Collective Worldview Research Articles

Принципы общественной установленности школьного образования в России

The scale of the modern education system and the role of the educational paradigm in Russia's strategic plans are emphasized. The authors explains the social necessity of creating the necessary conditions and mechanisms that improve the organizational characteristics of education and ensure the effective solution of current and future tasks in the educational field. The principle of unity of educational space on the territory of the Russian Federation is analyzed. The main institutions that postulate the meanings of education and regulate the stability of the entire educational complex are highlighted. Attention is focused on the essential assessment of the institutions of upbringing, learning, pedagogical education, and pedagogical science. The issue of recognition of pedagogy and pedagogical education as a national heritage and heritage responsible for the reproduction of the collective worldview and social harmony of Russian society is discussed. Additional organizational and technological steps aimed at improving Russian education are proposed. The goals and objectives of the study are related to the need for systematic improvement of the country's educational complex.

The Constitution of Russia and Ideology

The paper examines an ideological element of constitutional regulation, based on the understanding of ideology as part of a collective worldview aimed at expressing long-term ideals and interests of people related to the structure of society, its political and state organization. At the same time, the constitutional provisions on ideological and political diversity serve as the basis for the identification of a national ideology in the interaction of group (party) programs, the generalized expression of which constitutes the national idea. The author subjects to detailed analysis the provision of Part 2 of Article 13 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation stating that no ideology can be established as state or mandatory one. This prohibition cannot apply to constitutionally fixed ideologems as elements of a national ideology and their clarifying regulation. This prohibition is a means of securing ideological diversity. Constitutional ideologemes, which include, for example, the provisions of the Preamble, Articles 671 and 751, are being developed in other norms of the Constitution and current legislation. But the main direction of concretization of such ideologies is their value-doctrinal development in official strategies, doctrines, concepts. At this level, a systematic study of the civilizational vector of the country’s development is important. The idea of arranging the country, all aspects of its life can serve as a significant internal guideline.

God is Life: A Sociolinguistic and Ethnopragmatic Conceptualization of Chi in Igbo Naming Practices

Personal naming culture among the Igbos in South-eastern Nigeria is ethnopragmatically conceived to contextualize their collective worldview which communicates their religious and sociocultural connections. This paper explores an aspect of Igbo naming practices which shows the diverse conceptualization of Chi (God) from an ethnopragmatic perspective that situate names and meanings within the language and religious interpretations. Data for the study were generated through participant observation, semi-structured interviews and informal interactions with 40 recruited participants as representative sample of the name-givers, bearers and users among Mbaise and Ngwa people in Aboh Mbaise and Aba North Local Government Areas in Imo and Abia States of Nigeria. Findings show that the personal names contextualize Igbo Christians’ conceptualization of Chi as supreme, virtuous, extolling and trustworthy, giver of wealth and a faithful promise keeper. We conclude that Chi has a deepened value in the Igbo sociocultural and religious beliefs nuanced in their naming practices that construct particular circumstance(s) of the name bearer, parents and community. The emerging orientations expand the ethnopragmatic functions of the personal names beyond linguistic and sociocultural identities to situate Igbo as a society with supreme attachment to Christian religion, reverence to, and propagation of the virtues and nature of God.

Hic Sunt Dracones: Foreign Space in the English and Russian Worldview as Reflected by the Pejorative Toponymy of the English and Russian Languages

The article examines the perception of the foreign space in the English and Russian native speakers’ worldviews based on the pejorative names of foreign countries and cities. Englishlanguage and Russian-language Internet sites were used as the source of data for the research, since this environment is especially favorable for the existence and collection of language material of this kind due to the online disinhibition effect. Based on the analysis of the inner form of the word and the stadial model of the Us—Them dichotomy with a gradual transition from the biological to the cultural, proposed by V. G. Lysenko, an attempt is made to derive the main patterns of making derogatory toponyms, and then to compare the characteristics that foreign lands receive within the English and Russian xenophobic discourse, and, as far as possible, to build a holistic image of the concept of foreign space in the English and Russian collective worldview. As a result of the study, a large number of negatively marked toponyms were found in the English and Russian languages. They show clearly similar features both in the formal peculiarities of word formation and in semantics, however, some specificities are also found, which makes it possible to deduce similarities and differences in the English and Russian perception of the concept of foreign space. In general, a significant similarity between English and Russian pejorative names of places is revealed: in both worldviews, different topoi appear as an ugly, unpleasant place inhabited by people (and sometimes not quite people) demonstrating weird, abnormal eating habits and perverted sexual preferences, where the space itself is distorted and defective.

Мировоззрение в условиях цифровизации государства

The purpose of the article was to analyze the risks and potentials of the formation of a worldview in the conditions of digitalization of the state. The principles of a comparative analysis of the risks and potentials of digitalization of the state became the main methodological optics. The study also used A. Toynbee's "call–response" model. Among the main conclusions, it is emphasized that epistemological shifts contributed to the fact that the state, as the main political institution, throughout the history of its evolution was forced to consistently cooperate with three successive groups controlling the production of ideological meanings. The last epistemological shift meant not just a crisis of the previous worldview systems. He implied the overlap of two processes: the emergence of the Internet, communities of network communications and the emergence of digital capitalism, in which digital corporate giants became competitors of the postmodern state in the formation of worldview pictures. As a response to such existential challenges, it is proposed to construct a national metaverse – a digital ecosystem of the state that controls the activity of digital corporations for the benefit of society. A desirable scenario for the work of the national digital ecosystem of the state is the harmony of two principles – the admission of network discourse and network leadership, the protection of the ideological core of the country. The digital platform should simultaneously preserve the values of the country and give way to innovation. The theoretical significance of the work is determined by the thesis according to which the symphony of collective worldview and individual worldviews is impossible without the reverse transformation of an idle, conformist Consumer into a responsible and socially, economically enlightened Citizen who is able to realize his needs in a modern type of political agency – network leadership among teams of national projects aimed at consolidating the country.

Rafael Halperin’s Contribution to Israel’s Emerging Body Culture

The concept of “muscular Judaism” coined by Max Nordau has been interpreted in different ways. For Nordau, the image of a Jew standing fit was a rebuttal to anti-Semites and the answer to Jews’ unmet aspirations for a national home. In practical terms, “muscular Judaism” translated into excellence in sport. As athletes, the Jews could make their mark and move from the fringes of society into the mainstream. This concept evolved over the years, reflecting changing times, shifts in global thinking and national needs. After the establishment of the state, Israeli society underwent a process of Americanization that was accompanied by a new understanding of muscular Judaism and body image. This article discusses three physical fitness trends that redefined the concept of muscular Judaism: gym training, bodybuilding, and catch wrestling. These were rooted in the American aesthetic ideal, a far cry from the ideology and collective socialist worldview prevalent in Israel.

Looking From a Window: A Critical Analysis of the T'boli's Worldview Through their Oral Traditions

This study analyses a collective worldview through the values embodied in the oral traditions of the T'boli, an indigenous tribe in Lake Sebu, the Philippines. Utilising ethnographic method, data collection is made primarily through informants' in-depth interview and literary criticism of the oral traditions. The study records, transcribes, translates, codes and classifies the T'boli's oral traditions according to their genre. Framed under Carl Jung's Archetypal Criticism's perspective, it identifies T'boli's religious, human, and cultural values in the mythical characters and in the recurring motifs and themes of their oral traditions. The prominent motifs in T'boli's oral traditions are the controlling imageries of a deity and a body of water. The recurring didactic teachings in the themes are devotion, altruism, and deference. The embodied values are faithfulness, generosity and respect and obedience to authority. These values shape the T'boli's worldview in terms of their cultural and religious practices and traditions.

Урбанизм и этическое: параметры взаимосвязи в пространстве города

We conduct a cultural and philosophical analysis of urbanism in the context of ethical in the city space. We note the relevance of urban theories and the main problems reflected in them. We emphasize the importance and relevance of the axiological aspect in the study of urbanization as an approach that involves a comprehensive study of the most common features and trends of urbanism, the definition of the cultural and spiritual potential of urban development, and forecasting. The reliance on the theory of values made it possible to introduce the term “urban civilization” – a specific system that includes modern cities with their own social and economic structures. The functioning of these structures is closely related to human thinking, lifestyle, ethics, culture of the urban environment. “Ethical” is a concept in the most general form reflecting the spiritual and practical side of people's lives, morality, cultural norms-values, feelings and experiences, intellectual understanding of the culture of society, individual and collective worldview positions. We consider the ethical categories of “happiness” and “hate” as the result of human existence in the city space. We reveal the relationship between the “ethical” and cultural potential of the city. We conclude that the urgent tasks of improving cities, which should not only focus on socio-economic development, but also take into account the ethical component, bring people closer to spiritual values.

With Dreams in Our Hands: An African Feminist Framing of a Knowledge-Making Project with Former ESP Students

This article introduces a research project that works with former Extended Studies Programme students to make knowledge that emerges through online, multimodal collaborations. Knowledge-making is not politically neutral, and the project and article are responding in part to the calls of the 2015/2016 South African student protesters to decolonise and transform university curricula. The project draws on African feminist ideas, emphasising the intersectional oppressions of colonialism, capitalism and patriarchy, which continue to influence theoretical choices in the knowledge hierarchies of South African and African universities. The “race”, class and gender inequalities that drive success or failure at university and in society become some of the topics addressed in the project, where former students as co-researchers collaborate to devise the topics, responses, and kinds of dissemination. Ntseane’s overlapping principles of a collective worldview, spirituality, a shared orientation to knowledge, and communal knowledge-making are motifs that influence how the project is imagined and run. My positionality as lead researcher and former lecturer of the co-researchers is navigated using African feminist guidance, which also informs the ethical principles of the project.

Диалог культур в языке рекламы Тюмени

The paper aims to identify specificity of ethnic advertising perception among ethnic groups in Tyumen. Using cognitive linguistics methods and psychological methods, the author for the first time analyses perception of regional advertising texts among representatives of different ethnic groups, which constitutes scientific originality of the study. The following conclusions are justified: advertising actively exploits ethnic stereotypes; national language represents specificity of individual and collective worldview.

ПОГРАНИЧНІ ОБРАЗИ РУСІ У САГАХ ПРО ДАВНІ ЧАСИ: ІНТЕРТЕКСТУАЛЬНІ МОТИВИ ЯК ОЗНАКА ІСТОРИЧНОЇ ПАМ’ЯТІ

Fornaldarsagas or legendary sagas is an exemplary source to research the environment of Icelandic authors in the late Medieval time. They combine aspects of fiction writing, historical narrative, and folklore. The plots of these works had functioned in the memory a long time before reaching the pages of books. As a result of this, the meaning of these texts was constantly adapting to new conditions, leaving just some elements of the historic core. These aspects make Fornaldarsagas a valuable source for studying the collective memory and worldview of that time. In the current article, it was attempted to research the perception of Rus and Eastern Europe in the legendary sagas. We tried to reconstruct general conceptions and intellectual tendencies through the prism of the frontier images of these lands. As a result of involving Iceland in the sphere of influence of European culture, local scientists began to use ancient and European sources in constructing their historical narratives. When translating European treatises into their language, the Icelanders not only copied them but substantially supplemented them. Unlike European authors, who had too little empirical information, Icelanders inherited elements of memory from the Migration Period, Viking Age, and Rus-Scandinavian relations of X-XI centuries. Due to this combination of traditions, Eastern Europe received new images which absorbed the symbols of different times and cultures. An eloquent example of such symbiosis is the concept of Svíþjóð hin mikla. This term was supposed to be a translation of the ancient concept of Scythia but acquired a new meaning and turned the place into a «home of the Scandinavian gods». The idea of an Svíþjóð hin mikla became a mixture of ancient concepts and European interest in the East. At the same time, it was associated with Germanic episodes, that influenced the formation of the myth about the eastern origin of the Scandinavian gods. These ideas formed the literary canon, and the authors adhered to it when writing their works. These aspects of Icelandic writing help us better understand the intellectual environment and rethink the historicity of legendary sagas.

HUMAN AS A CARRIER OF THE WORLDVIEW: INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE DIMENSIONS

Purpose. The purpose of the study is to outline the links between individual and collective dimensions of the human worldview. This purpose requires solving two tasks: to update philosophical ideas formed by reflection on human and community worldview; to identify and generalize the relationship of singular and general in the context of the problem of human worldview. Theoretical basis. The study is based on philosophical reflections about manifestations of singular and general worldviews. Such reflections appeared in European philosophy quite a long time ago (Dilthey, Rickert, Jaspers). Ukrainian and foreign philosophical discourse considers both measures of the worldview. And a role of the carrier of worldview plays either human or society. We can see that in researches of S. Krymskyi, I. Nadolniy, V. Popov, N. Rozhanska, V. Tabachkovskyi, V. Shynkaruk, V. Poythress, D. Rousseau, D. Billingham, C. Gianolla and others. However the links between individual and collective dimensions of worldview are not clearly outlined. It is possible to note the research of V. Popov who focuses on the problem of socio-collective and individual dimensions of worldview. But the scientist focuses more on the use of the concept of worldview in these two meanings. Human as a social being interacts with worldviews of other individuals. That is why we can speak of two dimensions of the worldview function: individual and collective. This problem became topical due to acuteness of the links between human and society in modern life. Originality. The author outlined key links between individual and collective dimensions of human worldview functioning. The study identified a role of human as a carrier of the worldview in formation of collective worldview. Conclusions. Human as a worldview carrier plays a key role in formation of collective worldview. In philosophical discourse thoughts about links between individual and collective worldviews are different and sometimes conflicting. We have a discussion problem of uniformity and diversity of collective worldview. Collective worldview is showed as a circulation of different ideas and views of individuals. But collective worldview is showed as a whole system of individual views too. Collective worldview manifests as integrated phenomenon because it is based on common worldviews of individuals. At the same time the human is influenced by collective worldview in particularly as a past generation heritage.

African philosophy (of education) and post-apartheid South African schools: a critical analysis of the Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement

In South Africa, indigenous (African) knowledge is at the heart of a single detailed national Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement (2012). Against this background, the study on which this article is based, examined two long-standing genres of philosophy: Western philosophy, as a critical academic discipline and African philosophy, as a collective worldview. The article shows that universal philosophy and, by implication, a universal knowledge system transcends these seemingly particular, opposite and irreconcilable Euro- centred and Afro-centred schools of thought. In doing so, the article proposes that universal philosophy as an inclusive, rational and reflective practice makes it possible to merge Western and African philosophies to form a single knowledge system. Unfortunately, the Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement emphasises indigenous African knowledge systems – thus, regresses to narrow African provincialism. In the end, the author (re)establishes a universal knowledge system as a sound African philosophy of education in post-apartheid South African schools.

Институциональный армейский дискурс: образ современного военнослужащего (по материалам ассоциативно-вербального эксперимента)

The article presents results of a directed associative experiment aimed to identify relevant lexemes describing a modern military man. The research is carried out within the framework of studying frame-based modelling of the institutional army discourse. The experiment results testify that young people’s response words include lexical units describing a modern military man and lexical units satisfying their conception of a military man. The research findings contribute to understanding the respondents’ individual and collective worldview and can be used to develop efficient strategies of the army discourse, to solve the institution’s key image-forming tasks, which include forming a positive image of a modern military man.

La comercialización de bienes inmuebles sobre planos o en fase de construcción. Análisis jurídico de la figura en el derecho colombiano

El auge de la comercialización de bienes inmuebles sobre planos en las últimas dos décadas, ha cambiado las tendencias del negocio de la construcción, erigiéndose como una figura novedosa e interesante para el campo jurídico, por lo que es preciso delimitar lo que se entiende por la compraventa de inmuebles sobre planos en el imaginario colectivo o la comercialización de los mismos sobre planos a través de esquemas de vinculación en fiducia mercantil y lo que en estricto derecho implica este negocio jurídico, con miras a poder dimensionar si efectivamente el negocio es tan ventajoso como aparece tan publicitado en el sector inmobiliario y de la construcción, observando que en tanto que existe una expectativa futura de adquirir un inmueble, garantizada por la otra parte contratante o por un tercero que asume una posición de garante al administrar los recursos recibidos para el desarrollo de las actividades pactadas, se hace necesario que los sujetos involucrados (comprador, vendedor y entidad fiduciaria) conozcan las implicaciones legales y contractuales existentes a la hora de celebrar este tipo de contratos (innominados) dentro de la legislación civil colombiana.

Del carrusel al juego de las sillas. Ilegalidad y violencia en los procesos electorales locales

The increase in environments of unrest and political violence in the electoral process of the last decade is analyzed here. Murder and aggression toward candidates in popular vote appointments data is recovered; furthermore, an ethnographic reconstruction of the repertoire of violent activity as more and more frequent in the local scope is presented. The correlation between alternation processes and electoral competitiveness and the emergence of party tactics that use violence to uphold power in the demarcations of Mexico City is investigated, and how these arrays are employed by parties to assert or reach power in local enclaves is described. From a perspective that highlights the social function of fear, it is concluded that the repertoires of violence have a considerable impact in the practices and collective worldview of the inhabitants of the city.

Intensyfikacja przemocy w Nigerii – terroryzm czy walka o zasoby naturalne? Kontrowersje związane z działalnością zbrojną Fulanów oraz konfliktem między społecznościami koczowniczymi a osiadłymi

In recent years, herdsmen from the Fulani ethnic group have carried out numerous acts of violence. In 2016, the number of Fulani related deaths exceeded the number killed by Boko Haram (and yet this organization in 2000–2015 was the second most lethal of all terrorist groups). However, the categorization of these deeds is problematic. The activity of the part of the Fulani population commonly referred to in the mass media as the Fulani Militants is related to the limited natural resources. In literature, this type of activity is called eco-violence. The visible combat attitude of Fulani fighters is related to their collective worldview. For the average representative of the Fulani group, shepherding is a way of life that is treated as a common heritage. The interference of farmers in the space needed by the Fulani to survive is tantamount to a call to war for this population. This explains the magnitude of aggression and violence that some of the representatives of this group often manifest in their disputes with farming communities. The available data shows that the activity of Fulani fighters has grown in recent years. In 2016, the death toll of Fulani Militants exceeded the number killed by Boko Haram (and this organization in 2000-2015 was the second most lethal of all terrorist groups). The main aim of the article is to investigate the nature, causes, dynamics and consequences of the conflict between the shepherds and the farmers in Nigeria. The main research hypothesis is the assumption that a growing wave of attacks carried out by Fulani Militants in Nigeria is a phenomenon that is mainly driven by the fight for survival in an environment with limited natural resources.

Christian ethos secondary schools in England and Wales: a common voice or wide diversity?

ABSTRACTThis study argues that it is the collective worldview of the students which is crucial in reflecting and shaping the ethos of schools. In order to understand the potential distinctiveness of Christian ethos schools two analyses were undertaken. The collective worldview of 2942 students attending 10 Christian ethos schools was compared with the collective worldview of 13,861 students attending 71 schools without a religious character. Then the collective worldview of 194 students attending an Anglican school that prioritised the Church’s ‘domestic’ function in education was compared with the collective worldview of 302 students attending an Anglican school that prioritised the Church’s ‘general’ function in education. The major difference occurs not between Christian ethos schools and schools without a religious character, but between Anglican schools that voice their interpretation of the Church’s mission in education differently.

Solidaridad versus “solidaridad”. Una aproximación antropoeducativa

When hypermodernity is present at all the major aspects of daily life, it is convenient to reflect on the key axes that constitute the collective worldview around us. All of us act without thinking in our everyday life, instead of pausing to think about the consequences of our actions. For this reason, there is a need to debate on the roots from basic concepts used in our symbolic and social framework such as Solidarity, and more specifically, on those focused on the ability to influence education by social agents such as NGOs. This fact gives us an opportunity to make people determine to what extent the educational purposes can reach their intended beneficiaries, whether they are presented in their pure state and without refutation or, on the contrary, derived from a paradox generated from denials and fallacies of our socio-economic system. In this way, it is intended to make a reflection aloud on the importance of a true Education for Solidarity.

Social Work and Indigenisation: A South African Perspective

For relevance to societal reality and challenges, countries should structure their social work education to deal with specific conditions and cultures. From its global North (i.e. Western Europe and North America) origins, social work has contributed to the expansion of the discipline and profession to the developing world, including South Africa. During the three decades (from the mid-1980s until the present day) during which they have taught social work in South Africa, the authors have witnessed half-hearted efforts to really integrate indigenous knowledge into the curricula. In writings and professional gatherings, scant attention was paid to curricula transformation imperatives enriching practice. To its credit, the Association of South African Social Work Education Institutions (ASASWEI) advocates for decolonisation and indigenisation of social work education. Discussing decolonisation and indigenisation in social work curricula, the paper critiques assumptions of global North ideas, cloaked as if universally applicable. An example is about some principles of social casework – a method of choice in South Africa – which mostly disregards cultural nuances of clientele with a communal collective world view that relies on joint decision-making. A culturally sensitive approach is adopted as theoretical framework for this paper. The paper concludes with recommendations that should help ensure that social work curricula strive towards being indigenous, contextualised and culturally appropriate.