Dialectic

The first problem with unmediated self-expression is that the self is dialectically composed rather than characterized by wholeness. This inwardness, which is characterized in authenticity is no less contingent than so-called facticities; Hegel characterized it as a negation of the subject.11 The wholeness of the self uncritically presupposes an arbitrary superiority of the subject to the object. This constitutes a form of "objectivism" which fails to relate the subjective and the objective…

3. Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Human Dimension Leung holds a PhD in Health Sociology and currently works as a clinician in Queensland Government in Australia. She grew up in Macau and Hong Kong where TCM was an integral part of people’s daily life. Therefore, her research is from a perspective of social science, emphasising the human expression and connection via TCM, in order to present the best core values of Chinese culture (p. viii). Her primary sources are the interviews with 48…

Cross-questioning is a form of dialectic. It is the art or practice of communication employed in “the investigation of truth of opposing opinions by logical discussion.” The exercise is well known to the Western world as the Socratic method. The Greek called this method “elenchus,” which often refers as refutation. Other words that can be used to describes the term are acquisitioning, testing, probing, questioning, counter-question, inquiring, investigating, or cross-examining. Because of this…

The cave of Plato and the current climate of terror These last months were marked by terrorist attacks right in the heart of Europe that had provoked strong feelings on people bewilderment, indignation, sadness, anger, distrust and fear. When France and Russia still cry their deaths, the international coalition answered to violence by violence: the strategic points of the Islamic State undergo the crossed fire of airstrikes. The French governments and Belgian decreed a steady and constant state…

(2011). Rrelational dialectics in intercultural couples? relationships (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Jyv?skyl?. Retrieved from https://jyx.jyu.fi/dspace/bitstream/handle/123456789/37189/9789513945732.pdf? sequence=1 Comment by vgiroux:…

Today, there is a considerable problem facing those seeking a college education. Surprisingly, this problem stems not from higher educational institutions themselves but rather from the secondary schools who seek to prepare students to learn new skills either in college or through other means. Over the course of the past two decades, students seeking a post-high school education have found themselves lacking the necessary skills to participate in college study despite being completely eligible…

While there may be debate as to what the most important event was in the time periods all the way up to the 1600’s, I would argue that it was in introduction of the Christian religion to the western civilizations. Every aspect of civilization was impacted by this socially, economically and politically. Christianity was first introduced by Constantine in the Roman Empire in the late third century. Constantine issued the famous Edict of Milan, which made it official that the Romans would tolerate…

Home, a place filled with love that shelters fear and pain from the outside world. However, some homes are the opposite of this due to some couples being in a toxic marriage, making home an unsafe environment to be in. An author named, Zora Neale-Hurston, wrote a short story called “Sweat”, which touches on the issue of violence in the home and the ways in which husbands disrespect their wives. The story was published in 1926, a time where it was normal for women would be beaten or verbally…

Giddens definition of power is “transformative capacity”, which refers to the ability in making a difference in the world. An individual makes a difference when he or she carries out a social action with intention. He states that everyone has power since we all carry out social actions, but the amount of power that a person has is interconnected with “resources”. He believes there are two types of resources: allocative and authoritative. Allocative recourses are physical things that you can…

Plato was born between 424 and 428 B.C. and died between 347 and 348 B.C. He had powerful parents, with his father, Ariston, being a descendent of the last king of Athens, and his mother, Perictione, was descended from the great lawmaker Solon. His father died when he was very young, and his mother remarried a man named Pyrilampes. Plato had a large family, with two brothers, a sister, and a half brother. He was originally known as Aristocles, but he chose Plato as a wrestling stage name, and…