Changes in Support From Confidants,Children, and Friends Following Widowhood

This paper examines the extent to which widowhood affects changes in (a) the availability of a confidant, (b) emotional support from children, and (c) emotional support from friends/relatives both 6 and 18 months after spousal loss. Analyses are based on data from the Changing Lives of Older Couples, a prospective study of 1,532 married individuals aged 65 and older. Compared to married persons, widowed persons are less likely to have a confidant, yet they receive greater support from children, friends, and relatives, controlling for support prior to widowhood. The findings suggest that, although close social relationships may remain stable in the course of normal aging, stressful events such as widowhood may bring forth both losses and gains in social support.     

我国图书馆个性化信息服务研究述评

对我国有关图书馆个性化信息服务的研究论文进行了统计分析,提出了今后研究的几个方向。     

启蒙现代性之尴尬——与《五四遗事》有关的遗事

张爱玲的小说《五四遗事》写了两对五四青年追求高雅的爱情而最终落入世俗的故事。《五四遗事》是关于启蒙现代性的命运的叙事。启蒙现代性不仅为中国知识分子酿造了“启蒙”和“救亡”的国家意志,而且还构想出一种“伟大爱情”的神话,作为元叙事来教化和改造中国知识分子的日常生活。作为宿命论者的张爱玲,清楚地意识到了启蒙现代性的尴尬;她既拒绝审美救世主义者用诗意来超越日常生活,也无法像鲁迅那样以社会革命论的态度来对待日常生活。     

秦汉"小儿医"略议

为了探讨秦汉时期“小儿医”方面的医学成就,通过文献梳理、解析的方法,研究认为:《汉书.艺文志》“经方十一家”著录《妇人婴儿方》;马王堆帛书《五十二病方》中可见针对“婴儿索痉”、“婴儿病间(痫)”、“婴儿瘛(瘈)”的病方;张仲景著《金匮要略方论》有《小儿疳虫蚀齿方》、《救小儿卒死而吐利不知是何病方》等;《史记.扁鹊仓公列传》关于名医淳于意的事迹,涉及二十多个病例,其中有医治“婴儿小子病”的记录;华佗医治的病例中,也有儿科疾病。看来,有学者以为“中国传统医学中的幼科或儿科,初萌唐宋”的意见,可以有所修正。     

生命哲学阐释与文学文本

生命哲学是从对生命的揭示而推及到对整个世界的揭示,把个体的生命状态和社会历史进程紧密地结合起来考察。生命哲学的文学文本阐释首先是对文本生命状态的感性体验,再是在这个基础之上的理性的反思和判断。阐释的目标是以崇高的心灵和执着的人文精神照彻文本,从对生命的审视和建设来实践对个体价值的终极关怀、对生命缺陷的深深忧虑和对人类精神出路的苦苦探究。     

开发新闻媒介中的休闲空间

当今社会生活正在发生着深刻的变化,休闲在人们的生活和社会经济中的地位越来越重要。关注、研究休闲生活与社会发展的互动关系,已经成为一个必须高度重视的问题。新闻传播媒介作为社会系统中一个重要的调节系统,如何正确认识和使用新闻传播媒介这一重要的社会调节杠杆,使休闲生活和新闻传播媒介在互动中达到双赢的效果,主要从未来发展趋势着眼,探索如何使新闻传播媒介在休闲生活领域的功能发挥到最好,最大程度地满足人们的休闲需求。     

试析舞蹈编导的艺术构思

构思舞蹈要求编导首先能从社会生活出发,观察、体验、提炼、概括生活,继而以人物为中心,紧紧扣住舞、情、美、新四个环节,最终使作品显出独特的光华,达到以情动人的效果.     

Enhancing life satisfaction by government accountability in China

Finding the rationale for democracy requires not merely a conceptual task but also an empirical study. One rationale is that democracy maximizes people’s happiness by satisfying everyone. A further qualification of this is that democracy minimizes the maximum regret of the disadvantaged. This is compatible with the protection theory of government, which states that the government serves to protect the powerless. These arguments lead to hypotheses that perceived government accountability enhances the life satisfaction of the citizen, especially the powerless one. The hypotheses attain support from the present study, which surveyed 732 inhabitants in Beijing, China. Accordingly, government accountability including reducing corruption and inequality and increasing tolerance and democracy showed significant effects on life satisfaction in all economic, cultural, and political aspects. Furthermore, the effects are stronger on one with lower education and occupational status, and working outside the government. These findings demonstrate the salutary effect of the legitimation policy by enhancing government accountability or democracy in China. This article evolves from a research project, solely funded by the Strategic Research Grant of the City University of Hong Kong (#7000902). Its principal investigator is Kwan-kwok Leung and the other research team members are Glenn Drover and Chau-kiu Cheung.     

教育是对生命和谐的不懈追求——池田大作生命化教育思想初探

教育是最具生命的事业,它不仅关注生命的发展,也基于生命的追求。人既有自然生命的属性,也具有价值生命的属性。池田大作的教育思想是一个博大精深、倡导生命化教育的思想体系,他主张教育要关注生命的完整性;要凸现生命的灵动性;要张扬生命的独特性。只有这样,教育才能体现一个人双重生命的存在,才能达到个体生命的和谐发展。     

二十年来我国福克纳研究综述

从译介出版、总体研究、作品研究三个方面全面回顾我国学术界近二十年来的福克纳研究成果,可以看出无论在成果数量还是研究力度上,福克纳研究都不愧为国内英美文学研究中的显学之一.我们已经翻译出版了福克纳主要的作品;我们从文化、宗教、神话、语言、创作技巧等多个方面对福克纳的思想和作品进行了深入的研究和解读.然而,与国外福克纳研究相比,我们在今后的研究中应重视三个方面的问题:(1)进一步拓宽研究视野和范围;(2)确立批评的主体意识;(3)加强对国外研究成果的翻译和引进.