“文化大革命”时期学人的诗与思

著名诗人学者萌萌(鲁萌)基于历史反思与精神出路探寻之亟需,主编了《那一段回流——学人诗存》,选编了九位学人创作于文革期间的诗作,揭示了"文革"风暴在一代知识者灵魂深处留下的印迹以及他们的精神裂变与反思。这些作品既具有文学史价值,又具有思想史价值。运用"以诗证史法"对他们进行研究,有助于考察"文革"时期的社会状况与知识者的精神状况。     

论全球化中的中国文化安全与应对战略

全球化中西方国家加强了对世界文化的控制权;西方文化霸权的扩张,掀起了文化间冲突;霸权的强势文化对人类文化多样性构成破坏,对弱势文化进行侵犯并威胁其生存,使得发展中国家文化安全受到挑战。中国作为相对的弱势文化体,面临同样的问题。中国需要在国际和国内两个方面应对文化挑战,即在国际文化领域发挥影响机制变化的作用,使中国文化走出去,在国内文化领域加强监管和引导,同时创造新的更加符合时代气息和需要的新文化。     

An evaluation of undergraduate public administration programs at Turkish Universities: Reviewing the literature and proposing a model of cultural competence development

This study aims to identify the main predictors of cultural competence (CC). In the study, the cultural competence of the public administration students was analyzed. A total of 599 public administration students from twenty public and two foundation universities in eighteen different provinces of Turkey responded to a survey. The questionnaire survey was derived from a literature review; validated by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The study proposes a CC evaluation model with five principal attributes: political awareness, civic action, belief in collective action, social justice attitudes, and ethical leadership. Accordingly, the model included 29 items that address all aspects of cultural competence. The model can be used to evaluate the CC level of public administration students. Besides, this model can also be applied in public organizations to evaluate their responsiveness to the public. Because public institutions today are supposed to be responsive to the cultural needs of citizens.     

The impact of international service on the development of volunteers’ intercultural relations

Approximately one million people from the United States perform international volunteer service each year, representing a significant flow of ideas, people, resources, and aid across international borders. This quasi-experimental study assesses the longitudinal impact of international volunteer service on volunteers’ intercultural relations, international social capital, and concern about international affairs. Using linear mixed regression models that control for a counterfactual comparison group of individuals that did not travel abroad, international volunteers are more likely to report significant increases in international social capital and international concern two to three years after returning from service. Results indicate that intercultural relations may also continue to increase years after returning from service. International service may be a useful approach to helping people gain skills and networks that are needed in an increasingly global society.     

上海全球城市的社会架构、文化融合与社会和谐

为了形成一个具有弹性的、可持续发展的全球城市社会架构,迈向2050年的上海需要在社会治理、社会政策与文化融合等方面作出前瞻性的战略思考.而"活力、仁爱、包容、和谐"将成为迈向2050年的上海的全球城市愿景.上海作为一个全球城市,其社会治理架构的核心要素应是开放、流动、多元、参与,这是文化融合与社会和谐的出发点.     

Homicide in eighteenth-century Cheshire

This article provides an analysis of indictments and coroners’ inquests dealing with homicide coming before the Court of Great Sessions at Chester during the eighteenth century, with a special focus on the better documented second half of that century. The Court of Great Sessions was the equivalent of the assize court for the County of Chester, which was a Palatinate enjoying its own legal institutions. Initially the social status of offenders and the method of killing are analysed, and the results compared with patterns extant for the early seventeenth century, Cheshire being one of the few English counties whose records survive sufficiently to permit such long-term comparisons. The main features are a retreat by the gentry from homicidal violence by the late eighteenth century, and the preponderance of killing by simple kicking or beating in contrast to an earlier emphasis on the use of weapons. This latter feature is reinforced by the discovery of numerous cases, normally categorized as manslaughter by the court, in which death followed what appears to be a formalized form of fighting, obviously based on contemporary boxing practices. The findings are then placed in the broader context of cultural change in the eighteenth century, and it is argued that Cheshire materials relating to homicide and violence more generally provide a local perspective on the general shift towards ‘polite’ values which has been seen as characterizing the upper and middling social strata of eighteenth-century England.     

The role of perceived social reality in the adoption of postmaterial values: The case of Hong Kong

While much research in the past four decades has demonstrated a turn toward postmaterial values in many developed countries in the world, there are continual debates regarding the factors behind such cultural changes. This study examines the role of certain cognitive factors in the adoption of postmaterial value orientations. Analysis of three surveys conducted between 2012 and 2016 in Hong Kong illustrate that postmaterial values are, at the individual level, tied to criticisms against social inequality and immobility. The relationship is stronger among better educated people and people with higher levels of news exposure. The analysis contributes to the broader literature on cultural change in modern societies by suggesting that social affluence is not a sufficient condition for the rise of postmaterial values. Instead, specific combinations of social conditions and a process of cognitive mobilization could initiate a postmaterial turn.     

The network of global migration 1990–2013: Using ERGMs to test theories of migration between countries

For the period 1990–2013, 202 countries are analysed as nodes linked by in- or out-migration of substantial shares of the sending country’s population. The resulting network shows regional, but also “cultural” clustering. Variants of ERGMs are used to determine geographic, demographic, economic, religious, linguistic as well as historical factors of migration between countries. Results are in line with gravity models, theories of global inequality, hegemonic languages and religious homophily, even though not all effects are fully consistent across all models. Moreover, former colonies show higher out-degree and there are strong network-structural effects indicating a hierarchy in attractiveness between countries for unobserved reasons.     

民族学视角下“价值中立”原则解读

近代社会学起源于实证主义,孔德被认为是实证主义最重要的代表。在孔德的哲学里,实证主义的基本原则已初步形成。本文认为,其中＂价值中立＂原则的要求,蕴涵着民族学方法论的视角——文化相对主义;与此同时也指出两者之间的显著区别——有无价值评判。     

新疆当代小说创作状况的回顾与反思

新疆文学显示出民族、地域、文化等彼此纠缠的文化症候,而边地文学互动与文化认同在全球化的语境中表现尤其突出。创作群体的多元化、民族作家的加盟、从典型到多元书写进一步促进了新疆文学的发展。富有特点的是,新疆文学的题材越来越多地深入到历史的深部。