The politics of purity: discourses of deception and integrity in contemporary international cricket

The International Cricket Council and civil prosecutions of three Pakistani cricketers and their fixer brought player corruption in cricket to public scrutiny once more. A range of English media commentators and the sentencing judge referred to cricket’s loss of innocence because of the deception of the Pakistani cricketers. However, commercialisation, racism and dealings with corrupt political regimes have all exposed cricket as less innocent than many of its English defenders would admit. Furthermore, the demonisation of Pakistani cricketers as cheats blurs the boundary between individual responsibility and cultural characteristics with negative consequences for Muslims in the post-9/11 world.     

Semiotics and urban culture: architectural projections of structuralism in a socialist context

The paper studies the relations between architecture, urbanism and structural anthropology, and makes a contribution to the interpretation of how the architects of former Yugoslavia translated structuralism into architectural theory and practice as a means of reading and shaping Yugoslav culture in the context of radical socio-political change. In striving for freedom of opinion, expression, communication and action, and autonomy of scientific and cultural practices, the Yugoslav society through its avant-garde cultural role initiated a shift of focus in urban culture towards semiotics, historicity, dialectics, creativity, criticism and a revival of the humanistic values of traditional culture. From this viewpoint, the paper examines the interests in theory and practice of the most influential Yugoslav architects in the context of structuralism: Mutnjakovi?, Neidhardt, Grabrijan, Bogdanovi? and Delalle. Their theoretical approaches effected a change of functionalist principles and values and advocated the return of values of the old city centre and vernacular architecture, specifically its vitality, symbolism, historical continuity, environmental values and diverse urban forms.     

简论哈尼族传统文化

文化的非文字形态性是哈尼族传统文化的典型特征,哈尼族传统文化中的口传文化因此比较发达,其他传承扩散方式也被采用。随着与外界交流的扩大,哈尼族传统文化在不断变迁。     

云南少数民族体育产业化的政策选择与社会支撑体系

云南少数民族体育产业的发展,必须遵循产业化发展的一般规律.政府在推进产业化发展过程中,应该从云南少数民族体育的实际出发,制定相应的政策措施,创造促进少数民族体育产业化发展的制度环境与条件.     

论军事文化的经济价值

军事文化对社会经济发展有积极促进的一面 ,这种促进作用是在军事文化与社会文化的互动中实现的。军事文化的经济价值主要由战争特点所决定 ,具体表现在军事科学理论知识、军事伦理价值观、军事谋略与思维、军事组织管理对经济技术发展的作用上     

论先进文化与文化创新的可能性

本文认为先进文化的精髓就是创新。文化决定着人类的精神状态 ,是经济增长的关键因素 ,而社会主义先进文化是我国现代化的强大智力支持。作为一个民族 ,它强大的生命力就在于文化的创新。中华民族有悠久的文化传统 ,有丰厚的文化遗产 ,我们不但要继承 ,更要进行创造性的扬弃 ;对于欧美的优秀文化 ,我们也要批判地学习、改造 ,为我所用 ,而不能简单地照搬或拒斥。只有继承了优秀的文化 ,文化创新才是可能的。     

The prism of strategic culture and South Asian nuclearization

In this paper, Ken Booth's concept of strategic culture is drawn on to examine India and Pakistan's nuclear policy options/policies. The thrust of the argument is that the perceptions of India and Pakistan's strategic insecurities as interpreted by their security managers, through the prism of their strategic cultures, have, in conjunction with material, domestic and technological factors, defined their nuclear trajectories. In framing the argument, although appreciative of the material (realist) realm, attention is drawn simultaneously to the inter-subjective (constructivist) realm, namely, that productions of insecurities are also ‘cultural’. This constructivist line of analysis, which draws attention to culture ‘as both a source of insecurity and an object of analysis’ in international relations, has implications on the future of a nuclearized South Asia.     

从传统文化探析日本人的和谐观

日本传统文化不仅揭示了日本的历史变迁、社会风貌与生活艺术,更渗透着日本人的思想体系与价值观念。"和"是日本社会价值体系中最重要的价值观。它根植于日本传统文化,是贯穿于日本传统文化的主旋律。纵观日本传统文化,追求和谐的理念与境界不断缔造着"和"之韵与美,更构建着日本人的和谐观。     

浅析新疆少数民族外语教育的文化生态环境

本文从文化生态环境的角度,对新疆少数民族独特的文化习俗、思维方式、价值取向和社会心理以及独特的语言文化进行描述,指出新疆少数民族外语教育的文化生态环境有不平衡现象,具体表现为：外语基础教育文化生态不平衡;学校和民族院校内部的文化生态不平衡;新疆少数民族文化与主流文化和英美文化之间的冲突。针对以上现象,作者提出推进多元文化整合下新疆少数民族外语教育的措施;加强少数民族基础外语教育建设;增加课程设计的民族性与多元性;重视文化因素的导入。     

浅谈邓小平的文化建设思想

知识经济时代,文化和经济、政治相互融合日益加深,文化的力量已经渗透到生活的方方面面。文化不但推动着文明的进步．而且直接推动了社会物质财富的增加。文化在经济领域里已经成为一个新的经济增长点。因此．认清邓小平有关文化方面的理论思想,对新时期我们进行社会主义的文化建设有十分重要的意义。