Critical terrorism studies: an activist scholar perspective

This thematic analysis examines the applicability of Gustavo Correa's constructs of horizontal and vertical honour with regard to prestige as reflected in 21 statements by Osama Bin Laden (OBL) between 2002 and 2008. The relevance of Correa's theory pivots upon whether the individual is considered as the primary locus of honour, as Correa seemed to imply. There was limited support and substantial disconfirming evidence under this condition. Correa's theory appears more applicable to honour when the Ummah rather than OBL's person is considered as the primary locus of honour, with the individual's prestige a derivative of group membership. Under this condition, supported hypotheses derived from the theory include honour being rooted in divinity; vertical and horizontal aspects of honour being mutually constitutive; vertical honour being established with the creation of the Ummah through rank (insofar as the Ummah is presumed precedent above all non-Muslims), competition (including warfare) and functioning as an ideology hierarchically differentiating Muslims from non-Muslims; horizontal honour being gendered (with domination by non-Muslims situating the Ummah in a feminised position). A notable limitation of the theory is that it does not predict or account for the geospatial reification of group honour, whereby the establishment, defence, violation and exoneration of Islamic honour is discussed in terms of establishment, defence, invasion and forceful expulsion of non-Muslims from Islamic territory. Implications of honour are discussed with regard to the Islamist geospatial dichotomy of Islamic versus non-Islamic territories, efforts to encourage disengagement from terrorism and de-radicalisation within non-Islamic settings, legitimisation of complex phenomena such as jihad or suicide bombing according to frameworks of martyrdom and realistic efforts to win hearts and minds within the Islamic world.     

马克思历史唯物主义实践观及其中国化进程

马克思使辩证法走向历史的深处,以实践观更新了以往哲学家观察历史和现实的方式,指出社会存在决定社会意识。历史唯物主义对中国知识界的思想启蒙,更新了中国人的政治观念,形成了百余年来中国社会发展的生动图景。改革开放为中国社会发展提供了新的历史契机,形成了灵活运用历史唯物主义的实践自觉。推动改革进一步走向深入,必须深入研究历史唯物主义实践观及其中国化进程,形成与当今中国经济和政治发展相适应的文化气象,这是推动中国改革的实际需要,也是在新的时代条件下实现中国梦的必由之路。     

邓小平理论的历史地位研究述评

邓小平理论的历史地位是邓小平理论研究中的重大问题,学术界从马克思主义发展史、社会主义运动发展史以及现代化等方面进行了深入的探讨.     

Hitler's Shadow: Historical Analogies and the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait

Leaders often turn to history for guidance. Margaret Thatcher and George Bush were no exception when they responded to Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Bush and Thatcher used analogies to the 1930s, the Vietnam War and the Falklands War to frame the crisis, which significantly influenced their policies. They argued that Saddam Hussein was another Adolf Hitler and were determined not to repeat the mistakes of the Western response to the Axis in the 1930s or of the Vietnam War. There would be no 1930s-style appeasement of Iraq, and no slow escalation as had occurred in Vietnam. The prompt use of overwhelming force in the Gulf would succeed, Bush and Thatcher believed, just as the use of force had succeeded in the Falklands crisis, and just as such a policy, they believed, would have deterred the Axis in the early 1930s.     

新文学的诞生与“革命”话语——中国新文学发生期的一种政治文化的阐释

本文从政治文化的视角 ,重新审视了 2 0世纪 2 0年代新文学发生期的文学革命 ,认为她由历史深层的思想启蒙、语言体式的变更、人的文学的确立 ,构成了一条内在整合的政治文化理路。五四文学革命充分揭示了个体文学家的创作心理与群体社会政治文化行为的一致性 ,同时 ,又反映出文学作为文化的载体 ,二者构成一种复杂的互动过程。     

"三个代表":历史唯物主义的与时俱进

“三个代表”重要思想的哲学基础是历史唯物主义,是当代中国共产党人对历史唯物主义的创造性运用和发展。生产力是社会发展最终决定力量,代表先进生产力,是“三个代表”的基础条件、根本力量。发展生产力是“社会主义根本任务”。社会发展是全面的,在注重物质文明建设、坚持生产力标准的同时,也要注重精神文明建设。中国特色的社会主义,需要先进的生产力,也需要先进的文化。人民群众既是先进生产力和先进文化的创造者,又是其享有者。实现最广大人民群众根本利益是发展先进生产力和先进文化的目的和归宿。“三个代表”是一个统一整体,相互联系、相互促进。“三个代表”是历史唯物主义的与时俱进。     

The International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania: successes,challenges, perspectives

The article summarizes the history of the International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania and outlines the work it has accomplished to date. The author reviews the problems and controversies surrounding the Commission’s research into the post-1940 period of Lithuania’s history and describes the clashing perspectives inherent in the starkly different Lithuanian, Jewish, Western and Soviet wartime narratives.     

文化自觉与文化研究的方法论问题

文化自觉不仅是对文化客体形式的自觉,更是人本身对于自己作为文化主体的自觉;文化自觉也不仅是对本民族流传下来的书面历史文献资料的自觉,更要把握文化发展的内在规律。文化自觉问题涉及文化研究的方法论问题,涉及是从观念出发还是从物质实践出发的问题。     

实践科学发展观的唯物史观解析——以辽宁特色为例

科学发展观是发展中国特色社会主义的重要战略思想,辽宁在贯彻落实科学发展观的过程中结合历史和现实状况。以唯物史观基本原理为指导,形成了具有辽宁特色的科学发展之路,根据人的历史主体地位原理,以民生为突破口,深入贯彻以人为本理念;运用生产力和生产关系的基本原理,保增长促发展,实现辽宁全面振兴发展;运用矛盾普遍联系的基本原理,解难题促和谐,实现辽宁协调发展;运用人与自然辩证统一的原理,环保攻坚惠民,实现辽宁可持续发展;运用唯物主义系统方法论,坚持统筹兼顾。     

美国“平等-不平等政治”的历史周期率及其对中国的启示

对于“占领华尔街”运动所暴露出的美国社会贫富差距扩大和两级分化现象,可以用美国学者保罗·克鲁格曼的“不平等政治”与“平等政治”相互转换的分析理论来解释。在他看来,美国的政治与经济社会之间的关系是政治的平等或不平等决定着经济社会的平等或不平等;美国不平等政治与平等政治的转换经历了“严重不平等”的“前新政”时期、“相对平等”的“新政”时期和“高度不平等”的保守主义政治时期这三个阶段;美国正面临着走向新平等政治并实现贫富差距“大缓和”的历史机遇。然而,“占领华尔街”运动却表明,美国的不平等政治仍然在延续,美国至今未能从制度上解决“平等一不平等政治”周期性转换这一政治不公平问题。由此可以得出如下启示：在当今世界各国包括中国,有“良知”的政治学家和政治家,不仅要推进民主政治,还应该正视“平等一不平等政治”的周期率,并努力超越不平等政治,施行公平政治,以此推进经济社会的公平发展。