Beyond the dilemmas of multiculturalism: recognition through ‘relational reason’

Recent sociological research has shown that the ideology of multiculturalism, after having been adopted as official policy in many countries, has generated more negative than positive effects (fragmentation of society, separation of minorities, cultural relativism). This article discusses the possible alternatives to multiculturalism, asking whether the path of interculturality can be a solution or not. The idea of interculturality has the advantage of stressing the inter, namely what lies in between different cultures. But it does not yet possess a conceptual and effective means to understand and handle the problems of the public sphere. To go over the failures of multiculturalism and the fragilities of interculturality, a lay approach to the coexistence of cultures is required, which is able to give strength back to Reason, through a new semantics of inter-human diversity. The author suggests the development of ‘relational reason’, beyond the forms of rationality already known. To make human reason relational might be the best way to imagine a social order which is able to humanize the globalizing processes and the increasing migrations.     

Ranking paired contestants

The ranking of paired contestants (players) after a series of contests is difficult when every player does not play every other player. In the 1975 JASA Mark Thompson presented a maximum likelihood solution based on the assumption that the probability of any one player defeating any other is a function only of the difference in their ranks. Here the linear approximation to that likelihood is shown to lead to a nonparametric measure of the efficacy of the ranking, called the net difference in ranks (NDR) , which is the sum of the differences in ranks of the paired players in the observed contests that agree with the ranking minus the sum of the differences in ranks in the observed contests that disagree with the ranking (upsets) . The subject is part of a large literature that has been consolidated by H.A. David in The Method of Paired Comparisons (1963, 1988). The method was introduced by the psychophysicist Fechner in 1860 and has been widely applied to sensory testing,     

高等教育国际化与文化差异教学

本文指出高等教育在国际化进程中必须重视文化教学，尤其是中西文化的差异教学。     

从“小脚”与“细腰”谈中西方传统服饰审美中的性别差异

服饰的发展史是人类社会发展的一面镜子,服饰审美中的性别暗示既暗示了社会中的两性关系,又反映了社会文化本身的发展变化。中国服装史上的缠足与西洋服装史上的束腰都是服饰审美中的极端化例子,它们都是以伤害身体为代价去符合当时社会的男性审美需求。这两种残酷的陋习可以说完全是男权社会的产物,是两性差异中男尊女卑的完全体现。随着社会的现代化发展,两性的不平等日趋走向消亡,女性的这种以强制性手段伤害身体来取悦男性的方式已不存在。     

Identity,difference and community in Southern Irish Protestantism: The Protestants of West Cork

This article looks at how the Protestants of West Cork came to terms with Irish independence, and how they have responded to the major social and political changes of the past decades. West Cork Protestants are geographically peripheral to the Southern Protestant population as a whole, and have a weaker socio-economic profile. They live in an area that saw some of the fiercest fighting and worst atrocities in the war of independence and civil war. Their experience throws considerable light on issues of whether Protestants were a privileged or oppressed minority, and whether and how they integrated into the new state. Extensive in-depth interviews are used to show how West Cork Protestants reconstructed their identity, defined their differences from Catholics and maintained community in the years since independence.     

中老年女性劳动供给及代际转移在子女间的差异

本文运用美国健康与退休研究数据和多种计量方法研究代际财富转移、时间转移与中老年女性劳动力供给之间的关系,以及代际转移在子女间的差异。结果表明,中老年女性更可能通过参加工作来对子女提供资金支持;同时在保持其原有工作量的条件下,牺牲闲暇时间照顾孙子女。此外,与儿子相比,她们更可能向女儿提供财富和时间转移;与继子女相比,则倾向于向亲生子女进行转移。     

《释名》中的“同字为训”

文章对《释名》中的20例同字为训从语音变异、语义差别、词性异同、语义关系方面进行了全面分析，指出《释名》中的同字为训是同字异词现象，其训释是成立的；并进而指出，同字为训在同源系联中有可利用的价值。     

关于珠三角河网地带路桥衔接处沉降差问题的探析

对珠江三角河网地带存在严重的路桥衔接处路面沉降差问题的原因进行了分析，指出目前设计规范存 在的不足，提出了解决该问题的建议，并介绍处理该问题的工程实践方法．     

动物词汇在英汉语中的文化差异——以“猫”为例

动物词汇蕴含着丰富的民族文化内涵,在英汉两种语言中出现的频率都很高,它所反映出来的民族文化差异是十分明显的,动物词汇的最大特点就是在活的语言中,在若干年的文化沉淀之后,这些动物词汇不仅指代动物本身,也被广泛地用来表示各种转义和象征意义。文本以＂猫＂这个动物名词为例,探究动物词汇在英汉两种语言中的文化内涵差异,了解这些词汇的文化内涵的异同,有助于我们更好地了解语言,从而有效地进行文化交际。     

中美利差对人民币汇率变动的影响分析

以利差对汇率传导机制和路径的理论分析为基础，通过建立汇率行为路径分析模型，检验有关名义利差与名义汇率关系的理论和经验方面的问题。中美实证研究结果表明，名义利差变动对名义汇率变动的影响支持利率平价理论，但利差对汇率变动的传导路径较利率平价理论更为复杂，且传导方式和效应大小在2005年7月汇改前后有显著差别。