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Filling The Vacant Space: A Close Reading Of Kant’S Dialectic Of Pure Practical Reason, Mae Ashraf Ali Saafan

Theses and Dissertations

The main aim of this thesis is to explore Kant’s central notion of rational belief. Kant’s account of rational belief could be viewed as the ground on which rational moral agents assent to propositions that enable them to avoid any practical incoherence as they engage in their moral duty.

The paper will offer a close reading of the dialectic of pure practical reason, particularly the doctrine of the postulates of practical reason. In this doctrine, Kant argues that although there is no theoretical proof for or against freedom, God, and the immortality of the soul, rational moral agents ought to …

Komponen Makna “Ikhlas” Dan “Rida” Dalam Alquran, Rofi Annur Fatimah, Basuni Imamuddin

Multikultura

Penelitian ini menganalisis makna kata “ikhlas” dan “rida” dalam Alquran yang dilatarbelakangi hasil pengamatan penulis di masyarakat dalam penggunaan kata ikhlas dan rida. Dalam masyarakat kata ikhlas dan rida digunakan untuk menyatakan rasa rela terhadap sesuatu. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode analisis komponen makna yang dikemukakan oleh Eugene Nida pada tahun 1975. Dalam bukunya yang berjudul Componential Analysis of Meaning: An Introduction to Semantic Structures, Eugene Nida menyatakan terdapat tiga bentuk komponen makna, ketiga komponen makna tersebut adalah komponen makna umum, komponen pembeda, dan komponen pelengkap. Dalam melakukan analisis komponen makna terdapat 4 langkah, yaitu: penamaan, parafrasa, pendefinisian, dan …

Femininitas Geisha Dalam Geisha, A Life Karya Iwasaki Mineko, Kaninda Rizki Indriani, Ilma Sawindra Janti

Multikultura

Geisha, sebagai salah satu pelaku seni yang menjadi ikon kebudayaan Jepang merupakan seseorang yang memiliki kemampuan dan keterampilan dalam bidang keseninan, terutama kesenian tradisional Jepang yang bekerja untuk menghibur orang lain berdasarkan kesenian yang mereka kuasai. Sebagai seorang geisha, femininitas merupakan hal yang harus dimiliki. Menurut Angela McRobbie, femininitas merupakan sebuah bagian dari ideologi dominan yang berperan untuk mendefinisikan kehidupan wanita. Femininitas ini dapat dilihat dari penampilan, cara berbicara, dan cara bertindak seorang geisha. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menunjukkan bagaimana femininitas geisha direpresentasikan dalam autobiografi yang berjudul Geisha, a Life karya Iwasaki Mineko dan Rande Brown. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode …

Hubungan Parasosial Idol Group Korea Selatan Treasure Melalui Aplikasi Weverse, Amalia Qoriana Nurfadilah, Euis Sulastri

Multikultura

Penyebaran budaya K-pop melalui idol group semakin sukses di berbagai belahan dunia. Hal ini tidak lepas dari pemanfaatan media sosial seperti Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, dan Youtube. Industri hiburan Korea Selatan membuat inovasi baru dengan menciptakan beberapa aplikasi media sosial. Inovasi yang dilakukan industri hiburan Korea Selatan adalah penggemar dapat mengunggah pesan untuk idola, lalu idola akan memilih beberapa unggahan penggemar untuk diberikan komentar atau cheer. Aplikasi yang memiliki fungsi tersebut bernama Weverse. Weverse mengumumkan bahwa TREASURE menjadi artis pertama naungan YG Entertainment yang bergabung. Melalui aplikasi ini, diharapkan penggemar di seluruh dunia dapat berkomunikasi dengan TREASURE. Intensitas komunikasi yang tinggi …

Implementasi Electronic Document Management System Untuk Mendukung E-Government: Studi Kasus Sistem Naskah Dinas Elektronik (Sinde) Kementerian Pendidikan Dan Kebudayaan Ri, Vanya Dewanti Dwi Maharani, Ike Iswary Lawanda

Multikultura

Penelitian ini mengidentifikasi proses implementasi electronic document management systems (EDMS) mendukung pelaksanaan e-government di Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan RI menggunakan aplikasi Sistem Naskah Dinas Elektronik (SINDE). Implementasi ini mengatasi masalah pertukaran informasi dan data antar unit kerja, kinerja dan produktivitas layanan publik, dokumen berbasis kertas. Metode studi kasus digunakan untuk menganalisis data yang diperoleh melalui observasi dan wawancara. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa implementasi EDMS dalam aplikasi SINDE mendukung kegiatan kerja internal dan layanan publik ditinjau walaupun belum seluruh komponen dasar EDMS dalam praktiknya terpenuhi. SINDE mempercepat arus informasi birokrasi dan mendukung pengelolaan naskah dinas elektronik ditinjau dari dimensi layanan …

Sawah Sebagai Media Healing Pada Masyarakat Modern, Dani Setiawan, Siti Murtinigsih

Multikultura

Sawah merupakan salah satu lingkungan pertanian hidup yang terus menjadi perhatian berbagai pihak. Sawah tidak hanya menjadi suatu komoditas tempat penghasil pangan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan gizi makro. Sawah mempunyai makna tinggi secara metafisika yaitu sawah menyimpan kandungan partikel oksigen yang dibutuhkan tubuh setiap manusia termasuk sebagian orang yang sering melakukan bermain ke sawah. Sawah pada masa sekarang dimaknai sebagai tempat untuk berelaksasi psikis, bahkan untuk melakukan healing yang diyakini sawah mempunyai energi hijau dengan ketataruangan terbuka dengan udara bersih dan kesejukannya. Sawah bagi sebagian masyarakat modern dibutuhkan untuk mendapatkan ketenangan dan menggantikan suasana kota yang penuh dengan persoalaan dinamika kehidupan. …

Karmaphala Dalam Lakon Semar Lahir Karya Bima Setya Aji, Shintania Rahmadhika, Darmoko Darmoko

Multikultura

Tulisan ini membahas tentang karmaphala yang terkandung dalam lakon Semar Lahir. Lakon Semar Lahir yang dibawakan oleh Ki Dalang Bima Setya Aji memiliki konsep ajaran karmaphala sebagai salah satu hasil pemikiran Jawa yang menjadi dasar dalam bertingkah laku pada kehidupan sehari-hari. Penelitian dilakukan dengan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Penelitian terhadap lakon ini bertujuan untuk menguraikan konsep karmaphala melalui citra, magisitas, mitos, dan simbol dari tokoh Semar. Saratnya nilai filosofis yang interpretatif menjadi pertimbangan dan salah satu masalah dalam melakukan penelitian ini. Uraian terhadap konsep karmaphala menjadi tujuan penelitian. Metode deskriptif kualitatif digunakan dalam memudahkan pengumpulan data dan mendeskripsikan tulisan dengan jelas …

Everybody Wants To Be A Fascist Online: Psychoanalysis And The Digital Architecture Of Fascism, Anthony Faramelli, Imogen Piper

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

Félix Guattari and Franco Berardi have both argued that media ecologies and psychic ecologies are intimately intertwined and as such, any exploration of the collective unconscious must engage with how the mind is formed with and through media. This understanding of networks of interdependence necessitates an exploration of how platformization has impacted users” collective psyche. Drawing from psychosocial theory, psychoanalysis and the work of Félix Guattari, this article analizes the micropolitics of desire of digital platforms, with an explicit focus on how algorithmic structures amplify extreme Right content, allowing fascisms to metastasis throughout digital spaces. It will first examine the …

Punk Rock Vegan Movie, Michele M. Desmarais

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Punk Rock Vegan Movie (2023), directed by Moby.

Engl 200: Writing About Writing (The Problem Of The University), Flora De Tournay

Open Educational Resources

"The Problem of the University" is a (largely) open education syllabus that marries a criticality of/with the university as a site and space of knowledge making and knowledge suppression with a metacognitive writing approach for undergraduate students. The syllabus' contents include texts from bell hooks, Paolo Freire, Derrida, Fred Moten and Stefano Harney, Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang, among others.

Complete and updated syllabus available at https://waboutw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/

A Happy Lie, Nina Collin

Between the Species

I recently went to a zoo. Wild animals living in confinement with one single purpose: to entertain. When contemplating the concept of a zoo it will become surreal, I promise.

Introduction To Marx, Revolution, And Social Democracy, Philip J. Kain

Philosophy

Many people consider Marx to be a totalitarian and Soviet Marxism the realization of his thought.¹ If one shows them the texts, proves to them that Marx was a radical democrat, they often flip and think him utopian. Totalitarian or utopian-for many those seem to be the alternatives. How might one combat this completely mistaken conception?

What if one could show that European social democracy exemplified Marx's thought far better than did Soviet Marxism?² If social democracy is closer to being the true heir of Marx, then all claims of totalitarianism evaporate. There is nothing remotely totalitarian about …

Learning From Buddhist Teachings And Ethical Practices In Qualitative Research, Pei-Jung Li

The Qualitative Report

This paper aims at conceptualizing research ethics in qualitative research with Buddhist teachings. As a Buddhist, I first introduce how Buddhism came to be central in my life and eventually influenced me as a qualitative researcher. I exemplify how the concepts of all-beings-are-equal, karma, the five precepts, and repentance might inspire a qualitative practice that centers ethics and informs a researcher’s interactions with participants. I suggest that researchers not only work on reflecting on their body (actions), speech (talk), and mind (thoughts) but more importantly, move beyond just reflection and reflexivity to facing and resolving “unwholesome” moments that may arise …

Divinity, Dereck Daschke

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Divinity (2023), directed by Eddie Alcazar.

The Murder Of George Floyd: A Case Study Examining How The Policing Of Black Men And Grassroots Activism Influence The Will Of Black Women To Lead, Ella Gates-Mahmoud

Doctorate in Education

This study's objective investigates the viewpoints held by Black women in two urban areas of Minnesota about the social upheaval that followed the murder of George Floyd in 2020 for using a counterfeit $20 bill. In the last decade, police killings of innocent Black people in the United States have received more attention, and Floyd's death is only one example of this phenomenon. In the U.S., the likelihood of a police officer taking the life of a Black man is higher than that of a White man. Between 2013-2019 there have been 1,641 fatal shootings of defenseless Black men by …

The Impact Of The Canva Program On The Learning Of The Ninth Grade Students In Jordanian Schools Of Html, Maha Abu Maizer

Al-Balqa Journal for Research and Studies البلقاء للبحوث والدراسات

This is a semi-experimental study that aims at measuring the impact of CANVA on the learning of ninth graders in a Jordanian school of HTML. 50 female ninth graders were randomly selected from 72 students in Aisha Bint Abi Baker school, and were distributed to two groups; control, which was taught traditionally, and experimental, which was taught with CANVA to learn HTML as a part of their computer curriculum. The researcher used a set of 20 multiple choice questions to test their knowledge achievement and skills. After checking the validity and reliability of the test. The results showed that there …

Kantian Ethics And Our Duties To Nonhuman Animals, Samuel Kahn

Between the Species

Many take Kantian ethics to founder when it comes to our duties to animals. In this paper, I advocate a novel approach to this problem. The paper is divided into three sections. In the first, I canvass various passages from Kant in order to set up the problem. In the second, I introduce a novel approach to this problem. In the third, I defend my approach from various objections. By way of preview: I advocate rejecting the premise that nonhuman animals are nonrational.

African Metaphysics Or African Existentialism?: Some Critical Remarks On Aribiah David Attoe’S “Groundwork For A New Kind Of African Metaphysics”, Björn Freter

Philosophy Faculty Publications

Aribiah David Attoe’s Groundwork for a New Kind of African Metaphysics is a bold, courageous, passionate, and controversial book. It is erudite, well-informed, well-written, and at times even poetic. It combines the scholarship of Western and African philosophers in elegantly yet naturally flowing language. The book is bold because it aspires, as the title states, to be a groundwork for a new (African) metaphysics, thus claiming to solve those problems which previous metaphysicians of both African and Western origin have been unable to resolve. This is where the book becomes somewhat controversial, which is hardly a surprise. [excerpt]

Book Review On Mindfulness-Based Emotion Focused Counselling (By Padmasiri De Silva), Kathleen Higgins

Comparative Philosophy

No abstract provided.

Book Review On Sculpting The Self: Islam, Selfhood And Human Flourishing (By Muhammad Faruque), Mohammad Azadpur

Comparative Philosophy

No abstract provided.