Strategic Solutions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerija Kontrimienė ◽  
Borisas Melnikas
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Creative Industry ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Industry Sector ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
The Impact

The object of this paper is related to the sector of creative industries and its development under conditions of globalization. The article analyses a concept of the creative industries thus emphasizing the importance of the sector in the contemporary society and economic development. Particular attention is shifted on the growth of exports and imports of creative industries considering the current challenges of globalization. The main aim of the research is to mark the role and the place of the sector of creative industries in the economy of the modern world, including the tendencies indicating changes in the export and imports of the products created in this sector. The methods of comparative and structural analyses of exports and imports of creative industries have been applied for the research presented in this paper. The research also reveals the impact of the development of the sector of creative industries on employment and economic growth in general, reflecting a need for elaboration of specific strategic solutions in the field of creative industries. The interferences presented in this paper prove that research on the development processes of the creative industry sector, particularly in the context of globalization challenges, is a highly promising trend of scientific knowledge and further research.

scholarly journals Business Ethics from the Standpoint of Redemption: Adorno on the Possibility of Good Work

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Craig Reeves ◽  
Matthew Sinnicks
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Social World ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Good Work ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Theodor Adorno

Given his view that the modern world is “radically evil,” Theodor Adorno is an unlikely contributor to business ethics. Despite this, we argue that his work has a number of provocative implications for the field that warrant wider attention. Adorno regards our social world as damaged, unfree, and false, and we draw on this critique to outline why the achievement of good work is so rare in contemporary society, focusing in particular on the ethical demands of roles and the ideological nature of management’s self-understanding. Nevertheless, we show that Adorno’s comments on activities such as art and philosophy mean that it is possible to draw on his work in a way that contributes constructively to the conversation about good and meaningful work within business ethics.

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