This paper considers the notions of common sense and interobjectivity to articulate an understanding of how different cultural realities give rise to different construals of scientific phenomena across distinct cultur...This paper considers the notions of common sense and interobjectivity to articulate an understanding of how different cultural realities give rise to different construals of scientific phenomena across distinct cultures. Our main focus in this paper is on the social sciences. We propose a quadrant of different cultural–scientific stances from which the study of social phenomena is possible, based on the emic–etic dimension pertaining to the study of culture from contrasting perspectives. Although the emic–etic distinction is normal y applied in fields within the science of culture, it is proposed here that the distinction is in some ways germane to scientific practice in general, making it amenable for use in a culture of science(CoS) programme. The four perspectives that emerge from the quadrant are illustrated using exemplars. Different aspects of CoS—that is, scientific practice, scientific conventions and representations of science—are then discussed in further detail, including in two tables illustrating points of convergence and divergence between the East and West when it comes to different aspects of CoS.展开更多
Richard Jefferies presented one tragedy after another in a small and backward village in 19th England in his short story Acorn-gatherer.The paper explored the fundamental cause of those tragedies and drew a conclusion...Richard Jefferies presented one tragedy after another in a small and backward village in 19th England in his short story Acorn-gatherer.The paper explored the fundamental cause of those tragedies and drew a conclusion all those tragedies were the expression of human tragedy resulted from social conventions in the form of religion and the tragedy was actually a comedy for the little boy who was just the symbol of human tragedy in the story due to his special identity:an illegitimate child.展开更多
The Acorn-gatherer,written by Richard Jeffries gives a tragic picture of the country life in the late Victorian Age.Through the tragic life and death of the illegitimate child,Jeffries exposes the people's oppress...The Acorn-gatherer,written by Richard Jeffries gives a tragic picture of the country life in the late Victorian Age.Through the tragic life and death of the illegitimate child,Jeffries exposes the people's oppressions and misfortunes as the result of religious moralities and social conventions.The article is to expound the essence of the boy's human tragedy through religious origins,moral alienation,and distorted ethics in addition to the contrastive interpretation between his bitter situation and the sweet nature.展开更多
As a main component of international human rights documents, the United Nations core human rights conventions show obvious formal and substance commonalities. The formal commonalities consist in their being adopted by...As a main component of international human rights documents, the United Nations core human rights conventions show obvious formal and substance commonalities. The formal commonalities consist in their being adopted by UN General Assembly and their similarity in structure, subjects and systems. Their commonalities in substance include the similarity of contents, the homogeneity of the procedural mechanisms and the complementary nature of their normative interpretation. The commonalities among the UN’s core human rights treaties is the inevitable requirement of the universality and wholeness of human rights.展开更多
The Villagers' Charter of Self-government,as a senior form of village regulations and folk conventions,is the general charter of villagers' self-government. It is a small constitution of villagers,so it holds ...The Villagers' Charter of Self-government,as a senior form of village regulations and folk conventions,is the general charter of villagers' self-government. It is a small constitution of villagers,so it holds an important position in the villager autonomy system. Such position gives the credit to both historic and realistic objective factors. Rise of state power,vacancy of legislation,accumulation of excellent traditional resources,and democracy and contract spirit in village regulations and folk conventions will certainly accelerate development of village regulations and folk conventions and promote gradual improvement in the villager autonomy system.展开更多
The naming convention in English-speaking countries(e.g.,USA and UK),and several others in the Western culture,where women traditionally have adopted their husbands’surnames,is compared with the naming convention in ...The naming convention in English-speaking countries(e.g.,USA and UK),and several others in the Western culture,where women traditionally have adopted their husbands’surnames,is compared with the naming convention in Spain and Latin America,where women do not relinquish their maiden surnames.From a cross-cultural perspective spanning over three centuries,from Madame de Staël and Virginia Woolf to Hillary Clinton,this essay renders instances of women who took on the surname of their spouse upon marriage.It appears that even nowadays many women,including feminists,choose to comply with this patriarchal habit.Entanglements arising upon divorce or remarriage,such as traceability and perception of selfhood,especially for women with academic and professional profiles,are discussed here.Samples collected from life and literature across a fairly representative cultural range and diverse moments in history help to reach conclusions and come up with a consistent argument.Winds of change seem to be blowing with Vice President Kamala Harris,whose case is mentioned at the end of this essay.To circumvent the confusion for individuals and families(especially“blended”ones)that could result in the discrimination between males and females,on the one hand,and on the other hand,between married and unmarried women,the Spanish naming convention is proposed as a perfect compromise.This consists in every person bearing two surnames from birth and for good:one of each parent.Thus,women would keep their name(s),and along with them their perception of their self and their social and professional identity.展开更多
As China＇s convention and exhibition industry strides forward to internationalization, Chinese-English translation of banners for conventions and exhibitions is more frequent than ever before. Based on Vermeer＇s sko...As China＇s convention and exhibition industry strides forward to internationalization, Chinese-English translation of banners for conventions and exhibitions is more frequent than ever before. Based on Vermeer＇s skopos theory, the core theory of functionalist approaches, the paper analyzes authentic examples and highlights the techniques of translation for this type. With representative examples, the paper illustrates the necessity of adopting skopos theory in Chinese-English translation of banners for conventions and exhibitions.展开更多
From February 17th to 22nd, annual World Magic Seminar was held in Las Vegas, U.S.A. There were 850 attendees from all over the world. Representatives from China Acrobats Association took part in the events in order t...From February 17th to 22nd, annual World Magic Seminar was held in Las Vegas, U.S.A. There were 850 attendees from all over the world. Representatives from China Acrobats Association took part in the events in order to make promotion for the World Championships of Magic 2009 in Beijing. We set up a promotion booth,展开更多
The International Union of Geological Sciences has always taken utmost care to comply with all fundamental procedures directed to achieve its statutory aims as an international scientific organization.It is to disappo...The International Union of Geological Sciences has always taken utmost care to comply with all fundamental procedures directed to achieve its statutory aims as an international scientific organization.It is to disappointing therefore to read statements that cast doubts on this stance and some brief clarifications on that issue are therefore in order.These lines are in no way directed to answer dissenting views on the recommendation of the IUGS-IUPAC Task Group on Isotopes in Geosciences(TGIG);it would impossible to devote adequate space to expose the opinion of every individual and inappropriate to answer on matters that should be discussed through the different IUGS bodies.展开更多
A short article published recently in Episodes(Holden,N.E.,Bonardi,M.L.,De Bièvre,P.,Renne,P.R.,and Villa,I.M.,2011.IUGS common definition and convention on the use of the year as a derived unit of time(IUPAC-IUG...A short article published recently in Episodes(Holden,N.E.,Bonardi,M.L.,De Bièvre,P.,Renne,P.R.,and Villa,I.M.,2011.IUGS common definition and convention on the use of the year as a derived unit of time(IUPAC-IUGS Recommendations 2011):Episodes,v.34,No.1,pp.39-40)sets out to rationalize the definition and symbols for units of time for use in the Earth and planetary sciences and nuclear chemistry.Given that the authors constitute a task group established jointly by the International Union of Geological Sciences(IUGS)and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry(IUPAC),and that publication was approved by both bodies,one might reasonably assume that the recommendations reflect a workable consensus.Regrettably,they don’t(Christie-Blick,Geological time conventions and symbols:GSA Today,submitted June 10,2011).展开更多
The International Geological Congress(IGC)was born in 1878 to provide an international forum to the world geological community to consider uniformity in nomenclature and map symbols for geologic reports.The initial st...The International Geological Congress(IGC)was born in 1878 to provide an international forum to the world geological community to consider uniformity in nomenclature and map symbols for geologic reports.The initial steps were taken during the 1^(st) IGC(Paris,1878),when several commissions were created,i.e.Unification of Geological Nomenclature,Unification of Geological Figures,and Nomenclature of Mineralogical and Paleontological Species.展开更多
This Editorial was first published in Episodes volume 34,December 2011 issue.By oversight some corrections were not incorporated.We are reproducing here the corrected version.This error is highly regretted.
Regional wars and internal armed conflicts after the conclusion of the 1949 geneva conventions have presented new challenges to traditional international humanitarian law? To address those challenges, the internationa...Regional wars and internal armed conflicts after the conclusion of the 1949 geneva conventions have presented new challenges to traditional international humanitarian law? To address those challenges, the international community concluded two additional protocols in 1977 to the 1949 geneva conventions? Those two protocols have unified the Hague Rules and the geneva Rules in the realm of traditional laws on wars, improved the protection of civilians,expanded the concept of armed conflicts and combatants, and developed special treaties applicable to non-international armed conflicts,reaffirming and developing the principles and rules of international humanitarian law worldwide, and promoting its modernization?展开更多
On the advent of the ＂International Human Rights Day＂ on Dec. 10, 2007, our staff reporter Interviewed Research Fellow Mo Jihong of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on how the international human rights conven...On the advent of the ＂International Human Rights Day＂ on Dec. 10, 2007, our staff reporter Interviewed Research Fellow Mo Jihong of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on how the international human rights conventions are implemented in China. Born in May 1965, Mo Jihong is a native of Jingjiang, Jiangsu Province. He is a research fellow at the Law Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social sciences and a tutor for Ph.D candidates in the International Human Rights Law. He also serves as an executive member of the Society for International Constitution Studies and vice-president of the Constitution Chapter of the China Society of Law. He was a visiting scholar at the Human Rights Institute of Norway, and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. His principal works include International Human Rights Convention and China （2005）, Principles of Constitutional Sciences in Practice （2007） and In Defense of Legislation （2007）. He was elected as one of the ten most outstanding young jurists in China. The following is the full text of the interview：展开更多
Accounting conventions are concepts and rules which have been generally accepted in performing accounting. It came from a careful observation of accounting practice, the accounting practice revealed patterns of consis...Accounting conventions are concepts and rules which have been generally accepted in performing accounting. It came from a careful observation of accounting practice, the accounting practice revealed patterns of consistent behavior.展开更多
Social conventions sometimes are regarded as valuable treasure in some culture. But it can also lead to human tragedy. The Arti cle here tried to look into the social and religious conventions behind the human tragedy...Social conventions sometimes are regarded as valuable treasure in some culture. But it can also lead to human tragedy. The Arti cle here tried to look into the social and religious conventions behind the human tragedy in Richard Jefferies' short story "the Acorn Gath erer" and how those conventions and people's belief affect the relationship between the grandmother and her grandson in the short story. The article discussed the underlying causes to the tragedy from three aspects, the outside pressure, the inner factors and the problem of the society. It attempted to explain how the social pressure influenced the attitude and action of the grandmother, how her inner belief com pelled herself to maltreat the boy and how the social convention and religious belief made the society seemingly pitiless and indifferent. It is also indicated that social and religious conventions still have a lasting effect on how people think and act in today's world.展开更多
文摘This paper considers the notions of common sense and interobjectivity to articulate an understanding of how different cultural realities give rise to different construals of scientific phenomena across distinct cultures. Our main focus in this paper is on the social sciences. We propose a quadrant of different cultural–scientific stances from which the study of social phenomena is possible, based on the emic–etic dimension pertaining to the study of culture from contrasting perspectives. Although the emic–etic distinction is normal y applied in fields within the science of culture, it is proposed here that the distinction is in some ways germane to scientific practice in general, making it amenable for use in a culture of science(CoS) programme. The four perspectives that emerge from the quadrant are illustrated using exemplars. Different aspects of CoS—that is, scientific practice, scientific conventions and representations of science—are then discussed in further detail, including in two tables illustrating points of convergence and divergence between the East and West when it comes to different aspects of CoS.
文摘Richard Jefferies presented one tragedy after another in a small and backward village in 19th England in his short story Acorn-gatherer.The paper explored the fundamental cause of those tragedies and drew a conclusion all those tragedies were the expression of human tragedy resulted from social conventions in the form of religion and the tragedy was actually a comedy for the little boy who was just the symbol of human tragedy in the story due to his special identity:an illegitimate child.
文摘The Acorn-gatherer,written by Richard Jeffries gives a tragic picture of the country life in the late Victorian Age.Through the tragic life and death of the illegitimate child,Jeffries exposes the people's oppressions and misfortunes as the result of religious moralities and social conventions.The article is to expound the essence of the boy's human tragedy through religious origins,moral alienation,and distorted ethics in addition to the contrastive interpretation between his bitter situation and the sweet nature.
基金the periodic result of "Study on the Generation Path of International Discourse Right on Human Rights and China’s Discourse Right",a general project supported by 2017 National Social Science Foundation in China(Project No.:17BFX150)
文摘As a main component of international human rights documents, the United Nations core human rights conventions show obvious formal and substance commonalities. The formal commonalities consist in their being adopted by UN General Assembly and their similarity in structure, subjects and systems. Their commonalities in substance include the similarity of contents, the homogeneity of the procedural mechanisms and the complementary nature of their normative interpretation. The commonalities among the UN’s core human rights treaties is the inevitable requirement of the universality and wholeness of human rights.
基金Supported by Key Bidding Project of National Social Science in 2011(11&ZD070)
文摘The Villagers' Charter of Self-government,as a senior form of village regulations and folk conventions,is the general charter of villagers' self-government. It is a small constitution of villagers,so it holds an important position in the villager autonomy system. Such position gives the credit to both historic and realistic objective factors. Rise of state power,vacancy of legislation,accumulation of excellent traditional resources,and democracy and contract spirit in village regulations and folk conventions will certainly accelerate development of village regulations and folk conventions and promote gradual improvement in the villager autonomy system.
文摘The naming convention in English-speaking countries(e.g.,USA and UK),and several others in the Western culture,where women traditionally have adopted their husbands’surnames,is compared with the naming convention in Spain and Latin America,where women do not relinquish their maiden surnames.From a cross-cultural perspective spanning over three centuries,from Madame de Staël and Virginia Woolf to Hillary Clinton,this essay renders instances of women who took on the surname of their spouse upon marriage.It appears that even nowadays many women,including feminists,choose to comply with this patriarchal habit.Entanglements arising upon divorce or remarriage,such as traceability and perception of selfhood,especially for women with academic and professional profiles,are discussed here.Samples collected from life and literature across a fairly representative cultural range and diverse moments in history help to reach conclusions and come up with a consistent argument.Winds of change seem to be blowing with Vice President Kamala Harris,whose case is mentioned at the end of this essay.To circumvent the confusion for individuals and families(especially“blended”ones)that could result in the discrimination between males and females,on the one hand,and on the other hand,between married and unmarried women,the Spanish naming convention is proposed as a perfect compromise.This consists in every person bearing two surnames from birth and for good:one of each parent.Thus,women would keep their name(s),and along with them their perception of their self and their social and professional identity.
文摘As China＇s convention and exhibition industry strides forward to internationalization, Chinese-English translation of banners for conventions and exhibitions is more frequent than ever before. Based on Vermeer＇s skopos theory, the core theory of functionalist approaches, the paper analyzes authentic examples and highlights the techniques of translation for this type. With representative examples, the paper illustrates the necessity of adopting skopos theory in Chinese-English translation of banners for conventions and exhibitions.
文摘From February 17th to 22nd, annual World Magic Seminar was held in Las Vegas, U.S.A. There were 850 attendees from all over the world. Representatives from China Acrobats Association took part in the events in order to make promotion for the World Championships of Magic 2009 in Beijing. We set up a promotion booth,
文摘The International Union of Geological Sciences has always taken utmost care to comply with all fundamental procedures directed to achieve its statutory aims as an international scientific organization.It is to disappointing therefore to read statements that cast doubts on this stance and some brief clarifications on that issue are therefore in order.These lines are in no way directed to answer dissenting views on the recommendation of the IUGS-IUPAC Task Group on Isotopes in Geosciences(TGIG);it would impossible to devote adequate space to expose the opinion of every individual and inappropriate to answer on matters that should be discussed through the different IUGS bodies.
文摘A short article published recently in Episodes(Holden,N.E.,Bonardi,M.L.,De Bièvre,P.,Renne,P.R.,and Villa,I.M.,2011.IUGS common definition and convention on the use of the year as a derived unit of time(IUPAC-IUGS Recommendations 2011):Episodes,v.34,No.1,pp.39-40)sets out to rationalize the definition and symbols for units of time for use in the Earth and planetary sciences and nuclear chemistry.Given that the authors constitute a task group established jointly by the International Union of Geological Sciences(IUGS)and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry(IUPAC),and that publication was approved by both bodies,one might reasonably assume that the recommendations reflect a workable consensus.Regrettably,they don’t(Christie-Blick,Geological time conventions and symbols:GSA Today,submitted June 10,2011).
文摘The International Geological Congress(IGC)was born in 1878 to provide an international forum to the world geological community to consider uniformity in nomenclature and map symbols for geologic reports.The initial steps were taken during the 1^(st) IGC(Paris,1878),when several commissions were created,i.e.Unification of Geological Nomenclature,Unification of Geological Figures,and Nomenclature of Mineralogical and Paleontological Species.
文摘This Editorial was first published in Episodes volume 34,December 2011 issue.By oversight some corrections were not incorporated.We are reproducing here the corrected version.This error is highly regretted.
文摘Regional wars and internal armed conflicts after the conclusion of the 1949 geneva conventions have presented new challenges to traditional international humanitarian law? To address those challenges, the international community concluded two additional protocols in 1977 to the 1949 geneva conventions? Those two protocols have unified the Hague Rules and the geneva Rules in the realm of traditional laws on wars, improved the protection of civilians,expanded the concept of armed conflicts and combatants, and developed special treaties applicable to non-international armed conflicts,reaffirming and developing the principles and rules of international humanitarian law worldwide, and promoting its modernization?
文摘On the advent of the ＂International Human Rights Day＂ on Dec. 10, 2007, our staff reporter Interviewed Research Fellow Mo Jihong of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on how the international human rights conventions are implemented in China. Born in May 1965, Mo Jihong is a native of Jingjiang, Jiangsu Province. He is a research fellow at the Law Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social sciences and a tutor for Ph.D candidates in the International Human Rights Law. He also serves as an executive member of the Society for International Constitution Studies and vice-president of the Constitution Chapter of the China Society of Law. He was a visiting scholar at the Human Rights Institute of Norway, and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. His principal works include International Human Rights Convention and China （2005）, Principles of Constitutional Sciences in Practice （2007） and In Defense of Legislation （2007）. He was elected as one of the ten most outstanding young jurists in China. The following is the full text of the interview：
文摘Accounting conventions are concepts and rules which have been generally accepted in performing accounting. It came from a careful observation of accounting practice, the accounting practice revealed patterns of consistent behavior.
文摘Social conventions sometimes are regarded as valuable treasure in some culture. But it can also lead to human tragedy. The Arti cle here tried to look into the social and religious conventions behind the human tragedy in Richard Jefferies' short story "the Acorn Gath erer" and how those conventions and people's belief affect the relationship between the grandmother and her grandson in the short story. The article discussed the underlying causes to the tragedy from three aspects, the outside pressure, the inner factors and the problem of the society. It attempted to explain how the social pressure influenced the attitude and action of the grandmother, how her inner belief com pelled herself to maltreat the boy and how the social convention and religious belief made the society seemingly pitiless and indifferent. It is also indicated that social and religious conventions still have a lasting effect on how people think and act in today's world.
