Human Uniqueness Research Articles

Integrasi Pendidikan Islam dan sains Perspektif Ismail Raji Al-Faruqi

The discourse on integration in Indonesia has long been echoed as stated in UUSPN Number 20 of 2003 article 30 which requires the implementation of religious education at all levels of education as a form of shared awareness to achieve a complete quality of life. In the implementation of education, it has two main missions, namely fostering intellectual power and fostering moral power. Synergizing science and Islam (Religion) is something that is very important, even a necessity, because ignoring religious values in the development of science and technology will give birth to tremendous negative impacts. normal. The negative impact of the tendency to ignore values (religious morality) can be seen empirically in corrupt behavior and other things that are done by humans on this earth by using the power of science and technology. This research is a library research (library research) where in this research the researcher uses descriptive analytical method. The descriptive method is used to describe Ismail Al Faruqi's views regarding the concept of Islamization taken from several of his related works. Meanwhile, the analytical method used by researchers is to analyze the extent to which the concept of Islamization is in an effort to integrate science and religion. The results of this discussion indicate that, (First: The Islamization of knowledge initiated by Al-faruqi is to Islamize modern science by means of rehabilitation, revolution, reconstruction (rearranging data) and adjustments to the parts that make it up. To apply the idea of the Islamization of knowledge, Al-Faruqi lays his epistemological foundation on the principle of monotheism which consists of five kinds of units, including: 1). Oneness (unity) of Allah SWT. 2). Unity of creation 3). The unity of truth and knowledge. 4). Unity life. 5). Human unity Second: Educational Integration at UIN Malang Perspective of Al-Faruqi UIN Malang as a pioneer in the establishment of ma'had or student dormitories Developed educational culture adapted to university culture. UIN Malang prefer the Imam Al-Ghazali approach which classifies knowledge into Fardlu 'ain and fardlu Kifayah with the "takwil" method taken from social sciences.

Efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine on shortening the negative conversion time of SARS-CoV-2 ribonucleic acid in patients with mild COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study

BackgroundThe holistic view of the ‘The unity of man and nature’ promotes the development and application of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Despite the absence of modern pharmacological therapies with robust efficacy against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), TCM has exhibited potential utility for treating the disease in clinical practice. MethodsA retrospective cohort study was conducted to investigate the therapeutic effect of TCM treatment intensity (TCMTI) in patients with mild COVID-19. A total of 6120 laboratory-confirmed patients with mild COVID-19 were recruited from temporary isolation facilities. The primary outcome measure was severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ribonucleic acid conversion time. In addition, restricted cubic spline models were employed to elucidate nonlinear relationships. ResultsThe median age (range) of the study participants was 43.0 (2.0–75.0) years, with a median hospitalization duration of 9.7 (4.1–22.5) days. The median time for achieving SARS-CoV-2 ribonucleic acid negativity was 6.67 days. The restricted cubic spline models revealed a remarkable nonlinear association between TCMTI and the time-to-ribonucleic acid negativity. After adjusting for potential confounders, the high TCMTI group exhibited a markedly shorter median time to SARS-CoV-2 ribonucleic acid negativity and reduced hospitalization duration (P < 0.001) than the low TCMTI group. Moreover, the mean time to achieve SARS-CoV-2 ribonucleic acid negativity was shortened by 1.909 days (P < 0.001) in the high-TCMTI group compared to the low-TCMTI group. ConclusionThis study suggests that early initiation and intensified use of TCM may accelerate the time required to achieve SARS-CoV-2 ribonucleic acid negativity in patients with COVID-19, bearing considerable implications for public health.

Poslije postkolonijalizma i feminizma - transindigeni projekat u poeziji Džoj Hardžo

Joy Harjo (1951) is an American writer of Creek origin, and an American Laureate (2019-2021), whose poetry is constructed as an elaborate healing ceremony addressed to the indigenous and non-native subjects. In Hardža's work, a strong pan-tribal sensibility can be observed, but also an interest in other marginalized communities that advocate self-determination, self-representation, historical continuity, and the preservation and promotion of specific cultures. Saying that the natives have always valued multiculturalism, Hardžo reminds that before colonization peoples cooperated and exchanged experiences and understands that globalization cannot build unity at the expense of killing different cultural voices in the interest of cultural totalitarianism. The unity of humanity will have to find a way among cultural diversity. While globalization requires universal values and global resources, creates new institutional links such as international organizations, integrated markets, transnational social networks, diversity does not impose a pattern, but requires respect and recognition of indigenous cultures, which makes it feel like a global citizen. For Hardžo, loving the country means decolonizing it so that the country is not only a place of oppression but also of opposition, so she considers the possibilities of connecting Third World poets, because if one form of oppression leads to another, to that extent one struggle is connected to another, despite different histories, locations and problems, so poets can create anti-hegemonic connections as oppositional forces within a unique transindigenous project.

Open Science and Humanism: Decolonization of Knowledge and Fractality of Identities

The paper is dedicated to philosophical analysis of the value foundations of the Open Science concept and its link to the more general concept of humanism, as the means for building up the common knowledge of humanity while still not sacrificing the diversity of existing cultures and traditions. The philosophical methods used in the investigation include dialectics and post-non-classical approach as it is argued that solving the problem of the coexistence of humans and human cultures and enabling the openness of human knowledge requires understanding the dialectical relation of unity and plurality. It is argued that openness as a major feature of contemporary scientific knowledge corresponds to both the classical principles of ethos of science – first of all, to universalism – and to the new trends in research and education that emerged thanks to the development of information technologies. Openness is shown to be a characteristic of a community that does not put its own private or corporate goals and values above the common human values – Open Science is thus closely linked with the idea of humanism. It is shown that at the same time such universalism is not opposed by, but rather presupposes decolonization of knowledge, as the alternative, local, traditional forms of knowledge augment universal knowledge of science based on rational inquiry rather than replace it. Human knowledge, as well as human culture and human identities in general, are argued to be fractal phenomena: diversity of alternative forms of knowledge, cultures, languages, world views etc. is in no way something that opposes the unity of humanity and vice versa, and that is a necessary way to achieve mutual respect, mutual recognition and mutual understanding of the humans.

Open Science and Humanism: Decolonization of Knowledge and Fractality of Identities

The paper is dedicated to philosophical analysis of the value foundations of the Open Science concept and its link to the more general concept of humanism, as the means for building up the common knowledge of humanity while still not sacrificing the diversity of existing cultures and traditions. The philosophical methods used in the investigation include dialectics and post-non-classical approach as it is argued that solving the problem of the coexistence of humans and human cultures and enabling the openness of human knowledge requires understanding the dialectical relation of unity and plurality. It is argued that openness as a major feature of contemporary scientific knowledge corresponds to both the classical principles of ethos of science – first of all, to universalism – and to the new trends in research and education that emerged thanks to the development of information technologies. Openness is shown to be a characteristic of a community that does not put its own private or corporate goals and values above the common human values – Open Science is thus closely linked with the idea of humanism. It is shown that at the same time such universalism is not opposed by, but rather presupposes decolonization of knowledge, as the alternative, local, traditional forms of knowledge augment universal knowledge of science based on rational inquiry rather than replace it. Human knowledge, as well as human culture and human identities in general, are argued to be fractal phenomena: diversity of alternative forms of knowledge, cultures, languages, world views etc. is in no way something that opposes the unity of humanity and vice versa, and that is a necessary way to achieve mutual respect, mutual recognition and mutual understanding of the humans.

A Pilgrim People: No Peace Theology without Peace Ecclesiology

Deep questions of identity are always at play in war and peacemaking, sometimes hidden yet always decisive. Thus, for Christians, peace activism needs peace theology and, indeed, peace theology needs peace ecclesiology. Efforts to transcend classic debates between just war theory and Christian pacifism by developing a just peace ethic will falter if they fail to address more basic questions of how Christians are to sustain a primary loyalty to Jesus Christ in relationship to other identities of family, tribe, nation, and global citizen. Attention to the biblical trajectory of Abrahamic community, the patristic embrace of life in exile, and Vatican II calls for the Church to be the “sacrament of human unity” by recognizing itself as a “pilgrim people” suggests that the Catholic Church can truly be a “peace church” only if it embraces life in diaspora.

Enslaved Ecopoetics:

Scholars, such as Kimberly Ruffin and Katherine Lynes, reconsider American environmental poetry that excludes African American ecopoetic traditions of the antebellum period. According to Ruffin, in order to reconstruct and enhance our sense of ecopoetry, we must reevaluate the black tradition of nature poetry, exemplifying the contemporary approaches to slavery in the USA and elsewhere. Likewise, Lyne’s “reclamation ecopoetics” attends to the history of dangers, despite centuries of methodical and organized exploitation, that human groups bring to the black human subjects as well as to non-human nature. Building on this scholarship, I focus on the nature poems of George Moses Horton (1797- 1883), the life-long enslaved poet, that highlight the inseparable unity of nature and humans. Horton’s poetry deployed nature to prove both the humanity and the intellectuality of the enslaved. My study traces a history of American enslaved ecopoetics that requires us to think of the enslaved human subjects as individuals whose nature poetry hinges on the dangers of subjection and exploitation of chattel slavery. My essay resituates Horton, the black bard of North Carolina, in the nineteenth-century American paradigm, analyzing his poetry and his racial subjugation from an ecocritical perspective.

Bridging Gender Divides: Toward a Transcendentalist Feminism

AbstractHow can we build a path from the binary of gender to the unity of common humanity? What kind of difference can the “different voice” of feminism make as a human voice? In this article, Naoko Saito argues that the way we talk about the difference of a “different voice” needs to be radically transformed. To envision a route to such a transformation, she explores an alternative possibility of feminism in the American transcendentalism of Margaret Fuller and Ralph Waldo Emerson. First, Saito critically examines the politics of recognition and suggests a susceptibility to binary thinking in its approach. Second, as a way of transcending the binary mode of thinking, Saito introduces the humanist feminism of the nineteenth‐century American transcendentalist Margaret Fuller. Third, as a way of elucidating the radicality of Fuller's transcendentalist feminism, Saito introduces the feminine voice of two male philosophers — Ralph Waldo Emerson and Stanley Cavell — as her conversational partners. By radically converting the way we talk about difference of voice, the transcendentalist feminism of Fuller, Emerson, and Cavell provides a third way that lies beyond the politics of recognition and care ethics. In conclusion, Saito proposes that the cultivation of the feminine subject requires an alternative political education that resists assimilation into political realism. This would realize our common humanity and, in its crossing of divides between men and women, would create democracy from within.

THE NATIONAL IDEA OF GOODNESS AND GENERAL UNION AS A POSSIBLE OPTION OF THE STATE IDEOLOGY IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

In modern conditions, no state can exist without a national idea, which determines the main directions of its development and is expressed in the state ideology. The purpose of this article is to determine the national idea underlying the Russian sovereign state law ideology, which is due to the modern policy of the leaders of the Russian state, which should be adequate to the challenges of today's global processes. Methods: the authors apply such methods as dialectical logic, description, system and structural analysis, comparison and generalization. Results: an attempt is made to substantiate the necessity of the national idea of goodness and general union. Proposals for its consideration as a possible variant of the state law ideology are formulated. It is established that the philosophy of law of F.M. Dostoevsky proceeded from the principles of human unity, humanism. The general conclusion is made about the need to consolidate the national idea and sovereign state law ideology in the legislation of the Russian Federation.

Alpha-Lipoic Acid Ameliorates Sperm DNA Damage and Chromatin Integrity in Men with High DNA Damage: A Triple Blind Randomized Clinical Trial.

Evidence suggests the contributory role of oxidative stress (OS) to sperm DNA damage and eventually, male infertility. Antioxidant supplementation has exhibited favorable results regarding seminal OS, sperm DNA damage, and chromatin integrity. We aimed to evaluate the effect of alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) supplementation on semen analysis, sperm DNA damage, chromatin integrity, and seminal/intracellular OS in infertile men with high sperm DNA damage. In this randomized triple-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial study, we opted for a triple-blind controlled clinical trial design. Considering the study's inclusion criteria for the level of sperm DNA fragmentation (higher than the threshold of 30 and 15%), 70% of participants were selected for this clinical research study. Subjects were divided into case and control groups receiving oral ALA (600 mg/day) and placebo for eighty days, respectively. Sperm parameters and functional tests were examined and compared before and after treatment. The final sample size was 34 and 29 for ALA and placebo receivers, respectively. No significant differences were observed about anthropometrics and baseline measures of semen analysis, DNA damage, OS, and chromatin integrity between the two groups. Conventional semen parameters were enhanced insignificantly in both groups (P>0.05). DNA damage decreased significantly in the ALA group, as per sperm chromatin structure assay (SCSA, P<0.001). Moreover, chromomycin A3 (CMA3) staining results indicated a decrease in nuclear protamine deficiency post-ALA therapy (P=0.004). Lipid peroxidation decreased significantly after treatment with ALA (P=0.003). Further, seminal antioxidant capacity/activity did not differ significantly in either of the groups (registration number: IRCT20190406043177N1). An 80-day course of oral ALA supplementation (600 mg/day) alleviates sperm OS, DNA damage, and chromatin integrity in men with high sperm DNA damage.

White Matter Integrity in Men With Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Bladder Outlet Obstruction and Its Contribution to Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms.

PurposeLower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) associated with bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) can negatively impact quality of life. We evaluated the structural connectivity of the brain in men with BPH with chronic BOO using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).MethodsAmbulatory male patients aged ≥45 years with BPH and BOO were recruited. LUTS was defined as an International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) ≥12 and a maximum urinary flow rate ≤15 mL/sec. Upon recruitment, uroflowmetry and validated questionnaires regarding bladder status were collected. DTI images from each subject were aligned with the ICBM-DTI-81 atlas, defining 50 white matter tracts (WMTs). The mean values of DTI parameters—fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity—for each WMT were extracted. These measures were then utilized to compute Pearson correlation coefficients with clinical parameters. Objective clinical parameters included uroflowmetry parameters, postvoid residual (PVR) volume, and bladder capacity. Subjective clinical parameters were assessed using validated questionnaires: the IPSS, Incontinence Symptom Index, and Sexual Health Inventory for Men.ResultsThe correlation analysis revealed 15 WMTs that showed statistically significant associations (P<0.05) with objective and subjective clinical parameters. Eight tracts were associated with uroflowmetry parameters: maximum flow rate (Qmax), mean flow rate (Qmean), and PVR. Among these tracts, the middle cerebellar peduncles and left medial lemniscus were associated with Qmax; the genu of the corpus callosum, left superior corona radiata, corticospinal tract, right medial lemniscus, posterior corona radiata with Qmean; and the left posterior corona radiata with PVR. Seven tracts also demonstrated significant associations with the IPSS.ConclusionsOur results suggest correlations between the preserved white matter integrity of specific WMTs and the severity of LUTS based on objective and subjective clinical parameters, leading us to believe that a distinct pathology of the central nervous system might exist.

Unity of heaven and humanity: Mediating role of the relational-interdependent self in the relationship between Confucian values and holistic thinking.

As the primary value system in Chinese culture for almost 2,000 years, Confucianism has profoundly influenced the mindset of Chinese people. Cultural psychology studies have highlighted that individuals with different cultural backgrounds vary in their preferences for certain personality traits, such as self-construal, and their metacognitive characteristics, such as thinking modes. Compared with Western cultures, Chinese culture shows a preference for the interdependent self and holistic thinking. To investigate the relationship between the relational-interdependent self, holistic thinking, and traditional Chinese values (which are represented by Confucian values), we surveyed 327 Chinese adults using the Confucian Traditional Values Survey, Holistic Thinking Scale, and Relational-Interdependent Self-Construal Scale. The results show that Confucian values positively influence both holistic thinking and the relational-interdependent self, the latter of which partially mediates the positive relationship between Confucian values and holistic thinking. This study deepens the understanding of the psychological features of Chinese culture.

Dehumanization as a Response to Uncivil and Immoral Behaviors.

Theoretical approaches to dehumanization consider civility to be an attribute of human uniqueness (HU). However, studies that explore the links between civility and humanness are scarce. More precisely, the present research tests whether there is a consistent relationship between civility and HU. Method and results: The first study (N = 192; Mage = 19.91; SD = 2.70; 69% women) shows that individuals infer more HU traits in the agents of civil behaviors compared to agents of other positive behaviors that are not related to civility. The second study (N = 328; Mage = 19.69; SD = 3.65; 77% women) reveals that uncivil and immoral behaviors displayed a similar pattern of inference of HU traits; however, moral behaviors were more associated with human nature than civil behaviors. Conclusions: Overall, results confirmed that civil behaviors facilitate the inference of humanness, specifically of HU traits, and that civil and moral behaviors are not equivalent in terms of the human inferences to which they lead.

Socio-philosophical aspects of the transformation of the category of «Civil unity» in the political realities of the XXI century

The main content of the study is the analysis of aggressive socio-political masses and the disunity of the population during the period of destabilization of the world space. In order to identify the socio-philosophical aspects of the transformation of the category of "civil unity" under the influence of the events of the 20s of the XXI century, the article analyzes N.F. Fedorov's concept of acquiring a social idea to achieve world unity and world order. Special attention is paid to the problem of human unity in the social world.

COSMOLOGY OF TIME AND THE SPIRITUAL OF LIFE IN JANAVESE-ISLAMIC TRADITION

This study aims to see and analyze the cosmological relation between time and spiritual life in the Javanese-Islamic tradition. Philosophically, the system of pranotomongso(cycle of time) believes to have a solid connection to the knowledge of time and the spiritual dimension of life surrounding it. Based on a study of Javanese literature (primbon)and Islamic views on the cosmology of time, this study shows that in Javanese culture and literature, time is not only seen as a natural cycle but also positioned like living beings. Therefore, the Javanese believe in humans' importance in maintaining good relations with time. The relationship model must be symbiotic-mutualism. At the same time, the Islamic tradition sees that Allah SWT created the universe and the regularity of time for the good of humankind. So, it is clear that both Islamic and Javanese traditions place time as a symbol that indicates the unity of man and his creator. Although time strongly influences human knowledge regarding a time where humans depend entirely on natural cycles, the value of knowledge about time itself is cross-generational.

مذاہب عالم کے مابین اتحاد اور رواداری : قرآن و سنت کی روشنی میں ایک مطالعہ Unity and Tolerance between the World Religions: A Study in the Light of the Qur'an and Sunnah

In Islam, non-Muslims have complete freedom to adhere to their religion. There will be unity with them based on tolerance will be exercised with them. The Islamic State will not attack their faith and worship. Tolerance will be treated as much as there is scope in Islamic law. Their places of worship will be protected. All prophets will be respected. But from the end of the twentieth century to the present, there have been several incidents which have been hurting the feelings of Muslims. Muslims all over the world are protesting this attitude. Muslims want equal rights and honour around the world. They want human unity and interfaith harmony. This article presents the Islamic concept of unity and tolerance with other religions. Conclusions and recommendations have been formulated at the end of the article.

Guidelines from the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) in Establishing the Unity of Ummah in this age

Islam is a universal religion and an advocate of world-wide peace and unity among people of different backgrounds. It preaches its followers about the unity of the whole humanity. In several verses of Qur’ān and in the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), the Muslims Ummah is directed to be united and harmonious. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) also presented a great role model from his own life and practices (Sīrah) to establish and maintain unity among the Muslim Ummah. He (PBUH) established brotherhood among the Muhājrīn and the Anṣār and suggested it as a model practice to the whole Ummah. He (PBUH) also narrated the benefits of unity and the disadvantages of dispersal in his sayings. He suggested the effective solutions of differences of opinions and other clashes among the Muslims. This research focuses on deriving the solutions of maintaining the unity and brotherhood in resolving the clashes and differences of ideology among Muslims in the light of the teachings of Islam, especially from The Sīrah (life practice) of The Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) in this age.

Europe's Final Frontier: Astroculture and Planetary Power since 1945

The main landmass of Europe does not appear in the iconic Blue Marble photograph of earth, taken from space on the final Apollo mission to the moon in December 1972. Europe as a continent remains out of frame, hidden north beyond the curvature of the planet. Viewers instead see swirling clouds, vast expanses of the world ocean and the partially obscured forms of Africa, Antarctica and the Arabian Peninsula. Decentring the Global North was crucial to the charisma of this image, which for half a century has been a symbol of human unity and a staple of appeals to protect the only planet we have ever inhabited. The universality of the photograph contrasted with the frictions of the Cold War and decolonisation that peaked in the 1960s. Blue Marble is nonetheless deeply ambivalent. Its extraterrestrial vantage was possible thanks to the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. And the implicit message of the photograph – that the benefits of spaceflight and other advanced technologies would be shared with all peoples as a contribution to global economic development – simultaneously invoked legacies of inequality from the epoch of formal imperialism, itself not yet at an end. Regions visible in Blue Marble, in fact, included territory still administered at the time by Britain, France, Norway, Portugal and Spain.1

Chinese Cultural Spirit: The Expression of Values in Chinese Films

Abstract One of the particular characteristics of Chinese films is that they are based on the unique sources of Chinese cultural thought. This article examines the main spiritual ideas of traditional Chinese culture through the lens of the three relationships between heaven and man, humans and other humans, and man and himself. It explores how Chinese films made in different cultural contexts and historical backgrounds have expressed the spirit of Chinese culture through both inheritance and transformation. We approach this issue by focusing on expressions of the traditional concepts of “the unity of man and heaven,” “vigor and promise,” “balanced harmony and the golden mean,” and “the unity of body and mind.”

Integrasi Kompetensi Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi Guru Dalam Pembelajaran Berdasarkan Perspektif Siswa MAN 01 Pontianak

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) competence in teachers refers to the skills of teaching staff in utilizing and implementing technology outputs to present effective educational content in learning. The effectiveness of instructional practices in the classroom environment by teachers can be analyzed by capturing the perspectives of those who are included in the ongoing learning process, including students. This study used a quantitative descriptive method which aimed to describe the perspective of the representative 100 students of MAN 01 Pontianak who was the parties to the assessment of the mastery of ICT integration of MAN 01 Pontianak teachers in learning. It can be concluded that teachers at MAN 01 Pontianak have moderate ICT mastery competence as the dominating category fulfilled based on the scores obtained, which means that awareness will create communicative nuances by integrating technology output in the process of distributing information in the classroom realm classified as not optimal. This is reinforced by the findings related to most of the students' perspectives, which assessed that teachers at MAN 01 Pontianak have medium-scale ICT mastery competence, 72% of 100 students stated that, there were 18% of students from all respondents stated that the teacher's ICT mastery competence was low and only 10% of them actually think that the competence of teachers' ICT mastery in the research location is high.