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Even though this research design provides a comprehensive structure for comprehending political identity and nationalism, it does have some limitations that should be discussed. To begin with, the case study selection process and the participants of the interviews can be a source of bias because the chosen regions and individuals do not 12 International Academic Journal of Humanities, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 9-15. necessarily reflect the global diversity of political identity and nationalism. This emphasis on particular movements might limit the model in its generalization of all political situations. Second, surveys, though by handy in obtaining a general picture of political identity or nationalism, might fail to provide the full picture of the situation. The respondents might also give socially desirable responses and hence bias the information. Moreover, the generalizability of the model might be diminished by the fact that some political, cultural, and historical factors peculiar to nationalistic movements in various regions may limit the generalizability of the model. Lastly, whereas simulations may represent a useful tool in testing the predictive capability of the model, real-world political phenomena are frequently driven by other factors that cannot always be quantified or accounted for in simulations, such as the change in media influence or an unexpected shift in popular opinion.
Building a New Model of Political Identity and Its Influence on Nationalism in Contemporary Global Conflicts · 2026 · DOIYouTube represents a vast resource that parents may consult for advice; however, little is known about the information available to parents seeking advice on supporting their children’s autonomy.
Comments on YouTube videos as a source of advice for supporting child autonomy: Interpreting autonomy as independence, reflexivity, nature/nurture, and nostalgia for the USSR · 2025 · DOIThe symbols of the heroic monomyth have sacral significance because they present an idea of political order, stability, forecastability of politics (the latter is lacking in the crisis context of development) when there is unwillingness of a part of citizens to bear responsibility for prospects of future development of events in the country in the conditions of long-term uncertainty.
The Impact of Myth Consciousness on the Formation of the National Political and Cultural Space: “Ukraine is not Russia” · 2022 · DOIThis article aims to discover and highlight in Dilys’ egodocuments his testimonies of self-reflection, personal resolve and its consequences and, by means of comparative analysis, to look for similar premises in the accounts of other contemporaries in order to indicate the epistemological gaps in the research field of the 1920s generation.
The Testimonies of the 20s Generation in Private Writing: The Case of Albertas Dilys (1920–2000) · 2019 · DOIYet from a Western perspective the role of folklore within Russian culture is scarcely on object of study of analysis, it may well be encountered with some condescension: folklore is seldom being regarded as a self-contained and meaningful cultural phenomenon and is usually being opposed to “high culture”.
Folklore in de Russische cultuur. Verschillen in defi nitie en perceptie · 2012Over two decades have passed since the dissolution of the communist system and the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 yet there is still no consensus over the causes and consequences of these epochal (and distinct) events.
Deleuze and Guattari have often received attention for their criticisms of bourgeois families in Anti-Oedipus, but their speculations about non-heteronormative kinship practices have rarely been addressed in Deleuze studies and are yet to be taken up in the study of kinship and the family more generally.
It seems to me that what is lacking in all the arguments of the participants, all of which I have listened to with great interest, is an understanding of one truth, and that is, that it is only with major qualifications that one can look at our Soviet history as the continuation of Russian history and ourselves as the continuers of the many- centuries-old tradition of Russian culture.
Whether or not this constraint is ‘bonowed’ fm elite communications or reflects individual psychodynamic needs, or both, remains to be discovered?* For this reason I think it preferable that the term ‘ideology’ remain unrestricted in its usage until rather more is known about the organisation of political attitudes in relation to personality variables in the general public.
I n this cosmic age, as the world grows smaller, there is need for more international-and inter-ideological-contacts P E R S O N N E L A N D G U I D A N C E J O U R N A L 367 among educators. An open dialogue between American and Marxist guidance personnel would certainly benefit both professional groups. T h e logical basis for such a dialogue is our mutual desire to maintain and strengthen the human dimension in an atmosphere of rampant technology. Youth in both cultures are searching for new meaning in a very complex world.
It remains to be demonstrated whether this is actually the case. It remains to be seen what consequences will ensue from this, and whether the collective leadership will similarly be able to contain problems which may arise from the question of finding a successor t o Patriarch Aleksii. Even were this not so, in a modern, complex society it is scarcely feasible t o isolate one area for maximum repression.
(It must be said that Gurvitch’s treatises constitute an exception, as does Sartre’s recent critique of social science; it remains to be seen what resonance their work will find amongst sociologists. After the Twentieth Congress, the Histor~~ remarks, &dquo;Individual writers who had not understood the essence of the Party’s critique of the cult of personality began to see only the errors and dark sides of socialist construction; they denied the necessity of a leading role for the party in the ideological sphere&dquo;.
The present study focuses on Viktor Pelevin’s 2017 novel iPhuck 10 in terms of its post-cyberpunk features which have, to date, been understudied.
Itis interesting to analyze his views in comparison with the opinions of Volodymyr Starosolsky, a representativeof the classical national school of political science, who, unfortunately, is also little known tothe Ukrainian scientific community.
In a new place, people are no longer limited to a set of typical furnishing patterns that were dictated by a shortage of goods and ideas in the country of origin.
ABSTRACT This paper offers new perspectives on work cultures in politics by exploring the ambivalent connections among productivity imperatives and affirmative sociality within an under-researched group: Finnish members of Parliament (MPs).
One of the striking examples is the legacy of Mykyta Shapoval, which is still poorly researched, but in the conditions of today, it requires an in-depth study.
This allows us to shed light on an under-explored tendency and maintain here that, in a significant number of cases, ordinary citizens challenge official identity narratives by the state through counter-narratives centred around consumption of luxury at the everyday level.
Luxury consumption as identity markers in Tallinn: A study of Russian and Estonian everyday identity construction through consumer citizenship · 2019 · DOIMethod The article focuses on the peculiarities of the insider position in the field of research on understudied topics concerning ethnic and religious minorities.
Abstract The role of emotions in social movements and mobilization has been an important focus of recent research, but the emotional mechanisms producing apathy and non-participation remain under studied.
Based on primary sources and international benchmarks, it provides a comparison of the cultural contexts of Eastern and Western European countries, and portrays a rising informal practice that, despite its omnipresence, has been under-researched in the academic literature.
<i>Uhljeb</i>– a post-socialist<i>homo croaticus</i>: a personification of the economy of favours in Croatia? · 2018 · DOIA broader definition of civil society and social activism is suggested to include new types of informal activism, which tend to be over-looked and under-studied.
Today there is foreign and national cultural and philosophical literature a noticeable lack of consensus about nature of popular culture that still causes a mismatch positions of contemporary scholars about its conceptual apparatus.
The ideals of cooperation and tolerance were well developed in conceptualisations of school relationships in the Soviet era; further study of these ideals and the ways in which they are developed within school relationships could inform contemporary pedagogical theory and practice.
Conceptualisations of School Relationships in Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine: A Comparative Analysis of Teacher Education Textbooks · 2013 · DOIIn the end the Soviet approach to this challenge failed, and the reasons for this need to be examined, but the challenge overall remains for post-communist Russia.
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