Moody habitus: Bourdieu with existential feelings

This paper proposes a way of integrating the concepts of habitus and mood. The purpose of this conceptual move is to enrich Pierre Bourdieu's treatment of habitus with a better recognition of its affective aspects. The paper draws on phenomenological studies of psychic disorders and applies the concept of existential feeling to specify what moods are and do. The framing proposed distinguishes between dispositions that function in the foreground and in the background of habitus. Thereby it is possible to regard moods as background dispositions of habitus. This paper also discusses what this idea of moody habitus can do for research in habitus and human practice.     

教育、社会与人性的三重变奏——杜威与布迪厄教育理念刍议

基于对教育、 社会与人性的不同理解,杜威和布迪厄分别构建其各自取向不同的教育理念体系:杜威从政治哲学与哲学人类学出发,将教育看成是建设民主社会与实现人性成长的现实手段;布迪厄则从社会实践理论与批判社会学入手,将教育看成是进行文化再生产和个体争夺利益的权力场域.杜威与布迪厄对于教育、 社会与人性三者复杂关系的揭示,为后人理解教育的本质提供了助益.     

Entangling the social: Comments on Alexander Wendt,Quantum Mind and Social Science

Alexander Wendt suggests that an emerging field of research on quantum consciousness may have important implications for our understanding of the social world as well. He wants us to consider that the operations of the brain are not “classical” but rather quantum‐mechanical, and that this sheds light on the social worker as well. This article casts doubt on these claims. First, the idea of panpsychism (all physical things possess features of consciousness) is implausible on its face. Second, the findings of “quantum decision theory” are much more limited than Wendt recognizes. Third, the biological quantum effects currently subject to investigation are limited in their application to brains and persons by unavoidable limits of time and space scale on quantum effects. The “brain as quantum computer” or “brain as wave function” theory is very implausible given current knowledge.     

The Limits of Sharing: An Ethical Analysis of the Arguments For and Against the Sharing of Databases and Material Banks

In this article, I study the challenges that make database and material bank sharing difficult for many researchers. I assert that if sharing is prima facie ethical (a view that I will defend), then any practices that limit sharing require justification. I argue that: 1) data and material sharing is ethical for many stakeholders; 2) there are, however, certain reasonable limits to sharing; and 3) the rationale and validity of arguments for any limitations to sharing must be made transparent. I conclude by providing general recommendations for how to ethically share databases and material banks.     

An Interview: Constructing Reality

Summary This paper is concerned with the relevance of interactionistperspectives in sociology to social work practice. Crucial tothese perspectives are the ‘meanings’ that peoplegive to situations and the ways they interpret actions. Basically,they are grounded on the assumption that there is no such thingas a single social reality. There are many different constructionswhich depend on the identities of the different people involvedand on the context in which they occur. The paper is based ontape recorded excerpts from an interview between a client, MrsSmith, and a social worker, from a discussion about some aspectsof that interview between the social worker and the writer,and from a discussion about the case between the team leaderand the writer. This material suggests different interpretationsof the situation, information gained in the discussion withthe social worker providing new ideas about the original interview.The views of the different people involved indicate that itis helpful to take into account the organizational context ofthe interviews. It is also suggested that conceiving of interviewsas ways of constructing reality has implications for the studyof social work practice.     

Expectations and Reality

The evolution of scientific views of the problem of social mobility illustrates the complexity of analyzing mobility in a context of social change, but also shows the societal benefits of a meritocratic principle of social selection.     

Demographics and Reality

Abstract

Social work education has neglected gerontology at the same time that the demand for aging-competent practitioners has increased. Surveys, focus groups, and other sources of data from the John A. Hartford Foundation SAGE-SW project at the Council on Social Work Education indicate a lack of current curriculum content, little encouragement for students, limited gerontological expertise among faculty, and more interest by students in gaining gerontological knowledge than expected. Suggested actions for practitioners and field agency supervisors are provided.     

中国-东盟关系:现实与理解的困境

本文试图探讨中国与东盟关系中,东盟对中国理解所扮演的角色,以及双方应该如何摆脱现实与理解的困境。     

Alcohol Policy and Health Promotion: Rhetoric and Reality

This paper examines the economic and political constraints on the development of Australian policy directed at the prevention of alcohol-related health problems. An analysis is made of recent official statements and enquiries and it is argued that heightened concern about prevention arose in the context of budgetary problems and the need for governments to find ways of containing expenditure in the welfare area. The effectiveness of current efforts is called into question by the real nature of the constraints on health, and of the disparity between prevention rhetoric and policy implementation. It is suggested that government statements of intent to reduce the overall level of alcohol comsumption in the community entail no clear-cut commitment to a particular strategy or set of strategies, and that recent government actions indicate the limited possibilities for the implementation of such a policy. Any policies governments are likely to pursue are unlikely to disrupt major sources of government revenue. Because of the high profile that governments have created for the problem, there is the possibility that the policies that are adopted will be politically expedient in the short-term rather than providing real solutions.     

虚拟实在与实在论

文章是对翟振明《实在论的最后崩溃———从虚拟实在谈起》一文的回应。作者通过对翟先生文章的分析得出结论 :翟先生徒劳无功地企图驳倒原则上不可以驳倒的本体论的实在论 ;而在攻击可以驳倒的认识论的实在论时 ,翟先生则搞错了方向 ;翟先生所作出的唯一贡献 ,乃是证明了我所谓的因果实在论 ,虽然这也许有违翟先生想把实在论一锅端的良好本意     

共产主义的现实性和超越性:马克思的视角

共产主义是一种理论,是一种社会理想,更是一种现实的运动。这种运动的条件是"由现有的前提产生的",离不开主体前提、物质前提、交往前提。当今,社会主义初级阶段基本国情是中国最大的现实,共产主义现实运动在中国就是走中国特色社会主义道路,进行中国特色社会主义实践。马克思称为共产主义的是一种现实运动,这种现实运动必须实现六个超越,即超越分工、阶级、异化、私有、地域、劳动,才能走向共产主义。因此,在研究共产主义的时候,既要立足中国特色社会主义现实,又要不断超越现实,树立远大的共产主义理想。