scholarly journals Khazars or "Saltovo-Majaki Culture"? Prejudices about Archaeology and Ethnicity

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-221
Author(s):  
Bozena Werbart
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Forest Steppe ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Archaeological Material ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Common ◽  
Made In

This paper deals with the problems and discussions of the diversified cultural changes and the multicultural aspects of prehistoric societies. Prejudices about archaeology and "ethnicity" are exemplified by the almost 150 year old discussions on the Khazar khaganate, alternately a distinct delimited archaeological culture from the 8th-9th-centuries - the Saltovo-Majaki culture. The interpretation of Khazarian material culture has often been made in terms of "ethnicity", and yet the cultural identity, the multiplicity of the society, etc. , are not translated to the material culture. The economical, social and religious changes are the most significant phenomena within the "Saltovo-Majaki culture” and/or the Khazar khaganate: the transition from nomadism to sedentism, from tribal aristocracy to feudalism, and the transformation to a monotheistic religion. The common denominator for the Khazaria and the Saltovo-Majaki culture is, in my opinion, the pluralism of the social structures and economy, and the multidimensional character of cultural identity. The formation of complexes of archaeological items common to the whole of the steppe and forest/steppe areas, does not allow for connections between a specific archaeological material and a specific "ethnic" group of the past or of modern times.

scholarly journals Messianism and UFO Sightings as Counterfactual Strategies of Enchantment of the World

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-109
Author(s):  
Piotr Urbanowicz
Keyword(s):  
Technological Progress ◽  
New World ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
World Order ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
New World Order ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common

Summary In this text, I argue that there are numerous affinities between 19th century messianism and testimonies of UFO sightings, both of which I regarded as forms of secular millennialism. The common denominator for the comparison was Max Weber’s concept of “disenchantment of the world” in the wake of the Industrial Revolution which initiated the era of the dominance of rational thinking and technological progress. However, the period’s counterfactual narratives of enchantment did not repudiate technology as the source of all social and political evil—on the contrary, they variously redefined its function, imagining a possibility of a new world order. In this context, I analysed the social projects put forward by Polish Romantics in the first half of the 19th century, with emphasis on the role of technology as an agent of social change. Similarly, the imaginary technology described by UFO contactees often has a redemptive function and is supposed to bring solution to humanity’s most dangerous problems.

scholarly journals Edelmetallgegenstände als Quellen zu sozialen Prozessen der Spätawarenzeit (8.–9. Jahrhundert n. Chr.)

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 417-452
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Precious Metal ◽  
Eighth Century ◽  
Carpathian Basin ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Archaeological Material ◽  
Metal Artefacts ◽  
The Social

Abstract The present paper analyses the precious metal artefacts, scarcely known in the huge archaeological material of the “late Avar period” (eighth to early ninth centuries AD). Unlike in the previous era the majority of the gold and silver objects of the late Avar period are stray finds; in particular high-quality goldsmith's artefacts are absent in the grave assemblages of the eighth century. The significance of precious metal objects in grave assemblages reached its low ebb around the middle of the late Avar period; afterwards not only new object types appeared but a new grave-horizon emerged comprising precious metal objects. This paper, based on the quality and morphology of the objects, their archaeological contexts as well as their spatial distribution, draws a conclusion concerning the social and cultural changes in the early medieval Carpathian Basin.

scholarly journals KELENTURAN MASYARAKAT BALI-TRADISIONAL TERHADAP MODERNITAS DALAM KUMPULAN CERPEN MANDI API

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Puji Retno Hardiningtyas
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Short Stories ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Social Conflict ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Cultural Dynamics ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
The Social

This study analyzes the social dynamics of Balinese culture and intellectual to face tradition and modernization clash by applying the theory of sociology literaryas a scalpel. This researchis is adescriptive study using descriptive qualitative research, descriptive analysis analytic methods, and the theory used of sociology literaryas. Within the scope of the sociallife of the Balinese people, the collection of short stories Mandi Api by Gde aryantha Soethama presentinga local color.This Socio cultural dynamics is combined with ancestor’s social symptoms pressure, namelysocial interaction between communities, social conflict, cultural identity, andhuman relationships that shape the Balinese behavior and culture. The intensityof the social and cultural changes as a result of activity of Balinese life isstrongly influenced by the strength of the values and traditions ofindigenous cultural communities in the social environment of Bali.AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis dinamika sosial budaya dan sikap masyarakat Bali tradisional dalam menghadapi benturan tradisionalitas dan modernitas. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif kualitatif, metode analisis deskriptif analitik, dan teori yang digunakan sosiologi sastra. Hasil yang ditemukan terlihat dalam lingkup kehidupan sosial masyarakat Bali, kumpulan cerpen Mandi Api karya Gde Aryantha Soethama menyuguhkan warna lokal. Dinamika sosial budaya ini dikombinasikan dengan tekanan tradisi nenek moyang menimbulkan gejala sosial, yaitu interaksi antarkomunitas sosial, konflik sosial, identitas budaya, dan hubungan percintaan manusia Bali yang membentuk perilaku dan kultur masyarakat Bali. Intensitas terjadinya perubahan nilai sosial budaya sebagai akibat aktivitas kehidupan masyarakat Bali sangat dipengaruhi oleh kuat lemahnya nilai tradisi dan adat di lingkungan sosial kultural masyarakat Bali.

scholarly journals Infancia, familia y educación análisis histórico y cambio social

2021 ◽  
pp. 183-197
Author(s):  
Carmen María Cerdá Mondéjar
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Traditional Function ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
Care Assistance

The interest for the care and education of childhood have varied throughout the different historical time. Together with the transformations experienced within families, childhood has gradually and progressively attained meaning and relevance in the social environment. The new moral and spiritual function assumed by the family in the transition to modern times, and which went beyond its traditional function as transmitter of surname and heritage, implied the appearance of new emotions towards childhood at the same time their individuality intensified.At present, childhood acquires important centrality both in the private family space in which its protection, care, assistance and education prevail, rooted in new link of relationship (Burgess, 1972: 6-7), as well as in the public space, social, political, normative and economic. With these ideas, this research aims to historical analysis of the conception of childhood and its education, from ancient times to the present day, within the framework of the family and considering the repercussions that political, social, economic, demographic and cultural changes have had on childhood. La atención y el interés por el cuidado y la educación de la infancia han ido variando a lo largo de las diferentes etapas históricas. Ligada a las transformaciones experimentadas en el seno de las familias, de forma gradual y progresiva la infancia ha ido alcanzando significado y relevancia en el medio social. La nueva función moral y espiritual asumida por la familia en el tránsito hacia los tiempos modernos, y que rebasaba su tradicional función como transmisora de apellido y patrimonio, implicó la aparición de nuevas emociones hacia los menores al tiempo que se intensificaba su individualidad. En la actualidad la infancia adquiere notable centralidad tanto en el espacio privado familiar en el cual prima su protección, cuidado, asistencia y educación, enraizadas en nuevos vínculos de relacionabilidad (Burgess, 1972: 6-7), como también en el espacio público, social, político, normativo y económico. Partiendo de estas premisas, este artículo tiene por finalidad el estudio y análisis histórico de la concepción sobre la infancia y su educación, desde la antigüedad hasta nuestros días, dentro del marco de la familia y considerando las repercusiones que los cambios políticos, sociales, económicos, demográficos y culturales han tenido sobre la misma.

scholarly journals The Planning and Design Strategy from Ecological Civilization Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengyuan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Rural Planning ◽  
Ecological Civilization ◽  
Coordinated Development ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
The Social ◽  
Industrial Civilization ◽  
The Common ◽  
Social Economic Development ◽  
Rural Construction ◽  
Made In

After experiencing thousands of years of the agricultural civilization and the industrial civilization development, China has finally entered an ecological-civilization stage in recent years, and the environmental protection has become an important gauge for measuring the social economic development. In the procedure of urban and rural construction, the release of the Urban and Rural Planing Decree signifies that the coordinated development of urban and rural planning in our country has entered a significant historical stage. This thesis has summarized and analyzed the common prob-lems existing in domestic urban and rural planning and design. Based on the problems this thesis has made in-depth discussion of the urban and rural planning and design with the ecological civilization issue which has been widely con-cerned in current social development and the implementation of the Urban and Rural Planing Decree being taken into consideration.

The European Nations and Their Jihadis

2021 ◽  
pp. 272-290
Author(s):  
Farhad Khosrokhavar
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
European Country ◽  
Strong Sense ◽  
The Political ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Uk

The comparative analysis of jihadis in different European countries is of major significance. Chapter 5 focuses on the ethnic and national origin of migrants and their sons in Europe, the political culture of the host European country, and the social and economic process of the integration of migrants’ progenies within each European country. In France, for instance, laïcité is a distinguishing feature compared to the rest of Europe. Likewise, English multiculturalism is a characteristic that affects immigrants in the UK differently from those in other countries. These differences in political culture among various countries may provide important information regarding the factors that led to jihadism. Still, the common denominator among disaffected youth in Europe was a strong sense of non-belonging among the European jihadis. IS was quick to exploit the enduring malaise of young Muslims, middle-class or disaffected, into a massive fascination through its promises of reconquered dignity, economic promotion, and the status of hero in the war against the Infidels.

scholarly journals Vasićev zakon periferije

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 775
Author(s):  
Monika Milosavljević ◽  
Aleksandar Palavestra
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Analogical Reasoning ◽  
Complex Mechanism ◽  
World War ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Archaeological Material ◽  
The World ◽  
Phases Of Development

The understanding of the ways in which the pioneer of Serbian archaeology Miloje M. Vasić explained cultural changes is important for the archaeological tradition we work in. Consequently, the aim here is to detect the weak spots in the epistemological foundations of the Serbian archaeology and to enable the improvement of the conceptual tools we use. Vasić’s entire interpretive concept of the praehistoric Danubian valley periphery was constructed before the World War I, and stated that it was decisively influenced by the religious ideas from the cult centres of the Aegean, and by the direct contact with the Greek colonists as well. Searching for the explanations for the then unknown material culture of Vinča, he chose cult objects because he believed these objects preserved conservative practices and reflected conservative tendencies of communities. The conclusions founded upon cult objects Vasić transformed into generalizations related to all other phenomena. Having chosen his sample, he used specific methods for analysis of archaeological material, developing a complex mechanism to explain how in the periphery these original ideas were transformed beyond recognition. He used stylistic analysis and method of groups, proceeding to the Kopienkritik method, developed by his teacher Adolf Furtwangler. Just like written sources are valorised by their place in the chain of reproduction form the original, in the same manner certain objects represent forms whose distance from the centre can be estimated. However, Vasić further complicated his equation, by introducing at least one more force operating upon the degeneration of objects on the periphery – the influence of deep substrate levels of the peripheral cultures. This intersection of forces may be labelled as Vasić’s “law of periphery”, according to which the corruption of material culture in the periphery is influenced by the distance from the centre and the conservatism of the deeper popular layers. Although he linked this profound traditionalism of population to the survivals, in Vasić’s interpretive key these in fact represent the mutated form of the concept of survivals, borrowed from unilineal evolutionism, and are more linked to substrate, according to which continuity is supposed to be monitored, than to evolutionary phases of development. He identified this mutated concept of survivals and substrate in folk customs, the most famous being the recognition of the Dionysian ritual in the ethnographic present of his time. This manner of chronologically and spatially unlimited analogical reasoning inevitably led to erroneous interpretations, with long-lasting epistemological consequences in Serbian archaeology.

scholarly journals The First Italian Farmers: The Role of Stone Ornaments in Tradition, Innovation, and Cultural Change

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1398-1424
Author(s):  
Cristiana Petrinelli Pannocchia ◽  
Alice Vassanelli
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Eastern Coast ◽  
Neolithic Period ◽  
Geographical Differences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Choices

Abstract When the first farmers landed on the eastern coast of the Italian peninsula (end of seventh millennium cal BC), they brought with them a system of knowledge and technologies that quickly spread along both the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. The study of the material culture, therefore, assumes an important role in understanding the social and cultural identity of these incoming groups. Analyses of ornament production – involving manufacture technology, raw materials, and stylistic choices – may supply information about the cultural choices and the technical skills of human groups and shed light on the social and symbolic system of these ancient populations. Data obtained from this work show that the ornaments became symbols of a growing cultural identity, which began to be developed within Italian territory. In the ornamental assemblages of the newcomers, the relevance of shaped lithic items is clearly visible, and there was the development of types that will become more and more standardized during the Neolithic period. However, elements in the symbolic culture of these first settlers, such as the use of Columbella rustica and the exclusive production of hard animal matter ornaments in some sites, recall previous traditions. This study intends to extend our knowledge on the ornamental customs of the first Italian Neolithic communities. It will attempt to establish if the chronological and the geographical differences that emerge from our analyses reflect diversities in the cultural and symbolic systems of the incoming farmers and different possible interactions with the native population.

scholarly journals “FLORA CAPILAR” Y OTRAS TRANSGRESIONES FANTÁSTICAS DEL PELO EN LA NARRATIVA HIPERBREVE DEL COLECTIVO MICROLOCAS

2022 ◽  
pp. 183-199
Author(s):  
Ada CRUZ TIENDA
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
Social Conventions ◽  
Body Experiences ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Common

Pelos (2016), del colectivo Microlocas, es un libro de microrrelatos cuyas autoras despliegan un imaginario compartido donde el vello, denominador común del conjunto, a menudo cobra vida propia, en sentido figurado o literal. Este artículo se centra en los relatos propiamente fantásticos de la obra, con el objetivo de analizar las diversas formas de distorsión imposible que experimenta el cuerpo en sus narraciones, especialmente en aquellas en que dicha distorsión no solo transgrede lo humanamente posible, sino que también pone en entredicho las convenciones sociales tradicionalmente impuestas a una parte del cuerpo de naturaleza tan cambiante como es el pelo.  Abstract: Pelos (2016), by Microlocas collective, is a book of flash fictions whose authors display a shared imaginary where hair, the common denominator of the whole, often takes on a life of its own, figuratively or literally. This article focuses on the actual fantastic stories of the collection, with the aim of analyzing the various forms of impossible distortion that the body experiences in its narratives, especially those in which such alteration not only transgresses what is humanly possible but also questions the social conventions traditionally imposed on a part of the body with such a changeable nature as the hair.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document