Plato's Symposium
Plato's Symposium

Author: Frisbee Sheffield

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2006-07-20

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0191536822

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Frisbee Sheffield argues that the Symposium has been unduly marginalized by philosophers. Although the topic - eros - and the setting at a symposium have seemed anomalous, she demonstrates that both are intimately related to Plato's preoccupation with the nature of the good life, with virtue, and how it is acquired and transmitted. For Plato, analysing our desires is a way of reflecting on the kind of people we will turn out to be and on our chances of leading a worthwhile and happy life. In its focus on the question why he considered desires to be amenable to this type of reflection, this book explores Plato's ethics of desire.

Ideology and Conference Interpreting
Ideology and Conference Interpreting

Author: Fei Gao

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-12-01

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1003821472

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Gao uses the case of conference interpreting at the Summer Davos Forum in China to systematically reveal the ways in which ideology and linguistic ‘re-engineering’ can lead to discourse reconstruction. Translation and interpreting can never be wholly neutral practices in ‘multi-voiced’ transnational communication. Gao employs an innovative methodological synthesis to examine in depth a range of elements surrounding interpreters’ ideological positioning. These include analysing the appraisal patterns of the source and target texts, identifying ‘us’-and-‘them’ discourse structures, investigating interpreters’ cognitions, and examining the crossmodal means by which interpreters render paralanguage. Collectively, they bridge the gap between socio-political and ideological concerns on the one hand, and practical questions of discourse reconstruction in cross-language/ cultural events on the other, offering a panoramic perspective. An invaluable read for scholars in translation and interpreting studies, particularly those with an interest in political discourse or the international relations context.

1978 Ideological Conference convened by the People?s Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG) held in Conakry, Guinea, West Africa
1978 Ideological Conference convened by the People?s Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG) held in Conakry, Guinea, West Africa

Author: Julius G. Mcallister

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2013-11

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 148368248X

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Spirituality is based upon the postulate that mind, a feature peculiar to man, could not therefore be a feature of nature itself. The mind alone explains, masters, and transforms matter. Therefore, the former does not depend on the latter. Ready For the Revolution

Proceedings of The 7th International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (Philosophy of Being Human as the Core of Interdisciplinary Research) (ICCESSH 2022)
Proceedings of The 7th International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (Philosophy of Being Human as the Core of Interdisciplinary Research) (ICCESSH 2022)

Author: Olga Chistyakova

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-02-10

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 2494069432

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This is an open access book. The aim of the Conference is to provide a shared platform for academics, scholars, PhD students, and graduate students with different cultural backgrounds to present and discuss research, developments and innovations in the fields of contemporary education, social sciences and humanities are referred with the understanding of the Human being. Papers concerning education, philosophy, philosophical anthropology, sociology, theory and history of culture, epistemology, religions, ethics are strongly related with analyzing of the Human being will be considered. Interdisciplinary approach and comparative perspective are encouraged.

Japanese Language, Gender, and Ideology
Japanese Language, Gender, and Ideology

Author: Shigeko Okamoto

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2004-10-28

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0190290269

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Japanese Language, Gender and Ideology is a collection of previously unpublished articles by established as well as promising young scholars in Japanese language and gender studies. The contributors to this edited volume argue that traditional views of language in Japan are cultural constructs created by policy makers and linguists, and that Japanese society in general, and language use in particular, are much more diverse and heterogeneous than previously understood. This volume brings together studies that substantially advance our understanding of the relationship between Japanese language and gender, with particular focus on examining local linguistic practices in relation to dominant ideologies. Topics studies include gender and politeness, the history of language policy, language and Japanese romance novels and fashion magazines, bar talk, dictionary definitions, and the use of first-person pronouns. The volume will substantially advance the agenda of this field, and will be of interest to sociolinguists, anthropologists, sociologists, and scholars of Japan and Japanese.

Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)
Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)

Author: Augustin Holl

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-01-13

Total Pages: 3270

ISBN-13: 2494069890

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This is an open access book. ICHESS started in 2018, the last four sessions of ICHESS have all been successfully published. ICHESS is to bring together innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of Humanities Education and Social Sciences to a common forum. And we achieved the primary goal which is to promote research and developmental activities in Humanities Education and Social Sciences, and another goal is to promote scientific information interchange between researchers, developers, engineers, students, and practitioners working all around the world. 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022) was held on October 14-16, 2022 in Chongqing, China. ICHESS 2022 is to bring together innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of Humanities Education and Social Sciences to a common forum. The primary goal of the conference is to promote research and developmental activities in Humanities Education and Social Sciences and another goal is to promote scientific information interchange between researchers, developers, engineers, students, and practitioners working all around the world. The conference will be held every year to make it an ideal platform for people to share views and experiences in Humanities Education and Social Sciences and related areas.

Ideology and the Collapse of the Soviet System
Ideology and the Collapse of the Soviet System

Author: Neil Robinson

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9781782541301

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'. . . this is an excellent book which sheds considerable light upon the role of ideology, particularly in the last years of the Soviet Union.' - Graeme Gill, Europe - Asia Studies '. . . this work is a serious attempt to bring ideology back into discussions about the end of the Soviet Union.' - Bartholomew Goldyn, Slovo This innovative book offers a critical history of the development of Soviet ideology, discussing its centrality to Soviet politics and the destructive effect that it had on the Gorbachev reforms. Neil Robinson analyses the nature and historical evolution of Soviet ideology between 1917 and 1985 to demonstrate the structural importance of Soviet ideological discourse and the uncertain place that it allocated to the communist party in the Soviet political system. On the basis of this analysis, Dr Robinson provides a fresh interpretation of Gorbachev's political reforms. He describes the ideological dynamic that underwrote the development of perestroika, how Gorbachev's ideas on democratization sent contradictory messages to the communist party, and how this stimulated opposition to perestroika from party cadres and Soviet society.