A neoliberalisation of civil society? Self-help groups and the labouring class poor in rural South India

This paper notes the prominence of self-help groups (SHGs) within current anti-poverty policy in India, and analyses the impacts of government- and NGO-backed SHGs in rural North Karnataka. It argues that self-help groups represent a partial neoliberalisation of civil society in that they address poverty through low-cost methods that do not challenge the existing distribution of power and resources between the dominant class and the labouring class poor. It finds that intra-group savings and loans and external loans/subsidies can provide marginal economic and political gains for members of the dominant class and those members of the labouring classes whose insecure employment patterns currently provide above poverty line consumption levels, but provide neither material nor political gains for the labouring class poor. Target-oriented SHG catalysts are inattentive to how the social relations of production reproduce poverty and tend to overlook class relations and socio-economic and political differentiation within and outside of groups, which are subject to interference by dominant class local politicians and landowners.     

爱因斯坦对人类命运的忧虑

爱因斯坦终生为人类命运而忧虑,认为社会充满了危机,并分析了科学技术、人的本性同时代危机的关系.爱因斯坦认为,科学技术的悲剧就是科学家的悲剧,主要表现在科学技术的破坏力量是科学家研究发明出来的,而科学家却没有能力阻止用技术力量来作恶.爱因斯坦认为"作恶"的冲动来源于"人的兽性本能",若不加以约束,就会形成物欲主义;在"物欲主义占优势的时代",就会出现利己主义的统治.利己主义在经济生活中造成了种种悲惨后果,在国际关系中导致种种冲突.冲突的深层根源主要是利害冲突.因而,只有用理性来取代原始本性,才能实现人类自我的解放、时代危机的化解.爱因斯坦的这种对人类命运的忧虑是留给后代的重要精神遗产.     

防止海上事件与中美海上军事互信机制建设(英文)

This paper seeks to analyze the deficiencies, underlying flaws, and prospects of the Sino-US military maritime safety consultation mechanism, based on maritime incident prevention theories and typical cases. It also on also offers suggestions on the future development of the Sino-US maritime offers maritime confidence-building mechanism.     

论中国特色社会主义的道路自信、理论自信和制度自信

中国特色社会主义的道路自信、理论自信和制度自信是有其依据的。道路自信来源于道路选择的正确性,理论自信来源于理论本身的科学性,制度自信的依据是制度本身的优越性。中国特色社会主义的道路自信、理论自信和制度自信相辅相成,缺一不可,它们之间是相互促进的关系,三者构成了一个完整的统一体,共同推进中国特色社会主义事业的进一步发展。     

The Key Role of Selbstgefühl in Philosophy's Aesthetic and Historical Turns

Abstract

In Selbstgefühl, Manfred Frank provides a detailed study of the eighteenth century origins and contemporary philosophical implications of a unique kind of direct self-awareness. The growing significance of this phenomenon is closely related to three interconnected developments in modern philosophy, which I describe as the ‘subjective turn’, the ‘aesthetic turn’, and the ‘historical turn’. While following Frank in emphasising key concepts in the first of these two turns, I add a stress on the historical turn in post-Kantian philosophical writing.     

论汉阳民居的地域文化特征

建筑是人类文化的一个重要载体,具有文化纪念碑的意义。民居是在特定的地域空间里代代延续下来的居住建筑,积历代人之智慧,比其他建筑类型更具备地域文化的原生态性,文化符号更加突出、鲜明。我国不同地域的民居呈现出不同的风貌,这在四川青神汉阳得到具体体现。该地民居呈现鲜明的巴蜀文化特色。     

社会交往视域下司法公信力的生成———基于法官日常行为的观察简

司法公正是司法取得公信力的基础，承载这一基础的则是司法判决。只有被社会认可的司法判决才能宣示司法公正。然而，司法判决必须接受社会生活中的另类规范——情理——的审查，否则将不被认可。法官作为日常生活中的一员，无法回避社会交往中情理的熏陶与约束。而当下社会把法律问题道德化的惯常定势与传统的清官情结，导致司法公正的认同往往取决于法官个体的可信度。判断法官可信度的依据乃是法官日常行为的表现，通过交往，生成法官的信任基础，这种信任被逐渐转嫁至司法判决之上，从而促进并有利于司法公信的生成。     

Are data protection laws sufficient for privacy intrusions? The case in Hong Kong

An area of concern which relates to privacy intrusions in Hong Kong is the substantial changes that have taken place in recent years in relation to news gathering and reporting and the activities of local paparazzi. The issue that needs to be addressed is how intrusions of privacy can be protected in Hong Kong. The most significant reform to date has been the enactment of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance which provides rules for the fair handling of information about living individuals. However, the Ordinance is concerned only with data protection and does not provide a general privacy right. This article demonstrates the inadequacies of existing legislation for general privacy protection and examines the possibility of developing a separate action for general privacy via a) an action of extended breach of confidence as demonstrated by the UK model and b) a sui generis cause of action as can be seen in the New Zealand courts.     

论共产党人自我价值与社会价值的统一

:共产党人的自我价值和社会价值在本质上是统一的。共产党人通过自身的行动实现对自我生存、发展需要的满足,本质上是为了确证自己是“共产党员”而自我发展、自我创造的过程。以人民群众的根本利益和普遍要求为最高价值标准和评价标准,全心全意地体现和表达人民的要求和呼声,是共产党人社会价值的最大体现。     

论批评与自我批评作风是构建社会主义和谐社会的重要途径

构建“社会主义和谐社会”，就是要努力消除社会不公平现象，着力化解人与人之间的矛盾、利益冲突，使社会各方面的力量和睦相处，从而实现社会整体价值的最大化。批评与自我批评是消解社会矛盾的重要途径，从而是构建社会主义和谐社会的关键手段。批评与自我批评在解决社会矛盾中密不可分，对于构建社会主义和谐社会共同起合力作用。