I discuss the human need or drive for meaning （which I call ＂the Human Eros＂） and how this centers on various central or core meanings that become embodied so as to constitute definitive identities--identities of ...I discuss the human need or drive for meaning （which I call ＂the Human Eros＂） and how this centers on various central or core meanings that become embodied so as to constitute definitive identities--identities of self, group, culture, and world. 1 call these ＂mythoi＂ （and not ＂myths＂ insofar as their key feature is their importance and value--＂myth＂ carries with it the distracting association of ＂falsehood,＂ especially ＂unscientific falsehood;＂ science is loaded with its mythoi like everything else.） These mythoi must be embodied experientially and in cultural habits, actions, rituals, i.e., praxeis, in order to renew and reconstitute a sense of meaning and value in existence. That is, mythoi serve the Human Eros. These mythoi employ tropes or cultural types as structural principles. Tropes themselves tend to group in various relational patterns and tensions that I call ＂constellations.＂ Much of the ＂play of signs＂ in cultural creation lies in exploring, clarifying, and even antagonizing these relations as ways of deepening the world of meaning. ＂Play＂ explores possibilities, beginning with given actualities. It may explore relations that remain distant from the core of a culture＇s or individual＇s self-understanding. But it may approach and, at times, directly engage core meanings and values, possibly transforming them.展开更多
Summer is a time for vacations,getaways,and changes to the status quo,but the whole of China has been on the move for quite some time.The Chinese people—spurred by the changes of the economy and society at large—hav...Summer is a time for vacations,getaways,and changes to the status quo,but the whole of China has been on the move for quite some time.The Chinese people—spurred by the changes of the economy and society at large—have been picking up stakes and seeking their fortunes all over the country and overseas.Years ago,this展开更多
The aim of the paper is the presentation of the discussion on innovativeness,risk and paradigms changes with regards to paradigm in finance.The author starts with the description of globalization process that supporte...The aim of the paper is the presentation of the discussion on innovativeness,risk and paradigms changes with regards to paradigm in finance.The author starts with the description of globalization process that supported by science and technology affected socio-economic development but also intensified phenomena indicating symptoms of chaos.Second part focuses on the innovativeness and risk associated with innovativeness activity.Then the Kuhn’s theory of paradigm is confronted with nowadays world of growing chaos with regards to finance.The conclusions is that innovativeness of societies is not determined by how much people representing the world of science but how the whole society refer to science.In terms of financial paradigm a worrying phenomenon of disappearance of ethical principles is witnessed.展开更多
文摘I discuss the human need or drive for meaning （which I call ＂the Human Eros＂） and how this centers on various central or core meanings that become embodied so as to constitute definitive identities--identities of self, group, culture, and world. 1 call these ＂mythoi＂ （and not ＂myths＂ insofar as their key feature is their importance and value--＂myth＂ carries with it the distracting association of ＂falsehood,＂ especially ＂unscientific falsehood;＂ science is loaded with its mythoi like everything else.） These mythoi must be embodied experientially and in cultural habits, actions, rituals, i.e., praxeis, in order to renew and reconstitute a sense of meaning and value in existence. That is, mythoi serve the Human Eros. These mythoi employ tropes or cultural types as structural principles. Tropes themselves tend to group in various relational patterns and tensions that I call ＂constellations.＂ Much of the ＂play of signs＂ in cultural creation lies in exploring, clarifying, and even antagonizing these relations as ways of deepening the world of meaning. ＂Play＂ explores possibilities, beginning with given actualities. It may explore relations that remain distant from the core of a culture＇s or individual＇s self-understanding. But it may approach and, at times, directly engage core meanings and values, possibly transforming them.
文摘Summer is a time for vacations,getaways,and changes to the status quo,but the whole of China has been on the move for quite some time.The Chinese people—spurred by the changes of the economy and society at large—have been picking up stakes and seeking their fortunes all over the country and overseas.Years ago,this
文摘The aim of the paper is the presentation of the discussion on innovativeness,risk and paradigms changes with regards to paradigm in finance.The author starts with the description of globalization process that supported by science and technology affected socio-economic development but also intensified phenomena indicating symptoms of chaos.Second part focuses on the innovativeness and risk associated with innovativeness activity.Then the Kuhn’s theory of paradigm is confronted with nowadays world of growing chaos with regards to finance.The conclusions is that innovativeness of societies is not determined by how much people representing the world of science but how the whole society refer to science.In terms of financial paradigm a worrying phenomenon of disappearance of ethical principles is witnessed.
