Sentences with phrase «social criticism which»

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Trichotillomania isn't dangerous, but it has some social consequences in that the more you pull your hair, the more bald patches and absence of hair you have, which can lead to social ostracization or criticism.

Social networking giant Facebook has come in for severe criticism over the past week in connection with an alleged data breach on its platform which affected 50 million of its users.

For Wells, the pervasive moral stupor characteristic of late - twentieth - century North American culture, to which much social criticism in recent years has been directed, demands a response from the Church before any thoroughgoing moral reconstruction of civil society can take place.

A second type is historical (sometimes called higher) criticism, which aims to provide a better understanding of the message of the Bible by viewing its different books from the standpoint of the period when they were written and the social setting, historical circumstances, and climate of thought in those times.

Hartshorne notes that an important ethical objection to classical theism is that it tends toward a faith which disarms criticism of and struggle against predominant social arrangements.

Lentricchia, whose earlier work earned him the epithet «the Dirty Harry of literary theory, is the author of Criticism and Social Change (1983), which urges us to regard all literature as «the most devious of rhetorical discourses (writing with political designs upon us all), either in opposition to or in complicity with the power in place.»

My criticism of Girard is, however, that he is stronger in «social psychology» than in «individual psychology»; that is, his sociological edifice seems to lack the understanding of individual motivation which I have been attempting to articulate in this paper.

Pfuetze's comment is not so much a criticism of Buber's social philosophy as a reminder of the difficulties which would attend the attempt to apply it in any large - scale industrial society, difficulties Buber himself would be the first to recognize.

The democracy of desire can not provide a satisfactory basis for the criticism of undemocratic forms of social class, for it is infected by the same subpersonal assumptions which render these modes of human classification offensive.

We don't live in a secular society; we live in a pagan society that is resistant to the gospel, a gospel which calls the church to perpetual criticism of the social and political order.

David Hubbard, for example, in his taped remarks on the future of evangelicalism to a colloquium at Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary in Denver in 1977 noted the following areas of tension among evangelicals: women's ordination, the charismatic movement, ecumenical relations, social ethics, strategies of evangelism, Biblical criticism, Biblical infallibility, contextual theology in non-Western cultures, and the churchly applications of the behavioral sciences.2 If such a list is more exhaustive than those topics which this book has pursued, it nevertheless makes it clear that the foci of the preceding chapters have at least been representative.

«The ethic of Jesus may offer valuable insights to and sources of criticism for a prudential social ethic which deals with present realities; but no such social ethic can be directly derived from a pure religious ethic.

In the heyday of the liberal social gospel which occurred at the same time that form criticism and other important New Testament studies were making a fresh impact on Christian thought, the kingdom was considerably explored.

A strong case has been made by F. J. E. Woodbridge that Plato not only does not seriously regard his «perfect state» as realizable, but that he means to make us see the error of imposing perfection too rigorously on human fallibility.3 Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward illustrates the utopia which becomes a persuasive call to radical social reforms.4 It also illustrates one of the functions of utopian thought as a medium of realistic criticism of the present.

Social criticism is the true purpose of the Church's magisterium, which must seek engagement with the modern world rather than walling off the Church from outside influences.

The fifth criticism, which is Preston's own, is that the WCC is not realistic enough and does not sufficiently analyze the complexities of social and political decisions.13 Preston's criticism may be fair, but it highlights the difficult question of how religious bodies can influence world affairs.

Referring to the criticism made by Peter Beyerhaus and some others that in the World Council's emphasis on social and political justice there is present a social utopianism which denies the fact of sin and affirms a self - redemptive humanism, Thomas admitted that the danger is always present, but pointed out the opposite danger of not admitting the fact of divine grace and the power of righteousness it releases for a daring faith in the realms of social and political action.

The final result was the rejection within mainstream culture of biblical literalism with its repudiation of history, geology, and the scientific method, and an acceptance of the contributions of science, of evolution and Freudian psychology, of a «higher criticism» of the Bible, of the move from an agrarian economy to an industrial economy and its need for high technology, and of a rearrangement of political views to accommodate social planning and reform which became known in the churches as the Social Gsocial planning and reform which became known in the churches as the Social GSocial Gospel.

It is a thoughtful book in which Smith reflects on the problems raised by the study of the religious thought and practices of the people of Asia, problems of historical method, of literary criticism, of language, of social organization, and of the values and standards by which men guide their lives.

What is more, some protection against authoritarian control of the information environment has always been provided by a strong oral tradition which nourished articulate social criticism.

It presupposes that Christianity is a completely finished and self - contained social entity, which may perhaps change from within following the lines laid down in the past, but never to be affected by criticism from the outside, that is, from science, philosophy, history, art, and moral intelligence.

Rowling's intervention, which was shared thousands of times on social media, followed criticism of Evans» stance from MPs.

What is infuriating the Tory machine is not only Boris's criticisms, but the language that he is used — which makes Labour's talk of social cleansing sound positively moderate.

The public outcry and the criticism of social services which followed high profile cases of child abuse, such as those of Victoria Climbie and baby Peter Connelly, was reported to have resulted in increased numbers of children being taken into care as social workers erred on the side of caution.

She had sought appointment to the committee considering the coalition's Health and Social Care bill, but was kept off — which attracted significant media attention and criticism of parliament.

Social scientists hope to persuade the Obama administration to reject the idea, which stems in part from criticism of the survey by some members of Congress.

We know people with herpes are already subjected to a lot of criticism and sickening social stigma by which it may make them feel like hiding.

When James Franco appeared on Tuesday's Late Show, host Stephen Colbert took the opportunity to address recent criticisms of the star, including social media posts which imply he committed acts of sexual misconduct.

Skills developed in courses result in projects, papers, exhibits, presentations, and experiments through which students accumulate proficiency in six academic areas: Literature, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, Creative Arts, and Art Criticism.

The main criticism of our campaign cited in the article is that we have too many endorsements from outside the union — which only highlights how much support we have in the community and among social justice advocates.

Hilary Weston Writers» Trust Prize for Nonfiction The prize is awarded for literary excellence in the category of nonfiction, which includes, among other forms, personal or journalistic essays, history, biography, memoirs, commentary, and criticism, both social and political.

The bringing to light of a processual artistic activity, such as Morris called for in his theoretical texts Notes on Sculpture, Part 1 - 4 (1966 - 69) and Anti-Form (1968), likewise addresses the social context of production and labor, a perspective which is also to be seen against the background of the institutional criticism of Concept Art as well as the social expectations during the 1970s with regard to art production.

He enjoyed success from the 1960s, when he began producing images that oscillate between the macabre and surreal, and which use American icons and mythology as a vehicle for his cruel but ironic social criticism.

His work — which uses studies of architecture, city planning, the writing of history, and the tradition of aesthetic forms as a language — articulates a cultural criticism that debates the function of the artistic act and of intellectuals and artists as social agents in the public sphere.

Last year Vélez was featured in the Whitney Biennial, and a version of this piece was a prominent part of his display (which referred to the path that a review he wrote, «White Privilege in Criticism,» took through social media over the course of a year in which NATO protests, outrage over the Trayvon Martin verdict, and other political flashpoints occurred.)

These are not social criticisms per se, but systematic analyses: representations of the artist's understanding of ours as a world in which nature, humanity, and technology controlled and nurtured each other in a closed circuit.

Traversing mediums such as performance, photography and social activism, Liu dissects the tense relationship between the individual and society by «disappearing» into environments which are sites of intrigue, contention and criticism.

When Tate Modern announced recently that it had commissioned him to fill its Turbine Hall later this year, it was a welcome reminder of his work, which in recent times has become almost overshadowed by his social and political criticism.

It has received substantial acclaim in social media, some of which is available at the Savory Institute website, but it has also received considerable criticism (of particular note is a blog post from Adam Merberg and an article in Slate magazine.

This is the first case in which the US board has stepped in to argue that employees» criticisms of their companies or bosses on a social networking site will be a protected activity and that employers would... [more]

This is the first case in which the US board has stepped in to argue that employees» criticisms of their companies or bosses on a social networking site will be a protected activity and that employers would violate US labour law by punishing workers for such statements.

The comments come after scathing criticism of the social network over data leaks, where profiles of nearly 50 million users were illegally harvested by a political firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked for the Trump and Pro-Brexit campaigns.

Second, you point out the social structural critique of evolutionary psychology, which I feel is a perfectly valid criticism of the theory and something that should not be dismissed.

Wikipedia includes such cheering facts as: «In November 2008 social networking website Facebook received criticism after a «Kick a Ginger» group, which aimed to establish a «National Kick a Ginger Day» on November 20, acquired almost 5000 members.