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Face (sociological concept)
About: Face (sociological concept) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5171 publications have been published within this topic receiving 96109 citations. The topic is also known as: Lose face & Face (sociological concept).
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TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors identify and explore three distinctive facets entangled in the Chinese face concept that are not fully apparent in Goffman's face conceptualization nor examined in the research on Chinese face: (1) power/favor/relation face, (2) moral/honor face and (3) mask/image face.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the relationship between stigmatisation, violence and marginality, and its limits to social justice and citizenship, and explore the findings of a research within drug gangs in which I have been involved.
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TL;DR: The authors studied the challenges faced by Chinese students studying in Australia and found that these students face unique challenges when striving toward their academic goals, such as language and cultural differences. But, the challen...
Abstract: Chinese students comprise the largest group of foreign‐born tertiary students studying in Australia, and these students face unique challenges when striving toward their academic goals. The challen...
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TL;DR: The authors argued that the face of the subject communicates an imperative to the subject that obligates her or him to repair the concrete context of action in which the subject encounters the other, and the face is a body.
Abstract: Critics of Levinas reject the notion that the abstract face of the other can ground ethics and generate specific responsibilities. To the contrary, I argue that the face does ground a practical and pragmatic ethics. Drawing on Levinas' phenomenological analyses of the enjoying subject, I show that the face communicates an imperative to the subject that obligates her or him to repair the concrete context of action in which the subject encounters the other. My elucidation takes very seriously the notion that the face speaks and the face is a body. When coupled with a pragmatic account of communication, Levinas gives us a robust elucidation of the phenomenological and pragmatic dimensions of ethical responsibility.
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01 Dec 2009
TL;DR: In this article, the traditional initiation of boys and girls in South Africa and Lesotho has made a major comeback following a change of attitude of the different religious and educational institutions.
Abstract: The traditional initiation of boys and girls in South Africa and Lesotho has made a major comeback following a change of attitude of the different religious and educational institutions. Many people have taken advantage of the situation but with differing agenda. The paper therefore discusses the practices in the face of modern technology and disease and makes a comparative analysis with past experience. It also discusses the research methodological problems in the study of such traditions that come with a changed face.
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