孤独个体与向死而生——多元文化社会中《凡人》的身份认同

美国犹太裔作家菲利普·罗斯的《凡人》讲述了一个关于失去与孤独、疾病与死亡的故事。主人公作为一个犹太裔美国人,因其身份的特殊性与美国主流文化格格不入,显得格外孤独与痛苦,这种孤独个体的特性也贯穿了其一生。与此同时,在他的一生中无时无刻不在与疾病和死亡作斗争,体现了向死而生的特点,即在绝望中蕴含着希望。在美国多元文化社会中,主人公追寻的身份认同正是当代美国人普遍的生存状况,表现了普遍的生存困境。     

Journey towards independent living: a grounded theory investigation of leaving the care of Girls & Boys Town,South Africa

The journey out of care and towards independent living is a challenge for many care-leavers. There has been little research into the social processes involved in this care-leaving journey. This paper presents the results of a grounded theory investigation into the care-leaving journeys of nine young men who had, several years previously, been in the care of Girls & Boys Town in South Africa. Working from a resilience perspective, with an ecological emphasis, four central social processes emerged that together explain the care-leaving experiences of the participants. These processes are striving for authentic belonging; networking people for goal attainment; contextualised responsiveness and building hopeful and tenacious self-confidence. These four processes are located within contextual boundaries and at the social environmental interface. The paper presents these processes in detail, drawing on selected narratives of the participants and integrated with additional theory. It is hoped that this paper may contribute to theory building concerning care-leaving processes and enhance youth care practices for youth in care and leaving care.     

"委心"与"委运"——论陶渊明的存在方式

阐述陶渊明存在方式的特征--"委心"与"委运",即一切听凭造化因任自然,率性而动了无矫饰,任情而行不待安排,任其真性流行,还人生以自在.能"委心"且能"委运"就做到了"任真","任真"是其内在性与外在性的同时完成,并因之使他成为一个本真存在的人.     

关于行政伦理责任与行政伦理行为选择困境的几点认识

行政伦理责任在政府的政治责任、法律责任和行政责任中居于核心地位,是现代责任政府建立的根本要求.笔者论述了行政伦理责任在公共行政中的重要地位,并对行政伦理行为选择的困境即行政伦理责任冲突进行了分析,以此来论述走出行政伦理责任困境的途径.     

生命的困境与心灵的自由——庄子的人生哲学

庄子人生哲学的根本宗旨是实现对构成生命困境的必然性因素 (“命”)的超越 ,达到个体生命心灵的绝对自由 (“逍遥”)。庄子将人生所面临的生死、时势、情欲等困境概括为一种必然性范畴———“命”。而作为“逍遥哲学”的开创者 ,庄子找到了三种超越生命困境、实现心灵自由的途径 :安命、齐物、体道     

失望中的希望——评德拉布尔的《夏日的鸟笼》

本文对玛格丽特·德拉布尔的小说《夏日的鸟笼》中的主人公撒拉在现实生活中的困惑和迷茫进行了分析 ,结合她的决不轻言放弃的性格特征 ,作者认为撒拉所表现出的某些悲观的情绪只是一时冲动所致 ,其实她的内心深处的梦想从未曾动摇过。她失望而又希望 ,以乐观、现实的态度投入生活。     

Living Arrangements, Employment Status, and the Economic Well-Being of Mothers: Evidence from Brazil, Chile, and the U.S

Using data from Brazil, Chile, and the U.S., we estimate country specific models of household income that characterize mothers according to their marital status, living arrangement, and employment status. We assess the predicted economic well-being of each type of mother relative to a benchmark of married mothers in the same country, and at various points in the income distribution. We find dramatic cross-country differences in the distribution of mothers across categories, but few differences in each type's relative economic status. In all three countries and at all points in the income distribution, mothers who are the only adults in their households have the lowest levels of predicted income, while married mothers—followed closely by cohabitors—have the highest levels.     

从传统文化的角度解读安乐死

“安乐死”问题已经越来越引起世人的关注,由于涉及到种种道德问题,安乐死在我国难以取得合法地位。我国儒、道两家代表的传统生死观对死亡价值的肯定和重视,为安乐死的合法性提供了有说服力的理论依据。     

《历代微型小说选》词语札记

导致古代文学作品译注“望文生训”的原因之一,是在选择与确定词的语义时脱离了交际的语言环境,所以,《列异传》中的“生人气”、“略无”和《列女传》中的“便利”不应是“陌生人的气息”、“略微没有”和“方便”之义,而应该是“活人的气息”、“全无”和“有利可图”之义。     

从“生活空间”到“文学空间”——“空间理论”:作为文学批评方法

文学空间来源于生活空间,文学空间是生活空间的变型、转化和升华。生活空间要转化成文学空间必须经过作家的遴选、厘定和创造并且包蕴着作家的审美观、世界观和人文观。"空间理论"立足于从生活空间向文学空间的过渡,充分发掘作家的空间想象方式及其表现手段,探讨作家内心世界的外化规律和价值取舍。