身体的话语表达--身体美学的哲学缘起

身体在西方哲学和美学史的不同发展阶段有着截然不同的生存境遇。在某种意义上,整个西方哲学和美学史就是一部身体由“缺席”到“出场”,再到“登堂入室”的历史。身体美学的出场,无疑是对柏拉图以降,经中世纪宗教神学,至黑格尔以终的身心二分、扬心抑身的哲学传统的一种反思与纠拨。尼采、梅洛-庞蒂等现代派哲学家反对传统的身心二元论,为身体正名的努力,对身体美学的学科建构提供了思想理论资源。身处后现代社会的福柯、费瑟斯通等思想家对权力话语之于身体的宰制,身体与消费文化的共谋关系之思考,加速促成了身体美学的诞生。     

高校开放办学的价值、内涵与策略

开放办学是经济社会发展的现实需求,是高等教育发展的基本规律,也是高校内涵建设的必然选择。开放办学核心在于区域协同和国际合作,关键在于开放理念的树立以及机制和平台的构建。开放办学在“一体两翼”的框架下,要坚持遵循从被动服务走向主动合作,从配合研究走向协同创新,从单边合作走向双边互惠,从容纳吸收走向交流融合的行动策略。     

跨文化非语言交际视角下的中日手势语

体态语言是指通过人的面部表情和手脚肢体等活动来表现个人情感的身体动作,在人们的日常交际过程中起着不可估量的作用。它是心理语言的外露,也是民族文化形成的印记。一方水土养育一方人,不同人群拥有不同的体态语言。文章从跨文化非语言交际视角着手,通过比较中日手势语言,阐述中日跨文化非语言交际过程中的注意事项。     

儒家身心和谐思想及其现代意义

儒家身心和谐思想主要包括:身心合一的身心观,知、仁、勇统一的全面发展观,身心性命双修的修养观。儒家身心和谐思想对构建和谐社会、和谐世界的现实意义主要表现为自我身心和谐。这是实现人与社会和谐、人与自然和谐的基础;自我身心和谐,才能安顿生命、培育精神;自我身心和谐,才能激发人的潜能,提高人的创造力。     

Comparing measures of general and abdominal adiposity as predictors of blood pressure in college students

Objective: To compare anthropometric measures of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), and sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) as predictors of blood pressure in college students. Participants: Students (N = 116) were recruited from November 2012 to May 2014 at an urban university and rural community colleges. Methods: Students underwent a brief physical examination during which anthropometric measures were obtained and blood pressure was measured. Covariates were measured using self-reported questionnaires. Hierarchical multiple linear regressions were used for the data analysis. Results: All anthropometric measures were predictive of systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP). WC was the strongest predictor of SBP (β = .582, p < .01) explaining an additional 3–4% of the variance than BMI, WHtR, or SAD. The measures were similar in predicting DBP. WC predicted SBP independent of BMI. Conclusions: Clinicians should consider using WC to assess the risk for hypertension in college students.     

论苏格拉底死亡事件的美学意义——兼论另一种理解美学史的方式

我们所理解的"美学"从属于苏格拉底开创的西方形而上学"传统",而这一传统的形成又与苏格拉底的死亡事件存在着内在密切关联:正是这一"事件"使得苏格拉底的形而上学思想通过"教化"超越了个体生存的价值维度成为"传统",形而上学意义上的美学也应运而生。但是,苏格拉底悲剧般的"事件"昭示出走出形而上学迷局的道路:回归肉身。这条道路影响了尼采及以后的非理性主义美学家们和后现代美学家,使得"肉身"成为当代美学关注的重要问题。     

主体在“忧患意识”中觉悟

牟宗三建构的道德形上学是以儒家传统的主体性为理论支点,而这种道德主主体性真正奠基于主体在“忧患意识”中的觉悟,忧患意识是在对人的忧患负责中形成的,主体的觉悟意味着责任意识的产生。从原始的本能到主体的觉悟,以“心性”范畴为核心的道德哲学成了中学文化的主流,这也是现代新儒家以“道统”自居的理论依据。     

Discrimination,mental health,and body image among transgender and gender-non-binary individuals: Constructing a multiple mediational path model

The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationships among discrimination, mental health, and body image in a national sample of transgender adults. Participants (N = 78) identified as transgender, genderqueer, or other gender-non-binary identities and were recruited via a national online survey. Harassment/rejection, work/school, and other discrimination explained 10.4% of the variance in body appreciation, while satisfaction with life, anxiety, self-esteem, and depression explained 60.7%. Within these models, harassment/rejection was inversely associated with body appreciation, while self-esteem and satisfaction with life were positively associated. A series of path models moving from a measurement model to a more parsimonious and excellent-fitting model found that the effect of harassment/rejection on body appreciation was fully mediated by self-esteem and satisfaction with life, resulting in a multiple mediation.     

The impact of age,BMI and sex hormone on aging males’ symptoms and the international index of erectile function scores

Objective: To analyze the impact of age, BMI and sex hormone on aging males’ symptoms (AMS) and the 5-item version of the international index of erectile function (IIEF-5) scores in middle-aged and elderly Chinese men.

Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Jiashan County. A total of 969 men, aged between 40 and 80 years old, were admitted. Physical examination and the sex hormones were measured, and AMS and IIEF-5 scores were assessed.

Results: The oneway ANOVA analysis indicated older age groups had higher AMS total-scores, somatic and sexual sub-scores, and lower IIEF5 scores (all p?r_pairwise) analyses showed the significant associations between AMS and age or sex hormone (cFT, Bio-T, SHBG, and LH) levels, and similar for IIEF5. However, when age was adjusted, the correlation coefficients (r_partial) weakened, and correlation significance disappeared, except LH (for AMS: r_partial?=?0.096, p?=?.009; for IIEF-5: r_partial?= ?0.140, p?=?.001). Multiple linear regressions confirmed the influence of increased age and LH on the AMS and IIEF5 scores.

Conclusion: CFT, Bio-T and SHBG failed to yield any additional predicting information when age was adjusted. To improve the male reproductive health, future research should pay more attention on aging-related comorbidities and how to improve general wellness.     

Laying the foundation for a global body of knowledge in public relations and communications management

An internationally recognised body of knowledge is both possible and necessary for the future success and professionalisation of public relations. Through extensive content analysis of 31 credential schemes, education frameworks, and scholarly articles produced across six continents, the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communications Management has developed a foundational list of knowledge, skills, abilities and behaviours (KSABs), which entry and mid/senior-level practitioners across the world should possess. This study and list of KSABs is laying the foundation for development of an internationally accepted framework which professional associations and academic institutions across the world will be able to use to benchmark professional credentials and curriculum outcomes.