Sense Of Unity Research Articles

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This article addresses the issues of cultural evolution of modern man and society. A cultural person, an object and subject of culture, is a producing resource, a driving element and a product of cultural processes, and at present the civilizational role of culture is acquiring a special formative and personifying significance. Cultural intelligence in the world of multi-tasking complexes and complex multi-level formats of employment is increasingly important both for people and communities with a deficit component of life activity, and in relation to especially complex employment formats, since the development of system-forming resources of awareness and self-positioning of a cultural subject, the implementation of effective, productive integration of imaginative thinking with consciously logical cognitive processes increases both the quality of intellectual processes and the level of originality, the uniqueness of the cognitive activity of a person and the community. Cultural intelligence in the context of the insufficiency of other types of intellectual development and praxis — in a more complex existence or in a partial register — contributes to the socialization of the individual, the integration of communities, the personal-activity improvement of the status of various subjects and population groups, the development of forms of independence in society and professional space. The ways and means of the formation and improvement of cultural intelligence of various levels and formats vary predictably and sporadically, therefore, the demand of the society for socially and personally attractive components of cultural employment, cultural choice, cultural self-determination is growing quantitatively, and requires the originality of routing, and implies continuous environmental development. Like other parallel intellectual components of human self-actualization, now considered by science and practice as socializing and developing creative resources: emotional, social, physical and physiological, as well as information technology intelligence undergoing dynamic formation and other aspects of an individual’s understanding of himself and the world around him — intelligence cultural is now acquiring its object and subject, its fundamental basis and methodology, its role in science and practiceoriented register, goal-setting foundations, tools, value orientations and society’s awareness of the role of cultural intelligence in human life and society. Accordingly, the attitudes of a person’s reproductive orientation in culture, ideas about the secondary, objectified, nature of the consumer of the cultural achievements of mankind, mastering those in methodological, temporal, program unity, are subject to revision. Increasing the subjectivity of the individual in the cultural field of interaction contributes not only to increasing the productivity and efficiency of mastering the relevant competency areas and independence, activity of the human personality — it is directed to improving the socio-cultural mechanisms and processes of creating a new, intersubjective, cultural space. One of the directions of self- development of such a cultural-subjective space is the active construction by the individual of his inner world, his social connections and prospects, effective purposeful health saving in the context of a spiritual, inspired, organic action — a culturally correlated interaction of images and meanings, a holistic vision of the world, a sense of unity with existence, and the significance of their existence.

Together in electric dreams: Inventing an online asynchronous Community of Practice for Learning Developers working with health students

The creation of a virtual community of practice (vCOP) is a way to bring Learning Developers in different institutions together to create opportunities for collaboration and a sense of community which may help educators to overcome a sense of isolation as well as limited time and resources (Yarris et al., 2019). The development of LDHealthCOP (Learning Developers Health Community of Practice) unintentionally aligned with Wenger’s (2000) social definition of learning and three modes of belonging: engagement, imagination, and alignment. The group formed to explore how to improve Learning Development (LD) practice for Health students at our institutions. Students on health programmes are often from ‘under-represented’ and ‘non-traditional’ groups which pose particular challenges. It has a crowd sourced co-created programme of monthly talks and activities where practitioners pose each other topic questions to enable discussion and share ideas or resources. Using technology to gather together and ‘connect over their craft’ (Yarris et al., 2019) enables members to transcend the boundaries of space and time allowing members to ‘meet’ when and where they are, creating a unique sense of flexibility (Knapp, 1998 cited in Valenti and Sutton, 2020).
 This session shared how the vCOP has been developed, linking theory with practice to address the specific challenges faced by Health Care students. The following themes were covered at the session:
 
 Areas of exploration or challenge for a Health and Social Care vCOP.
 Methods of engagement with the vCOP, including demonstration of collaborative Padlet resources.
 Reflection on the benefits and pitfalls of sharing knowledge and experience asynchronously.
 Participants gained an insight into the workings of a vCOP which may inspire them to: join us, join another ALDinHE community of practice or create their own.

Crime and the metaphysical animal

ABSTRACT This essay considers how we talk in moral terms about crime and punishment using a framework that comes from psychoanalysis. The idea of the human as a metaphysical animal, an animal that thinks and loves, is given a naturalistic explanation in Freudian metapsychology as it was developed by Melanie Klein and Hans Loewald. While the former helps us understand the desire to punish as the enjoyable return of pain for pain, the latter indicates how mature human beings seek to pursue a sense of wholeness. This understanding of moral psychology is applied to thinking about criminal justice where three ethical stances are identified, the vindictive, the vindicative and the validatory. The vindictive and the vindicative represent a compromise formation in law which excludes a broader validatory process aimed at truthful human reconciliation.

Constructing Memory Through Communal Praying: How the Orders of Service of Special Occasions Contribute to the Functioning of Amsterdam's Esnoga as a Site of Memory

This article discusses the function of Amsterdam’s Portuguese Synagogue (Esnoga) as a site of memory for the Sephardic community. Besides providing a historiography of this community in Amsterdam and discussing the postwar development of the memory of the Holocaust in the Netherlands, concepts from memory studies and a framework for psalm analysis are employed to analyze the communal praying in three of the Esnoga’s Orders of Service of special occasions from the period 1961 (the Eichmann trial) until 1989 (the fall of the Berlin Wall). This analysis illustrates how the Esnoga is a space in which the Sephardic community can performatively engage with their collective shared knowledge of the past: the mythic past as well as the recent past of the Holocaust. In this way, memories are constructed and expressed which constitute the group’s sense of unity and identity. The memorialization of the past and visions for the future are reconstructed in the Orders of Service in four ways: the psalms and prayers transmit memories over generations; the act of communal praying continually invests the psalms and prayers with new meanings; they provide a distinct, Godly view of reality; and they structure a feeling of communality across time and space. The communal praying in the Orders thus illustrates how the Esnoga allows for the transmission of memories through external symbols by acting as a site of memory in which the identity of the Sephardic community is expressed, transmitted, and affirmed.

Explorations in Non-Binary Poiesis: A Sartorial Path to Wholeness in Queer Body

The path toward coming home to an embodied sense of wholeness in queer identity is often a long journey marked by personal severance. For trans and non-binary people, the arts have become an invaluable space for reclamative wayfinding and liberation. Artistic pathways offer processes to (re)presence the severed parts of ourselves that were laid down to survive in a binary framework that collapses wholeness. Here, I offer forward a sartorial expression of non-binary poiesis as a reclamative act of (re)weaving the lost threads of self. In the disassembling of my adopted aesthetic, sewing and sartorial expressions become a pathway home to wholeness in queer body, where (re)stitching binary endpoints gestures toward a third space for belonging.

Me and my AI: Exploring the effects of consumer self‐construal and AI‐based experience on avoiding similarity and willingness to pay

AbstractArtificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping consumer interaction with brands, but little is known about how brands can implement AI tools effectively. Drawing on consumer uniqueness and self‐construal theories, the authors examine the implementation of branded AI tools and their influence on consumers' experience, sense of uniqueness, and spending behavior. Across five studies, this research examines consumers' narratives about interacting with a branded AI tool (Study 1); tests the relationships between self‐construal, AI‐enabled consumer experiences, and avoidance of similarity (Studies 2A and 2B); evaluates in situ experience with a branded AI tool and its implications for spending behavior (Study 3); and delineates consumer preferences about the attributes of branded AI tools (Study 4). The findings reveal that individuals characterized by independent self‐construal are prone toward perceiving higher recognition and hedonic values during their experience with branded AI tools, partially enhancing consumer avoidance of similarity and influencing their willingness to pay for products that the AI tool recommends. For practitioners, the findings suggest developing a two‐fold value proposition strategy for consumers by generating personal and psychological value together with product and service recommendations.

FORMATION OF LANGUAGE:PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL ASPECTS

In child development, language plays a crucial role in the processes of differentiation and reintegration into new situational forms. These forms include "others," "language for others," "themselves," and "language for themselves," among others. Language is both a process and a product that gains unique sense and character through joint activity between parents and the child. The structure, functions, and contents of indirect speech act as the basis for individual consciousness. Some researchers have provided evidence that the dialectics of communication with others and oneself is central to the conscious self-control of children.According to L. Vygotsky, the language initially acquired by a child is not an independent version of grammar but a means of communication created through interactions between parents and the child. A. Luria's research indicates that for all higher cognitive processes, it is necessary to transition from external social experience to internal psychological control. In other words, the development of cognitive control requires the shift from relying on social experiences to relying on internal psychological processes.

The Effect of Service Marketing Mix (7Ps) on Purchase Intention in the Script Killing Industry

Research background: From single-sensory experience to multi-sensory immersion, people are more entertained and demand a higher sense of consumer experience. The script killing game, as a multi-sensory entertainment, used to be very popular because of its unique sense of experience and socialization. As script killing is a new industry, we need to find the factors that influence their willingness to buy to promote their customers' purchase. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the service marketing mix (7Ps) and how it affects the script killing industry, and how it can be used to better satisfy customers and increase their purchase intention. The H1 to H7 hypotheses are proposed based on the service marketing mix (7ps) to explore the effect of seven influencing factors on purchase intention. This study will use quantitative research method and questionnaire as a research tool to find at least 200 respondents to collect data and analyse and validate it using SPSS7 software. The H1 to H7 hypotheses are proposed based on the service marketing mix (7ps) to explore the effect of seven influencing factors on purchase intention. This study will use quantitative research method with questionnaire as research tool and SPSS7 software for analysis and validation. Conclusion: In the field of script killing, product, price, location, people, process, and physical evidence has a significant positive influence on purchase intention.

Kidney Transplant Clinicians’ Perceptions of Palliative Care for Patients With Failing Allografts in the US: A Mixed Methods Study

Kidney transplant patients with failing allografts have a physical and psychological symptom burden as well as high morbidity and mortality. Palliative care is underutilized in this vulnerable population. We described kidney transplant clinicians' perceptions of palliative care to delineate their perceived barriers to and facilitators of providing palliative care to this population. National explanatory sequential mixed methods study including an online survey and semistructured interviews. Kidney transplant clinicians in the United States surveyed and interviewed from October 2021 to March2022. Descriptive summary of survey responses, thematic analysis of qualitative interviews, and mixed methods integration of data. A total of 149 clinicians completed the survey, and 19 completed the subsequent interviews. Over 90% of respondents agreed that palliative care can be helpful for patients with a failing kidney allograft. However, 46% of respondents disagreed that all patients with failing allografts benefit from palliative care, and two-thirds thought that patients would not want serious illness conversations. More than 90% of clinicians expressed concern that transplant patients and caregivers would feel scared or anxious if offered palliative care. The interviews identified three main themes: (1) transplant clinicians' unique sense of personal and professional responsibility was a barrier to palliative care engagement, (2) clinicians' uncertainty regarding the timing of palliative care collaboration would lead to delayed referral, and (3) clinicians felt challenged by factors related to patients' cultural backgrounds and identities, such as language differences. Many comments reflected an unfamiliarity with the broad scope of palliative care beyond end-of-life care. Potential selection bias. Our study suggests that multiple barriers related to patients, clinicians, health systems, and health policies may pose challenges to the delivery of palliative care for patients with failing kidney transplants. This study illustrates the urgent need for ongoing efforts to optimize palliative care delivery models dedicated to kidney transplant patients, their families, and the clinicians who serve them. Kidney transplant patients experience physical and psychological suffering in the context of their illnesses that may be amenable to palliative care. However, palliative care is often underutilized in this population. In this mixed-methods study, we surveyed 149 clinicians across the United States, and 19 of them completed semistructured interviews. Our study results demonstrate that several patient, clinician, system, and policy factors need to be addressed to improve palliative care delivery to this vulnerable population.

The Power of Sharing Joy in Same-sex Friendships: Investigating the Association between Capitalization, Sense of Uniqueness, Happiness and Depression

The Power of Sharing Joy in Same-sex Friendships: Investigating the Association between Capitalization, Sense of Uniqueness, Happiness and Depression

More than just a chat: a taxonomy of consumers’ relationships with conversational AI agents and their well-being implications

PurposeThis paper aims to study the role of self-concept in consumer relationships with anthropomorphised conversational artificially intelligent (AI) agents. First, the authors investigate how the self-congruence between consumer self-concept and AI and the integration of the conversational AI agent into consumer self-concept might influence such relationships. Second, the authors examine whether these links with self-concept have implications for mental well-being.Design/methodology/approachThis study conducted in-depth interviews with 20 consumers who regularly use popular conversational AI agents for functional or emotional tasks. Based on a thematic analysis and an ideal-type analysis, this study derived a taxonomy of consumer–AI relationships, with self-congruence and self–AI integration as the two axes.FindingsThe findings unveil four different relationships that consumers forge with their conversational AI agents, which differ in self-congruence and self–AI integration. Both dimensions are prominent in replacement and committed relationships, where consumers rely on conversational AI agents for companionship and emotional tasks such as personal growth or as a means for overcoming past traumas. These two relationships carry well-being risks in terms of changing expectations that consumers seek to fulfil in human-to-human relationships. Conversely, in the functional relationship, the conversational AI agents are viewed as an important part of one’s professional performance; however, consumers maintain a low sense of self-congruence and distinguish themselves from the agent, also because of the fear of losing their sense of uniqueness and autonomy. Consumers in aspiring relationships rely on their agents for companionship to remedy social exclusion and loneliness, but feel this is prevented because of the agents’ technical limitations.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough this study provides insights into the dynamics of consumer relationships with conversational AI agents, it comes with limitations. The sample of this study included users of conversational AI agents such as Siri, Google Assistant and Replika. However, future studies should also investigate other agents, such as ChatGPT. Moreover, the self-related processes studied here could be compared across public and private contexts. There is also a need to examine such complex relationships with longitudinal studies. Moreover, future research should explore how consumers’ self-concept could be negatively affected if the support provided by AI is withdrawn. Finally, this study reveals that in some cases, consumers are changing their expectations related to human-to-human relationships based on their interactions with conversational AI agents.Practical implicationsThis study enables practitioners to identify specific anthropomorphic cues that can support the development of different types of consumer–AI relationships and to consider their consequences across a range of well-being aspects.Originality/valueThis research equips marketing scholars with a novel understanding of the role of self-concept in the relationships that consumers forge with popular conversational AI agents and the associated well-being implications.

Theoretical and legal foundations of Ukrainian statehood in the views of Vasyl Kuchabskyi

The article examines the theoretical and legal foundations of Ukrainian statehood in the views of Vasyl Kuchabskyi. It is emphasized that Vasyl Kuchabskyi understood the state not as a consequence of the technical organization of the people, but primarily of the spirituality of the people. The thinker’s views on the fact that the existence of civil society is a necessary prerequisite for the functioning of a democratic state, but democracy is a destructive factor, are singled out. Vasyl Kuchabskyi is an outstanding historian, politician, sociopolitical and military figure. He studied at the Department of Law and Political Science of Lviv University. He was one of the organizers of the secret organization “Mazepin Military Course”, under whose influence he published a number of manuals on military matters. The ideas of Stepan Tomashivskyi and Vyacheslav Lypynskyi had a decisive influence on the formation of his worldview. Vasyl Kuchabskyi was in exile in Czechoslovakia, Germany, and Poland. He became close to the representatives of the hetman movement. He carried out active public, scientific and journalistic activities. As a member of the Ukrainian Union of Farmers-Statesmen, he developed his own doctrine of conservatism and monarchism – the monarchy was supposed to become the most suitable, effective and expedient form of government for Ukraine, where the main role should be played by the leading strata (elite), which would be formed from people with a military spirit and organization. The theoretical and legal foundations of Ukrainian statehood in the opinion of Vasyl Kuchabskyi were based on the fact that Ukrainian statehood will be possible when the internal organization of the state and its leadership will take place, which will show the desire to fight for their own national rights. The main idea permeated the work of representatives of Ukrainian conservatives, including Vasyl Kuchabskyi, was the assertion that the success of the liberation struggle depends on the ability of the Ukrainian people to consolidate on the basis of territorial patriotism, that is, a sense of unity and solidarity between the inhabitants of Ukrainian territories and the organization of the state ruling class, his ability to direct state-building activities. Vasyl Kuchabskyi was in exile in Czechoslovakia, Germany and Poland. Befriended representatives of the hetman movement. He was active in public, scientific and journalistic activities. As a member of the Ukrainian Union of Farmers-Statesmen, he developed his own doctrine of conservatism and monarchism – the monarchy was supposed to become the most expedient, effective and favorable form of state government for Ukraine, in which the leading class (elite) played the main role, uniting people with a military spirit and organizations. In the theoretical and legal views of Vasyl Kuchabskyi, a certain criticism of the people as an effective source of power and a certain mistrust of it, uncertainty in the political competence and ability of the people to manage the state can be traced. Key words: Vasyl Kuchabskyi, historian, politician, social and political activist, military, doctrine, Ukrainian statehood, national idea, elite, monarchism, democracy, people, class, hetman movement, civil society

등산 마니아의 심리적 혜택과 영적 웰빙 체험 분석

The purpose of this study was to identify the psychological benefits and spiritual well-being experiences of mountaineering enthusiasts using phenomenological analysis methods. Participants in the study selected a total of eight participants who had more than eight years of hiking experience and played the role of a hiking leader or management team by snowball sampling. Data were collected through participatory observation and in-depth interviews, and the contents obtained were coded and systematically analyzed. The results of this study were as follows. First, resilience, leisure identity, perceived freedom, negative stress reduction, and fun were found in the psychological benefits of mountaineering enthusiasts. Second, among the spiritual well-being factors of mountain climbing, hope, disease relief, wonder, sense of unity, human weakness, and faith appeared. Participants in this study played a heavy role in the hiking club, and as a hiking leader or management team, an appearance for a community different from general hiking activities was added. Through this, it was found that mountain climbing was a leisure activity that allows psychological benefits and spiritual well-being experiences.

Shakespeare and the New Palace of Westminster (1834–1927)

ABSTRACT This article explores how the art and architecture of the New Palace of Westminster (home to the UK’s Houses of Parliament) evoke a theatrical experience underpinned by ‘Shakespearean’ aesthetics. Over a series of artistic commissions from the 1840s to the 1920s, artists instrumentalised Shakespeare both explicitly and implicitly as part of the wider schemes within which they worked. Doing so, they visualised and even theatricalised the political and artistic aims of their commissioners and sought to project a unified sense of national history and contemporary aesthetic taste. The three case studies from within the Palace discussed here therefore offer a concentrated reception history of Shakespeare. This reading of the Palace’s visual arts thereby sharpens our understanding of Shakespeare’s developing roles in British national conception. It brings together print, theatrical, and art history with attention to architecture and design, as well as archival details, to offer an interdisciplinary analysis of Shakespeare’s role in constitutional expressions of British identity – not least during a major period of imperial activity and at the very seat of parliamentary power.

Influence of news media use and political discussions on social self-efficacy through sense of unity: an analysis of mediation model invariance with Spanish and Portuguese adolescents

Discussing sociopolitical issues with family or friends during adolescence, as well as staying informed through media outlets, is key to developing active civic engagement for both youth and future adults. Likewise, these communicative exchanges promote a sense of belonging and social skills which foster adolescents’ wellbeing. This research aims to analyze the influence of participation in communication about political and social issues on adolescents’ social self-efficacy, both directly and as well as indirectly through sense of unity, in two Mediterranean countries (Portugal and Spain). The sample was selected through random multistage sampling by conglomerates. The 36,992 adolescents (50.6% girls and 49.4% boys) participated in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study in Portugal and Spain, and the age groups were distributed as following: 39.6% 13–14-years-old; 35.8% 15–16-years-old; and 25.6% 17–18-years-old. Analyses showed positive associations between the proposed indicator of civic engagement –news media use and political discussions– and social self-efficacy, both directly as well as through sense of unity, with similar results for adolescents in Portugal and Spain. Accordingly, educational programs promoting communication about sociopolitical issues could foster adolescents’ sense of unity and social skills, contributing to their positive development, wellbeing, and civic engagement. Curricular materials on current politics and social affairs could increase classroom dialogue based on respect, healthy peer relationships, and sense of belonging, fostering effective political socialization amongst youth and the development of democratic behaviors beneficial to society.

A unified Monte Carlo approach for population balance simulation of particle coagulation and breakage

This paper proposes a unified Monte Carlo approach to model simultaneous particle coagulation and breakage processes. Based on the reconstruction of stochastic weighted particles, the present approach treats coagulation and breakage in a unified sense and resamples the weighted particle population globally. The prediction results are validated through several benchmark coagulation-breakage cases with known analytical solutions, and the performances are compared with those of conventional combination approaches. It is confirmed that, in terms of resolving particle size distribution and moments, the proposed reconstruction approach generally yields higher computational accuracy and efficiency, with especially reduced statistical noise for long-time simulations. The simple implementation, the unified treatment for different dynamic processes, and the well-balanced accuracy and efficiency make this new approach a promising candidate for solving general population balance problems of particles.

Sounds from the Balconies: Aural Resistance against Covid-19 Pandemic in Italy and India

This article attempts to make a comparative study between the balcony performances, which primarily involved the production of sounds (both musical and non-musical), held during the onset of the Covid pandemic in Italy and India to boost public morale and influence community solidarity. This article examines how Indians and Italians generated aural resistance against the pandemic through this novel method of sonic production to cancel the silence of death with the sounds of life, and how a community feeling and a sense of unity were injected through the sounds. This article juxtaposes the Italian and the Indian experiences of musical resistance against the pandemic, revealing similar patterns of response existing between them, by highlighting the multifaceted sides of the balcony performances that celebrated life over death and destruction, which ideationally and phenomenologically connected the two countries separated by geographical distances. Besides, it also discusses the impact and aftermath of the aforementioned performances to highlight different social, cultural, and political modalities generated by them.

Geometric Form Composition and Performance in Decorative Paintings

The geometric form composition of decorative paintings is a highly generalized and refined abstract form of expression of objective things, and its composition is the presentation carrier of external material to convey the content. Geometric form composition is used flexibly and freely in decorative paintings. Its unique sense of simplicity, sense of order and interest creates a unique and brand new visual effect. The intersection and composition of point, line, surface and body enrich the sense of hierarchy of graphics and shapes in decorative paintings.

Students’ Career Intention to Teach in Rural Areas by Region and Household Registration: A Study of Students at an Eastern Chinese Local Normal University

The exodus of potential teachers from rural schools has resulted in a current imbalance in the source of teachers for primary education in China, exacerbating the inequality in the allocation of teacher resources between urban and rural areas and limiting the sustainable development of education. To address this issue, the Chinese government has recently implemented a localized rural teacher training policy to provide sufficient quality teachers for rural schools in remote areas. However, the effectiveness of this policy still needs improvement, as some students in teacher education lack enthusiasm for rural education and are reluctant to teach in rural areas, and do not truly view the rural teaching profession as one that provides individuals with economic stability and a sense of personal fulfillment. Using a spatial sociological framework, this research explores the disparities in students’ intention to teach in rural areas by region of origin, such as eastern and central-western China, and urban/rural household registration. Gender is included as a predisposing factor in further examining if students are interested in teaching in rural schools in their hometown. This study analyzed 990 teacher education students at a local normal university in an eastern region of China using a questionnaire survey and logistic regression analysis. The findings indicate that college students’ willingness to teach in rural areas relates negatively to urban household registration, and their willingness to teach in their hometowns does not relate to their household registration; college students’ willingness to teach in rural areas relates negatively to eastern region, and their willingness to teach in the local village relates positively to eastern region. Based on the findings, this paper reflects on China’s existing rural teacher support policies and suggests paying attention to the influence of spatial culture on college students’ career intentions. It also emphasizes the need for individual cultural reconstruction in rural teacher training and policy restructuring in rural teacher development in the current era. In this approach, the sense of wholeness of individual life and love for rural education can be fostered, and the integration of individual life areas in the rural teaching profession can be improved, thereby increasing rural teacher retention and decreasing turnover.

Queer coming of age: Recognizing the genre’s classic cluster

The queer coming-of-age film genre, although gaining more visibility with a recent slate of films, has not always been recognized or studied as a genre. Providing a unique sense of the struggles queer people experience coming of age in our society, these films serve an important function. By documenting the struggles cis-het society creates for queer adolescents as well as providing hope for the queer audience looking for guidance through this often-difficult period, these films also reveal how queer adolescents lack the same resources and support as their cis-het peers. Since the films in this genre are often considered ‘coming out’, ‘drama’ or ‘comedies’, recognizing this genre’s classic cluster will better focus attention on the genre’s semantic elements as well as the cause-and-effect syntax in which they are placed. This genre lens reveals the impact of the struggles queer adolescents experience coming of age in our society.