Context Of Modern Culture Research Articles

" 'Semellan argentadas'. La razón de los astros en el Libro de Alexandre"

In this paper one of the astronomical passages in the Libro de Alexandre is analysed: that in which the learned Aristander explains the eclipse of the moon. It is of particular interest to examine the way in which this erudite character demonstrates his ideas, because the anonymous poet and scholar remodels ancient ideas for the public of his time and thus they become perfectly suitable to the most modern cultural context in the western hemisphere in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. This paper will try to show the roots from which spring the wish for greater scientific knowledge in the author of the Alexandre, a logical encyclopaedist as well as a poet.

The sexual enlightenment of children in the modern cultural context—care or corruption?

Abstract With evidence that one in three teenagers in Britain is sexually active before the age of sixteen, a quarter having unprotected sex, this paper explores the question of sex education in the AIDS context. Whilst the present educational system is flawed because of its information bias and limited focus, it is evident that there is, even amongst ‘informed’ adolescents, a gap between factual knowledge and actual sexual behaviour. Cross cultural data is utilised to highlight the potential to expand the scope of education in an integrative and holistic fashion which would motivate as well as educate adolescents. It is advocated that the education should begin early and involve parents if it is to be successful. It is suggested that the dissociation of the sex act from a general awareness of sexuality is a western phenomenon and such an educational approach would not only be a vital component of preventing spread of HIV infection but would achieve this through a fundamental shift in attitudes to sexual behaviour.