The origins and dynamics of genocide

Abstract

Two of Michael Mann's recent books continue his exploration of the sources of social power and then extend it into the study of ethnic cleansing, a phenomenon which Mann wishes to see as a potential built into modern political institutions, and specifically democratic political cultures, from the start. However, this review argues that the richness of the empirical material mobilized in these books makes them more nuanced and sophisticated than Mann's own summary of them suggests.     

新时期坚守共产党人精神追求的思考

党的十八大报告明确提出,坚定理想信念,坚守共产党人的精神追求,并从抓好思想理论建设、党性教育、道德建设三个方面提出了明确要求,对于全面提高党的建设科学化水平具有很强的现实指导性。广大党员干部特别是党员领导干部必须自觉加强理论修养,夯实思想基础;加强党性修养,坚定政治信仰;加强道德修养,弘扬优良作风,从而更加坚定理想信念,坚守共产党人的精神追求。     

Ubuntu as public policy in South Africa: A conceptual framework

ABSTRACT

Beginning with an overview of the origin and core elements of ubuntu, this article focuses on the idea that the analytic process required to illustrate how a social theory and a political ideal can be extracted and developed out of their constitutive elements has not been given the rigorous attention it deserves. Without such rigour it is extremely difficult to recommend a coherent conceptual framework for political action. It then suggests guidelines for policy development and implementation, confident that nuanced variations in the various understandings of ubuntu are not so fundamental as to prevent trend-data analysis and generalisation.     

站在对立面的思考——邓正来《中国法学向何处去》反思

邓正来所著<中国法学向何处去>集中批判了法学的现代化范式,但是现代化范式在中国目前具有其必然性与合理性.而邓正来在书中所体现出来的国别主义则无法对抗普遍主义.当然,学理的讨论还是应该在一定条件下继续推进.     

论美是理想的形式

美是以理想为核心的主体本质力量对象化的产物.美的本质是在人类社会实践基础上形成的既符合客观世界本质规律、又符合人类全面发展的长远目的即符合人类社会历史进步要求的理想关系.这种理想关系包含认识关系和伦理关系,又高于认识关系和伦理关系,是一种主体与客体、感性与理性、形式与内容、现实与未来辩证统一的更具创造性、超越性、前瞻性的本质关系,而美的事物则是这种真善统一、和谐自由的理想关系的感性显现.美的内容是形式化了的理想,美的形式是理想化了的形式.随着人类社会实践活动的推进,理想关系逐步向更高层次提升,美的事物也在保持相对恒久的同时,发展着革故鼎新的变易性.     

新时期大学生理想信念教育的探讨

以理想信念教育为核心,深入进行树立正确的世界观、人生观和价值观教育是加强和改进大学生思想政治教育的首要任务。青年寄托着国家和民族的未来,切实加强和改进青年大学生思想政治教育,是培养社会主义合格建设者和可靠接班人,确保党和国家事业兴旺发达的“希望工程;”探索新时期大学生理想信念教育已经成为当前和今后高等学校的重要任务。     

积极投身党员先进性教育活动大力推进党的先进性建设

在全党开展以学习实践"三个代表"重要思想为主要内容的保持共产党员先进性教育活动,是近年来学习实践"三个代表"思想的继续和深化.这对于加强党的执政能力建设,巩固党的执政地位,落实科学发展观,构建社会主义和谐社会,使党更好地领导全国人民建设全面小康社会,具有十分重大而长远的意义.每个党员都应以饱满的政治热情,求真务实的工作作风,认真负责的工作态度,积极投身到先进性教育活动中.     

The image of ‘ideal’ Turkish womanhood? a Bakhtinian approach to Halide Edib Adıvar’s Raik’in Annesi (Raik’s Mother) (1909)

Critics often read Halide Edib Ad?var’s Raik’in Annesi (Raik’s Mother, 1909) as an affirmation of the author’s vision of ‘ideal’ womanhood, one which is aligned with the visions of reformers involved in the projects of Turkish nationalism and modernisation. This article presents an analysis of the novel that both incorporates and goes beyond such accounts. Instead of focusing on depictions of the heroine (Refika) as signs of female objectification or as reflections of Ad?var’s views on the woman question, the analysis focuses on the dialogic properties of the text in order to attend to the ways in which the heroine is presented as the locus of an ongoing conflict between her own aspirations for independence and the various opinions and judgements about her that are set within the discursive boundaries of ‘ideal’ womanhood. The analysis draws on Bakhtin’s theory of dialogism (and concepts related to it, in particular ‘authoritative and internally persuasive discourse’ and the notion of internal dialogue) and examines the tension between the hegemonic discourse that asserts the role of ‘ideal’ wife-mother and the dissenting voices in the text that provide insight into the heroine’s experiences and struggles for autonomy. In doing so, we can develop a sense of the polyvocal, dialogic and inconsistent depiction of the heroine while drawing out the texts’ critiques of the conventions of womanhood and marriage and their effects on women. By analysing such contradictory depictions of Refika, the article aims to draw attention to the way in which the text problematises the image of ‘ideal’ womanhood, whilst offering reflection on the novel’s concluding commentary on the woman struggle for agency and freedom.     

坚定理想信念 提升道德品行

理想信念是共产党人的精神支柱、政治灵魂,道德品行是一个人为人处事的根本。领导干部要坚定理想信念和提升道德品行,就必须对理想信念和道德品行有正确的认识;必须意识到坚定理想信念、提升道德品行尤为必要重要,具有积极深远的意义;必须清醒明白坚定理想信念和提升道德品行是当好干部的首要标准,是改变干部不良现状的迫切需要,是干部助力实现中国梦的客观要求;必须坚持学习马克思主义理论、坚定"三个自信"、坚守"三严三实"和践行社会主义核心价值观。     

从《新世训》看和谐社会理想人格的构建

同一文本,不同的人从不同的视角出发会发掘出不同的内涵和价值。冯友兰先生在抗日战争时期构建的《新世训》,结合具体的生活情景,赋予传统的伦理思想以新的内容和形式,肯定人的理性认识对判断道德行为的意义,从中揭示出和谐社会理想人格所应具有的特征是自由化、平民化和生活化。