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Self, selfhood and understanding - infed.org infed.org 8 facts
claimA prevailing perspective conceptualizes the individual and society as separate, distinct realms rather than integrated entities.
referenceThe 'self as a bounded container' perspective defines human beings as self-contained, unitary individuals who carry their uniqueness deep inside themselves, views the individual and society as separate realms, focuses practice on what is inside the individual, and seeks to develop the individual as independent and autonomous.
referenceThe 'dialogical self' perspective defines human lives as characterized by ongoing conversations and dialogues, posits that selves are formed in interaction with others where the individual and society are two sides of the same coin, focuses practice on what transpires between people, and seeks to deepen conversation and the conditions that underpin it.
quoteBurkitt states: 'not only do people in the Western world feel separated from others with whom they live and who make up their society, they also feel divided within themselves, riven between the selves they present in relations with others and the individuals they feel themselves to be deep down inside.'
claimIn the 'self as container' model, the individual is treated as the fundamental building block for analysis, where society is conceptualized as a collection of separate, self-contained individuals.
referenceBurkitt (1991: 2) asserts that society and the individual are not separate entities, as humans are born into and remain part of social networks throughout their lives.
claimThe 'self as container' model, which views individuals as bounded and separate from society, is a prevalent image in popular media such as films and soaps, as well as in political rhetoric in the North.
claimMargaret Thatcher utilized the conceptual separation of the individual and society to argue that society does not exist, asserting that only individuals and families exist.
Developing youth work: Chapter 5 - Beyond social education infed.org 5 facts
quoteThe Fairbairn-Milson Report (1969) asserted that the primary goal of youth work is to help young people create their place in a changing society through critical involvement in their community, rather than focusing on basic education, economic needs, or the communication of an agreed value system.
claimThe 'personal adjustment' approach to youth work assumes that society’s rules and norms are given, and that young people should adjust to this view of maturity.
referenceElliot and Pring (1975) identified a concern with the relationship of the self, others, and society as a strand of practice in social education.
claimEvery society faces the challenge of socializing successive generations into ways of thinking and behaving that serve the community or specific groups within it.
claimAll school subjects contribute to an individual's understanding of self, their relationship with others, and their relationship with society as a whole.
The Role of Language in Shaping Social Identity and Cultural ... aithor.com Apr 24, 2025 4 facts
claimEvery society or culture possesses a complex set of norms and expectations that dictate how an individual should act in various social situations.
claimLanguage serves as a primary mechanism for cultural communication and is essential to the functioning of society.
quoteWords both created by speakers and transmitted from other speech communities have deeply historical dimensions. They often enable the historian of culture, society, language, and writing to identify borrowers, the kinds of accepted loans, and by extension the historical relations of different linguistic and cultural groups. Not every loanword or feature of loanwords will be informative, but the overall picture will usually be revealing and important.
claimThe relationship between language and society can be studied through three distinct angles: the features of speaker communities that shape language, the linguistic features that shape social identity, and the relationship between communication content and real-world social and cultural circumstances.
(PDF) Language and Consciousness; How Language Implies Self ... academia.edu 2 facts
perspectiveHasan argues that no single theory can fully grasp the complex and multilayered links between language, society, and consciousness.
claimThe first volume of 'The Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan' focuses on the links between language, society, and human consciousness.
Does the combination of sustainable business model patterns lead ... link.springer.com Feb 20, 2023 2 facts
quoteLüdeke-Freund et al. (2018b) define a sustainable business model as one that is "about creating significantly increased positive effects and/or significantly reduced negative effects for the natural environment and society through changes in the way a company and its network create, deliver, and capture value."
claimThe 'Adopt a stewardship role' archetype emphasizes a firm's responsibility toward stakeholders, including society and the environment.
Business Model Innovation: a Framework for Assessing Corporate ... link.springer.com Apr 18, 2025 1 fact
referenceThe Sustainable Mirror Framework is a tool used to evaluate the alignment between activities that benefit a company and activities that support society.
Consciousness and Cognitive Sciences journal-psychoanalysis.eu 1 fact
referenceHumberto Maturana and J.P. Dupuy edited 'Understanding Origin: Scientific Ideas on the Origin of Life, Mind, and Society', based on the Stanford University International Symposium held in 1992.
How do the indices based on the EAT-Lancet recommendations ... medrxiv.org May 14, 2024 1 fact
claimFood systems encompass all aspects of feeding and nourishing people, from production to consumption, and involve multiple resources and their impact on nutrition, health, the economy, society, and the environment.
Measuring Adherence to Sustainable Healthy Diets - R Discovery discovery.researcher.life Dec 26, 2022 1 fact
claimThe four dimensions of sustainable diets are health, society, economics, and the environment.
Neuro-Symbolic AI: Explainability, Challenges, and Future Trends arxiv.org Nov 7, 2024 1 fact
claimThe representation space in neuro-symbolic AI determines the technical foundation, the feasibility of achieving explainability and transparency, and the overall impact on ethics and society.
The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 1 fact
claimThe humanities are trapped by the Cartesian subject, which leads them to repeatedly discover the illusiveness of reality while failing to bridge the gap between subject and object, mind and body, and individual and society.
A Consensus Proposal for Nutritional Indicators to Assess ... - Frontiers frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimDeveloping policies for sustainable food systems requires an integrated approach that considers nutrition, health, lifestyle, society, culture, economy, environment, and agro-biodiversity.
Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceRicherson and Christiansen (2013) edited 'Cultural Evolution: Society, Technology, Language, and Religion', a collection of works examining the mechanisms of cultural evolution.