The chapter then outlines how this prudential psychology leads prudent agents to want to know how to act in ways they will not regret in morally salient cases, as well as to regard moral actions as the only types of actions that satisfy this prudential interest.
An ironic response to Richardson’s Pamela, The Turn of the Screw examines questions of moral hypocrisy and status inconsistency. Adopting a Fielding position, James celebrates the exemptions of a liberal conversation—or contemplation—premised both on the protection of adult secrets and the rejection of a Puritan education that prevents children from having free access to the open adult wo…
Given the interests of this book, the ability of Natsagdorj’s image to transcend his status as a socialist-era poet constructed by the Soviet-influenced intellectual institutions of the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party is a remarkable one. Natsagdorj has become a symbol of authentic Mongolian nationalism, this Romantic post-socialist form of identity that rhetorically uses historic…
An identical approach also dominates the exhibition Tea Time—the First Globalization at the Maritime Museum of Denmark in Elsinore, produced in 2013. This exhibition makes less use of the kinds of affective strategies that are used in the rest of the museum. In Tea Time, large exhibition boxes containing historical objects serve as geographical markers representing Denmark’s former colon…
The starkest example of institutional racial disparity in the United States is found in its criminal justice system. With over 7 million individuals under correctional control, the United States has an incarceration rate that far surpasses any other country in the world.
For this purpose, we first theoretically address the process perspective of the domestication approach and discuss existing studies that have investigated re-domestication processes (Section “State of research: domestication as a discontinuous and non-linear process with phases of re-domestication”). We then propose our own definition of re-domestication (Section “Conceptualizing re-do…
With the purpose of understanding how precarization processes impact on forms of subjectivity, the experiences and representations of precariousness are considered in the frame of the génération precaire (Bourdieu, 1998). This term concerns the forms of precarious subjectivization connected to the weakening of the social bonds.
Both tangible and intangible forms of cultural heritage are considered as equally important in this Strategy. The forms of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) include several elements, among them the oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals and festive events
Over the years, established NGOs have been increasingly criticised for losing their role as transformational powers because of processes of (among others) professionalisation and bureaucratisation and, related to this, increased dependence on government funding. The organisational features of citizen aid are what distinguish them from established development organisations. Are the small and vol…
Technical and vocational education have assumed a significant role in the plans of developed nations to overcome economic crisis, relocating learning into the workplace and extending it to higher levels. Policy discourses are based on the premise that education polarised between universities and low attainment has poorly served the needs of modern economies and young people. This chapter sets o…