VOLUME 11 • 2012
AN INTERVIEW WITH JIANG QIPING
Jiang Qiping is Secretary-General of the Center for Informatization Study (CIS) within the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He specializes in the study of information technology and public policy. Established in March 2002, the aim of CIS is the implementation of national strategic policy for “dr..
WAYS OF USING HUMAN RIGHTS LAW TO FIGHT CORRUPTION
ABSTRACT. Scholarly research reveals strong correlations between the necessary legal framework to prevent and curb corruption, the institutional environment of corruption, and the growth of organized crime systems. This paper aims to analyze and discuss the distributive effects of state corruption, ..
FICTIONAL NARRATIVES OF EMBODIMENT IN ROBBE-GRILLET’S WORKS
ABSTRACT. I am specifically interested in how previous research investigated Robbe-Grillet’s depiction of sexuality, his professed aims of creating works of bricolage, the avant-garde style of Robbe-Grillet’s novels, and the phenomenological reduction in Robbe-Grillet’s works. The paper generates in..
ROBBE-GRILLET’S RENDERING OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE IN FILM AND FICTION
ABSTRACT. The results of the current study converge with prior research on the depiction of sexuality in his film and fiction, the destabilizing of the narrative world in Robbe-Grillet’s novels, the role played by objects in the work of Robbe-Grillet, and Robbe-Grillet’s professed non-committed poli..
RYLE ON THE NOTION OF MEANING
ABSTRACT. In the present paper, I focus on Ryle’s understanding of the self-intimating theory of consciousness, his attempt to debunk skepticism, and his conceptual analysis of “mind.” Ryle holds that trueness and falseness, and correctness and incorrectness must be qualities or properties resident ..
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO DESIGN SMART INTERACTIVE CLOTHING
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between instrumental measurements and sensory attributes, the development and utilization of intelligent textile materials, and the accelerated introduction of smart technology in textiles and clothing. The literature on emerging tec..
IS THERE LIFE AFTER FACEBOOK? – ADDENDUM THE CYBER GULAG REVISITED & DEBATE RELOADED • ON THE ARAB “SPRING,” LONDON “SUMMER” AND WALL STREET “AUTUMN” – AN INSTRUCTIVE LESSON FOR ASIA/SEA
ABSTRACT. Misled by a quick triumphalism of the social-media, the international news agencies have confused the two: revolt and revolution. The past unrests started as a social, not political public revolt. Through the pain of sobriety, the protesters are learning that neither globalization nor the ..
DO ASIAN MANAGEMENT PARADIGMS EXIST? A LOOK AT FOUR THEORETICAL FRAMES
ABSTRACT. Interest in Asian business and management practices developed during the Japanese business emergence in the 1980s. The rise of the Asian tigers in the early 1990s and the emergence of China and India in global business affairs during the last decade have kept up the momentum of interest. T..
ASSISTING THE LEAST WELL-OFF: AN ESSAY ON HUMAN RIGHTS, INFORMATION STRUCTURES, AND THE VALUE OF INTERCITY PARTNERSHIPS
ABSTRACT. This paper explores the possibility of human rights advocates building communal ties between (a) cities in militarily and economically powerful states (MEPS) and (b) non-MEPS cities whose recent history suggests their susceptibility to certain human rights failures. The first two sections ..
THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS
ABSTRACT. This study is grounded in the considerable body of scholarship examining the concept of self, processes of privatizing social remembering, and the function of social representations as a mechanism. Our analysis complements the growing literature on the divergence between human rights and d..
COMPREHENSIVE DARWINISM
ABSTRACT. Darwinism has become an encompassing theory, leaving the confines of science and accounting for all aspects of life. Such an outlook entails important consequences for the evaluation of life. In particular, organisms are considered mere means for species’ preservation and development, whil..
JEAN-LUC GODARD’S FILM SOCIALISME AND THE PEDAGOGY OF THE IMAGE
ABSTRACT. This paper is a brief reflection on Jean-Luc Godard’s Film Socialisme pitched as a “pedagogy of the image” that draws on the philosophy of cinema and draws on the activities of the great film directors who are the experimenters and also engage in fierce critique of Holywood’s commodificati..