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The Human Condition.

29 Jun 2017-Academic Psychiatry (Springer International Publishing)-Vol. 41, Iss: 6, pp 771-771
TL;DR: In some religious traditions, the myth of the ‘Fall from the Garden of Eden’ symbolizes the loss of the primordial state through the veiling of higher consciousness.
Abstract: Human beings are described by many spiritual traditions as ‘blind’ or ‘asleep’ or ‘in a dream.’ These terms refers to the limited attenuated state of consciousness of most human beings caught up in patterns of conditioned thought, feeling and perception, which prevent the development of our latent, higher spiritual possibilities. In the words of Idries Shah: “Man, like a sleepwalker who suddenly ‘comes to’ on some lonely road has in general no correct idea as to his origins or his destiny.” In some religious traditions, such as Christianity and Islam, the myth of the ‘Fall from the Garden of Eden’ symbolizes the loss of the primordial state through the veiling of higher consciousness. Other traditions use similar metaphors to describe the spiritual condition of humanity:

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TL;DR: Populism was the Cambridge Dictionary's new word of the year 2017 as discussed by the authors, reflecting recent events such as the UK Brexit referendum, the arrival of Donald Trump at the helm of the US p...
Abstract: Populism was the Cambridge Dictionary’s new word of the year 2017. The surge in interest reflects recent events such as the UK Brexit referendum, the arrival of Donald Trump at the helm of the US p...

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Cites background from "The Human Condition."

  • ...…severe reservations with regard to charismatic leadership tally with her general aversion to ‘heroic leadership’: this marries the introduction of hierarchy into human relations with the notion of the ‘lone genius’, which she considers a fallacy (Arendt, 1958: 189–190, cited in Gardiner, 2018: 38)....

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01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: A chronology of key events and figures leading up to and including the USGS raid on Osama Bin Laden's hideout at the Al-Qaeda stronghold of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in June 2013 are revealed.
Abstract: ...................................................................................................................... xi LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................... xv CHAPTER

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Dissertation
28 Dec 2017
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the field of social enterprises in a Latin American context, with Chile as an example, in the interest of make a contribution to the understanding of both, these socio-economic organisations and their relationship with public policies.
Abstract: Social enterprises are an emerging phenomenon in the Chilean economy and society. They are characterised by their social aims, the adoption of market principle and logics, and their commitment to public interest. Today, the theoretical and analytical frameworks that seek to understand these organisations and their relationship with public policies mainly come from either social economy or for-profit social business schools of thought, thus lacking hybrid approaches. Moreover, such frameworks were mostly developed by researchers from developed countries. This thesis seeks to explore the field of Social Entreprises in a Latin American context, with Chile as an example, in the interest of make a contribution to the understanding of both, these socio-economic organisations and their relationship with public policies. The overall objective of this thesis is to answer the question: In the case of Chile, to what extent and why has the emergence and development of Social Enterprises been favoured by public policies during the last two national governments. The following objectives arise from this question: First, to know which are the distinctive features of Social Enterprises in Chile, and why; second, to explore which were the public policies developed and encouraged by the two national governments that supported Social Enterprises in Chile in their respective periods between 2006 and 2013, and the paradigms that nurtured them; and finally, to understand the implications of the public policies implemented by both governments on these organisations. A qualitative research approach and design were adopted. The research universe was delineated through a three prone approach: Associative, Business and Cooperative (ABC), based on the different legal traditions and single features of these organisations. Then, a research sample was selected to, firstly, differentiate and understand the various types of social enterprises included in the ABC approach, and secondly, explore public policies that concern them and the relationship between the two. These processes were developed through different tools such as semi-structured interviews, exploratory groups and workshops, among others. The main conclusions are, first, that the ABC approach functions as an alternative methodological and analytical tool to delineate, differentiate and understand all Social Enterprises traditions including some for-profit organisations, encompassing the particular historical institutional context of Chile. Second, that this approach contributes to highlight the fact that what unites Social Enterprises in Chile is stronger than what divides them; therefore, if public policies reinforce their convergence paths and respect what differentiates them, the ABC could become a human-centred approach to Social Enterprises. Third, the emergent and diverse mechanisms of incidence in public policies of Social Enterprises in Chile are not given by direct public policies, but rather by the paradigm of entrepreneurship and innovation that characterised the government of Sebastian Pinera. And finally, Social Enterprises, particularly type B ones, show a unique ability to innovate and influence public policies and foster cross-sector collaboration, which transforms them into key actors in the co-construction of more developmental public policies.

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14 Aug 2018
TL;DR: In this article, five theses that further develop the underlying governing rationality of neoliberalism are discussed, including the effect of digital technologies on the market logics and economization that constitute the underlying rationality of the system.
Abstract: How have digital technologies affected the market logics and economization that constitute the underlying governing rationality of neoliberalism? This essay unfurls five theses that further develop...

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Cites background from "The Human Condition."

  • ...Hannah Arendt’s (1958) “space of appearance,” a place where the trivium was practiced for democratic ends, is thus converted into Angela Ahrendts’ marketplace of appearance, where Apple’s new trivium is yoked to more efficiently moving consumer products....

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14 Mar 2019
TL;DR: In this article, an architectural analysis of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games, particularly the Lillehammer edition, is presented, arguing that the event did not reflect concerns for the environment.
Abstract: The 1994 Winter Olympic Games, organised and held in Lillehammer, Norway, are often treated as a reference point for the commitment of the International Olympic Committee to sustainable development. Commentators recognised the embodiment of ecological concerns and aspirations in a unique staging of the Olympic ideal. Through an architectural analysis of Winter Olympic Games, particularly the Lillehammer edition, this thesis argues that the event did not reflect concerns for the environment. It also did not relate to material ecology as defined and debated over previous decades in the United Nations. Instead, the XVII Winter Olympics seem to have employed the environmental rhetoric of a Norwegian affiliation to Nature to affirm and re-establish the moral ideal of the Olympic Movement, which was damaged in 1992 when the Games in Albertville, France, were criticised as an ecological failure. Moreover, the event in Norway served to introduce the 1987 UN Report on sustainable development, Our Common Future, despite the geopolitical role of Norway as a leading agent in the international fossil fuel trade. This research tackles problems associated with natural resource exploitation and how architecture is instrumental in legitimising environmental destruction. It foregrounds the disjunction between action and intention, architecture and politics, which can be read between the lines of political and design agendas. The lack of intersectional points between these categories is symptomatic of the absence of critical engagement of design practices with the fundamental issues associated with sustainable development: exiling architects to the role of spectators, heavily influenced by overwhelming political and economic constraints.

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TL;DR: In this article, a series of meditations on life, ground, weather, walking, imagination and what it means to be human are presented, with a focus on the life of lines.
Abstract: To live, every being must put out a line, and in life these lines tangle with one another. This book is a study of the life of lines. Following on from Tim Ingold's groundbreaking work Lines: A Brief History, it offers a wholly original series of meditations on life, ground, weather, walking, imagination and what it means to be human. In the first part, Ingold argues that a world of life is woven from knots, and not built from blocks as commonly thought. He shows how the principle of knotting underwrites both the way things join with one another, in walls, buildings and bodies, and the composition of the ground and the knowledge we find there. In the second part, Ingold argues that to study living lines, we must also study the weather. To complement a linealogy that asks what is common to walking, weaving, observing, singing, storytelling and writing, he develops a meteorology that seeks the common denominator of breath, time, mood, sound, memory, colour and the sky. This denominator is the atmosphere. In the third part, Ingold carries the line into the domain of human life. He shows that for life to continue, the things we do must be framed within the lives we undergo. In continually answering to one another, these lives enact a principle of correspondence that is fundamentally social. This compelling volume brings our thinking about the material world refreshingly back to life. While anchored in anthropology, the book ranges widely over an interdisciplinary terrain that includes philosophy, geography, sociology, art and architecture.

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the fact that gender equality and women empowerment have been eviscerated of conceptual and political bite compromises their use as the primary frame through which to demand rights and justice.
Abstract: The language of ‘gender equality’ and ‘women’s empowerment’ was mobilised by feminists in the 1980s and 1990s as a way of getting women’s rights onto the international development agenda. Their efforts can be declared a resounding success. The international development industry has fully embraced these terms. From international NGOs to donor governments to multilateral agencies the language of gender equality and women’s empowerment is a pervasive presence and takes pride of place among their major development priorities. And yet, this article argues, the fact that these terms have been eviscerated of conceptual and political bite compromises their use as the primary frame through which to demand rights and justice. Critically examining the trajectories of these terms in development, the article suggests that if the promise of the post-2015 agenda is to deliver on gender justice, new frames are needed, which can connect with and contribute to a broader movement for global justice.

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20 Sep 2018-PLOS ONE
TL;DR: A network simulation model used to study a possible relationship between echo chambers and the viral spread of misinformation finds an “echo chamber effect”: the presence of an opinion and network polarized cluster of nodes in a network contributes to the diffusion of complex contagions.
Abstract: The viral spread of digital misinformation has become so severe that the World Economic Forum considers it among the main threats to human society This spread have been suggested to be related to the similarly problematized phenomenon of “echo chambers”, but the causal nature of this relationship has proven difficult to disentangle due to the connected nature of social media, whose causality is characterized by complexity, non-linearity and emergence This paper uses a network simulation model to study a possible relationship between echo chambers and the viral spread of misinformation It finds an “echo chamber effect”: the presence of an opinion and network polarized cluster of nodes in a network contributes to the diffusion of complex contagions, and there is a synergetic effect between opinion and network polarization on the virality of misinformation The echo chambers effect likely comes from that they form the initial bandwagon for diffusion These findings have implication for the study of the media logic of new social media

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a mediation model to explain the relationship between CEO humility and firm performance and found that when a more humble CEO leads a firm, its top management team is more likely to collaborate, share information, jointly make decisions, and possess a shared vision.

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TL;DR: The turn to the study of antibiotic resistance in microbiology and medicine is examined, focusing on the realization that individual therapies targeted at single pathogens in individual bodies are environmental events affecting bacterial evolution far beyond bodies.
Abstract: Beginning in the 1940s, mass production of antibiotics involved the industrialscale growth of microorganisms to harvest their metabolic products. Unfortunately, the use of antibiotics selects for resistance at answering scale. The turn to the study of antibiotic resistance in microbiology and medicine is examined, focusing on the realization that individual therapies targeted at single pathogens in individual bodies are environmental events affecting bacterial evolution far beyond bodies. In turning to biological manifestations of antibiotic use, sciences fathom material outcomes of their own previous concepts. Archival work with stored soil and clinical samples produces a record described here as ‘the biology of history’: the physical registration of human history in bacterial life. This account thus foregrounds the importance of understanding both the materiality of history and the historicity of matter in theories and concepts of life today.

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