Buddhism and Brahmanism were two important religions in ancient India and their religious philosophies continue to be the fundamental components of contemporary Indian culture. However, these religions share common th...Buddhism and Brahmanism were two important religions in ancient India and their religious philosophies continue to be the fundamental components of contemporary Indian culture. However, these religions share common theoretical problems like explanation of the relationship between the secular world and the emancipation realm. This article examines this issue.展开更多
The Zimbabwean financial sector has been retrogressive,constrained,and unpredictable since the year 2000,serving for the multiple currency periods(2009-2013)after the demonetization of the domestic dollar.The sector s...The Zimbabwean financial sector has been retrogressive,constrained,and unpredictable since the year 2000,serving for the multiple currency periods(2009-2013)after the demonetization of the domestic dollar.The sector since then has seen a number of commercial banks fail to meet RBZ(Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe)minimum capital requirements,put under curatorship,delisted or liquidated because of a myriad of operational and financial challenges.The objective of this study is to make an assessment of whether or not the introduction of bond notes has been a curse or blessing.The study drew raw data from bank account holders,academics,general public,corporate world and commercial banks in Masvingo for analysis and interpretation.The study established that the majority of people,corporate world and commercial banks were sceptical to embrace the surrogate bond notes because of the uncertainties,operational and financial risks that they paused on the domestic financial markets.It was also discovered that most banks were quick to pay clients’withdrawals in bond notes,deduct US dollar equivalences from their accounts,and distinguish bond notes from US dollars at the point of making deposits and foreign business transactions.It was also realized that there was market indiscipline and trading in bigger US dollar notes in the informal sector and serious shortage of the same notes in the formal sector.The study concluded that the introduction of bond notes to trade parallel to the US dollar brought a serious shortage of cash on formal markets and increases in the general price level of goods and services.The study therefore recommends that the RBZ should completely withdraw the bond notes from the market to accord the US dollar its world market value and restore confidence and discipline in the Zimbabwean financial sector.The study also recommends another option of the adoption of the South African Rand as an interventionist way of solving Zimbabwe’s liquidity crises.展开更多
The question of the universality of philosophy is highlighted when seen from a cross-cultural perspective,for it reveals the tension between particularity and universality,as well as the connotations of the universali...The question of the universality of philosophy is highlighted when seen from a cross-cultural perspective,for it reveals the tension between particularity and universality,as well as the connotations of the universality of philosophy.In terms of philosophical activities concerned with the content of Chinese life experience,the universality of philosophy,the particularity of Chinese thought,and the uniqueness of Chinese expression together constitute a persistent theoretical tension.We distinguish the universality of philosophy from universal philosophy;the former stems from the universal presupposition of rational capacity and points to the richness and pluralism of the empirical world while maintaining a dynamic balance between universality and pluralism in normative attitudes of discourse practice and conceptual activity.From the perspective of cultural subjectivity,it is necessary to avoid misleading views that equate the universality of philosophy with Western philosophy;moreover,normativity cannot be understood as specific censorship rules.The universality of philosophy requires a sense of boundaries and a normative attitude that will ensure that people from different contexts can enter into dialogue on the basis of rational ability and construct a space for dialogue and understanding.The concern for diverse objects based on the richness of experience gives philosophical concepts and arguments pluralist differences that encompass cultural differences and autonomy at the level of expression.All in all,it is only on the basis of the universality of philosophy that we can understand the normative requirements of philosophical activities and the pluralism of cross-cultural philosophical reflection.展开更多
There are two critical,but opposite interpretations of Heidegger's understanding of being as a social ontology.One charges Heidegger with adhering to an anti-social"private irony,"while the other charges...There are two critical,but opposite interpretations of Heidegger's understanding of being as a social ontology.One charges Heidegger with adhering to an anti-social"private irony,"while the other charges him with promoting a"self-canceling"totality.The current essay replies to these two charges with a discussion of Heidegger's understanding of being as"communal being,"which is implicated both in the early Heidegger's concept of"being-in-the-world-with-others"and in the later Heidegger's keyword of Ereignis.It argues that Heidegger's understanding of being as communal being is neither identical with totalitizing publicness nor the same as voluntaristic egotism.According to Heidegger,both the publicness of das Mem and voluntaristic egotism are the real threats to humanity at present.Because of them,we human beings are in danger of being uprooted from the earth upon which we-as communal beings-have already and always dwelled and lived with others from the very beginning of human history.展开更多
文摘Buddhism and Brahmanism were two important religions in ancient India and their religious philosophies continue to be the fundamental components of contemporary Indian culture. However, these religions share common theoretical problems like explanation of the relationship between the secular world and the emancipation realm. This article examines this issue.
文摘The Zimbabwean financial sector has been retrogressive,constrained,and unpredictable since the year 2000,serving for the multiple currency periods(2009-2013)after the demonetization of the domestic dollar.The sector since then has seen a number of commercial banks fail to meet RBZ(Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe)minimum capital requirements,put under curatorship,delisted or liquidated because of a myriad of operational and financial challenges.The objective of this study is to make an assessment of whether or not the introduction of bond notes has been a curse or blessing.The study drew raw data from bank account holders,academics,general public,corporate world and commercial banks in Masvingo for analysis and interpretation.The study established that the majority of people,corporate world and commercial banks were sceptical to embrace the surrogate bond notes because of the uncertainties,operational and financial risks that they paused on the domestic financial markets.It was also discovered that most banks were quick to pay clients’withdrawals in bond notes,deduct US dollar equivalences from their accounts,and distinguish bond notes from US dollars at the point of making deposits and foreign business transactions.It was also realized that there was market indiscipline and trading in bigger US dollar notes in the informal sector and serious shortage of the same notes in the formal sector.The study concluded that the introduction of bond notes to trade parallel to the US dollar brought a serious shortage of cash on formal markets and increases in the general price level of goods and services.The study therefore recommends that the RBZ should completely withdraw the bond notes from the market to accord the US dollar its world market value and restore confidence and discipline in the Zimbabwean financial sector.The study also recommends another option of the adoption of the South African Rand as an interventionist way of solving Zimbabwe’s liquidity crises.
文摘The question of the universality of philosophy is highlighted when seen from a cross-cultural perspective,for it reveals the tension between particularity and universality,as well as the connotations of the universality of philosophy.In terms of philosophical activities concerned with the content of Chinese life experience,the universality of philosophy,the particularity of Chinese thought,and the uniqueness of Chinese expression together constitute a persistent theoretical tension.We distinguish the universality of philosophy from universal philosophy;the former stems from the universal presupposition of rational capacity and points to the richness and pluralism of the empirical world while maintaining a dynamic balance between universality and pluralism in normative attitudes of discourse practice and conceptual activity.From the perspective of cultural subjectivity,it is necessary to avoid misleading views that equate the universality of philosophy with Western philosophy;moreover,normativity cannot be understood as specific censorship rules.The universality of philosophy requires a sense of boundaries and a normative attitude that will ensure that people from different contexts can enter into dialogue on the basis of rational ability and construct a space for dialogue and understanding.The concern for diverse objects based on the richness of experience gives philosophical concepts and arguments pluralist differences that encompass cultural differences and autonomy at the level of expression.All in all,it is only on the basis of the universality of philosophy that we can understand the normative requirements of philosophical activities and the pluralism of cross-cultural philosophical reflection.
基金This project is supported by the University of Macao(files no.SRG2019-00176 and CPG2020-00007).
文摘There are two critical,but opposite interpretations of Heidegger's understanding of being as a social ontology.One charges Heidegger with adhering to an anti-social"private irony,"while the other charges him with promoting a"self-canceling"totality.The current essay replies to these two charges with a discussion of Heidegger's understanding of being as"communal being,"which is implicated both in the early Heidegger's concept of"being-in-the-world-with-others"and in the later Heidegger's keyword of Ereignis.It argues that Heidegger's understanding of being as communal being is neither identical with totalitizing publicness nor the same as voluntaristic egotism.According to Heidegger,both the publicness of das Mem and voluntaristic egotism are the real threats to humanity at present.Because of them,we human beings are in danger of being uprooted from the earth upon which we-as communal beings-have already and always dwelled and lived with others from the very beginning of human history.
