Otherness and empathy—implications of Lévinas ethics for social work education

This paper examines the concept of otherness in Lévinas’ ethics and raises related issues regarding the limits of empathy on philosophical grounds. This study also identifies and discusses a number of linguistic, social and cultural barriers that can establish such limits on practical grounds. This paper raises various considerations for social work educators teaching empathy. Such considerations suggest that social work educators could adopt a stance of ‘understanding and not understanding’ and a dialectical approach in using knowledge and skills. Furthermore, this study challenges the common assumption that empathy leads to compassionate action. Apart from empathy, moral commitment is necessary to engage in such action. This article discusses such moral commitment in relation to Lévinas’ notions of face and responsibility that place ethics before knowledge. Hence, the present study brings the attention of social work educators back to the importance of nourishing virtue and the moral character of students.     

Introducing the expatriate ‘Entry-Mode’: an exploratory qualitative study of a missing link in global mobility and expatriate management research

ABSTRACT

This article introduces the novel concepts of expatriate ‘entry-modes’, ‘comb-patriates’, and ‘Fourth-Country Nationals’ (FCNs), emerging from an exploratory qualitative investigation of 51 Scandinavian expatriates in Hong Kong. Global mobility research has traditionally been overly focused on the characteristics and background variables of expatriates or accumulated experiences after arrival, and has neglected the phase and mode of entering the new host country. Unveiling new global mobility patterns is significant for multinational enterprises’ (MNE) global talent recruitment, and has implications for training and development. This is due to directing the focus towards the increasing numbers of those individuals who are not expatriating in the conventional linear fashion, such as between an MNE’s headquarter (HQ) and its subsidiaries overseas. The critical stance taken in this article is articulated through a theoretical lens comprising a social constructionist epistemology. Theoretical contributions, future research avenues, as well as managerial relevance and policy implications are also discussed.     

梁启超民族主义思想论略

面对近代救亡图存的历史任务和社会现代化的理性诉求,梁启超从思想文化和精神层面思考民族解放与经济发展、社会进步、国家振兴之间的内在联系,在辩证扬弃传统思想资源和借鉴吸收泰西学说的基础上,首次提出民族主义的历史命题.梁启超毕生致力于思想启蒙和民族解放,成为20世纪中国民族主义思想的首倡者,也为今人从历史与逻辑统一上认识民族解放和社会现代化提供了有益借鉴.     

企业家演讲中的隐喻论证

隐喻性表达不仅可以使演讲变得形象生动，而且有时候会产生很强的劝说功能。在概念隐喻理论与图尔敏论证模型的基础上，从隐喻论证和语用论辩的角度，对企业家（以马云为例）演讲中所存在的隐喻性表达进行分析，探讨隐喻论证中的“反驳”要素，以及隐喻论证的劝说机制。     

《给——温柔的歌声已消逝》中的爱情“外衣”——基于概念隐喻视角

隐喻是构成诗歌体裁特征的重要要素，许多重要诗论也论证过诗性隐喻对于提高认知能力和反映认知现象的重要意义。概念隐喻认为隐喻是一种认知手段，是理解世界、产生意义的重要途径。其本质是概念性的，是跨概念域的系统映射。雪莱的《给——温柔的歌声已消逝》通过对歌声和音乐、芳香和紫罗兰等具体概念的描述，映射到与思维情感相关的抽象概念上，生动地传达出了留恋逝去爱情的强烈感受，为无形的爱情穿上了一件有形的外衣。运用概念隐喻理论对该诗歌进行分析，不仅能够给予理解这首诗歌一个更加新颖的视角，更能对隐喻传达抽象情感有更加具体的认识。     

从革命文化到红色文化：一项概念史的研究与分析

方兴未艾的中国红色文化研究,首先需要面对的是从革命文化到红色文化的概念转换,这一概念转换以及与当下社会语境的关联,是当前文化研究中特别值得注意的学术现象,但学界对之探究甚少。这里尝试构建适应红色文化研究的概念逻辑,采用概念史的研究方法,对革命文化向红色文化的概念转换加以研究。革命文化与红色文化都是以革命为主导理念的文化形态;但红色文化同时还是当前特别值得关注的文化现象。这一概念转换是在重新认识革命与革命文化的时代语境下发生的,红色教育、红色旅游与红色文化产业开发,是红色文化兴起的主要契机,凸显了当前社会对革命文化的资源属性的高度重视,体现了后革命时代境遇下革命话语的转型。     

Building community: a conceptual framework for child protection

This paper proposes a community-building framework as an innovative strategy to begin to re-claim children and families at risk. It is a strategy that identifies a purpose, a value base, knowledge and theoretical dimensions, and methods of practice that present as an approach for child welfare systems to consider shifts in thinking in order to meet what is considered the most important challenge of the next century: that of rediscovering community. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

英语动物名词“动用”的转喻认知理据

名词“动用”是一种常见的语法现象，体现了人类基本的转喻思维模式。从概念转喻的视角研究英语动物名词动用的认知修辞效果，可以更好地揭示该语言现象产生的认知机制，为进一步探究词类转换的认知理据提供新的视角。     

汉语供用句的概念整合

现代汉语供用句由“（数量＋供用对象）＋V＋（数量＋供用物）”和“（数量＋供用物）＋供＋（数量＋供用对象）”概念空间整合,该句式具有“一定数量的物质供一定数量的人或物使用”浮现意义。供用句产生的关键在于能否建立输入空间,并选择性地将输入空间概念投射到整合空间,根据整合机制整合出该浮现意义。     

翻译转喻的理据:从现象到人类认知

转喻机制具有普遍性,也存在于翻译过程中。在回顾前人研究的基础上,对翻译转喻现象进行了基本的分类,并从范畴化和认知语法角度分别对存在于词汇和句子层面的翻译转喻现象进行了分析。翻译转喻涉及音、形、意三个方面,研究发现：1）其主要实现途径包括整体代部分、部分代整体以及部分代部分;2）翻译转喻依托范畴化结构,尤其是当两种文化存在通用图式的情况下,翻译转喻就是对原语范畴之外其他级别范畴或同一级别其他范畴成员的凸显及在译语中的映射;3）增译、减译、转换等技巧是翻译转喻思维的具体方法论,其使用会导致译语概念结构出现不同程度的调整。研究成果对认知语言学、翻译学研究具有一定的启示意义。