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Charles Peck Jr deposited Cultural and Sociological Factors in School Shootings (brief) in the group
Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoA point of information: there have been 288 school shootings in the United States since the 1990’s. Wikipedia cites 1 school shooting in India and 1 in the Philippines (I count two though the second is politically motivated. Ryan General – in his article – observes, “However, the school shootings that occur in the U.S. has never happened in the…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Cultural and Sociological Factors in School Shootings (brief) in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoA point of information: there have been 288 school shootings in the United States since the 1990’s. Wikipedia cites 1 school shooting in India and 1 in the Philippines (I count two though the second is politically motivated. Ryan General – in his article – observes, “However, the school shootings that occur in the U.S. has never happened in the…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Extreme Individualism of Dawkin’s Selfish Gene Fallacy-False Premise “gene selfishness will usually give rise to selfishness in individual behaviour = “limited form of altruism” vs studies of compassion, Sprecher-Fehr = spirituality correlation +Mannheim in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoExtreme Individualism & Dawkins Fallacy Dawkins argues that “gene selfishness will usually give rise to selfishness in individual behaviour” – That is an excellent illustration in academia of what David Hay referred to as “Extreme Individualism” – a problem in Western Academia which Virgilio Enriquez also brought to light. Virgilio Enriquez…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Extreme Individualism of Dawkin’s Selfish Gene Fallacy-False Premise “gene selfishness will usually give rise to selfishness in individual behaviour = “limited form of altruism” vs studies of compassion, Sprecher-Fehr = spirituality correlation +Mannheim in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoExtreme Individualism & Dawkins Fallacy Dawkins argues that “gene selfishness will usually give rise to selfishness in individual behaviour” – That is an excellent illustration in academia of what David Hay referred to as “Extreme Individualism” – a problem in Western Academia which Virgilio Enriquez also brought to light. Virgilio Enriquez…[Read more]
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Jonathan Rose started the topic CfP: Spectacle and Empathy: The Role of Excessive (Em)Body(ment) in Narrative in the discussion
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoCfP for seminar session at NeMLA 2024, 7 to 10 March in Boston, MA
Narratives need bodies. Stories are populated by characters whose bodies serve as focalizers for our experience of the narrated world. Certain genres, like body horror, pornography or fanfiction, are predicated on bodily excess, “spill[ing] out over the spectator and p…[Read more]
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Jonathan Rose started the topic CfP: Spectacle and Empathy: The Role of Excessive (Em)Body(ment) in Narrative in the discussion
Comics Scholarship/Comics Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoCfP for seminar session at NeMLA 2024, 7 to 10 March in Boston, MA
Narratives need bodies. Stories are populated by characters whose bodies serve as focalizers for our experience of the narrated world. Certain genres, like body horror, pornography or fanfiction, are predicated on bodily excess, “spill[ing] out over the spectator and p…[Read more]
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Prof Muhammad Subhan Qureshi deposited Dairy Sience Park connecting Rumi, Iqbal, Tolerance and SDGs in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoThis paper presented at the Fourth International Conference and Industrial Exhibitoion on Dairy Science Park IV, Nov 1-5, 2017, Konya, Turkey, has reviewed the philosophy of Mevlana Jalal ud Din Rumi regarding love, tolerance, respect and spiritualism; appreciating each others and knowing the value of each other. Rumi (1230) told Iqbal (1930)…[Read more]
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Vitus Angermeier deposited Epidemic Prevention. Precursors of Public Health in Early Āyurveda? in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoĀyurveda, the predominant medical system in pre-modern South Asia, is by definition a very individualistic tradition of healing, discerning and treating the patients under special consideration of their personal constitution, diet, physical strength, habituation, character and age. Furthermore, the āyurvedic source texts show a strong commitment t…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Dawkin’s Selfish Gene Fallacy-False Premise -a “limited form of altruism” vs studies of compassion = Oxford Handbook of Compassion, Sprecher and Fehr: spirituality correlated with compassion, Battle of Somme 50,000 casualties, esprit de corps Chosin Res. in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoDawkins Fallacy – False Premise
The statement, “However, as we shall see, there are special circumstances in which a gene can achieve its own selfish goals best by fostering a limited form of altruism at the level of individual animals.” Is a fallacy/false premise Historically, compassion and self-less behaviors are not a “limited form of alt…[Read more] -
Ian Willis deposited The Sydney Harbour Bridge, an engineering marvel in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThe Sydney Harbour Bridge is an icon on the Sydney urban landscape. The bridge is an engineering marvel of modernism and the early 20th hope of a new nation.
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Charles Peck Jr deposited “McDougall’s Mente grupal: la “impulsividad irrazonable” de los grupos es muy relevante – Encuesta: los estadounidenses negros temen más ataques racistas después del tiroteo en Buffalo” (Washington Post) – con una comparación con Durkheim, Geertz, in the group
Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoComo observaron los autores del artículo “Beyond the Group Mind: A Quantitative Review of the Interindividual-Intergroup Discontinuity Effect” que se publicó en Psychological Bulletin, se estima que solo en la última década del siglo XX, las guerras mortales de lugares como Ruanda, Bosnia y Etiopía cobraron la vida de 30 millones de personas y co…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited “McDougall’s Mente grupal: la “impulsividad irrazonable” de los grupos es muy relevante – Encuesta: los estadounidenses negros temen más ataques racistas después del tiroteo en Buffalo” (Washington Post) – con una comparación con Durkheim, Geertz, in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoComo observaron los autores del artículo “Beyond the Group Mind: A Quantitative Review of the Interindividual-Intergroup Discontinuity Effect” que se publicó en Psychological Bulletin, se estima que solo en la última década del siglo XX, las guerras mortales de lugares como Ruanda, Bosnia y Etiopía cobraron la vida de 30 millones de personas y co…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited McDougall’s Group Mind – the “Unreasoning Impulsiveness” of groups are Very Relevant .”Poll: Black Americans fear more racist attacks after Buffalo shooting” the Washington Post (published 6-9-22) – w/ comparison to Durkheim, Geertz, + Bargh’s recent res in the group
Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoAs the authors of the article “Beyond the Group Mind: A Quantitative Review of the Interindividual–Intergroup Discontinuity Effect” which was published in Psychological Bulletin, observed, It is estimated that just in the final decade of the twentieth century, the deadly wars of places like Rwanda, Bosnia, and Ethiopia claimed the lives of 30 m…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited McDougall’s Group Mind – the “Unreasoning Impulsiveness” of groups are Very Relevant .”Poll: Black Americans fear more racist attacks after Buffalo shooting” the Washington Post (published 6-9-22) – w/ comparison to Durkheim, Geertz, + Bargh’s recent res in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoAs the authors of the article “Beyond the Group Mind: A Quantitative Review of the Interindividual–Intergroup Discontinuity Effect” which was published in Psychological Bulletin, observed, It is estimated that just in the final decade of the twentieth century, the deadly wars of places like Rwanda, Bosnia, and Ethiopia claimed the lives of 30 m…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Menangle arts hall concerts that helped war efforts – is being rebuilt in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoIn 2023 there is a vacant lot in central Menangle with a security fence. The reconstructed hall is proposed to open in 2024. On the security fence is an information sign with the hall’s history, what is happening, funding and building timeline. The information signage on the site security fence states: The existing hall is unusable due to…[Read more]
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Derek Johnston deposited Historical Power, Historical Trauma and the Gothic Historical Drama in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThis paper proposes that there are a number of historical television dramas which make use of the aesthetics of the Gothic in order to signal their focus on historical traumas which still have contemporary resonance. This is part of a wider use of a Gothic mode in these dramas in presenting and considering these traumas, not just as the individual…[Read more]
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Derek Johnston deposited Bringing Imperial Trauma Home: Taboo as Gothic Historical Drama in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoTelevision historical dramas take on a number of different modes, which inflect how they are interpreted. The Gothic mode, signalled in part by aesthetics and a focus on trauma, encourages audiences to engage with the past as a place of horror and darkness. Through intentional anachronism and the presentation of contemporary parallels, these…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited La muerte es un producto de su imaginación: la anatomía de la falacia definitiva como un estereotipo desadaptativo, – Argumento materialista de que “la espiritualidad es irreal” – está más allá de la medida [Miller y Thompson] – Crítica respaldada por el in the group
Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoEl escapismo extremo de los psicólogos materialistas impulsado por el materialismo académico y la Precisa “Profecía de Mar” de Jung – tan Recientemente Probada como Verdadera. Pregunta de un periodista a Carl Jung: ¿Cree que, dentro de veinte años, a alguien le importará el espíritu de los símbolos, de lleno en la era de los viajes interpl…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Thunder Gods, – nearly fifty storm gods including: Zeus, Thor, Indra, story of Zeus + Greek goddess Hera harass Heracles + Jane Goodall’s Apes’ response w/ Challenge Displays to a Violent Thunder Storm! – What We Can Learn From Myths about Human Mind in the group
Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoHammering, loud peals of thunder had startled me into consciousness. As a young child of six, the storm had roused me from the comfortable oblivion of my deep sleep. The booming rolls of thunder had woken my father as well. His head peered from behind the door. Finding me awake, we went onto the porch of our summer cottage, which was perched high…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Thunder Gods, – nearly fifty storm gods including: Zeus, Thor, Indra, story of Zeus + Greek goddess Hera harass Heracles + Jane Goodall’s Apes’ response w/ Challenge Displays to a Violent Thunder Storm! – What We Can Learn From Myths about Human Mind in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoHammering, loud peals of thunder had startled me into consciousness. As a young child of six, the storm had roused me from the comfortable oblivion of my deep sleep. The booming rolls of thunder had woken my father as well. His head peered from behind the door. Finding me awake, we went onto the porch of our summer cottage, which was perched high…[Read more]
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