Social theorists have engaged religion as a social agent and submitted that it has the capacity to foster positive and negative changes in the society. Milton Yinger, Emile Durkheim, and Karl Marx lead the pack among ...Social theorists have engaged religion as a social agent and submitted that it has the capacity to foster positive and negative changes in the society. Milton Yinger, Emile Durkheim, and Karl Marx lead the pack among other sociologists. The need to therefore interrogate religion as an agent of social engineering cannot be overemphasized normatively and functionally. One of the implications of such engagement is that religion; study and practice need to respond to issues in the society. Basic challenges facing the Nigerian nation are issues of poverty, diseases, corruption, and illiteracy. However, in Nigerian universities, the situation posits that religion is studied with theological intentions based on the curriculum bequeathed by the missionaries that laid the foundation for the academic study of religion in Nigeria leading to exclusive and reductionist approaches to its study. There is also government policy that placed emphasis on science and management courses for development. The situation has led to reduction in students' enrolments for the study of religion in Nigerian universities. Therefore, this paper seeks explanations for the non-functional design(s) of the curriculum for the academic study of religion in universities, southwest of Nigeria. Descriptive and analytic methods were adopted in the study to pursue the thesis that the academic study of religion in Nigeria should be rebranded and repackaged to respond and interrogate social challenges/problems, such as the scourge of HIV/AIDS plaguing the society thereby recreating a new social identity and relevance for its study.展开更多
Language and society are closely linked. Taboo words are formed in the language of people's taboos about certain thingsand behaviors in social life. The existence of taboo words has prompted a great deal of euphem...Language and society are closely linked. Taboo words are formed in the language of people's taboos about certain thingsand behaviors in social life. The existence of taboo words has prompted a great deal of euphemism. They are related to psychologi-cal basis, pragmatic function, variable rule and national characteristics. Taboo words and euphemism are related to psychology, lan-guage, alternation and nationality. Taboo words and euphemism have great influence on people's social interaction education. Ta-boo words and euphemism have important positive meanings to the development of linguistics.展开更多
The central idea in this work is to read interconnection between technology and society in the field of the promotion of renewable energies. The challenges of energetic sector are the climate change, the increase of e...The central idea in this work is to read interconnection between technology and society in the field of the promotion of renewable energies. The challenges of energetic sector are the climate change, the increase of energetic mix and the improvement of a fair access to resources. Future sceneries indicate population's needs that must be satisfied with new systems and technologies. For this purpose ocean energies technologies are sure of a good future in the European and world energetic scene. In this work our attention is on the role of tidal currents and sea currents in line with large efforts in RD&D systems (Research, Development and Demonstration). We focus our studies about sea turbines with a brief reference to Kobold turbine which is a technology that is moored in the straits of Messina. Technologic innovation depends from several social factors which play an important role in the social construction process of the technology by SCOT approach (social construction of technology).展开更多
文摘Social theorists have engaged religion as a social agent and submitted that it has the capacity to foster positive and negative changes in the society. Milton Yinger, Emile Durkheim, and Karl Marx lead the pack among other sociologists. The need to therefore interrogate religion as an agent of social engineering cannot be overemphasized normatively and functionally. One of the implications of such engagement is that religion; study and practice need to respond to issues in the society. Basic challenges facing the Nigerian nation are issues of poverty, diseases, corruption, and illiteracy. However, in Nigerian universities, the situation posits that religion is studied with theological intentions based on the curriculum bequeathed by the missionaries that laid the foundation for the academic study of religion in Nigeria leading to exclusive and reductionist approaches to its study. There is also government policy that placed emphasis on science and management courses for development. The situation has led to reduction in students' enrolments for the study of religion in Nigerian universities. Therefore, this paper seeks explanations for the non-functional design(s) of the curriculum for the academic study of religion in universities, southwest of Nigeria. Descriptive and analytic methods were adopted in the study to pursue the thesis that the academic study of religion in Nigeria should be rebranded and repackaged to respond and interrogate social challenges/problems, such as the scourge of HIV/AIDS plaguing the society thereby recreating a new social identity and relevance for its study.
文摘Language and society are closely linked. Taboo words are formed in the language of people's taboos about certain thingsand behaviors in social life. The existence of taboo words has prompted a great deal of euphemism. They are related to psychologi-cal basis, pragmatic function, variable rule and national characteristics. Taboo words and euphemism are related to psychology, lan-guage, alternation and nationality. Taboo words and euphemism have great influence on people's social interaction education. Ta-boo words and euphemism have important positive meanings to the development of linguistics.
文摘The central idea in this work is to read interconnection between technology and society in the field of the promotion of renewable energies. The challenges of energetic sector are the climate change, the increase of energetic mix and the improvement of a fair access to resources. Future sceneries indicate population's needs that must be satisfied with new systems and technologies. For this purpose ocean energies technologies are sure of a good future in the European and world energetic scene. In this work our attention is on the role of tidal currents and sea currents in line with large efforts in RD&D systems (Research, Development and Demonstration). We focus our studies about sea turbines with a brief reference to Kobold turbine which is a technology that is moored in the straits of Messina. Technologic innovation depends from several social factors which play an important role in the social construction process of the technology by SCOT approach (social construction of technology).