Idea Of Progress Research Articles

А.Ф. КОНИ - ЧЛЕН ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО СОВЕТА РОССИЙСКОЙ ИМПЕРИИ (1907-1917 ГГ.)

This article deals with an issue completely unknown in our historiography. This is the story of the shadow leadership of one of the major public figures of the Russian Empire – Anatoly Fedorovich Koni. Using his many connections and being outside of political parties, the member of the State Council promoted liberal ideas through parliament. Without entering into a confrontation with the monarchy and dealing with social issues (drunkenness, prostitution, education, judicial reform, etc.), the senator, however, never abandoned his principles and promoted them wherever possible. Anatoly Fedorovich supported the creation of a people’s university and the expansion of funding the fleet and the army, protested against the liquidation of Finnish autonomy and the abuse of Article 87 of the Fundamental Laws of the Empire. As a conservative liberal, he strove for a smooth evolution of the state towards the expansion of human rights and Europeanization while maintaining the autocratic system. At the same time, Koni understood that the ruling elite was leading the country to disaster. The rise of the famous lawyer’s political career began in 1916, when he got the opportunity to speak on the part of a group of united liberals and demand to take urgent measures to change the situation in the country

Criticism of Modern Liberal Ideas about Political Modernization and the Imperial Tradition of Russia

Criticism of Modern Liberal Ideas about Political Modernization and the Imperial Tradition of Russia

Editor as Mediator: A Profile of Albert Cartwright in Early Twentieth Century South Africa

Editor as Mediator: A Profile of Albert Cartwright in Early Twentieth Century South Africa

Self-entrepreneurship in uncertain futures: The case of performing artists in Italy

This article contributes to contemporary debates on self-entrepreneurship in cultural work by focusing on project-based theatre actors in Italy. Drawing on in-depth interviews, the study considers performing artists’ narratives of success, unsuccess, and future expectations to shed light on how entrepreneurial projects are negotiated in neoliberal cultural work. The article expands current research by considering how self-entrepreneurial projects are lived out in insecure working environments, taking into account a geographical area and a creative sector often overlooked by studies of creative labour. In a context where precariousness is normalised, actors’ discourses point at the emergence of disaffection towards neoliberal entrepreneurial ideals of autonomy and competition and to the loss of a progressive idea of biographical projects. The research highlights that an ongoing status of insecurity can mine optimistic and entrepreneurial orientations, questioning the sustainability of neoliberal ethos of work as a future-oriented project in times of enhanced insecurity.

The life of Dr. Hu Shih as a scientist, diplomat, revolutionary and politician

Dr. Hu Shih is a Chinese scientist, especially a philosopher in education, diplomat and leading advocate of political liberalism. But he is also a very important Elite in the history of Chinese and Taiwanese culture, with wide interests. It has contributed greatly to the adoption of the spoken language as an official writing language. As an influential supporter of American pragmatism, he advocated the creation of a new society through mass education rather than a political revolution. Dr. Hu Shih was born in Shanghai on December 17, 1891 and died in Taiwan on February 24, 1962. This study is conducted to reveal the biography of Dr. Hu Shih, a distinguished Chinese scientist, along with his intellectual, literary and political personality. Our goal while making this study is not only to tell his life story, but also to establish a relationship between his ideas and actions, and especially to reveal his contributions to the intellectual and cultural life of China and the world. The important thing is that no matter how much he tries to stay away from politics, his contributions to the cultural and political development of China and then Taiwan with his duties and liberal ideas will be demonstrated.

Komunikasi Dalam Kepemimpinan Kristen

Communication in leadership is something that is very important and fundamental because communication is a means for leaders to convey ideas for progress and success. This article examines how liberating and transformative communication should be for Christian leadership. Christian leadership upholds Christian values ​​according to what is written in the Bible. The method used in this article is a descriptive qualitative method with a literature study approach. This approach is used to explore and describe the nature of communication and the nature of Christian leadership. From this, a conclusion will be drawn on how the nature of communication in Christian leadership is transformative and liberating. A Christian leader must have good communication skills because it is related to his duty to influence, guide, direct, encourage members to carry out certain activities in order to achieve the goals that have been set and achieve effectiveness in leadership, planning, controlling, and coordination. The results of the study indicate that there are three important things in the communication of a transformative and liberating Christian leader, namely humanistic communication, good-relationship communication and communication that does not self-glorify. The conclusion of the study is that Christian leader communication should bring motivation, not intimidation. It is this motivation that moves everyone to work so that the common goals that have been set can be achieved.

Liberalizm w edukacji

The contemporary message of some media associates broadly understood liberalism with the pejoratively interpreted slogan “do whatever you want”. Common understanding of liberalism as, very generally speaking, libertarian views, also tends to be juxtaposed with an almost anarchist view of the world. The purpose of this text is to reflect on how liberalism can be understood (and whether there is one way to define it) and how a liberal thought influences education. Can it shape education? If so, how? The liberal tradition is not only rich and diverse (it is impossible to talk about one liberalism with a capital “L”, or rather liberalisms of specific countries), but also has a significant impact on the way of thinking about the world in its various dimensions. The text provides an overview of the main tenets of liberalism along with their historical outline. The discussion about the main ideas of liberalism serves to organize a series of, sometimes contradictory, information about it. The background outlined in this way allows us to focus on the issue of liberalism in education, while posing a number of problematic, remaining open, questions about the essence of education or the role of school in the neoliberal perspective. The entanglement of science in ideologies is also shown, an example of which is mathematics, the subject defined in accordance with the adopted philosophical or even political perspective. The overview character of the text is intertwined with questions on the border of the philosophy of education and the history of political thought, which is a good introduction to further deepening the knowledge in both these areas.

ANTARA “IDE KEMAJUAN” KOLONIAL DAN REALITAS LINGKUNGAN: JALAN RAYA DALAM PEMBANGUNAN PRASARANA PERHUBUNGAN DI PESISIR BARAT KALIMANTAN

This paper aims to find out the considerations of the colonial government in building transportation infrastructure to facilitate economic exploitation on the west coast of Kalimantan. For this reason, this paper questions road construction as the only option for the colonial government when faced with the idea of constructing a railway which at that time was the latest trend in land transportation and the environmental realities that had been built, namely waterway. The problem was studied using the historical method with an urban studies approach. The result shows that road construction that is “a middle ground” is in line with “the idea of progress” that was emerging in the Nederland Indies in the context of the New Order (the New Colonial World). The “ideas” consisting of expansion, efficiency, and welfare are detected from (1) the embryo of a coastal road that has been developed since the second half of the 19th century, (2) pacification and supervision for coastal areas which were the former centers of the Kongsi Wars, (3) optimization of economic connectivity, and (4) development of alternative roads.

Tension of Religious-Traditions and the Ideas of Women's Liberation in Dreams of Trespass’ Novel by Fatima Mernisi

This article examines a novel titled “Dreams of Trepass: Tales of a Harem” as the literature work represents Fatima Mernissi’s critical thought in fighting for gender equality. The research methodology used is qualitative approach with textual analysis method. Based on research findings, Fatima Mernissi narrates the women liberation discourse through literature works which is not entirely fiction for its rooted from Fatima Mernissi’s own experiences who originated from harem-living family. The work is a reflexive of reality, as well as an aspiration for the ideal future in terms of the equal roles and rights between women and men. It concludes, feminism critical thought’s Fatima Mernissi needs to put on the living context where the work was created and historical time on which recounted, namely related to Arabic culture and Islamic religiosity in the 20th century Morocco. In that period, the world was transiting from colonization era to the movement of global nationalism in colonized countries, including Morcco. Therefore, there is collision between tradition and modernity which influencing women’s thoughts and thoughts of women in regards of universal humanism values with religious interpretation on the Islamic holy Qur’an.

„Чаемое будущее” и „идти вперед” – категория будущего в научном творчестве Михаила Михайловича Бахтина

In the article the scientific works of Mikhail Bakhtin are considered as one text with its own single metaplot. The motive of moving forward (“going forward”) is analyzed and treated as the basis of Bakhtin’s progressive outlook, his hopes for the future and for the dialogue in the Great Time. Attention is drawn to a specific period of the Russian thinker’s intellectual life, that is associated with the departure from the ideas of solipsism. The concept of “I – others” is considered a turning point and is compared with the Copernican revolution, which is carried out in the philosophical worldview of a Russian scientist and then transferred to the studies of the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky. It reveals, in particular, the philosopher’s gradual departure from individual reality and his approach towards personalism. The future for Bakhtin is a creative, active category that determines the present. At the same time it is noted that the forward movement as expressed by the Russian thinker is ambivalent and associated with the turn to the past and the source. Along the way the concepts of memory, the curvature of progress, the idea of historical inversion, etc. are also studied. Besides, Bakhtin’s criticism of the Enlightenment idea of progress, Western rationalism and humanism are mentioned. In this regard Bakhtin’s concept of the rebirth acquires great importance, in which, under the influence of movement towards the future, the past is updated.

A PROBE INTO THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN CHINESE PAINTING

This article mainly explores the social culture and era background of the development of Chinese painting in the early 20th century. By collecting relevant documents and materials, it systematically analyzes the background from the special social ideology of China under the thick smoke to the May Fourth New Cultural Movement. With the birth of, the spread of progressive ideas and culture, the new art appeared on the historical stage as a revolutionary. And emphatically analyzed Cai Yuanpei's aesthetic education thought to play a pioneering role in the development of Chinese modern painting education, and laid the foundation for improving the overall artistic and cultural quality of the people.

COVID-19 Crisis and EU: Liberal Values versus National Interest

With the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis, a great question arose about the possibility of applying liberal ideas in international politics and whether the national interest would prevail over liberal values in the international system. The EU is one of the most prominent of these case studies, as the countries of the EU suffered from weak collective efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19. This article aims to analyze whether the national interest will prevail over the liberal values of the European Union or not during the crises. This article argues that liberal values flourished tremendously in peace, but in times of crisis, liberal values are put to the test. Sometimes they can fail because national interest calculations are embedded deeply in nation-states. As long as liberal ideas converge with the national interest of nations, liberal institutions like the European Union can stand strong.

„Мълчал съм, но ще викам“: Петко Славейков на заточение в Трявна (юли–септември 1881)

The article focuses on a short period of Petko Slaveykov’s political and literary biography. The circumstances surrounding his forcible exile in the summer of 1881 have been traced on the basis of letters, literary works, and original archival documents. Observations on the psychological state of an unjustly removed politician from high state positions show his personal maturity and ability to survive in difficult situations. Some of the ideas defended by Petko Slaveykov in the summer of 1881 have been considered from a historical perspective. It has been shown that his judgment of people and events was generally adequate, and that his prediction of a future collapse of the authoritarian princely regime was reasonable. Although temporary removed from political life, Petko Slaveykov maintained his contacts with friends and like-minded people. He was well informed about the course of events in the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia. The published letter to Prince Alexander I shows his civil courage and faith in liberal ideas. The role of the family in the difficult times of trial and exile is described through letters from his son Ivan. Some of the literary works created by Petko Slaveykov in the summer of 1881 in the ‘prison’ of his own house in the town of Tryavna are also mentioned. The full texts of two unpublished documents are attached – manuscripts by Petko Slaveykov from September 1881.

Progressive Grand Strategy: A Synthesis and Critique

Abstract This article evaluates emerging progressive ideas about US grand strategy. Progressives’ distinctive analytic premise is that structural inequality undermines America's national interests. To combat this problem, progressives recommend retrenching US primacy in a manner that resembles the grand strategy of restraint. However, progressives also seek to build a more democratic international order that can facilitate new forms of global collective action. Progressives thus advocate ambitious international goals at the same time as they reject the institutional arrangements that the United States has traditionally used to promote its global agenda. No other grand strategy shares those attributes. After articulating the core elements of a progressive grand strategy, the article explores that strategy's unique risks and tradeoffs and raises several concerns about the theoretical and practical viability of progressive ideas.

Nostalgie et translatio studii’: l’image des « nains juches sur des épaules de géants »

Nostalgia and translatio studii: “The image of dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants” “We are dwarfs perched on the shoulders of giants,” this famous image that John of Salisbury attributed to Bernard of Chartres was very popular throughout the Middle Ages, and far beyond, until it became the motto of Google Scholar. First, it expresses the respect and admiration that the masters of the twelfth century had for the authors of Antiquity whose works they commented on. But the formula is more complex than it seems and is not reduced to its nostalgic and backward-looking dimension, it is also forward-looking and allows to affirm the idea of progress, the cumulative dimension of knowledge and translatio studii, since the dwarf perched on a giant sees farther than the one who supports him.

The fruit of the Paradise tree: the problem of cognition in the works of Yu.P. Kuznetsov

The analysis of the epistemological and axiological aspects of Yu.P. Kuznetsov's poetry in general and when implementing the biblical intertext in it in particular is presented. The purpose of the work is to study the peculiarities of the realization of the theme of cognition in the works of Yu.P. Kuznetsov in the context of spiritual search and religious exploration of the world. The main goal is to determine, considering the specifics of the type of thinking of the lyrical hero, a set of artistic images of biblical nature, which the author uses while discussing the theme. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the consistent consideration of images and motives of biblical nature related to the problems of gnoseology. Special attention is paid to the consideration of Old Testament images-symbols dating back to the myth of the fall. The main directions of the development of the author's poetic thought regarding the issues of the consistency of scientific knowledge and the idea of progress and related problems of the interaction of rationalistic and intuitive-religious types of thinking are analyzed. It is established that the author prefers a non-rationalistic method of cognition of truth based on the concept of co-creation of man and God, which leads to the sacralization of the creative process and the image of the artist (in the broad sense of the word) as a mediator of the will of God. Kuznetsov uses the religious symbol in order to show the universality and necessity of the intuitively religious approach to cognition that does not depend on specific historical conditions. The poet's interpretation of the biblical image is close to the canon and folk tradition.

Война и кризис глобального псевдолиберального цивилизационного проекта

Introduction. War in the nuclear age regardless on the options of limited or local nuclear military conflict represents the apogee of the global crisis of humanity. Theoretical analysis. The purpose of the article is to identify the signs and prerequisites of the crisis of the global liberal civilizational project. The novelty of the research is manifested in the author's argumentation of the relationship of the philosophy of the war of western rationalism with pseudo-liberal modeling of modern civilizational dynamics. In the process of problem research the principle of historicism, socio-cultural approach and methods of critical philosophical reflection are used. The author proves that the key feature of the pseudo-liberal metamorphosis is the orientation of the political strategy of the ruling circles of the United States to achieve the status of a "hegemon country". This practically means abandoning the democratic principle in constructing a polycentric model of the world order. Conclusion. The prerequisite for such a conceptual revolution is the discrepancy between the liberal idea of freedom and the democratic demands of equality, which gave rise to contradictions in the concept of "freedom in inequality". The consequence of this divergence of liberalism and democracy is characterized by the transition from dialogue to war as the priority way of solving political problems. The article consistently highlights the theoretical and moral prerequisites for the transformation of a civilizational project into a pseudo-liberal one.

THE IDEA OF UNITING THE TURKIC PEOPLES IN THE POLITICAL AND LEGAL VIEWS OF THE FIGURES OF "ALASH" ZHAKHANSHI DOSMUKHAMEDOV AND MUSTAFA SHOKAI

Among the many progressive ideas of the Kazakh intelligentsia, the idea of uniting the Turkic peoples is of particular interest, which is reflected in the political and legal views of Zh. Dosmukhamedov and M. Shokai. In the article, the author considers the idea of unification of the Turkic peoples in the political and legal views of J.Dosmukhamedov and M. Shokai, who are representatives of the Kazakh intelligentsia of the early twentieth century and figures of "Alash". They fought for the freedom of their people and became the harbingers of the independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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 Artist Statement: I read through the abstracts and the creative pieces and what stood out to me were ideas of revolution, identity, progress, and change. I came up with the design by drawing purely from the aesthetic aspects of different theater traditions in Asia. For example, I looked at makeup styles from Kathakali and Kabuki, pattern designs from Wayang Kulit, and costuming from JingJu. This decision was made as a way to create something that people could identify as having Asian elements but not specific to any one country. The decision to include the fire is to communicate this idea of change/revolution and how that intersects with identity.
 
 
 Forest Wong, the artist, can be found on Instagram @forestwongart or at https://forest_wong.artstation.com/. 

Feminist Elements in Gnanakkuthan's Poems

Feminism is one of the growing concepts in today's world. Feminism is increasing in literary field. Women are expressing their needs and rights in writing and speech with a sense of liberation, with the intention of changing the social restrictions and attitudes that oppresses women. A woman is the mother of knowledge, the heart full of grace and who showers love. The woman who had all these characteristics faced many problems. Women's liberation became emotional and that everyone was touched by that feeling. Among them Bharatiyar, Bharathidasan, Kavimani Desiya Vinayagam Pillai, Periyar, Anna, Pudumaippittan and poet Gnanakoothan tended to create rising norms for women's emancipation and women's social progress. Poet Gnanakkuthan, who was a pioneer of Puthukavithai, worked to process the ideas of women's progress. He used his poetry as a weapon. In this way, his poems were in a simple manner and reached everyone. In order to sum up his positive views, this article examines the ability of Gnanakoothan to express the suppression of women in all positions of the society by highlighting feminism, grief due to female birth, women's lack of education, dowry violence, mockery, sexual violence etc. in his poems.