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Do modern technologies limit human freedom? Henryk Skolimowski's comments on the subject of modern technical civilization

open access: yes, 2019
This paper presents the comments of the Polish philosopher, Henryk Skolimowski, on the negative aspects of technology. He is an opponent of scientific and technical civilization. He sees the negative sides of this civilization.
Murzyn, Marcin
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Professionalising the Cybersystemic Practitioner: Five Decades of STiP Education at the Open University (1971–2025)

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper draws on over five decades of experience in educating and developing systems thinking practitioners at the Open University (OU) UK to explore the opportunities and challenges in the professionalisation of systems thinking in practice (STiP).
Ray Ison
wiley   +1 more source

From Internal Contradictions in Confucianism to Reflections on Modern Civilization [PDF]

open access: yes
Confucianism, as a core component of Eastern traditional civilization, has exerted profound influence on social order, education, and governance. However, it contains significant internal contradictions, practical paradoxes, and sectarian divergences ...
Yang, Charles X.
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Concrete in architecture: Redefining form, space, function, and insights from bibliometric analysis

open access: yesStructural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract Concrete has become a cornerstone in architectural and engineering innovation, as it seamlessly integrates structural performance with artistic expression. Its evolution from ancient opus caementicium to contemporary ultra‐high‐performance concrete illustrates its adaptability to the change in technological, environmental, and design paradigms.
Mouhcine Benaicha   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial intelligence, chess and the risks of modern civilization

open access: yesИнтеллект. Инновации. Инвестиции
Currently, the field of artificial intelligence is one of the most intensively developing areas of modern science. The subject of the article is an actual problem related to the intensive development of artificial intelligence. The purpose of the work is
G. Sh. Pilavov
doaj   +1 more source

“Why Can't They Just Stay?” A Critical Conversation and Membership Categorization Analysis of Racial Neoliberalism in English Language Education

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I analyze the co‐constitution of race and neoliberalism within the discourse of an English language classroom. Appealing to modernist/colonial histories of race and capital, I first examine how racial neoliberalism produces a normalized, unmarked subject‐position through the conflation of moral responsibility with human ...
Justin Lance Pannell
wiley   +1 more source

Madrasa Ideologies of English in Bangladesh: Questioning ELT‐Aid and Post‐9/11 De‐Islamization

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract External donors increasingly promote English as a notionally value‐neutral language of socioeconomic advancements in the Muslim South, overlooking local ideological diversities. Furthermore, national and Western forces deploy English as a tool to de‐Islamize madrasas (Islamic educational institutes) in the post‐9/11 world for global peace ...
Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury
wiley   +1 more source

Contested modernities in Turkey : constituting the modern subject in Bilkent University

open access: yes, 2013
This thesis analyzes different ways of constituting the modern subject among the students of a Turkish elite university. The research material was gathered by interviewing thirteen Bilkent University students in Ankara, Turkey, in the spring of 2010.
Kopra, Taika
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Where modern science and civilization meet Islamic values and epistemology: creative encounters [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Modern science and civilization develop many things for human use and raise many critical questions which touch the core Islamic ethical and aesthetical values and its epistemology, leaving us with more doubts than ever before.
Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain
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Portable, Benchtop and Micro‐XRF in Agriculture—Present and Future From the Hardware Perspective

open access: yesX-Ray Spectrometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT X‐ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry has been an important tool in agricultural studies recently. This technique allows the multielemental, direct, and in situ analysis. The objective of this review is to evaluate the use of XRF in agriculture focusing on plant and soil samples based on indexed articles in the Scopus database from 2020 to ...
Eduardo de Almeida   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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