Idea Of Harmony Research Articles

The Wa Concept and its Effects on Deaf Education in Japan

Japanese society has been noted for the emphasis it places on social harmony. As with other cultural values, ideas of harmony may have played a part in written and unwritten rules of the community. As a marginalized group whose existence itself is seen to not be in accordance with the norm, disabled people might particularly be affected by such normative values. This research discusses how values within the wa concept are interwoven in the educational practice for deaf children, as well as the effects it has on them. Values of self-reliance and ‘sameness’ pushes deaf children into assimilation, and to become independent society members that can adapt to the comfort of their surroundings. The deaf education system that has been permeated by the wa concept has resulted in numerous issues, mainly in regards to the childrens’ linguistic skills, as well as social and emotional development. This research shows that while the wa concept is supposed to create societal harmony, normative values created through the lens of the wider and typical society could create a paradoxical situation when applied to marginalized groups such as deaf people.

Translation Principles in Modern Cognitive Paradigm

The article discusses the cognitive-communicative principles of modern translation studies based on the cognitive paradigm, which focuses on the cognitive activities of translators and the information, knowledge, and meanings contained in texts and discourses. The aim of the research is to develop principles of translation studies from the perspective of this paradigm. The research methodology is based on the author’s concept of translation space, which operates with the concepts of cognition, synergy, and harmony; the concept of “epistemic situation,” which reveals the extralinguistic semantic basis of scientific texts as a triad of ontology, methodology, and axiology; and cognitive studies of language and translation. The methodological approach to the practical analysis of translation implemented in the article is based on the principles of synergy, which reveal the regularities of complex linguo-cognitive systems. The axiological orientation of translation is based on the idea of harmony as a semantic proportionality, which serves as a criterion for translation quality. Fragments of texts from the scientificphilosophical discourse of Roland Barthes and Michel Foucault in Russian and French served as empirical material for analyzing how the principles of translation studies work. As a result of the research, anthropocentric, epistemological, and reflexive-conceptual principles of translation studies are characterized.

ГЕОПОЛІТИЧНА СВІДОМІСТЬ УКРАЇНЦІВ ЯК ЕКЗИСТЕНЦІЙНИЙ ФЕНОМЕН

The article is devoted to the study of the geopolitical consciousness of Ukrainians as an existential phenomenon based on the Ukrainian studies approach. Emphasis is placed on the need for a value-semantic distinction between the geopolitical consciousness of Russians and the geopolitical consciousness of Ukrainians, which is a determining prerequisite for Ukrainian studies of this problem. It is claimed that the geopolitical consciousness of Russians is based on aggressive expansionist values and semantic principles. In turn, the opinion that the basis of the geopolitical consciousness of Ukrainians is based on humanistic existential value-meaning principles is substantiated. Thus, in particular, on the basis of the analysis of the geopolitical ideas of Ukrainian philosophers, it is shown that the geopolitical consciousness of Ukrainians is based on the archetypes of the Ukrainian mentality, is connected with the idea of harmony in arranging the geopolitical space of existence of the Ukrainian ethnic group and the Ukrainian nation, and also bears the imprint of the geopolitical injuries associated with the need for Ukraine to overcome civilizational challenges at key stages of its development. It is emphasized that the problem of the transformation of geopolitical science in the direction of postmodernism, which is a topic of modern Western European humanitarianism, is also actualized by the awareness of the need to modernize the geopolitical consciousness of Ukrainians. So, in particular, the article emphasizes the newest, integrative possibilities of the Ukrainian studies approach for further research. It is substantiated that the geopolitical consciousness of the Ukrainian community is one of the fundamental factors for the establishment of the geopolitical subjectivity of Ukraine and the modernization of its geopolitical priorities and values in the conditions of countering the global challenges of war. Aspects of further research into the geopolitical consciousness of Ukrainians in the context of the need to affirm its geopolitical subjectivity are proposed.

Considering Modern Shia Thoughts on Religious Harmony: Husain Faḍlullah’s Contribution in Min Waḥy al-Qur’an

This article aims to reveal Muhammad Husein Faḍlullah’s ideas about Religious Harmony as contained in his commentary, min waḥy al-Qur’an. Faḍlullah’s thoughts are relevant to study in the current context to see the idea of harmony from a different perspective, namely the Modern Shia school. By using a qualitative paradigm with a critical discourse analysis approach to Faḍlullah’s works, this study found two findings: first, Modern Shia consistently offers the concept of Ijtimā’ī Adabī interpretation which is centered on the ideas of tolerance, harmony between religious communities, social holiness, and rejection against all forms of radicalism; second, Interpretation products are inseparable from ideological ideas and teachings of their schools. At this point, even though Faḍlullah is involved in the political movement of the Hezbollah Party, which tends to be radical, his thoughts still represent his school of thought, especially regarding religious tolerance and harmony. From these findings, this study also wants to emphasize that a person’s background does not directly influence the product of his thoughts in the future, as stated by Naṣr Ḥamid Abū Zayd. This research supports Andrew Silke and Tinka Veldhuis’s findings regarding “Countering violent extremism in prisons: A review of key recent research and critical research gaps” that the personal character and personal experience factors of the author determine the product of one’s interpretation

Philosophical Conversations about Music in Simple Language. Pythagoras: the Divine Number and World Musical Harmony

The article is written on the basis of a conversation on the philosophy of music by Professor G.G. Kolomiets, author of the book Value of music: philosophical aspect, with a musician from France, Dmitry Rasul-Kareev, Clarinet solo of Orchestra de la Suisse Romande. The dialogue gives a detailed and simple understanding of the philosophical view of music on the example of the ancient philosopher Pythagoras. His cosmological teaching saw the kinship of music, mathematics and philosophy and stated that the divine perception of the world is contained in the divine Number permeating the entire cosmos and our life. Music is made of numerical proportions and acts as a substance that exists even without a person, yet this unchanging principle of divine harmony, can be felt, experienced and expressed in musical art. Cosmologists believed there is a comprehensive law, according to which objects obey the divine mind, the great Rhythm. Music seemed to be the embodiment of the rhythm of the universe and harmony. The essence of the harmony of the spheres is that the cosmos is a harmoniously arranged and musical-sounding body. The movement of the starry sky creates the music of the cosmic spheres, which is refracted when playing musical instruments, and this lends itself to precise mathematical calculations. The intervals between the cosmic spheres are mathematically correlated with each other like the intervals of tones in music. The Pythagorean understanding of the numerical harmony of the structure of the universe largely determined the path of development of music theory, forming the main musical categories: fret, rhythm, interval, modulation and others. The modern philosophy of music deepens the Pythagorean ideas of harmony of spheres, putting forward the principles of functionality and processivity as properties of music, and allows us to talk about the law of cyclicity on a global scale. For example, following Pythagoras, music outside of the actual musical art is interpreted as a reflection of the vibrations of a complex communicative system: man-society-nature-cosmos.

Presence-Centered Flourishing: A Proposal of Alternative Strategies to Promote Sustainable Living

Flourishing has been identified as a central concept in the new approaches based on the idea of positive psychology emerging at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st centuries. A culture based on the idea of harmony may never have existed among the large public in the history of human thought. An educational system of this type could be based on what we propose here as a «presence-centered» pedagogy (in contrast to the contemporary «information-centered» and «skill-centered» pedagogies). The alternative education process that we propose is also particularly fitted to be conducted amongst nature and outdoor spaces rather than within a classroom, based on the extensive literature on the positive effects of contact with nature for human health and wellbeing. From a philosophical perspective, a presence-centered pedagogy would result in the promotion of a new sense of agency: an identity developed by exercising our co-dependence with the rest of the ecosystemic processes and life-support systems, as opposed to an identity conceived as being separated from the external environment. We argue here that such a revolutionary change of human’s self-definition could result in higher likelihood of changing our lifestyles in the direction of sustainability and collective wellbeing.

Принципы гармонизации природной среды в архитектурном пространстве

The reason for writing this article was long-term residence in the city, with a number of negative factors, both natural and anthropogenic. Being an integral part of nature, man managed to plunder its wealth, directing everything to his needs. Moreover, changing the environment to suit his needs, he in no way thought about the consequences, polluting the air, land and water every day, and also depriving nature of the opportunity to put itself in order. Thus, environmental problems have become especially relevant in our time. There have always been enthusiasts trying to help and fix the problem of pollution, but on a global scale, the search for a solution has been relatively recent. The first major changes can be considered the projects of new master plans and reconstructions of large cities in Europe in the 19th century. So decisions were made to separate the industrial and residential areas, as well as the introduction of park areas in the residential part of the city. Parks, which for the most part were a luxury item, being only on the estates of rich people, have now reached the masses, thereby providing ordinary people with access to a more environmentally friendly area, and also gave rise to a new vector of architectural development, which resulted a hundred years later in the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and his concept of "prairie houses". Architecture, being one of the largest instruments of influence on public life, has hoisted the banner to bring the idea of unity with nature into society. This will embody the ideas of harmony between man and nature, will improve the microclimate both in a single apartment and in the city as a whole, will set a trend for preserving nature and correcting existing mistakes. Astana, a city that does not have natural features that would create favorable weather and climate conditions, such as the Alps in Switzerland, or dense forests, as in Russia. The location in an open field makes it necessary to take a more careful approach to improving the microclimate in the city.

Տարեցներ և երեխաներ. համատեղ երջանկության փորձ / Elderly People and Children: an Attempt to Share Happiness

The idea of harmony between childhood and old age can serve as a support system for vulnerable groups. Both sides, both children and grandparents, need warmth and attention. The inhabitants of orphanages and nursing homes, being special communities, have certain problems. Due to the risky nature of the project, in order to identify the disadvantages and advantages of joint interaction, it is necessary to implement a pilot project through which the effectiveness of meeting different generations will be tested. Then it is necessary to gradually combine the structures, the ultimate goal of which is to improve the quality of life of already affected groups.

Conceptualization of the Cultural and Artistic Model of the Ecological Competence of the Mathematics Teacher

The article represents the concept of the cultural and artistic model of the ecological competence of the mathematics teacher. The work used a system of methods and approaches, among which innovative, ecological, competence, systemic, anthropological, cultural, axiological, aesthetic, artistic, epistemological were the defining ones. The developed "Cultural-artistic model of ecological competence of a mathematics teacher" contains 4 components - cognitive, activity, personal-psychological and cultural-artistic. The ecological competence of the mathematics teacher has a functional focus on integrative ecologization, aestheticization, axiologization, and ethicization of the cultural and educational space and on the development of a harmonious and healthy personality. In the components of ecological competence, the mathematical dimension is significant. In the cognitive component, this is mathematical knowledge, ideas, and cognitive skills and schemes through which the phenomenology of ecological problems is revealed. In the cultural and artistic component, mathematics is used to reveal the phenomenology of the aesthetic, artistic, harmonious, perfect. In the personal and psychological component, the ideas of harmony are actualized. The activity component is aimed at the integrative disclosure of mathematical, ecological, artistic, ethical and aesthetic phenomena. The directions of ecologization, mathematization, aestheticization, ethicization, axiologisation, and psychologization of the cultural and educational space are integrated into the system of ecological competence of the mathematics teacher. During the formation and implementation of ecological competence, methodical disciplines were developed and applied. The specified methodological disciplines are purposefully formed for the integration and target (ecological, mathematical and aesthetic) and competence orientation of knowledge, values, meanings, ethical attitudes, prescribed from various subject areas. Accordingly, propaedeutic and therapeutic poles formed by methodical disciplines are distinguished in ecological competence.

The Evaluation of Land Use Evolution and Ecological Sensitivity of Guangzhou Based on GIS and RS

The dynamic stability of the local ecological environment is related to changes in land use patterns and ecological sensitivity. The study aims to identify the land use characteristics and dynamic change features in Guangzhou City using RS and GIS technology. We choose six ecological sensitivity factors, such as land use type, elevation, watershed buffer, vegetation cover, slope, and slope direction, and use the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) to obtain the results of single-factor and comprehensive ecological sensitivity. The findings indicate that, in terms of land use, the area of four types—forest land, grassland, arable land, and unused land—decreased from 2000 to 2020, while the area of water bodies and construction land rose, with a minimal overall change. According to total ecological sensitivity, very sensitive areas make up the majority of the total area and are primarily found along the northern township boundary; very low-sensitive and mildly sensitive areas are mostly found in the south and center. In order to encourage the development of an ecological civilization in the city, Guangzhou City must establish the idea of harmony between people and the land and increase the ecological conservation function.

The Connotation and Contemporary Value of the Traditional Thought of Harmony

"Harmony", as its name implies, describes the conflict and integration of many elements in society, as well as the process in which the high-quality components of each element combine into the sum of new structures, new things and new life. Such a mode of thinking is called "harmony" thought, "harmony" spirit and "harmony" culture. Its main purpose is to create a new life, promote innovation, pluralism and harmony, and help each other achieve win-win results. In the 21st century, with the deepening of globalization process, the conflicts between different countries and national civilizations have become more and more intense. At this time, integrating the idea of harmony into the criteria of conflict evaluation will greatly help to build a community with a shared future for mankind. Today, the Chinese spirit of harmony still has strong vitality: to highlight the vitality of traditional culture requires harmony; Economic globalization and world multipolarity call for harmony; Harmony is needed to build a community with a shared future for mankind. We need to keep the thought of peace and harmony with the times, so that the spirit of peace and harmony can continue to carry forward in the great journey of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and in the practice of maintaining world peace and promoting common development.

Analysis of "Harmony" and "Unity" Concepts in Indonesian and Chinese Culture

"Harmony" and "Unity" are important concepts in ancient Chinese philosophy and the basic spirits of traditional Chinese culture, which advocate seeking a harmonious coexistence based on differences. The ideas of harmony and seeking common ground while reserving differences can also be found in Indonesia's traditional culture and its modern concept of building a state, which is naturally similar to the Chinese concepts of "Harmony" and "Unity". In the context of contemporary social development, which is increasingly globalized, diversified, and complicated, the communication and understanding of the common ideology of the two countries is conducive to the mutual absorption and integration of different cultures, and also to the construction of a community with a shared future based on mutual tolerance, interdependence and joint development.

Imagining transformation: Change agent narratives of sustainable futures

Deliberate transformation for sustainable futures requires new social imaginaries that collectively envision futures beyond the dominance of neoliberal capitalism. We looked for these imaginaries by surveying change makers working on system transformation and ecological issues. Drawing on a conceptual framework that connects social imaginaries, stories and memes, our research asked: what are the memes and stories that proponents of transformation use to describe desirable futures? And, how likely are social imaginaries derived from these memes and stories to guide deliberate transformation? Collectively, the 72 survey respondents valued ideas of harmony with nature, social justice and equality, ecological sustainability, human awakening, compassion, wellbeing, and connection as elements of their imagined futures. Many found it difficult to then incorporate these ideas into stories. Nevertheless, they identified three simple plot devices for moving from a problematic present to their desired future – crisis, ‘waking up’ and collective action through social movements. Overall, social imaginaries formed from these stories and ideas are contested and currently lack the plausibility and tangibility to challenge neoliberal capitalism. Transformative social imaginaries could grow from these ideas if change agents nurture shared visions of desirable futures, explore real practices that support awakening and create tangible stories to guide collective action by ‘all of us’. • New social imaginaries are needed to guide deliberate transformation for sustainable futures. • An online survey of change agents working on transformation found imaginaries that lack plausibility and tangibility. • Visions for the future were consistent and valued cooperative relationships with nature and other people. • Theories of change were variations of crisis, awakening and collective action. • The shared vision and ideas of awakening and collective action offer hope for nurturing transformative social imaginaries.

Human, Nature and Life Consciousness: Systematic Representation of the Source Domain of Chinese Political Metaphor

Metaphor is one of the prominent features of Chinese political discourse. Through the analysis of Chinese political metaphors in the three volumes of The Governance of China and The Belt and Road Initiative, this study finds that the source domain of Chinese political metaphors presents a systematic representation, which can be divided into three categories: human, nature and life consciousness. This representation is closely related to traditional Chinese culture, especially the embodied cognition, the idea of harmony between man and nature and the respect of life. Only when we truly understand the cultural information behind Chinese political metaphor, can we accurately grasp its meaning in the specific context, and promote the smooth intercultural communication and the spread of Chinese culture.

ЙОГО ВСЕСВЯТІСТЬ ПАТРІАРХ ВАРФОЛОМІЙІ ЯК ПАТРІАРХ І ГУМАНІСТ

The article examines the figure of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, his pastoral ministry and humanistic attitude to the world and man on the basis of various sources and from the standpoint of comparative analysis. The problem of humanism and human relations is one of the main problems of the modern world, and Dimitrios Archondonis – Bartholomew I demonstrates with his life and deeds, the example of Christian humanism and love of neighbour, as it is commanded by Jesus Christ himself in the New Testament. The process of Ukrainian state renaissance, its national and spiritual formation are followed by a growing interest in Christian humanism, which in its essence and direction is an effective means of "moral healing", "spiritual revival", the formation of national identity, affirmation of its culture and "healthy" consciousness. Various philosophical, scientific, religious and other ideas and views on ecology, nature and man, the meaning of its existence, place and role in the world, which were developed and implemented throughout the historical development of world philosophy and culture in modern Ukraine need not only ideological and theoretical reasoning, but also a visual demonstration of examples of Christian humanism, an example of which is Bartholomew's I life and pastoral serving of God. Emphasizing the existence of a deep moral crisis in modern society, the Ecumenical Patriarch sees the root cause of all global problems in it. The way out of this crisis, in his opinion, is the formation of a new philosophy of international relations, the focus on broad international cooperation, the creation of a common European home, the Christianization of the whole Earth through the "evangelization of its peoples." Like all Christian churches, the Orthodox patriarch believes that the problem of war and peace is a planetary, global problem and at the same time a global challenge to all "globalized humanity" today. And the development of a new concept called "theology of peace" (or Orthodox "myrology"), started in the 60s of last century created by his ideologues, was the response of Orthodoxy to this challenge. A characteristic feature of the whole period of Bartholomew's I Patriarchal reign is the constant moral and humanistic dialogue not only in the middle of Orthodoxy itself, but also among the whole Christian world as a whole. The idea of harmony, tolerance, mutual understanding for him is the main issue for conversation and constructive dialogue with various religious figures and denominations.

The philosophy of music of Pythagoras

The article reproduces the image of the great thinker Pythagoras - one of the most popular scientists and the most mysterious personality, the philosopher. Pythagoras created the brightest and most modern "religion": he nurtured in humanity a belief in the power of reason, the belief that the key to the mysteries of the worldview is mathematics. Music for Pythagoras became not only a means of inspiration but also a subject of scientific research, it was in music that Pythagoras found direct proof of his statement: "Everything is a number." 2,500 years ago, Pythagoras guided people on the path of triumph of the Mind. The whole world, Pythagoras argued, is a harmonious number. And these numbers form the ratio as well as the intervals between different degrees of scale. From time immemorial, numbers seemed to people to be something mysterious. Any object could be seen. The number cannot be touched and, at the same time, numbers really exist, because all objects can be counted... Pythagoras and his followers believed that everything in nature is measured, everything is subject to numbers, and to know the world means to know the numbers that control them. If before Pythagoras, music was understood magically and understood as the embodiment of the forces of nature, used mainly in ritual and religious rites, it is Pythagoras who became the progenitor of the mathematization of the musical phenomenon. The main grain of Pythagorean world harmony is the idea of ​​harmony in a mathematically ordered whole. Pythagoras came to this idea when he discovered that the basic harmonic intervals: octave, pure fifth and pure fourth - occur when the lengths of the strings are 2:1, 3:2 and 4:3. Drawing analogies between the orderliness of the material world and the orderly mathematical relationship in music, he suggested that each planet in its rotation around the Earth emits a tone of a certain height, passing through the clean upper air - the ether. All the celestial sounds of all the planets, merging, form what is called "harmony of the spheres" or "music of the spheres." The laws of music and mathematics are the basic essence of natural existence, according to which the universe is not only built, but also moves and develops.The teachings of Pythagoras showed the unity of everything in the set, and the main purpose of man was expressed in the fact that through self-development man must achieve a connection with the cosmos.

儒家為什麼反對超人類主義？

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract also in English.
 The concept of human enhancement is a key to understanding transhumanism. According to Confucian ethics, the supervision of human enhancement technology is vital because we are facing the reasonable expectation of achieving “the unity of heaven and man.” (The idea of harmony between man and nature is not exclusive to Confucianism; it can be found in other schools of thought in the pre-Qin dynasty period, especially the philosophy of Taoism. However, the idea is uniquely expressed and developed in Confucianism.) Furthermore, human enhancement makes people unable to “settle in their place.” Therefore, Confucianism cannot accept it.

超人類主義的“人與天一”式審度

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract also in English.
 Professor Wang Jue reflects on transhumanism through the Confucian idea of harmony between man and nature and proposes from a Confucian perspective that we should supervise the formation of our posthuman future. I agree with this suggestion. Here, I discuss transhumanism using Zhuangzi's idea of “Harmony between Man and Nature” and the concept of immortality. My conclusion is that from Zhuangzi's point of view, it would be wrong to use technology solely to plan and control the future of mankind; however, this does not mean that Zhuangzi is an anti-technologist. I think Zhuangzi's ideas offer limited support for the Confucian suggestion that we should supervise the formation of our post-human future.

The Model of the Universe, Encoded in the Thracian Cult Spaces, in the Context of Modern Cosmogonic Concepts

Accepting the thesis that the Thracian cult buildings under a mound can be interpreted as models of the universe, time and space, man and his ideas of harmony (A. Fol, V. Fol, M. Ruseva), in this article I further develop this thesis, while exploring it, placed in the context of modern concepts and theories in the field of physics, as well as taking into account the place of religions and other sciences in the construction of a comprehensive modern cosmogonic model. At the same time, I consider and analyse the extent to which such searches are a topic in modern sacred architecture.

Гармония и различие. Проблемы перевода монографии Не Чжэньчжао «Введение в этическую литературную критику» с китайского языка на русский

The monograph by Professor Nie Zhenzhao “An Introduction to Ethical Literary Criticism” was included in the program of academic translation from Chinese to Russian in 2016. This article discusses a number of issues related to the nature of translation work on this text. First, the translators adhered to the idea of harmony and difference, striving not only to ensure a successful exchange between the two cultures, but also to emphasize its heterogeneity. Secondly, they relied on the traditional Chinese Confucian philosophy, the doctrine of the Golden Mean, and strove to be impartial. Thirdly, they used some of the developments achieved in the course of discussions with their Russian colleagues. English version of this article under title ''Problems of Translation of the Monograph by Nie Zhenzhao “An Introduction to Ethical Literary Criticism” from Chinese into Russian'' is available at URL: https://panor.ru/articles/problems-of-translation-of-the-monograph-by-nie-zhenzhao-an-introduction-to-ethical-literary-criticism-from-chinese-into-russian/78331.html