This paper discusses the long-term influence parents have on the development of their child, the effect the environment has on this relationship and the consequence this child-context interaction has on the child's further adjustment to the environment
Abstract The paper demonstrates that child-context interaction that begins as bonding at birth and continues through the first four years of a child's life is a strong factor in the child's ability to adjust to the environment and will effect the child for the majority of his life. The author presents research showing that if children have close and healthy relationships with their parents, these children will do better in adjusting to different environments including difficult neighborhoods and schools. He shows how the family's culture and the neighborhood in which they live also can shape child-context interaction.
From the Paper "As the mother and child work together to find the missing puzzle piece, their ability to think and problem solve will be developing. Most of the time the way a child interacts with one parent will be different than when both parents are available. The relationship with mothers are usually nurturing while the relationship with the father is more realistic. They want to be strong and not cry when they get hurt when they are with their father. However, if they are with their mother and they fall and hurt their knee, they want to cry and get a band-aid. The child learns ways to interact with others through the interactions between child-father, between child-mother, and between child-both parents."
Abstract Writers such as Bernal Diaz, John Locke, Karl Marx/ Friedrich Engels, and Jules Verne wrote about some of the most important themes in world history such as colonialism, absolutism and industrial capitalism. This paper examines how their particular historical context (the 16th century, 17th century, and 19th century) influenced their ideas and how the historical context has changed over time. While doing so, the writers focuses largely on a single work of each of the above-mentioned writers, i.e., "The Conquest of New Spain" by Bernal Diaz; "The Second Treatise of Government" by John Locke; "The Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels; and "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne.
From the Paper "Bernal Diaz del Castillo was a Spanish conquistador, chronicler and historian who sailed to the Americas and fought many battles under different Spanish adventurers including Hernan Cortes, the conqueror of Mexico. As a reward for his services Diaz was made the governor of a Guatemalan town where he took up residence until he died. In order to repudiate an over glorified account of Cortes? conquests written by his secretary Gomara (who had not even been to America), Diaz wrote The True History of the Conquest of New Spain when he was an old man of almost eighty. Although lacking a sophisticated literary style, the work is recognized as an important eyewitness account of the Spanish conquests in the Americas, and the subjugation of the native people by the Spanish colonists."
Abstract This paper outlines the historical context of Jung's psychology and some of his major contextual influences such as Positivism, Kant, Schopenhauer, Goethe, Schelling, Carus and Nietzsche. The paper discusses how Jung's thought was both rational and irrational and how he used the former quality to study the latter. The paper then argues that the Jungian community should come together in order to focus on the irrational. The paper further argues that the Jungian community should make the irrational its specific area of psychology and articulate a science of the irrational.
Outline:
Introduction
Chapter 1
The Historical Context of Jungian Analytical Psychology
Romanticism and Positivism
Chapter 1 Conclusion
Chapter 2
The Science of the Irrational
From the Paper "Interested thinkers often point out that Jung himself was a childhood neurotic. This may be seen as a slight digression because this establishes a personal context for analytical psychology as opposed to the multitude of impersonal historical contextual influences. However, it is the other key factor in establishing a sketch of the context of analytical psychology, therefore it needs saying. Jung had a father complex. Carl Jung's father is portrayed as an authoritarian and dogmatic Christian who had repressed doubts about his faith. And Jung is regarded as having been a childhood neurotic in both Jungian and psychoanalytical literature. For example in the latter, Winnicott reads Memories, Dreams, Reflections as evidence of Jung as a childhood schizophrenic, a divided-self in search of a self-identity.47 In the Jungian literature, Michael Fordham, who helped compile Jung's Collected Works, also regards Jung as having been a childhood schizophrenic. Following reading the first draft of the childhood chapters of Memories, Dreams, Reflections Jung asked Fordham for his views.@
A look at the challenges, issues and demands of career managment and development in the new world of work for both individuals and organisations in the South African context.
3,705 words (approx. 14.8 pages), 11 sources, 2001, $ 102.95
Abstract This essay identifies and explains the issues, challenges and demands of career management and development in the new world of work, for both individuals and organizations. It then recommends some practical ways to address the most important of these. In doing this, it first defines what is meant by career management and career development. It then places the essay in the context of the new world of work. This is done through a short explanation of the impact of e-commerce and globalization. It then looks at how this has impacted on the world of work in general, before looking at how it has effected career management and development for individuals and organizations.
From the Paper "E-commerce has radically changed organizational structure, co-ordination systems and task specification, and thus the world of work. Job designs have become increasingly flexible, and a whole range of new issues are being raised. In fact, Furnham (2000) believes that, due to e-commerce, the world of work has changed. He looks at what he calls "alternative work arrangements". These include part-time employment (defined as varied work, taking up less than 30 hours per week), contingent employment (defined as when an individual is working for an organization, but is not considered a regular employee), flextime (defined as when employees vary their starting and quitting times, but are required to work a standard number of hours within a specific time period), compressed work weeks (defined as re-allocating the work time by condensing the total hours in the traditional five-day week into fewer days), and teleworking (defined as working at a location away from the traditional place of work, and involving the use of telecommunications and the electronic processing of information) ( Furnham, 2000)."
Tags: african, career, context, development, managment, new, south, work, world
Abstract The paper shows that the novel "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens appears after the first reading as a text alarmingly ambivalent, unconventional and unique. The author shows how the text appears to be a documentary of Dickens' times, highlighting through literary means not only the polluted texture of the town but the complexity of its inhabitants. The paper discusses the relationship between "literature" and ?Social Context? in Hard Times and how it is reinforced not only through application of conventional literary tools, but a subtle reworking of elements forming contemporary 19th century literature.
From the Paper "The novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens appears after the first reading as a text alarmingly ambivalent. Unconventional and unique, the text appears to be a documentary of his times, highlighting through literary means not only the polluted texture of the town but the complexity of its inhabitants. The relationship between "literature" and "Social Context" in Hard Times is reinforced not only through application of conventional literary tools, but a subtle reworking of elements forming contemporary 19th century literature. Dickens? novel has often been alluded to as somewhat modernist, and it would seem the most pertinent form to express the depersonalization and dehumanization caused by the excesses of the industrial revolution."
Abstract This paper points out that despite the centrality of sexuality within modern life, the scriptural responses to same-sex are relatively few. The paper discusses that misinterpreting Paul is not only heterosexism but also homophobia. This paper states that homophobia can lead to poor historical scholarship and a lack of concern for putting words into their ancient, rather than modern context.
From the Paper "One of these references can be found in one of the letters of the Apostle Paul in Romans 1.18-32. This passage has long been used to justify Catholic condemnation of homosexual practices, as well as the larger conservative Christian rejection of homosexual marriage. However, this interpretation is far from absolute."
Tags: sexuality, scripture, same-sex, homophobia, scholarship, ancient, modern, context, marriage
Abstract This report highlights the issues and the related educational theories in the light of political context. Hence the paper provides a springboard for insight into some essential interconnections between educational approaches and movements, motivational goals of the researchers and the varied opinions of the educationists and experts, through presenting alternative arguments.
From the Paper "Where all believe in the significance of education for the development of personality and for the welfare of the nation, many support the various important and blatant theories and educational movements. However, there is still a decent number that presents alternative arguments in their effort to prove that educational research (and related public funding) world-over is being used not only as a tool to inculcate sense of discipline and responsibility but also to gain political ends."
Abstract Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play, "Faust" provides a valuable allegory of Geothe's beliefs and values in his historical context of Enlightenment. Written just after the French Revolution, there are parallels that can be drawn regarding the role of religion in society, suggesting Goethe was influenced by the anti-dogma writings of Voltaire and Rousseau.
This paper addresses the historical context of the book Disappearing Moon Caf by the author Sky Lee. In this book, the lives of several generations of Chinese women living in Canada are torn apart by a refusal to accept the customs of their new country.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 2 sources, 2002, $ 62.95
Abstract This paper addresses the historical context of the book Disappearing Moon Cat by the author Sky Lee. In this book, the lives of several generations of Chinese women living in Canada are torn apart by a refusal to accept the customs of their new country. While this book is Lee's demonstration of how separate cultures must blend together in order for those living within them to survive, this novel also demonstrates how this concept is not a clear- cut situation. The historical setting of Disappearing Moon Cat is found in the turmoil that was found among the peoples of Canada at the turn of the Twentieth Century.
Tags: LITERATURE / WOMEN IN LITERATURE, roles chinese women
This paper is mainly focused on the historical context of "The Sun Also Rises". The paper also contains pertinent biographical information on Ernest Hemingway, a summary of the work, and a critical response.
Abstract The focus of this research is on the historical context of "The Sun Also Rises". Topics that are discussed include the "Lost Generation", promiscuity, changing of ideals, Prohibition, discrimination, effects of war, and anti-nationalism. The paper also includes a well-planned introduction and conclusion, pertinent biographical information of the author, a summary of the novel, character interpretation, and a critical response. All of these elements are smoothly tied together. A "works cited" page with six sources is included.
From the Paper "Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises depicts the drastic changes in society after the First World War. The Sun Also Rises shows the deterioration of values of the character's war-tattered generation. Morals that the previous generation cherished, such as family, love, honor, and church, were no longer respected by the new ?lost generation.? Such differences between countries of this era are also addressed. The Sun Also Rises is centered around a group of characters in Europe who personify important issues of their time: heated romance, effects of war, discrimination, money, violence, relationships, boozing, and cultural differences."
Abstract In this paper, several different governance models are compared and contrasted with the intent of providing a rough conception of each one of them, particularly their strengths and weaknesses. In addition, the writer examines one governance model, the synergistic model, in greater depth and detail in order to provide readers with a better understanding of this type of governance and its especial usefulness to managers within a health care context.
From the Paper "Establishing appropriate governance structures in any organization can be difficult. It seems that every few months another expert devises another new way that organizations can best be structured in order to maximize positive benefits, all the while reducing the negative consequences of previous models. Choosing among these governance structures can be a trying task, indeed. The difficulty is magnified, at least perceptually, when one attempts to weight the relative benefits of governance structures within the context of the health care industry. In a health context, lives can quite literally be at stake. Likewise, ballooning health care costs have forced many hospitals and health care providers to streamline their services. Selecting incorrectly can lead to further reductions in service or magnification of costs."
Abstract The paper discusses how suicide is imagined to be a transgression of cultural boundaries and the sanctity of life. The paper then questions if there can be a suicide that does not transgress cultural boundaries. The paper also considers how suicide is situated within the cultural definitions and constructions of death that dominate various cultural settings. The paper reviews the relevant literature and concludes that a suicide must always be a transgression of cultural boundaries since it has only as much cultural importance as is granted to the act by the norms and prescriptions of the larger social context.
From the Paper "Suicide speaks to the nature of our cultural boundaries and our implicitly agreed upon notions of death and dying. Implicitly, there seems to be a common thread that runs through diverse cultures condemning the practice of suicide. When openly discussed, few non-reflexive cultural texts consider suicide to be a laudable act. There are, of course, exceptions. Kelleher provides Biblical examples of military suicides that are presented in a positive light after the shame of defeat, and all but praises the use of suicide--via hunger strikes--for political purposes (Kelleher 9-11). But outside of fairly narrow exceptions, suicide is imagined to be a transgression of cultural boundaries and the sanctity of life."
Abstract This paper discusses the essays "Defining Black Feminist Thought" by Patricia Hill Collins, "Everyday Racism: A New Approach to the Study of Racism" by Philomena Essed, and "The Nation Form: History and Ideology" by Etienne Ballibar, from the book "Race Critical Theories: Text and Context." The writer discusses how Collins tackles concepts of gender and shows the contribution that the diversity of black women voices has made to critical theory, and how racism for Essed is a powerful ideological social construct that affects how 'people' see the world, and also the mechanisms of the justice system. The writer also explains how Ballibar sheds light on the concept of race by discussing what makes a nation a community.
From the Paper ""Everyday Racism: A New Approach to the Study of Racism" by Philomena Essed discusses the inherently contradictory notion of "individual racism." For Essed, racism is always an institutional issue. Power pertains to the ability of individual groups to act in consort. This is why African-American collective power is often so frightening and threatening to members of the white majority (182).Defining certain forms of racism as interpersonal and other forms as institutional is another example of the false nature of binary thinking about race in America, which Collins is also writing against in her essay about gender. Instead, Essed feels that while it is still problematic, the concept of systemic racism, or the day-to-day interaction of individuals and institutions is a more effective clarification of this term (179)."
An analysis of the interactions between literature and community within the context of Sophocles' "Oedipus the King," as well as within the context of modern Canadian literature and culture.
Abstract This paper discusses how a community generates literature that reflects its own attitudes and values and how literature simultaneously moulds community, and reflects it. It consider these interacting influences within the context of Sophocles' "Oedipus the King," as well as within the context of modern Canadian literature and culture. The paper also discusses this in the context of the writer's own experience of cultural community.
From the Paper "One of these distinctly Canadian discourses may be said to be the discourse of sport, and particularly of hockey. As one theorist put it, "The rituals of sport engage more people in a shared experience than any other institution or cultural activity today." (Varda Burstyn, The Rites of Men, quoted in Coakley and Donnelly, 1) Watching hockey together has become a symbolic action that unites Canadians. Interestingly, sport as a component of ideology and community building is highlighted in John B. Lee's poetry collection, The Hockey Player Sonnets: Overtime Edition. Lee succeeds in making clear a significant aspect of Canadian hockey-related mythology, albeit one that is primarily white and male."
Abstract This paper discusses the four primary elements that can be discerned in Jeremiah 20:7-18: the address, the expression of confidence, the narrative and the plea. It discusses the context of the passage in history and the Bible and then describes the message that is being conveyed. The paper then looks at the application of the message in modern times.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Main Idea and Outline
Verses 7-13: Jeremiah's Laments
Verses 14-18: Jeremiah's Curses
Context Historical-Cultural Context of the Book of Jeremiah
Literary Context of the Passage
Discussion and Synthesis
Application
From the Paper "Finally, although Jeremiah experienced his fair share of turmoil and setbacks, this was not the ultimate message intended to be communicated to modern readers. Then, like now, humankind has a desperate need for spirituality in their lives, and because doubt and free will go hand in hand, Jeremiah wanted God to show himself sooner than later to redeem mankind from this miserable state of affairs. For instance, according to Gore, Goudge and Guillaume, "The reign of Jehoiakim was for Jeremiah a time of incessant conflict and trial: plots against his life, the stocks, narrow escapes from death, enforced hiding; but in spite of these Jeremiah's courageous faith remains unshaken. At times we seem to find a cry for revenge; but it is not personal revenge, and it is mingled with much tenderness. What Jeremiah thirsts for is that God should vindicate Himself and let men see His cause triumph.""
