Algunes reflexions al voltant del procés transcendent de l'educació

Breu estudi sobre l'estat de l'educació avui en dia en l'àmbit escolar i familiar

A transcendent spiritual treatise upon several heavenly doctrines ...

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Os cuidados com a "carne" na socialização sexual dos jovens

Neste trabalho discutimos o posicionamento de lideranças cristãs sobre a "gestão" das sexualidades dos jovens, no contexto de interpelação das políticas sexuais do Estado. As reflexões resultam de pesquisa etnográfica, conduzida através de levantamento documental, observação e entrevistas com 47 religiosos em Recife. A análise dos dados evidencia o espaço religioso como instância disciplinar que opera a partir de uma razão transcendente ("responsabilidade"). Espera-se que esta seja incorporada pela pessoa, que, então, passa a ser capaz de fazer escolhas apropriadas e diferenciar o "certo" do "errado". Aids e gravidez na adolescência aparecem como resultantes das "tentações da carne/erótico". Na perspectiva dos Direitos Sexuais e à Saúde, o artigo visa desconstruir a carne como domínio de "tentação" e de "força essencial" que leva ao desvio/pecado/"risco"; ressituando-a como instância positiva dos sujeitos (de direitos), e condição de fertilidade social.

Pós-brutalismo das paixões ao povoado refractário: dissertação

Dissertação submetida à Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Teatro - especialização em Encenação,

What value can be attached to a concept of mystery and has it a place in contemporary Western culture?

The idea for this thesis arose from a chain of reactions first set in motion by a particular experience. In keeping with the contemporary need to deconstruct every phenomenon it seemed important to analyse this experience in the hope of a satisfactory explanation. The experience referred to is the aesthetic experience provoked by works of art. The plan for the thesis involved trying to establish whether the aesthetic experience is unique and individual, or whether it is one that is experienced universally. Each question that arises in the course of this exploration promotes a dialectical reaction. I rely on the history of aesthetics as a philosophical discipline to supply the answers. This study concentrates on the efforts by philosophers and critical theorists to understand the tensions between the empirical and the emotional, the individual and the universal responses to the sociological, political and material conditions that prevail and are expressed through the medium of art. What I found is that the history of aesthetics is full of contradictory evidence and cannot provide a dogmatic solution to the questions posed. In fact what is indicated is that the mystery that attaches to the aesthetic experience is one that can also apply to the spiritual or transcendent experience. The aim of this thesis is to support the contribution of visual art in the spiritual well being of human development and supports the uniqueness of the evaluation and aesthetic judgement by the individual of a work of art. I suggest that mystery will continue to be of value in the holistic development of human beings and this mystery can be expressed through visual art. Furthermore, this thesis might suggest that what could be looked at is whether a work of art may be redemptive in its affect and offset the current decline in affective religious practice.

The Peace Processes in the Basque Country and Northern Ireland (1994-2006): a Comparative Approach

The peace process in Northern Ireland demonstrates that new sovereignty formulas need to be explored in order to meet the demands of the populations and territories in conflict. The profound transformation of the classic symbolic elements of the nation-state within the context of the European Union has greatly contributed to the prospects for a resolution of this old conflict. Today’s discussions are focused on the search for instruments of shared sovereignty that are adapted to a complex and plural social reality. This new approach for finding a solution to the Irish conflict is particularly relevant to the Basque debate about formulating creative and modern solutions to similar conflicts over identity and sovereignty. The notion of shared sovereignty implemented in Northern Ireland –a formula for complex interdependent relations– is of significant relevance to the broader international community and is likely to become an increasingly potent and transcendent model for conflict resolution and peace building.

El procés de pau al País Basc i a Irlanda del Nord (1994-2006). Un enfocament comparat

El procés de pau a Irlanda del Nord demostra que cal explorar noves fórmules de sobirania que prenguin en consideració les demandes dels pobles i territoris en conflicte. La profunda transformació dels elements simbòlics clàssics de l’estat-nació en el context de la Unió Europea ha contribuït enormement a les perspectives de resolució d’aquest vell conflicte. Els debats actuals se centren en la recerca de nous instruments de sobirania compartida adaptats a una realitat social complexa i plural. Aquest nou enfocament per trobar una solució al conflicte irlandès és particularment rellevant per al debat basc sobre la formulació de solucions creatives i modernes a problemes similars d’identitat i sobirania. La noció de sobirania compartida implementada a Irlanda del Nord –una fórmula per a relacions interdependents complexes– té una rellevància molt significativa per a la comunitat internacional i probablement es convertirà en un model cada vegada més potent i transcendent per a la resolució de conflictes i la construcció de la pau.

Estudio del ecosistema urbano de San José. Protocolo de monitoreo de aves y naturalización del Parque La Sabana

El papel de la ciudad en el futuro de la humanidad será transcendente, y es que el crecimiento actual de los espacios urbanos tiende, en general, a desbordar el sitio original de las ciudades, abarcando territorios cada vez más extensos y discontinuos. Y por este motivo es de vital importancia el estudio de la ciudad y de su entorno, el cual es sinónimo de ecosistema urbano. En el siguiente estudio se evalúa el ecosistema urbano de San José, capital de Costa Rica, dando énfasis en las zonas verdes presentes, en las relaciones con los ecosistemas naturales circundantes y como mejorar su capacidad ecológica. Por este motivo se ha analizado un proceso de rearborización en el Parque Metropolitano La Sabana, principal nódulo de carga de la trama urbana. Este esfuerzo de naturación dotará al parque de una mayor naturalización, con lo que se espera un aumento de la biodiversidad faunística. Para conocer estos cambios se crea un programa de monitoreo de aves con su respectivo protocolo.

Current situation of Chagas disease in Central America

Chagas disease in Central America is known since 1913 when the first human case was reported in El Salvador. The other Central American countries reported their first cases between 1933 and 1967. On October 1997 was launched the Central American Initiative for Chagas Disease Control (IPCA). The objectives of this sub-regional Initiative are: (1) the elimination of Rhodnius prolixus in Central America; (2) the reduction of the domiciliary infestation of Triatoma dimidiata; and (3) the elimination of the transfusion transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi. Significant advancements being close to the elimination of R. prolixus in Central America and the control of the transfusion transmission has been a transcendent achievement for the sub-region. The main challenges that the IPCA will have in the close future are: developing effective strategies for control and surveillance of T. dimidiata; and surveillance of other emerging triatominae species like R. pallescens, T. nitida, and T. ryckmani.

The Franco-German motor before the eastern enlargement: the causes of its decline

The Franco-German axis has been a transcendent force behind the European integration ever since the early years of the EEC. Nevertheless, since the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, the perception of a progressive distancing between France and Germany as far as the EU politics is concerned, has increased. There has not been a definitive break in Franco-German relations. However, the influence of the Franco-German axis in the EU has been reduced in the 90s. Finally, in the Nice IGC (December 2000), the misunderstandings of these two “big” states about their weight in the Council, almost caused the failure to conclude the Treaty of Nice, clearing the way for the Eastern enlargement. The traditional balance between France and Germany has been eroded. Germany has consolidated its role of leadership in the EU, and above all towards the candidate countries. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the fifth enlargement as one of the causes of the decline of the Franco-German axis as the motor of the process of European integration.

Tot no es pot patentar

Les decisions sobre patents tenen una dimensió global i poc hi podem influir, però sí que podem adoptar algunes polítiques que afavoreixin determinades inversions en R+D. No hi ha dubte que aquest és un tema transcendent en l'economia del coneixement i que no pot quedar en mans de la improvisació

Necessary truth and proof

What makes necessary truths true? I argue that all truth supervenes on how things are, and that necessary truths are no exception. What makes them true are proofs. But if so, the notion of proof needs to be generalized to include verification-transcendent proofs, proofs whose correctness exceeds our ability to verify it. It is incumbent on me, therefore, to show that arguments, such as Dummett's, that verification-truth is not compatible with the theory of meaning, are mistaken. The answer is that what we can conceive and construct far outstrips our actual abilities. I conclude by proposing a proof-theoretic account of modality, rejecting a claim of Armstrong's that modality can reside in non-modal truthmakers.

Tid och det tidlösa i tiden : en frambrytande vårdvetenskaplig teorigestaltning

Denna vårdvetenskapliga grundforskning syftar till att ur ett vårdvetenskapligt perspektiv och genom en hermeneutisk ansats fördjupa förståelsen för tiden och hur den gestaltas i vårdandets värld ur patientens synvinkel. Ett abduktivt syfte är att söka evidens för hur tiden kunde gestaltas ur ett vårdvetenskapligt perspektiv. Forskningsuppgiften är att teoretiskt och empiriskt utveckla kunskap om tidens substans och ontologi i vårdandets värld i ljuset av hälsa och lidande. Forskningsdesignen består av att genom induktion, deduktion och abduktion skapa hermeneutiska förståelsehorisonter. Sökandet efter det sanningslika och friläggandet av mening sker genom begreppsbestämning, tolkning av filosofers texter och tolkning av patienters texter. Vid avtäckandet av teorifragment har ett hermeneutiskt kunskapsarkeologiskt närmelsesätt utprövats. Horisontsammansmältningen framträder genom en vårdvetenskaplig mångdimensionell klangbotten och därigenom skapas den sammanvävda bilden. Bilden framvisar en frambrytande vårdvetenskaplig teorigestaltning där tid och det tidlösa i tiden bildar en dialogisk rörelse. Den mångdimensionella tiden tillför gestaltningar av dimensioner, skikt och nivåer. Den ontologiska nivån presenteras som ’flödande tid’, ’tillvarons tid’, ’kroppsligt innesluten tid’ och ’den andres föregående tid’. Tidens väsensdimensioner artikuleras som ’besittningstiden’, ’nuflödet’ och ’tidens genuina skepnad’. Tidens ’rymd’ eller det som kunde ses som en transcendent nivå har indelats i ’den förlösande tiden’, ’den tidlösa tiden’ och ’evighetshägring’. Den existentiella nivån framträder i en dialogisk rörelse mellan hälsa och lidande och synliggör tidens dubbelhet genom den yttre tidens gestaltade rörelse och den inre tidens beslöjade rörelse. Patienters vittnesbörder om tidsupplevelser, vilka framstiger inom vårdandets värld har genom en tolkningsrörelse förts in i dialog mellan ’hälsa’ och ’lidande’. Därigenom bildas ett mönster som visar på den genom lidandet förändrade tidens gestalt. Denna är en grund för den vårdande tidens tankemönster. Tankemönstret presenteras som ’tidspektras valv’, ’nuvarons tillgänglighet’ och ’varda i tid att lida ut’.

Frithjof Schuonin uskonto- ja esoteriakäsitys

Tässä tutkielmassa olen pyrkinyt antamaan lukijalle käsityksen siitä, millaisista elementeistä muodostui sveitsiläis-elsassilaisen muslimimystikko, runoilija ja taidemaalari Frithjof Schuonin käsitys uskonnosta ja kuinka hän ymmärsi esoteerisuuden. Tavoitteenani tämän jälkeen on ollut paikantaa Schuonin näkemykset länsimaisen esoterian ja pluralistisen uskontoteologian kentälle. Tutkimuksen kohteena on ollut Frithjof Schuonin aiheesta tuottama laaja kirjallisuus. Tärkeimmät kirjalliset aineistot ovat olleet Seyyed Hossein Nasrin toimittama The Essential Writings of Frithjof Schuon, joka koostuu Schuonin kirjoittamista esseistä ja artikkeleista, sekä Schuonin kirjat The Transcendent Unity of Religions ja Form and Substance in the Religions. Metodologisesti tutkielmani sijoittuu uskontohistoriaan ja esoteriatutkimukseen. Tutkielmasta selviää, että Schuonin määritelmä uskonnolle oli normatiivinen. Hän erotti toisistaan aidot ja epäaidot uskonnot ja jakoi aidot uskonnot eksoteeriseen ja esoteeriseen puoleen sekä puhdas- ja harhaoppisiin muotoihin. Hän näki transsendenttisen ykseyden (sophia perennis) puhdasoppisten aitojen uskontojen kesken ja piti Absoluuttia (Jumala/nirvāna) tällaisten uskontojen alkuperänä. Hän ei siis pitänyt uskontoja yksinomaan inhimillisinä kulttuuri-ilmiöinä. Esoterian hän katsoi sisältyvän puhdasoppisiin uskontoihin, ei niinkään olevan vastakulttuuri tai vaihtoehto niille. Schuonin uskontokäsityksen voi nähdä esoteerisena näkökulmana pluralistiseen tapaan nähdä uskontojen keskinäiset suhteet. Hän on etsinyt uskonnollisista traditioista yhtäläisyyksiä ja perusteluja näkemyksilleen pyrkimättä luomaan uudenlaista uskonnollista perinnettä. Hyvä jatkotutkimuksen aihe olisi selvittää, kuinka nämä hänen löytämänsä yhtäläisyydet ja perustelut nähdään uskonnollisten traditioiden itsensä sisällä.

On affirmation and becoming : a Deleuzian reading of Nietzsche's critique of nihilism

The main thrust of this thesis is the re-exploration of Friedrich Nietzsche's "critique of nihilism" through the lenses of Gilles Deleuze. A Deleuzian reading of Nietzsche is motivated by a post-deconstrnctive style of interpretation, inasmuch as Deleuze goes beyond, or in between, henneneutics and deconstrnction. Deleuze's post-deconstrnctive reading of Nietzsche is, however, only secondary to the main aim of this thesis. The primary thrust of this study is the critique of a way of thinking characterized by Nietzsche as nihilistic. Therefore, it should be noted that this study is not about Deleuze's reading per se; rather, it is an appraisal of Nietzsche's "critique of nihilism" using Deleuze's experimental reading. We will accrue Nietzsche's critique and Deleuze's post-deconstrnctive reading in order to appraise Nietzsche's critique itself. Insofar as we have underscored Deleuze's purported experimentation of Nietzschean themes, this study is also an experiment in itself. Through this experimentation, we will find out whether it is possible to partly gloss Nietzsche's critique of nihilism through Deleuzian phraseology. Far from presenting a mere exposition of Nietzsche's text, we are, rather, re-reading, that is, re-evaluating Nietzsche's critique of nihilism through Deleuze's experimentation. This is our way of thinking with Nietzsche. Nihilism is the central problem upon which Nietzsche's philosophical musings are directed; he deems nihilism as a cultural experience and, as such, a phenomenon to be reckoned with. In our reconstruction of Nietzsche's critique of nihilism, we locate two related elements which constitute the structure of the prescription of a cure, Le., the ethics of affirmation and the ontology of becoming. Appraising Nietzsche's ethics and ontology amounts to clarifying what Deleuze thinks as the movement from the "dogmatic image of thought" to the "new image of thought." Through this new image of thought, Deleuze makes sense of a Nietzschean counterculture which is a perspective that resists traditional or representational metaphysics. Deleuze takes the reversal of Platonism or the transmutation of values to be the point of departure. We have to, according to Deleuze, abandon our old image of the world in order to free ourselves from the obscurantism of foundationalist or essentialist thinking. It is only through the transmutation of values that we can make sense of Nietzsche's ethics of affirmation and ontology of becoming. We have to think of Nietzsche's ethics as an "ethics" and not a moral philosophy, and we have to think of his ontology as 1/ ontology" and not as metaphysics. Through Deleuze, we are able to avoid reading Nietzsche as a moral philosopher and metaphysician. Rather, we are able to read Nietzsche as one espousing an ethical imperative through the thought of the eternal return and one advocating a theory of existence based on an immanent, as opposed to transcendent, image of the world.