Folks in places like BRIC countries [Brazil, Russia, India, China] are well aware that these are potent technologies in terms of
cultural authority and power over time, and those who eschew cognitive enhancement at any level are likely to fall behind.
Not exact matches
Instead, if we understand the culture in which John wrote, the issues that the early church was facing under the Roman Empire,
and all of the hundreds of allusions to Old Testament themes
and prophetic expectations, the Book of Revelation can have a significant message for followers of Jesus today, who also deal with similar
cultural issues as we try to live like Jesus in a world dominated by
powers and authority that live in rebellion to the Kingdom of God.
Reading them in this way does not diminish their
authority or
power, but simply helps us understand them better when our own
cultural and hermeneutical assumptions may get in the way.
But they all presupposed its
cultural authority in the colonies
and the
power of its pages to promote a «providential» war.
Researchers at the school's Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS) assessed
cultural worldviews along two dimensions: hierarchy - egalitarianism (attitudes toward
authority and power)
and individualism - communitarianism (focus on self - reliance or responsibility to a larger group) of more than 5,000 people who reported an awareness of electronic nicotine devices (ENDS), which include e-cigarettes.
Smack dab in the middle of a season dominated by superheroes
and minions comes «The Stanford Prison Experiment,» a re-enactment of the shocking»70s psychology project so disturbing
and infamous it remains a hot topic in textbooks
and a
cultural touchstone for conversations about the abuse of
power by
authority figures.
As
cultural anthropologist Mimi Ito put it, «You're seeing the shift in expertise in
authority, so that kids may know a lot about certain things, but parents can also bring really important expertise to the table,
and that's when you see a really productive shift in
power dynamic around learning.»
Jamie creates figures that question
authority,
power and control with an emphasis on
cultural conditioning.
What lies beneath
cultural facades is often a reality that counters
and undermines the deception
and invention designed to assert
and sustain
authority and power.