Excessive Ambition Research Articles

Statues in Plutarch's Lives

This article surveys where Plutarch mentions statues in the Lives and how they enrich his biographies. He alludes to statues in introductions, after death in conclusions, and in synkriseis. 1] They describe his subjects’ appearance. 2] They expressed community appreciation. 3] After some Hellenic and Roman honorands lost favor or were assassinated, their images suffered destruction. 4] Several communities compensated victims for ignominy by replacing their statues. 5] Several subjects erected statues as propaganda. 6] Several “heroes” address other men’s statues. 7] Statues or their absence counterpoint deaths and funerals. 8] Statues ironically embody excessive ambition. 9] Subsequent ancient receptions of material effigies contrast lives and later memory.

Anti-Criterialism Does Not Result in an Unacceptable Consequence

Abstract Anti-criterialists argue that there are no criteria that ensure personal persistence. However, this perspective is criticized for resulting in an unacceptable consequence that undermines our intuitions, daily beliefs, and direct introspective awareness of personal persistence. I defend anti-criterialism by responding to this objection and arguing that none of these aspects are undermined by anti-criterialism. The flawed objection against anti-criterialism reveals the excessive ambition of criterialism in seeking criteria for personal persistence with metaphysical necessity, which goes beyond our abilities and needs. As beings living in the actual world, we are not able to consider what happens to personal persistence in remote possible worlds. Moreover, to judge whether a person persists or not in daily life, we do not need a criterion that ensures personal persistence in all situations. Anti-criterialism acknowledges the complexity and variability of personal persistence and offers a more realistic and practical approach to understanding personal identity.

Equity, diversity, and inclusion in the construction of journalistic and training agendas for peace in Colombia

Since their early stages, developing narratives has been characteristic of human beings, allowing them to create community and generate cohesion—one that has endured for thousands of years is “peace”. However, in some territories, excessive ambition, fear imposed by force, and power over laws have proliferated. In the case of Colombia, war as an industry empowers different sides that are either endorsed or rendered invisible in the narratives of traditional mass media. Media content has always favored war journalism and neglected two vital approaches: peace journalism (PP) and university journalism. This study’s relevance lies in its use of big data, automated lexicometry, and statistical discourse analysis to understand how university journalism built a peace journalism agenda, taking the narrative of the Peace Agreement in Colombia as a framework of observation, with a clear result in the importance of equity, diversity, and equality in a peaceful transition scenario in Colombia. The study reveals that university journalism has a diverse narrative approach, focusing on presenting the social problems and inequities, the lack of political capacities within communities, the need for a transitional approach toward peace, and the pursuit of truth. The study used mixed research techniques where students narrated their individual perspectives that informed a collective view by integrating the voices of those who suffer the conflict daily. Simultaneously, they showed how academia, from its training function, develops exercises that may compromise the integrity of the axiological values of communication and journalism. The main implication of our study suggests the need to strengthen pedagogical processes of peace in the curriculum and training that enable the next generation of journalists in the country to potentially shift their discourse toward peace journalism and divergent solutions, as opposed to those proposed by traditional media. In conclusion, including youth opinions that were supported by experts on the process introduced an element of community empowerment and recognition of victims within the context and social structure of the Colombian conflict.

Waiting for Patience: Guest Editor's Introduction

Abstract: Patience and impatience are not best treated as simple opposites of oneanother. Analyzed separately, they reveal different dimensions of disposition, worldlycircumstance, and ethical orientation. It is no surprise that they have produced differentlymeaningful worlds and different ideas about whether patience is a virtue or a crutch in aworld of unfair waiting. In those societies where some sort of idea of God remains theanchor for human life, patience remains a godlike virtue and impatience a symptom ofgreed, haste, or excessive ambition. Once capitalism becomes the dominant framework ofany society, patience is reserved for the masses, and speed and disruption become thehallmarks of the entrepreneurial masters of the universe. Institutions like universities andpolitical systems such as democracy, which thrive on deliberation, deferral, and debate, donot flourish in a world where impatience seems to have replaced patience as the best recipefor a humane life.

О ВЛИЯНИИ ИСТОРИЧЕСКОГО НАСЛЕДИЯ НА СОВРЕМЕННЫЕ ИНДО-БРИТАНСКИЕ ОТНОШЕНИЯ

Today, India pursues a multi-vector foreign policy, maintaining its strategic autonomy and being one of the most important civilizational states in the world. At the same time, India is the object of foreign policy efforts of all leading players, including the UK, its former metropole. In this article, the author examines how London is trying to rely on cooperation with New Delhi to compensate for its withdrawal from the EU and, with India’s help, to forge a new role for itself in a changing world. However, despite the long diplomatic courting, problems of interpretation of the colonial period and issues of shared history remain a serious stumbling block in the bilateral relationship. The nostalgia over the imperial past has been fueling the excessive ambitions of the British politicians. In the author’s view, due to an overly positive attitude towards their imperial past, the British politicians, over-exaggerating their own importance, constantly underestimate the extent to which the world distrusts Britain. For the people of India, it is India that is at the centre of global processes today, and their country’s influence on everything that happens in the world is undeniable. India at the time of the British arrival was not only one of the oldest civilizations on the planet, but also a pearl of the medieval world with developed culture, architecture, art and literature, unique industries. From the first to the eleventh century AD, the Indian economy was the largest in the world. During 200 years of colonialism, India and Britain almost swapped places in terms of their GDP share in the world economy. Therefore, for Indians, the rapid growth of their country’s economy in the early 21st century is not a miracle, but merely a restoration of the old balance of power in the world, where India and China have been leaders for centuries. It is also symbolic that the post of the British Prime Minister in 2022 was taken by a politician of Indian descent. The author concludes that, having celebrated 75 years of Independence, India is looking to the future with justified optimism, while its former metropole is in a constant search for ways to restore its depleted power, again seeing special relations with India as one of its desired instruments

Vision apocalyptique dans « Le Microbe du professeur Bakermann » de Charles Épheyre et « Une Invasion de Macrobes » d’André Couvreur

The end of the 19th century is strongly marked by the discoveries of Pasteur and the development of the germ theory of contagious diseases. Our paper briefly presents the introduction of microbe into scientific-marvelous novels, and then analyzes its attack in Charles Épheyre’s short story, Le Microbe du professeur Bakermann (1890), as well as the unexpected appearance of macrobes in André Couvreur’s novel, Une Invasion de Macrobes (1909). Professors Bakermann and Tornada are reminiscent of demiurges caught up in the frenzy of glory and power. Will they finally be able to destroy the human race, thereby ruining the ethos of a scientist? We will attempt to parallel their destinies in order to show the danger posed by excessive ambitions combined with uncommon intelligence. Fallen unjustly into oblivion, both texts deserve to be rediscovered due to the exceptional apocalyptic vision which they depict.

КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТІ ТА ЯКОСТІ ЛІДЕРІВ: ТРАНСФОРМАЦІЯ ТА ПОРІВНЯЛЬНА ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКА

The article is devoted to the study of competences and qualities of leaders in education, its transformation and comparative characteristics. It is noted that the distinctive features of leaders in traditional pre-industrial societies were: will and charisma, commitment to an idea/cause, unwavering conviction in the correctness of their thoughts and actions, a clear vision of the future, non-standard behaviour, the ability to enthuse and inspire others, share their positive energy with them, etc. It is stated that the leaders of the society of producers and consumers of goods and services often demonstrate excessive ambition, self-confidence and unwillingness to act proactively and do not have the competencies that meet the challenges of the times. It is emphasised that the information society required completely different leaders, whose defining qualities are: high intelligence, ability to calculate the situation, work in a team, not so much to manage as to negotiate, reflexivity, responsibility for their own choices, sociability, mobility, transversal competences, etc. It is proposed that an innovative society requires a qualitatively new leader - an innovative model. The main competencies inherent in innovative leaders are highlighted: risk management, interest, determination, continuous improvement and development, strategic planning, organisation and planning ability, reflexivity, responsibility for one's own choices, sociability, mobility, intelligence, ability to calculate the situation, and transversal competencies based on deep, subtle interaction with culture, language and history, i.e. through "sense(s)making". It is proposed that one of the factors that should, in our opinion, contribute to the formation of competencies inherent in innovative leaders should be the process of internationalisation of LLL education. The advantages (rapid increase in the quality and quantity of information and its transformation into knowledge, reorientation to the international level of interaction, integration into advanced production technologies, innovations and management strategies, etc.) and negative (unification of the educational model and asymmetry in international interaction, etc.) consequences of this process are presented.

The Effect of A Morsel and A Dervısh's Coat Approach to Economic Life

Many definitions of Sufism have been made. Sufism is a general attitude towards the world. The Sufi thought “a morsel and a dervish’s coat” concept, keep one of the world's charm, not to represent the world's prisoners. Because there is an excessive ambition against human nature and in the world and its contents. If these emotions and thoughts are not braked, the person starts to behave as if he is going to swallow the world and to exhibit a personality with an avarice. For this reason, al Taha Surah 131 verse, as the essence of the life of the world, the people to test and benefit them to benefit from the goods and sovereignty is not recommended. In Addition, Najim Surah there is an equilibrium with the expression de “there is only work for man”. Here, the Sufis “a morsel and a dervish’s coat” should be analyzed in terms of social justice and economics. The idea of “a morsel and a dervish’s coat” has had an impact on economic life. As mentioned above, this thought is expressed by the Sufis. As some economists claim, the society formed by individuals who have this idea is economically backward and unable to progress? In order to determine this, we need to look at the economic life of the Ottomans and the Seljuks, where Sufism is the most common in social life. In addition, the purpose of bringing this idea to the person in Sufi education should be revealed. Therefore, in our study, what does it mean for “a morsel and a dervish’s coat” in Sufism? How does this sense of life cause emotions and thoughts in individuals, how does it affect social justice and economic life? etc. the issues will be explained.

Sortition as Anti‐Corruption: Popular Oversight against Elite Capture

AbstractRandom selection for political office—or “sortition”—is increasingly seen as a promising tool for democratic renewal. Critics worry, however, that replacing elected and appointed officials with randomly selected citizens would only exacerbate elite manipulation of political processes. This article argues that sortitioncancontribute to democratic renewal, but that its genuine promise is obscured by the excessive ambition and misplaced focus of prevailing models. Casting random selection as a route to accurate representation of the popular will, most contemporary proposals require randomly selected citizens to perform legislative tasks, whose open‐endedness grants substantial discretion to elite agenda setters and facilitators. The real democratic promise of sortition‐based reforms, I argue, lies in obstructing elite capture at critical junctures: a narrower task of oversight that creates fewer opportunities for elite manipulation. In such contexts, the benefits of empowering ordinary people—resulting from their immunity to certain distorting influences on career officials—plausibly outweigh the risks.

Developing soft skills in high school students using digital tools

Introduction. The article presents an overview of the research on developing soft skills in high school students, research findings on the assessment of universal competencies in high school students and the search for approaches to the development of universal competencies in high school students by means of using digital tools. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the level of soft skills among high school students and to justify the implementation of practical procedures within the framework of a digital learning environment. Materials and Methods. In order to assess the level of soft skills (e.g. emotional intelligence and self-monitoring) in Russian ninth graders (n=400) the authors applied the following general research methods: analysis, synthesis, and reviewing research literature. Empirical methods including M.Snyder’s Self-monitoring scale and Thomas–Kilmann’s inventory were used to reveal the types of behaviors for handling conflicts. The authors developed practical procedures aimed at enhancing self-control, communication and cooperation skills, and emotional intelligence, using Lift to Future and Learnis.ru educational platforms. The research methodology was based on the competence approach (A. M. Aronov, A. V. Barannikov, A. G. Burmus, I. A. Zimnaya, A. V. Khutorskoy) and modern approaches related to the problem of digitalization of education (Ya. A. Vahramenko, A. P. Ershov, I. V. Robert, S. A. Tanganyan). Results. The study revealed the main deficiencies in soft skills among the surveyed 9th graders. The authors identified invariant (lack of self-reflection, lack of motivation for self-development, unwillingness to change) and variable difficulties that impede the development of soft skills in ninth graders and are associated with individual personality traits: lack of self-confidence, excessive ambitions and desires, emotional immaturity, and increased fatigue. The study revealed a low level of emotional intelligence in 50 % of the respondents and a low level of cooperation skills in 75 % of the respondents. The authors presented a range of practical procedures based on using digital tools, which contributed to the development of soft skills indicators in high school students. The study suggests that measures aimed at enhancing soft skills should include both group and individual activities and take into account invariant and variable negative factors. The authors enrich the term ‘digital literacy’ with new content. Conclusions. Finally, the authors emphasize that digital tools contributed to maintaining motivation and increasing digital literacy in all the participants of the experiment.

GRIMA’S MALICIOUSNESS AND FALSE SOLIDARITY IN TOLKIEN’S NOVEL THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING: DURKHEIM PERSPECTIVE

This study will scrutinize the excessive ambition and negative solidarity of Grima as a servant of two masters who are the king Theoden and the White Wizard Saruman in Tolkien’s novel The Lord of the Rings. To this end, the novel is analyzed with respect to the concept of negative solidarity according to Durkheim's perspective. According to Durkheim, a few types of solidarity that are negative in which social relations and connections are at the basic rank essential for coexistence. In fact, negative solidarity is a problematic order because it is untrue solidarity and cannot make any kind of integration by itself but rather assumes it. Besides, the solidarity of Grima with the king, Theoden, and Saruman was not real but built on mutual benefit. Saruman was in need of Gríma as an instrument to involve in destroying the king, Theoden, in order to take control over Rohan and Grima was in need of Saruman to marry the woman he wanted and probably even Theoden's kingdom

Recognition of the parliamentarism transformation in Ukraine (1990-2014)

The article examines the transformation of state reform in Ukraine, considers the reasons for the evolution of the political structuring of the Ukrainian parliament in the context of the procedures of the political crisis, systematizes the main reasons why the democratic transformations that have begun cannot achieve their main goal – the consolidation of democracy. It is noted that a lack of national consciousness, a low level of political culture, excessive ambitions of leaders, and their desire for power as a means of personal enrichment simulate conflicts of a destructive nature, threaten to deconstruct the political system and destroy the nation-state. It is indicated that the consequence of the political crisis may be a new revolution, which will not only lead to a change of the government form and the system of values but also the loss of statehood, with Ukraine entering the list of “falling states” and as result.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN PT. BANK MANDIRI (PERSERO) TBK

Good Corporate Governance is now very important to increase the trust of investors and shareholders of the company. In fact, many companies make Good Corporate Governance (GCG) one of the company's strategies to achieve goals optimally, even used as a measurement tool to assess the quality of the company's work structure. Good corporate governance shows that all parties responsible for the business continuity of the company have understood and played a good role in carrying out their duties and responsibilities in accordance with their authority. Careless management of a company is not only detrimental to shareholders, but also threatens the survival of the company itself. Having ambitious attitudes to achieve business targets is certainly important for management, but excessive ambition can result in companies violating business ethics, internal / external provisions, and even breaking the law. The research method used for writing this article is the Qualitative Descriptive method with the study of literature relating to Corporate Governance; writing is done in a structured manner, according to the facts and field conditions of the research object. The author describes the conditions in accordance with the data, the results of the analysis and interpretation of the theories and applicable provisions. The purpose of this study was to determine how well the implementation of Good Corporate Governance in PT. Bank Mandir (Persero) Tbk.

GÊNERO, VIOLÊNCIA E MORTE NO ROMANCEIRO DA INCONFIDÊNCIA

Analisa-se, no Romance IV ou Da Donzela Assassinada e no XI Romance XI ou Do Punhal e da Flor, constantes do Romanceiro da Inconfidência (2012), a identificação de voz do ator social no feminino, que esteve no cenário da derrama e que sofreu a violência paterna ou de parente próximo, em consequência da ambição desmedida pela posse de ouro e pedras preciosas, pois cada família disputa/privilégio mais antigos;/ e Por ódio, cobiça, inveja/ vai sendo o inferno traçado/ (MEIRELES, p.48-49), nas cercanias de Vila Rica, nas Minas Gerais do século XVIII; procurando estabelecer elos com a sociedade atual brasileira. Desta sorte, problematiza-se a coordenada: ontologia-epistemologia-ética-estética, que elegeu um determinado sujeito de conhecimento, na atribuição do certo/errado, justo/injusto e do belo/feio; com a negação da memória e vida plena à alteridade, sem levar em conta o rosto desejante do outro em suas demandas, assente ao privado.
 Palavras-chave: Gênero. Violência. Cidadania. Feminicídio.

Przedunijne nadzieje i obawy kryjące się za obrazem średniowiecznych władców zawartym w „Rozmowie Polaka z Litwinem” (1564)

Conversation of a Pole with a Lithuanian, written by Augustine Mieleski Rotundus in July or August 1564, was an answer to the political dialogue titled Quincunx. The dialogue was authored by Stanislaus Orzechowski. In his work he ordered Lithuanians to enter the union with Poland, but in the same work he named them slaves and people deprived of freedom. He also expressed the view that only citizens of kingdoms are free and Lithuanians as inhabitants of a duchy have no liberty. Augustine Rotundus replied to him that not all kingdoms enjoy freedom: citizens are free if they have a good ruler.The present paper consists of two parts. In the first part, I present participants of polemics of 1564 and their dialogues, which are written according to ancient rules. In the second part, I quote the medieval threads from Conversation, in which Rotundus talks about rulers of Poland and emperors of Germany. He proves that Polish kings were not always good rulers. Sometimes dukes were better than kings. Therefore the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is not worse than the Kingdom of Poland. Medieval threads also exhibit preunion hopes and fears of the Lithuanians. We find here the picture of the state and the portrait of the ruler which wanted by them. The state should have a Christian character and law which is well constructed. Furtherly, the ruler should be wise, willing to cooperate with the Church, independent of his wife and free of excessive ambition.

La peur, passion radicale

AbstractThis paper deals with the aetiological aspect of the Epicurean conception of passions. It is argued that the therapy of the soul relies on an overall explanation of the various emotional states, and that fear is at the core of this framework in so far as it is the root of most psychic troubles. The first part deals with fear in the context of the general theory of passions. The second part shows that this basic emotion is the root of injustice and political excessive ambition, in Lucretius’De rerum natura. The third part puts the emphasis on the role of anxiety in passionate love, in the same text. Fear, in its various forms, appears to be the main cause of a number of pathological emotions. It may be concluded that the Epicurean therapy of emotions, far from dealing with separate passions from case to case, is based on a holistic approach of psychic states.

Quo Vadis Turcjo – koniec europejskiego kierunku w polityce zagranicznej Turcji?

Turcja od czasu powstania republiki w 1923 r. ukierunkowana była na westernizację i budowanie ścisłych kontaktów z państwami europejskimi. Także po zakończeniu drugiej wojny światowej i powstaniu systemu dwublokowego zadecydowała o członkostwie w bloku państw kapitalistycznych jako sojusznik w ramach NATO oraz aspirant do członkostwa we Wspólnotach Europejskich. Rozpad systemu jałtańskiego i powstanie układu multipolarnego stał się wyzwaniem dla kształtowania nowych kierunków w polityce zagranicznej Turcji, osłabił równocześnie jej związki z Zachodem. Ankara uwierzyła bezkrytycznie we własny potencjał i możliwości pełnienia roli mocarstwa regionalnego i państwa euroazjatyckiego budującego swoje wpływy na obszarze dawnego Imperium Otomańskiego. Wydaje się jednak, że bezkrytyczna samoocena i wygórowane ambicje przerosły możliwości polityków tureckich.

STUDENT EMPLOYABILITY AND COMMUNICATION DURING THE JOB RECRUITMENT PROCESS: THE OPINIONS OF STUDENTS AND EMPLOYERS

The Career Centre of the University of Latvia undertook a comprehensive study regarding the issues of student employability and mutual communication with employers during the recruitment process. The study was conducted in two parts – 923 students from various higher education institutions in Latvia were surveyed during May-June 2015. The survey was used to inquire the current employment situation of the students of various study disciplines, determine the most popular types and choices of students in search for jobs and traineeship places, study the communication of the employers and given feedback to job seekers. The survey results outline the problems in mutual communication between the employers and employees and giving and receiving of feedback, as well as an explanation of the reasons for refusal of the job. In continuation of the study 84 employers were surveyed in spring 2017 regarding the experience of their company/institution in regard to employment of students, as well as communication with students as job seekers in the recruitment process. The outcome of the study show that employers are seeking students for a job position through job advertisement portals, but they try to recruit them also through social networks; in general they rate students as convincing during interviews, but also having excessive ambitions, expectations and not always an adequate appraisal of their own skills. The employers explain the problems noted by the students in regard to the employer communication during recruitment by being too busy, lack of time and a high number of applications per competition.

Nie]wymierna rola rodziców w stymulowaniu aktywności poznawczej dziecka

In recent years, under the influence of cultural and social transformations, the quality and form of parental involvement in stimulating the cognitive activity of children has been changing. In meeting social and cultural demands, parents often engage in searching for innovative forms of education. They are increasingly often guided by trends and popularity, abandoning traditional methods of supporting children in their cognitive development. Therefore, parents often choose modern proposals, diversified in terms of quantity and quality, advertised in the mass media and promoted by teachers, psychologists and sometimes also by their acquaintances. Parents’ involvement in stimulating the cognitive activity of their child is a complex process, which encounters various limitations and impediments in everyday life. They result, among others, from diminishing the role of play in the family, of free time spent together, from reducing the number of children in the family to only one, from a high speed of life, the domination of new information and communication technologies, a lack of time, following the trends, excessive, parental ambitions inadequate to the child’s capabilities, their requirements towards the child and realization of their own dreams. Under such conditions, stimulating the cognitive activity of a child does not always bring expected results that are directly proportional to time and money invested. On the contrary, it is often difficult for parents to see clear, measurable effects. This is particularly true in situations when parents resign from simple, traditional, proved methods of supporting their child in cognitive development and follow fashion, striving for satisfaction of their own, excessive ambitions. The choice of specific forms of stimulating cognitive activity of a child and parents’ approach determine, to a high extent, not only the quality of their role in this process, but also the efficiency of undertaken activities.

Manifestations of Neoosmanist Ambitions in Contemporary Regional Policy of Turkey

Turkey carried away by the role of the model for Sunni states aimed at becoming the leader of Islamic world and reestablishing the Ottoman Empire’s sphere of influence. Ankara distinctly changed priorities of its foreign policy in favor of the Middle East and pursued a course of gradual dissociation from the West subject to its own views at world and regional situation. Ankara’s task was not to exceed the limits of Western alliance, but for all that to advance at most its national interests. Turkey’s political leaders systematically used any opportunity to promote neoosmanist aspirations and the model of Turkish democracy in the Middle East and Northern Africa. The dynamic development of Turkish economy supported this process. However at this time the goals of Turkish neoosmanist policy are unachievable because of their excessive ambition and lack of resources for their realization.