One dimensional man
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TL;DR: For instance, the authors argues that IR is remarkably ill-equipped to understand and understand radical conservative political forces and ideas across the globe, which are influencing and even transforming the landscape of international politics.
Abstract: Across the globe, radical conservative political forces and ideas are influencing and even transforming the landscape of international politics. Yet IR is remarkably ill-equipped to understand and ...
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...…to produce individuals susceptible to manipulation by advertising and bureaucratic agencies.15 In this “one-dimensional,” “totally administered society” (Marcuse, 1964), there seemed vanishingly little room for critical agency, and the proletariat’s historical mission of bringing modernity to its…...
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TL;DR: In this paper, it is shown how Marx's use of the concept of a human species-being is a radical reconceptualization of the philosophic tradition's idea of human essence, and how this concept functions to ground both Marx's critique of capitalist society and his view of socialism as a positive alternative to that society.
Abstract: It is generally recognized that Marx's account of human alienation (estrangement) presented in the 1844 Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts is dependent upon his notion of a human species-being. Since that concept is almost totally absent from Marx's later writings, it is not generally acknowledged that this concept continues to play a central function in Marx's writing and, in particular, in his critique of capitalist society. In this paper, I shall try to show the full range of implications that Marx draws from his claim that "Man is a species-being... and free conscious activity constitutes the species -character of man" (Marx, 1974, pp. 327-328 ). In the first sec tion, I will show how Marx's use of the concept of a human species-being is a radical reconceptualization of the philosophic tradition's use of the idea of a human essence. I will then, in the second section, show how this concept functions to ground both Marx's critique of capitalist society as well as his view of socialism as a positive alternative to that society. Finally, in the third section, I will show that this view of the human being leads to a critique of various "ahistorial" theories of human nature present in the philosophic and economic tradition. As a result, we shall see that Marx's conception of the human species-being is a genuine theoretical innovation that functions as the centerpiece of Marx's view of human beings and their society.
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TL;DR: This article looks eclectically at examples from the world of human communication to show the efficacy of a model constructed from a pentad of dimensions in making appraisals of some germane facets of singular and collective cultural dissimilitude and advancement.
Abstract: Recognition of the world of Human communication (HC) is necessary for fathoming Mankind’s promise. Theorising about HC under the prevailing definition is often one-dimensional and linear. A model c...
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TL;DR: The intellectual roots of media ecology are discussed in this paper, with a focus on the role of the media in the creation of information and its transmission, and on its role in the dissemination.
Abstract: (2000). Introduction: The intellectual roots of media ecology. New Jersey Journal of Communication: Vol. 8, The intellectual roots of Media ecology, pp. 1-7.
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...Just as critical theorists at the time such as Adorno and Horkheimer (1972, 1977), Enzensberger (1974), Marcuse (1965), and Schiller (1973, 1976) argued for a political economy in the study of media and culture, media ecologists were proposing the study of how change in the dominant form of…...
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TL;DR: The authors argued that ''Bengali'' and ''Muslim'' are complementary and that group solidarity itself is a social process that links to the everyday world that provides the space for the identity formation.
Abstract: The scholars of the South Asian politics have tended to take a one-dimensional view in national formations in Bangladesh, that is, identity formation is seen as either instrumental or primordial. Relying on the conceptual framework of social formation, this article argues that `Bengali' and `Muslim' are complementary. Group solidarity itself is seen as a social process that links to the everyday world that provides the space for the identity formation. It transcends the narrow utilitarian principle to strive for securing and organizing power itself.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined accounts of travelers in terms of Erving Goffman's front versus back distinction and found that tourists try to enter back regions of the places they visit because these regions are associated with intimacy of relations and authenticity of experiences.
Abstract: The problem of false consciousness and its relationship to the social structure of tourist establishments is analyzed. Accounts of travelers are examined in terms of Erving Goffman's front versus back distinction. It is found that tourists try to enter back regions of the places they visit because these regions are associated with intimacy of relations and authenticity of experiences. It is also found that tourist settings are arrenged to produce the impression that a back region has been entered even when this is not the case. In tourist settings, between the front and the back there is a series of special spaces designed to accommodate tourists and to support their beliefs in the authenticity of their experiences. Goffman's front-back dichotomy is shown to be ideal poles of a continuum, or a variable.
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TL;DR: Casey as discussed by the authors explored the effects of contemporary practices of work on the self and found that changes currently occuring in the world of work are part of the vast social and cultural changes that are challenging the meta trends of modern industrialism.
Abstract: Despite recent interest in the effects of restructuring and redesigning the work place, the link between individual identity and structural change has usually been asserted rather than demonstrated. Through an extensive review of data from field work in a multi-national corporation Catherine Casey changes this. She knows that changes currently occuring in the world of work are part of the vast social and cultural changes that are challenging the meta trends of modern industrialism. These events affect what people do everyday, and they are altering relations among ourselves and with the physical world. This valuable book is not only a critical analysis of the transformations occurring in the world of work, but an exploration of the effects of contemporary practices of work on the self.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors interpret critical urban theory with reference to four mutually interconnected elements: its theoretical character; its reflexivity; its critique of instrumental reason; and its emphasis on the disjuncture between the actual and the possible.
Abstract: What is critical urban theory? While this phrase is often used in a descriptive sense, to characterize the tradition of post‐1968 leftist or radical urban studies, I argue that it also has determinate social–theoretical content. To this end, building on the work of several Frankfurt School social philosophers, this paper interprets critical theory with reference to four, mutually interconnected elements—its theoretical character; its reflexivity; its critique of instrumental reason; and its emphasis on the disjuncture between the actual and the possible. On this basis, a brief concluding section considers the status of urban questions within critical social theory. In the early 21st century, I argue, each of the four key elements within critical social theory requires sustained engagement with contemporary patterns of capitalist urbanization. Under conditions of increasingly generalized, worldwide urbanization, the project of critical social theory and that of critical urban theory have been intertwined a...
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TL;DR: The authors provide an overview of the key images of identity in organizations found in the research literature, including self-doubters, strugglers, surfers, storytellers, strategists, stencils and soldiers.
Abstract: This article provides an overview of the key images of identity in organizations found in the research literature. Image refers to the overall idea or conceptualization, capturing how researchers relate to — and shape — a phenomenon. Seven images are suggested: self-doubters, strugglers, surfers, storytellers, strategists, stencils and soldiers. These refer to how the individual is metaphorically understood in terms of identity, that is, how the researcher (research text) captures the individual producing a sense of self. The article aims to facilitate orientation — or encourage productive confusion — within the field, encourage reflexivity and sharpen analytic choices through awareness of options for how to conceptualize self-identity constructions.
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