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Over the last decades, the interdisciplinary field of the affective sciences has seen proliferation rather than integration of theoretical perspectives. This is due to differences in metaphysical and mechanistic assumptions about human affective phenomena (what they are and how they work) which, shaped by academic motivations and values ...
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University Ruin and the Contested Usefulness of the Humanities in Japanese Higher Education
At Japanese universities, the standing of the humanities has declined considerably over the last two decades. This decline is reminiscent of Bill Readings’ account of American universities as articulated in his University in Ruins (1996).
Toshiko Ito
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A Pathologic Study of Knowledge-based Empowering Challenges between Humanities Faculty Members of Tabriz University [PDF]
Using descriptive survey method. The population of the study was 204 faculty members of humanities, the 78 members among them selected as sample population using the aim of this study is exploratory factor analysis of the knowledge management ...
A. Hamdipour, R. Zavaraqi, S. Moradi
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Concerning the Augustinian Friar Antonio José de Alba (1735-1813), Teacher of Meléndez Valdés
From 1772 Meléndez Valdes had links with the convent-school of St. Augustine in Salamanca, a community of Agustinian monks, where he had friends enthusiastic about poetry such as Diego González (Prior), Juan Fernández de Rojas, Andrés del Corral, Pedro ...
Antonio ASTORGANO ABAJO
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We are bearing witness to the rapid rise of a brave new world of education as flashy websites and interactive software replace individual study and classroom lectures. The expansion of college lecture halls has been stretched thin with video lessons and
Kirill Ole THOMPSON
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This article outlines current developments in the Environmental Humanities, abbreviated as EH, that underscore its diversity and timeliness as scholars from manifold disciplines turn progressively more to human-nature issues in the Anthropocene epoch ...
John Charles Ryan
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Championing Physical Cultural Sciences
The term “physical culture” is, first of all, associated (referring to the etymology of the word “culture” from the Latin “colo,-ere”, meaning “to cultivate”, “to inhabit” or “to honor”) with cultivation and taking care of the human “physis” – obviously ...
Kosiewicz Jerzy
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I first met Elaine Freedgood seven years ago, when she sent an abstract to me after her friend and colleague, Toral Gajarawala, came across a call for papers I had posted for an MLA session on fictional worlds. Since then, I've been just one of many people who have received tremendous behind-the-scenes support from Elaine, and I want to take some time ...
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The Humanities as a Public Good and the Need for Developing Accountability Strategies
The present political and economic context of the humanities is more demanding than ever in regards to its justification, social impact and evaluation of research activities.
Henrik Stampe Lund
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The article presents the author's typology of classification schemes of argumentation created on the basis of the analysis of Russian-language and Belarusian-language humanities.
Tatyana N. Savchuk
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