哲学家在当代社会中的作用——与美国著名哲学家罗蒂一席谈

R.罗蒂是当代美国最著名的哲学家之一。他1931年生于纽约,曾在普林斯顿执教20年,现在弗吉尼亚大学任教。他早年的研究旨在沟通和比较在盎格鲁-撒克逊国家占统治地位的分析哲学和以海德格尔和德里达为主要代表人物的欧洲哲学。     

林松韵译《斗篷之歌》序言

诗歌的翻译,从一种文字到另一种文字,是繁难、艰巨而伤脑费神的,除非是对于精明熟练的航行水手——钟情于在汹涌湃澎的惊涛骇浪中驾船行驶。善于完成此项复杂工序者,难得碰见。中国的穆斯林学者叶哈雅·林松哈吉,是面临实际而敢于尝试并力求完善的、寥寥可数的学子之一,正象令人赏心悦目的能工巧匠,凭自己的指尖雕饰出奇珍异宝。早先,学者叶哈雅曾经肩负起翻译尊贵《古兰经》为中文的重任,如果不具备对于《古兰经》、《圣训》和教法等知识融汇贯通的素养,这一项庄严使命是不能完成的。因为《古兰经》的体裁别具风格,它不是诗歌,也不是散文,奇妙的文体,既不是宣礼的盟词,又不是可以类比的灵感;既非韵散的混杂揉合,亦非摹拟效尤的骈文。其章节段落的微言奥意,不是紧密连贯     

NO（小说）

布朗德大学的化学教授富兰肯沙勒所率领的研究团队．发现氧化氮（NO）对治疗男性性无能有重大价值。而NO释放因子在人体内如何生成以及它的运送轨迹．是他的学生印度裔的博士后蕾娜的实验研究课题。为了开发NO的临床应用．教授计划从他的老朋友REPCON（生育及避孕）基金的董事总经理马兰妮那里筹集25000美元的研究费用，同时让蕾娜去耶路撒冷，和以色列的学者一起．尽早完成她的研究任务。     

Sense of Belonging in School as a Protective Factor Against Drug Abuse Among Native American Urban Adolescents

This article presents the results of a study conducted with 243 Native American students who were part of a multi-ethnic sample of adolescents attending middle school in a large urban center in the Southwest region of the United States. Native adolescents who felt a stronger sense of belonging in their school were found to report a lower lifetime use of alcohol and cigarettes, lower cigarette and marijuana use in the previous month, lower frequency of current use of these substances, fewer substances ever used, and a later age of initiation into drug use than other Native students. Research implications are discussed in relationship to school environment, culturally-grounded prevention curricula, and school social work practice.     

西藏塑像研究与保护中的宗教和伦理问题

前言研究和保护西藏塑像涉及许多复杂的问题，部分原因是由于这些作品的制作并非完全出于美学的目的，作品在严肃的西藏宗教活动中发挥着各种功能。对于密宗塑像来说，多种功能甚至是共同的。密宗塑像是用来传授秘密教义的，密咒本续文献中有载。就是这些塑像向学者和保护者们提出了最复杂的问题和伦理的窘境。在西方现存的收藏品中，这些塑像难以被忽视。不管怎样，有一些明确的步骤使保护专家可以从事对西藏佛教塑像的研究，并且保证伦理的选择被充分地考虑了。西藏宗教活动中偶像塑像的作用1．佛教塑像佛教涉及怜悯的发展和对无的认识及…     

分享雅致生活

如果我们在生活中坚持创造富有意义的个人情趣，那么我们就能够摆脱乏味的日常生活，丰富自己的经历，提升自己的品位；同时还能给身心带来舒适和安宁。情趣为我们创造了领恬生命真谛的机会，使我们有机会欣赏和创造羡，使我们珍惜生命中的每一天，使我们拥有无数美好的回忆。长此以往，生活中的平庸琐碎之事将被渐渐淡忘，留在脑海中的只有具有积极意义的特殊时光。     

Monitoring the education gap in Thailand: trends and differentials in lower and upper secondary schooling

"Using 1980 census and 1987 survey data on birth cohorts to examine recent primary and secondary school enrollment trends [in Thailand], this study reports that primary enrollment is nearly universal but secondary enrollment is much less prevalent. The study assesses several factors thought to influence enrollment and finds that urban residence, parents' completion of primary school, the mother's positive attitude toward education, and the family's being comfortable economically to be associated with children's enrollment in secondary school. It also indicates that, for moderately well-off families, proximity to schools has a major influence on secondary school attendance. For the wealthiest families, however, distance is not a hindrance to attendance, and for the poorest families, having a school nearby is not sufficient to ensure attendance."     

Effects of migration on family structure in the receiving country

The recognition of the right to family reunification in 1976 brought far-reaching changes in the characteristics of the foreign population in France. Today, France's immigrant population has the following characteristics: 1) 42.6% are female, 2) 40% are under 25 years of age, and 3) foreigners are increasingly dispersed throughout France. Those with residents' cards may automatically obtain residents' cards for their spouses and children. France's reception policy calls for a social worker to visit a recently arrived family, to assess their need for and to promote social services. Problems of adaptation include 1) wives' social isolation and 2) changes in relations between father and children. The integration policy conducted by public authorities has 4 main aspects: 1) socio-educational activities, 2) cultural activities, 3) vocational training, and 4) activities connected with housing and lifestyle. In 1975, France began offering assisted return procedures to dismissed unskilled workers. In 1984, the authorities introduced public assistance in reintegration for workers under threat of dismissal or who had already been dismissed. The number of foreigners resident in France should remain stable over the next few years, making the integration of immigrant communities within French society a vital task.     

Immigration and the evolution of economic theory

This is a review of "the limited and scant contributions made to immigration theory in the context of the evolution of economic thought over a protracted historical time span." The economic theories considered include those of the mercantilists, Adam Smith, the classical economists, and J. M. Keynes. (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA)     

Selecting a family therapy model: the role of personality attributes in eclectic practice*

The expanding knowledge and skill bases within the interdisciplinary family therapy profession pose a significant challenge for evolving practitioners, at whatever stage along the professional development process they find themselves. This challenge raises a basic question regarding whether there are any constraining forces to the level of eclecticism in practice towards which one can aspire. This paper empirically explores the role played by the personality attributes of the family therapist in facilitating and/or inhibiting one's adherence to a variety of approaches to family practice.