This paper offers a detailed study of the issue of social formation and social order in Hesiod’s cosmogony.I argue that,according to Hesiod’s genesis theory,order in a society cannot be established organically throu...This paper offers a detailed study of the issue of social formation and social order in Hesiod’s cosmogony.I argue that,according to Hesiod’s genesis theory,order in a society cannot be established organically through social formation.The main difficulty lies in the nature of society itself where the dualistic opposition in the male-female sexual relationship leads to endless conflicts between the two sexes and,further,between generations.To deal with the sexual relationship properly is the key to maintaining a stable social order.In the poem,the mother’s‘dark womb’is presented as a prominent image at every crucial moment of social formation and social(dis)ordering in both the divine and the human worlds.Taking this image as a clue,we can see that the issue of sexuality has a profound impact on social order,and also serves as a key to understanding divinity and humanity in Hesiod’s cosmogony.展开更多
The Igbo have their homeland in seven states of Nigeria mainly Imo, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Delta and Rivers. They are receptible to new ideas and adapt easily to change. The ramifications of human insecurity, poverty,...The Igbo have their homeland in seven states of Nigeria mainly Imo, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Delta and Rivers. They are receptible to new ideas and adapt easily to change. The ramifications of human insecurity, poverty, social disorder, poor coherence and poor integration appear to haunt them and the gravity is felt more in the rural communities. The factors are traceable to many pathetic issues. The pathological consequences do affect Igbo stability and navigation in the Nigerian socio-economic environment. The causality constitutes the physical, human, natural, financial and social assets. It is recommended, among others, that the people should return to core values and norms, stick to their own noble identities, have a framework for tackling insecurity and hunger, target the youth in poverty reduction measures and tackle the herdsmen menace. Equally, the abused philosophies used to support dangerous and strange behavior should be tackled.展开更多
This paper explains and analyzes the tw o kinds of order,including cosm os( endogenous order) and taxis( exogenous order),which play a fundamental and essential role in the process of social order construction.Based o...This paper explains and analyzes the tw o kinds of order,including cosm os( endogenous order) and taxis( exogenous order),which play a fundamental and essential role in the process of social order construction.Based on these tw o kinds of order,it presents the rule theory that supports freedom and thereafter puts forw ard the ideas,rules and system s of constructing social freedom.T o a large extent,H ayek's social order is in essence a free order.T his analysis of freedom has a very im portant guiding value for the research and developm ent of m odern social theory and the structure of free order.展开更多
基金this paper is funded by projects:(1)Tsinghua University Independent Research Project of Humanities,Grant No.2022THZWJC20(2)The Ministry of Education’s“Chunhui Plan”Cooperative Research Project:A Study of the Family in the Origins of Western Civilization,Grant No.HZKY20220045(3)Major Programs of National Social Science Fund:Translation and Research of Hellenistic Literature,Grant No.22&ZD293.
文摘This paper offers a detailed study of the issue of social formation and social order in Hesiod’s cosmogony.I argue that,according to Hesiod’s genesis theory,order in a society cannot be established organically through social formation.The main difficulty lies in the nature of society itself where the dualistic opposition in the male-female sexual relationship leads to endless conflicts between the two sexes and,further,between generations.To deal with the sexual relationship properly is the key to maintaining a stable social order.In the poem,the mother’s‘dark womb’is presented as a prominent image at every crucial moment of social formation and social(dis)ordering in both the divine and the human worlds.Taking this image as a clue,we can see that the issue of sexuality has a profound impact on social order,and also serves as a key to understanding divinity and humanity in Hesiod’s cosmogony.
文摘The Igbo have their homeland in seven states of Nigeria mainly Imo, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Delta and Rivers. They are receptible to new ideas and adapt easily to change. The ramifications of human insecurity, poverty, social disorder, poor coherence and poor integration appear to haunt them and the gravity is felt more in the rural communities. The factors are traceable to many pathetic issues. The pathological consequences do affect Igbo stability and navigation in the Nigerian socio-economic environment. The causality constitutes the physical, human, natural, financial and social assets. It is recommended, among others, that the people should return to core values and norms, stick to their own noble identities, have a framework for tackling insecurity and hunger, target the youth in poverty reduction measures and tackle the herdsmen menace. Equally, the abused philosophies used to support dangerous and strange behavior should be tackled.
文摘This paper explains and analyzes the tw o kinds of order,including cosm os( endogenous order) and taxis( exogenous order),which play a fundamental and essential role in the process of social order construction.Based on these tw o kinds of order,it presents the rule theory that supports freedom and thereafter puts forw ard the ideas,rules and system s of constructing social freedom.T o a large extent,H ayek's social order is in essence a free order.T his analysis of freedom has a very im portant guiding value for the research and developm ent of m odern social theory and the structure of free order.
