Neoliberal economic policies implemented by the Justice and Development Party(AKP)in Turkey empowered the modernization process which is one of the main dynamics of transforming traditional societies.As a result of th...Neoliberal economic policies implemented by the Justice and Development Party(AKP)in Turkey empowered the modernization process which is one of the main dynamics of transforming traditional societies.As a result of this socio-economic transformation,new institutions and technical developments evolved,without any relation to religion or its institutions(Zubaida,2011).In fact,this course has accelerated the individualization process of the religiously educated Generation Z in Turkey,whereas the significance of collective religious identity shrank(Kara,2014).The expansion of social media platforms has influenced young people’s relationship with religion and faith.However,after the Gezi Parki protests in 2013,the government started using a more populist discourse with regard to religious and nationalist symbols.This type of political communication had a crucial impact on the political arena.This research sheds light on the result of a qualitative analysis,based on interviews conducted with Imam Hatip school students in Turkey.The results of these in-depth interviews show how digital media is creating a new ecosystem based on self-identity(Giddens,1991).展开更多
Selfishness,understood as excessive focus on the self,appears to be a predominant feature of contemporary culture.While the degree of self-focus is adaptive for survival and decision-making,self-rigidity has been asso...Selfishness,understood as excessive focus on the self,appears to be a predominant feature of contemporary culture.While the degree of self-focus is adaptive for survival and decision-making,self-rigidity has been associated with significant psychological,interpersonal,and social costs.Throughout history,philosophers,religious leaders,and social activists have promoted a“hypo-egoic”way of being,characterized by reduced self-fixation and greater openness to others.However,a key question arises:How can one cultivate a more flexible and interdependent perspective on the self?Deconstructive meditations are a group of contemplative practices that aim to dismantle self-rigidity by exploring perception,cognition,and emotion.Their central mechanism is self-inquiry,an experiential process that involves directly observing patterns of the self,questioning the solidity of identity,and developing new ways to relate to experience.From the perspective of contemplative neuroscience,these practices have been shown to reduce selfnarrative identification and promote psychological flexibility.Despite their potential,empirical research on deconstructive meditations remains limited and requires further investigation.This article reviews the essential findings on practices,their connection to psychotherapy,and their potential therapeutic applications.Finally,their clinical implications are discussed along with future research directions to validate their impact on mental health.展开更多
Human rights are not only pivotal in depicting the relationship between individuals and communities but also a focal point of political philosophical concerns oriented towards reality. The inseparability of human righ...Human rights are not only pivotal in depicting the relationship between individuals and communities but also a focal point of political philosophical concerns oriented towards reality. The inseparability of human rights from individual self-identity reveals a contradiction between practicality and historicity in understanding individuals, as highlighted in the debate between liberalism and communitarianism. In order to reconcile this contradiction, Habermas,drawing from German classical philosophy, examines practicality and historicity separately: while Fichte intertwines objectivity in self-identity, revealing the practicality of individuals but neglecting their real elements, Hegel interprets self-identity under the concept of unity,examining individuals from a historical dimension but letting rational rules dominate reality. Ultimately, Habermas reconstructs the process of modern individual self-identity from the theory of communicative action by critiquing the shackles of subjective philosophy. He not only reconciles the divergence between practicality and historicity in self-identity, but also elucidates the intersubjective core inherent in human rights.展开更多
The kernel of human consciousness is self-consciousness. We in this article explore the issue about what subjective-self is composed of. A distinctive feature of "I" is uniqueness or un-duplicableness. By cr...The kernel of human consciousness is self-consciousness. We in this article explore the issue about what subjective-self is composed of. A distinctive feature of "I" is uniqueness or un-duplicableness. By critically reviewing a few thought experiments, we reason that subjective-self must be composed of more than a blob of brain cells which are sophisticated enough to think reflexively and a bundle of memories and perceptions. There must be a third constituent for the existence of "I". We put forward two hypotheses for the third constituent. One is that it is something like dark matters or dark energy. Another is that it is something in the higher dimensional space. A person would lose his self-consciousness after death since the death takes away the two necessary constituents of subjective-self, his brain and memories. Where the third constituent would go after death remains a mystery.展开更多
The study aimed to investigate the influence of academic stressors on mental health and the mediating effect of social support and self-identity among college students and further studied the difference between the gra...The study aimed to investigate the influence of academic stressors on mental health and the mediating effect of social support and self-identity among college students and further studied the difference between the graduating students and non-graduating students during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Recruiting 900 college students as sub-jects,used the college students’academic stressors questionnaire,social support questionnaire,self-identity scale and depression anxiety stress scales(DASS-21).The results showed that:(1)The college students’academic stressor posi-tively predicted mental health;(2)Social support and self-identity mediated the relationship;(3)The model also held when academic stressors was replaced by work stressor,but there were differences between the graduating and non-graduating students;(4)The direct effect work stressor on mental health in the graduating group was not significant;(5)The non-graduating students’work stressor could not predict mental health through social support.展开更多
Amy Tan, as the second generation of immigrants, deeply senses the differences between Sino-American cultures. Her great success The Joy Luck Club explores the conflicts between mothers and daughters, showing the trou...Amy Tan, as the second generation of immigrants, deeply senses the differences between Sino-American cultures. Her great success The Joy Luck Club explores the conflicts between mothers and daughters, showing the troubles in such families.展开更多
The author examines the differentiation of self-identity, school treatment, and academic struggle between two Asian American students in U.S. Midwest urban school environments. Using an interview study, the author foc...The author examines the differentiation of self-identity, school treatment, and academic struggle between two Asian American students in U.S. Midwest urban school environments. Using an interview study, the author focuses on understanding the students＇ perspectives in relation to the label of model minority. The purpose of the study is to investigate how social, academic, and economic factors affect these students, including different outcomes in terms of school achievement and self-identity formation. The findings aim to help urban educators approach complex factors regarding minority students＇ educational opportunities. Comprehensive results identified that： （1） The concept of model minority significantly affects Asian American students at all levels of daily life; （2） Urban schools continue reinforcing social reproduction and producing perceptions based on socioeconomic background and intersectional discrimination; （3） The evidence in the study shows that school environments do not aid students in valuing their cultural capital; （4） Students from different social classes present different linguistic and behavioral patterns; and （5） Social stratification significantly influences students＇ perspectives in response to the Asian stereotype, self-identity, and racial hierarchy in school and society.展开更多
Borrowing the methods and findings of Janice Radway’s study in the relationship between audience and texts,this thesis takes a group of English majors(all female)in Guangdong Ocean University(GDOU)as a sample,analyze...Borrowing the methods and findings of Janice Radway’s study in the relationship between audience and texts,this thesis takes a group of English majors(all female)in Guangdong Ocean University(GDOU)as a sample,analyzes their habit of reading romantic fiction in order to reveal that those romantic stories play a key role in shaping reader’s self-identity during college time.展开更多
Written by Alice Walker,one of the most influential African-American woman writers in American literary circle,The Color Purple is an epistolary novel consisting of 92 letters with the life experience of a black woman...Written by Alice Walker,one of the most influential African-American woman writers in American literary circle,The Color Purple is an epistolary novel consisting of 92 letters with the life experience of a black woman named Celie who quests for her identity and independence in a male-dominated society with white supremacy,which embodies the awakening of black female’s self-consciousness both in gender and race.This paper is devoted to analyze how Celie walks out of the traditional ideology and constructs her gender identity and race identity from the perspective of black feminism.展开更多
Based on a survey of university teachers and students in Nanjing area of 2007,this article analyzes domestic users' awareness towards Open Access(OA),and the changes by comparing the corresponding data of 2006.The...Based on a survey of university teachers and students in Nanjing area of 2007,this article analyzes domestic users' awareness towards Open Access(OA),and the changes by comparing the corresponding data of 2006.The survey shows that the research evaluation system,the quality of literature and the payment for OA publications are the important factors for university users to choose OA or not.The authors finally suggest that the current research evaluation system should be reformed to accommodate OA journals.Meanwhile,great efforts should be devoted to improve the quality of OA literatures,and the governments and research institutions should provide stronger support than before.展开更多
Chinese education has undergone dramatic transformations in recent years.With the implementation of new educational technologies and reforms in curriculum and evaluation systems,Chinese non-core subject teachers face ...Chinese education has undergone dramatic transformations in recent years.With the implementation of new educational technologies and reforms in curriculum and evaluation systems,Chinese non-core subject teachers face both challenges and opportunities.This qualitative study employs Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis(IPA)to explore how these teachers make sense of educational changes.The findings reveal that shifts in teaching practices have significantly impacted the formation of non-core subject teachers’professional self-identity and also the development of their teaching self-efficacy.展开更多
nds as a civilian group,completed the formation of the group through self-identity and the public recognition was as an external feedback of their self-awareness awakening.The life-or-death moment promoted the nds s g...nds as a civilian group,completed the formation of the group through self-identity and the public recognition was as an external feedback of their self-awareness awakening.The life-or-death moment promoted the nds s group cohesion and inspired their group survival consciousness.Therefore,the study of nds can be a good breakthrough and reference for the study of other commoner groups in ancient Egypt.展开更多
文摘Neoliberal economic policies implemented by the Justice and Development Party(AKP)in Turkey empowered the modernization process which is one of the main dynamics of transforming traditional societies.As a result of this socio-economic transformation,new institutions and technical developments evolved,without any relation to religion or its institutions(Zubaida,2011).In fact,this course has accelerated the individualization process of the religiously educated Generation Z in Turkey,whereas the significance of collective religious identity shrank(Kara,2014).The expansion of social media platforms has influenced young people’s relationship with religion and faith.However,after the Gezi Parki protests in 2013,the government started using a more populist discourse with regard to religious and nationalist symbols.This type of political communication had a crucial impact on the political arena.This research sheds light on the result of a qualitative analysis,based on interviews conducted with Imam Hatip school students in Turkey.The results of these in-depth interviews show how digital media is creating a new ecosystem based on self-identity(Giddens,1991).
文摘Selfishness,understood as excessive focus on the self,appears to be a predominant feature of contemporary culture.While the degree of self-focus is adaptive for survival and decision-making,self-rigidity has been associated with significant psychological,interpersonal,and social costs.Throughout history,philosophers,religious leaders,and social activists have promoted a“hypo-egoic”way of being,characterized by reduced self-fixation and greater openness to others.However,a key question arises:How can one cultivate a more flexible and interdependent perspective on the self?Deconstructive meditations are a group of contemplative practices that aim to dismantle self-rigidity by exploring perception,cognition,and emotion.Their central mechanism is self-inquiry,an experiential process that involves directly observing patterns of the self,questioning the solidity of identity,and developing new ways to relate to experience.From the perspective of contemplative neuroscience,these practices have been shown to reduce selfnarrative identification and promote psychological flexibility.Despite their potential,empirical research on deconstructive meditations remains limited and requires further investigation.This article reviews the essential findings on practices,their connection to psychotherapy,and their potential therapeutic applications.Finally,their clinical implications are discussed along with future research directions to validate their impact on mental health.
基金This article is a phased outcome of the research project“Research on Contemporary Chinese Human Rights Theory and Discourse”funded by the Scientific Research Fund of Renmin University of China (Special Funds for Basic Scientific Research of Central Universities)(Project Approval Number 22XNA006)。
文摘Human rights are not only pivotal in depicting the relationship between individuals and communities but also a focal point of political philosophical concerns oriented towards reality. The inseparability of human rights from individual self-identity reveals a contradiction between practicality and historicity in understanding individuals, as highlighted in the debate between liberalism and communitarianism. In order to reconcile this contradiction, Habermas,drawing from German classical philosophy, examines practicality and historicity separately: while Fichte intertwines objectivity in self-identity, revealing the practicality of individuals but neglecting their real elements, Hegel interprets self-identity under the concept of unity,examining individuals from a historical dimension but letting rational rules dominate reality. Ultimately, Habermas reconstructs the process of modern individual self-identity from the theory of communicative action by critiquing the shackles of subjective philosophy. He not only reconciles the divergence between practicality and historicity in self-identity, but also elucidates the intersubjective core inherent in human rights.
文摘The kernel of human consciousness is self-consciousness. We in this article explore the issue about what subjective-self is composed of. A distinctive feature of "I" is uniqueness or un-duplicableness. By critically reviewing a few thought experiments, we reason that subjective-self must be composed of more than a blob of brain cells which are sophisticated enough to think reflexively and a bundle of memories and perceptions. There must be a third constituent for the existence of "I". We put forward two hypotheses for the third constituent. One is that it is something like dark matters or dark energy. Another is that it is something in the higher dimensional space. A person would lose his self-consciousness after death since the death takes away the two necessary constituents of subjective-self, his brain and memories. Where the third constituent would go after death remains a mystery.
基金this study was supported by the funding applied by Tianjin Philosophy and Social Science Project(52WJ200044).
文摘The study aimed to investigate the influence of academic stressors on mental health and the mediating effect of social support and self-identity among college students and further studied the difference between the graduating students and non-graduating students during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Recruiting 900 college students as sub-jects,used the college students’academic stressors questionnaire,social support questionnaire,self-identity scale and depression anxiety stress scales(DASS-21).The results showed that:(1)The college students’academic stressor posi-tively predicted mental health;(2)Social support and self-identity mediated the relationship;(3)The model also held when academic stressors was replaced by work stressor,but there were differences between the graduating and non-graduating students;(4)The direct effect work stressor on mental health in the graduating group was not significant;(5)The non-graduating students’work stressor could not predict mental health through social support.
文摘Amy Tan, as the second generation of immigrants, deeply senses the differences between Sino-American cultures. Her great success The Joy Luck Club explores the conflicts between mothers and daughters, showing the troubles in such families.
文摘The author examines the differentiation of self-identity, school treatment, and academic struggle between two Asian American students in U.S. Midwest urban school environments. Using an interview study, the author focuses on understanding the students＇ perspectives in relation to the label of model minority. The purpose of the study is to investigate how social, academic, and economic factors affect these students, including different outcomes in terms of school achievement and self-identity formation. The findings aim to help urban educators approach complex factors regarding minority students＇ educational opportunities. Comprehensive results identified that： （1） The concept of model minority significantly affects Asian American students at all levels of daily life; （2） Urban schools continue reinforcing social reproduction and producing perceptions based on socioeconomic background and intersectional discrimination; （3） The evidence in the study shows that school environments do not aid students in valuing their cultural capital; （4） Students from different social classes present different linguistic and behavioral patterns; and （5） Social stratification significantly influences students＇ perspectives in response to the Asian stereotype, self-identity, and racial hierarchy in school and society.
文摘Borrowing the methods and findings of Janice Radway’s study in the relationship between audience and texts,this thesis takes a group of English majors(all female)in Guangdong Ocean University(GDOU)as a sample,analyzes their habit of reading romantic fiction in order to reveal that those romantic stories play a key role in shaping reader’s self-identity during college time.
文摘Written by Alice Walker,one of the most influential African-American woman writers in American literary circle,The Color Purple is an epistolary novel consisting of 92 letters with the life experience of a black woman named Celie who quests for her identity and independence in a male-dominated society with white supremacy,which embodies the awakening of black female’s self-consciousness both in gender and race.This paper is devoted to analyze how Celie walks out of the traditional ideology and constructs her gender identity and race identity from the perspective of black feminism.
文摘Based on a survey of university teachers and students in Nanjing area of 2007,this article analyzes domestic users' awareness towards Open Access(OA),and the changes by comparing the corresponding data of 2006.The survey shows that the research evaluation system,the quality of literature and the payment for OA publications are the important factors for university users to choose OA or not.The authors finally suggest that the current research evaluation system should be reformed to accommodate OA journals.Meanwhile,great efforts should be devoted to improve the quality of OA literatures,and the governments and research institutions should provide stronger support than before.
文摘Chinese education has undergone dramatic transformations in recent years.With the implementation of new educational technologies and reforms in curriculum and evaluation systems,Chinese non-core subject teachers face both challenges and opportunities.This qualitative study employs Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis(IPA)to explore how these teachers make sense of educational changes.The findings reveal that shifts in teaching practices have significantly impacted the formation of non-core subject teachers’professional self-identity and also the development of their teaching self-efficacy.
文摘nds as a civilian group,completed the formation of the group through self-identity and the public recognition was as an external feedback of their self-awareness awakening.The life-or-death moment promoted the nds s group cohesion and inspired their group survival consciousness.Therefore,the study of nds can be a good breakthrough and reference for the study of other commoner groups in ancient Egypt.
