Showing papers on "Face (sociological concept) published in 1979"

Western political theory in the face of the future

Abstract: John Dunn's Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future demonstrates that the major traditions of thought, from which the political values of the modern West have emerged are all, in the light of recent world history, in crucial respects incoherent or flawed. This second edition underlines the drastic changes in the challenges which face the world, in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse and the end of the Cold War, stressing the ever tighter linking of the global economy with the ecology in which we live, and the problems which this poses for the survival of civilisation.

Does image size affect judgments of the face

Abstract: Whether the video-image of the face was larger than life or about one-fifth life size made no difference in observers' judgments of emotions, attitudes, and personality traits.

Heidelberg Science Library

Abstract: The term 'Facing Reality' refers to personal reality. The book, 'Facing Reality' by Eccles is concerned with the attempt of each person to face up to his own personal existence as a unique conscious self.

Britain's elusive role in world politics*

Abstract: Generalisation about foreign policy is inevitable. It is the external face of a country, turned toward the world and taken by others to characterize the society behind it. Politicians and commentators continually search for ways in which to describe the essence of their nation's foreign policy, partly for themselves, and partly to convey its direction and values to interested parties at home or abroad. One of the most natural and time-honoured solutions they have hit upon has been the concept of ‘role’

Conceptions of the individual in the world order models project (WOMP) literature

Abstract: At least three theories of man and social reality can be abstracted from the World Order Models Project (WOMP) literature. The leading concepts in what I call the Anti‐Political theory (von Weizsacker) are Truth and Love. The Individual type needed to bring about and preserve a world order resonating these values is the Saint. The leading concepts in the Apolitical theory (Falk, Mazrui, Sakamoto) are Consensus and Enlightened Self‐Interest. The individual type needed to transform the world of the Apolitical theorist is the Reformer/ Educator. The guiding concepts in the Political theory (Lagos) are Power and Conflict. The ideal individual type for changing this world is the Activist. Each of these theories appears to be incomplete by itself when the role of the Transitional Type is not played by an individual of great inner strength and balance. Brute force and dominating institutions will turn weak saints into Quietists. Reformer/Educators unwilling to face up to the influence of power and the role of co...

The Spiritual Dimensions of the Scientific World

Abstract: Scientists have rediscovered the spiritual dimension of reality making it possible once again for them to communicate with Christian supernaturalists. Duchrow examines the spiritual options of the Christian church in the face of this encounter with the materialistic world and posits that mission must become the go-between for these two worlds, incarnating the love of Christ and producing hope vis-a-vis the dilemma of the human condition.

Jews in a Gentile World: The Problem of Anti-Semitism

Abstract: The authors utilize social science findings for the first time to analyze practical issues that face both Jew and non-Jew. Eighteen widely-published experts in sociology, anthropology, psychology, political science, economics, history, and philosophy have contributed objective examinations of the problems of anti-Semitism in these collected essays.

Wordsworth and the Face of Things

Abstract: Coleridge's assertion \"Wordsworth's words always mean the whole of their possible meaning\" should be kept in mind. There is a deceptive quality about much of his language: because he uses familiar words and phrases which some times look like cliches (and because in his later poetry they sometimes are) it is easy to imagine that one has grasped their meaning, only to discover, on reflection or on a later reading, that there was more than met the innocent eye. One such cluster of words and phrases, \"the face of things,\" \"the face of nature,\"--or simply \"the face\" provides a case in point. These are such customary and innocuous looking phrases that one might be tempted to think that they are there simply as a way of padding out sentences and filling lines; but I am going to argue that they hark back to a more stringent pattern of thought that was going on in Wordsworth's mind over the years--and particu larly when he wrote The Prelude.