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Self and the Other
15 Sep 2014-pp 3382-3392
TL;DR: Self and the other as mentioned in this paper is a concept that expresses a relationship, a multifaceted relation between two contested concepts, and it can be used to describe the relations between nonwestern and western traditions themselves.
Abstract: “Self and the other” – a theme, a concept, sometimes a mere presupposition – expresses a relationship, a multifaceted relation between two contested concepts. This relationship traverses western political theory and other theoretical traditions. In fact, this expression is sometimes used to describe the relations between nonwestern and western traditions themselves. These traditions of political theory combine source materials from many eras and places. For this reason, “self and the other” provides an opening through which one can detect the scope and urgency of debates in political theory as they concern power relations between people, animals, and material things. Several times and places are revisited especially often for textual sources: ancient Greece, Enlightenment Europe, nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Europe, and late twentieth-century Europe and the Americas.
Keywords:
democratic theory;
difference;
governmentality;
identity;
political thought;
postmodernism
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...…could be used in developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, and even biology (Gallagher, 1997; Gallagher & Zahavi, 2012; Lutz & Thompson, 2003; Petitot, Varela, Pachoud, & Roy, 1999; Thompson, 2007; Varela, 1996, 1997; Zahavi, 2005, 2014)....
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TL;DR: The aim of the article is to make some critical remarks concerning van Manen and Smith’s understanding of phenomenology and to suggest alternative resources for qualitative researchers interested in phenomenology.
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82 citations
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Abstract: Considerable efforts are underway to understand the behaviours of the growing number of outbound Chinese tourists. Existing research has shown that this market is complex, and an awareness of regional differences, change within China, and sensitivity to other world views are needed to guide studies in this area. For western researchers, several puzzles require conceptual clarification. These items of interest include what motivates Chinese tourists and are their motives different from those of western tourists? Among the other questions to be asked are, how do Chinese tourists interact with each other and their hosts, and how do they view unfamiliar natural environments? These are big questions and require a holistic and comprehensive approach to seeking initial answers. The paper approaches the puzzles posed by Chinese tourist behaviour by considering tourists' experiences as an orchestrated pattern of five blended forces. In particular, attention was directed towards the social behaviours, the role of sensory modalities, and the cognitive, affective and activity facets of experience. Further, this review explains how three major streams of influence (Confucianism, Communism and Capitalism) operate on and through the Chinese outbound tourists' experiences. The paper identifies these multiple influences as producing an oscillating triple-C gaze. The application of this concept can arguably help better delineate the perspectives of the twenty first century outbound Chinese travellers. As the quest to solve the puzzles of Chinese tourist behaviour gathers momentum, the opportunities for more longitudinal research and comparative studies viewed within this triple-C gaze are identified as useful complements to existing work.
78 citations
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58 citations
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45 citations
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