PARRHESIA NUMBER 1 • 2006 • 1 – 12 Thinking between disciplines: an aesthetics of knowledge1 Jacques Rancière Translated by Jon Roffe What should be understood by the invocation of an ‘aesthetics of knowledge’? It is clearly not a matter of saying that the forms of knowledge must take on an aesthetic dimension. The expression presupposes that such a dimension does not have to be added as a supplementary ornament‚ that it is there in every sense as an immanent given of knowledge. It
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The Major Psychological Perspectives Behaviorism is a highly deterministic view that declares there is no free will‚ defines psychology as the science of behavior. Pavlov‚ Watson‚ Thorndike and Skinner are the four major psychologists that help develop and enhance this view. They studied behavioral responses and the ways those responses are influenced by stimuli in the environment. . The psychoanalytic view largely focuses on the unconscious influencing human behavior. Developed by Sigmund Freud
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homosexual females or referred to as lesbians. Gay males and lesbians have existed throughout history. The historical and scientific perspectives on homosexuality have shaped the way gay individuals perceive themselves in various ways. These perspectives may also be beneficial to heterosexuals’ understanding of others in our world of sexual diversity. When looking at historical perspectives‚ religion and past societies’ sexual behavior is addressed. Although past Greek and Roman cultures were frequently
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Scientific knowledge expanded rapidly‚ and influenced the way Europeans viewed the world; perhaps more profoundly than at any other time in history. Among these changes was Louis Pasteur discovery of the germ‚ which opened up a whole new world in health care. This led to Europeans using soap and taking showers more often‚ a huge market for antiseptics and disinfectants opened up‚ new methods for food preservation were discovered and used‚ the invention of the refrigerator‚ avoiding being around
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The Embodiment of Societal Fears and Flaws in Monsters Not everything is what it seems. Underlying meanings are often much more common than we realize‚ yet easily overlooked. Throughout literature‚ this is very prominent‚ specifically with authors using their characters to represent deeper meanings through their existence. The purpose for this is to bring societal flaws‚ such as fears and issues‚ into the public eye‚ allowing for better knowledge and understanding of the topic. Upon discovery
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Historical and Scientific Perspectives on Homosexuality Throughout the ages homosexuality has been documented. Within our culture‚ homosexuality has been largely condemned. Though recently‚ homosexuality is seemingly more accepted than it once was. Historical and scientific perspectives on homosexuality might have an impact on how a homosexual individual view them self within critical world views. However‚ these perspectives may also hold benefit to heterosexuals’ understanding of sexual diversity
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INTRODUCTION This essay focuses on the three dominant perspectives in industrial relations. These perspectives are unitary perspective‚ pluralist perspective and Marxist perspective as Dzimbiri (2008) suggests. The essay discusses each perspective in detail and further analyzes the one which provide an explanation of the employment relations in the modern work organizations. Having done that the essay finally gives a conclusion. It has to be mentioned that in the beginning‚ the essay starts by
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Historical and Scientific Perspectives on Homosexuality PSY/265 February 17‚ 2013 Historical and Scientific Perspectives on Homosexuality To understand homosexuality you need to first understand what it means. Homosexuality is defined as being a romantic attraction‚ sexual attraction‚ or sexual activity of the same sex or same gender. Over the years homosexuality seems to be more common and accepted not only among peers but among different cultures‚ that was not always the case. Homosexuality
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Historical and Scientific Perspective on Homosexuality Izabella Lee Psy/265 06/07/15 In this paper I will be talking about the historical and scientific perspective on homosexuality. This paper I will discuss three different perspectives on the subject them being the biological‚ historical and psychological perspective on homosexuality. Another thing that I will go over is the impact that all these perspective may have on how homosexuals look and feel about themselves. Looking
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Journal of Economic Perspectives—Volume 20‚ Number 2—Spring 2006 —Pages 3–22 Why Europe and the West? Why Not China? David S. Landes T he world history of technology is the story of a long‚ protracted inversion. As late as the end of the first millennium of our era‚ the civilizations of Asia were well ahead of Europe in wealth and knowledge. The Europe of what we call the Middle Ages (say‚ tenth century) had regressed from the power and pomp of Greece and Rome‚ had lost much of the science
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