Is T<Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">u</Emphasis> Wei-ming Confucian?

Tu Wei-ming’s discourse has been badly understood by some Western philosophers who study Confucianism. I suggest that this misunderstanding stems from the fact that these philosophers fail to realize that Confucian discourse is in an entirely different register from Western philosophical discourse. I then propose my own preliminary definition of Confucian discourse in five points and present a structural analysis of a text by Tu Wei-ming. Finally, I consider which features of Tu’s discourse can properly be called Confucian. The answer to this question reflects not only on Tu but also on Confucian discourse and the study of Confucianism in general.     

Black holes, uncanny spaces and radical shifts in awareness

The 'black hole' is a signifier that pervades contemporary experience, conveying the 'gaps' and 'voids' in Western culture and psyche. Depth psychology stemmed from the growing uncanniness of city and psychic spaces during the 19(th) century. There was an emerging fascination with the 'dark Thing'--the 'It' of many names. Like a pandemic, depictions of the 'black hole' experience have continually emerged in the tragic events and cultural malaise of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Art, philosophy, science, psychoanalysis, literature, and cultural studies have variously articulated this frighteningly potent, yet endlessly elusive signifier. A many-sided, dialogical process best provides acquaintance with such a complex phenomenon. Multiple examples and perspectives, as well a detailed case study, will delineate some of its dimensions. They will show that such 'black hole' encounters are not merely negative, but are often the enigmatic source of new awareness and creation.     

阅读中文时信息整合的即时性

通过两个实验对中文语篇理解中相关背景信息的激活与整合到底是即时发生抑或延时进行这一问题进行了探讨。研究所用的阅读材料都包含一个目标句,它与局部语境一致,但与前文提供的背景信息冲突或无关。实验一采用自定步速逐行阅读技术,考察了一致性条件以及句子结束的标记（即句号）是否存在对目标句阅读时间的影响。结果发现,句子结束的标记是否存在并不影响目标句整合加工的进行。实验二运用眼动追踪技术着重探讨信息整合加工能否在目标句关键区中即时进行,实验条件仍为当前信息与背景信息的一致性,重点考察其对目标句中关键前区、关键区及关键后区的作用。结果表明,自变量的操纵导致关键区中反映初次加工的指标产生可靠的效应。这一结果表明中文语篇理解中整合加工的过程开始得非常迅速,是一个即时引发、而非延时进行的过程     

A RESPONSE TO HANS LUCHT'S “VIOLENCE AND MORALITY: THE CONCESSION OF LOSS IN A GHANAIAN FISHING VILLAGE”

The violent encounter between Africans and the forces of globalization raises the question of whether Africans should capitulate to these forces or seek to morally transform them, notwithstanding the uncertainty of achieving success. This essay argues that an exclusively existentialist interpretation of the African predicaments is inadequate because it erects a false dichotomy between African religious and moral sensibilities. It proposes instead an ethic of responsibility that affirms the interdependence of not only these two realms of life, but also of communal well‐being and individual's subjectivity.     

A Towel Less: Social Norms Enhance Pro-Environmental Behavior in Hotels

Previous research has shown that normative appeals to engage in environmentally friendly behavior were most effective when they were accompanied by a provincial norm (e.g., when norms matched individuals’ immediate situational circumstances). Analyzing hotel guests’ towel-use during their stay, the current study tests whether messages employing provincial norms were more effective in reducing towel-use than standard environmental messages. In line with previous findings, guests of two hotels used significantly fewer towels when provincial normative appeals—rather than standard environmental messages—were communicated. These findings corroborate to the body of research demonstrating the power of social norms on environmental behavior.     

癌症的医学话语与性别政治

现代西方医学在其学科演进史中发展出两层含义：一是科学知识本体,二是权力知识话语。前者是人与疾病的生物性关联,后者是人与疾病的社会性关联。癌症在西方医学学科史中由纯粹身体经验发展出了一种话语范畴,并在后一层次上呈现出性别这一具体社会等级梯度。癌症性别话语的形成是现代医学学科制度、知识权力与性别政治整体塑型的结果,其背后体现的不仅是现代西方治理术的生命政治转向及其中不可避免的梯度化危机,更体现了人、疾病以及政治在现代性展开过程中的全新历史关系。

     

妇产科医患话语权力的情境化博弈——基于医疗纪录片《生门》的案例分析

通过对医疗纪录片《生门》的案例分析,并借助福柯的话语权力关系理论,对妇产科中的医患话语权力关系进行研究发现：当医患结构性冲突被还原为微观情境下动态的话语权力博弈,医患权力关系可以借由不同的资源和话语在具体情境中发生转移和流动;话语权力在充当冲突的隐性动力的同时,又提供了博弈行为中的工具和手段;资源和话语力量此消彼长的博弈会在医疗情境中形成一种动态平衡,对平衡状态的有效调适为减少医患冲突提供了可能途径。

     

走向死亡话语素养

基于对医疗领域“死亡素养”和社会语言学“新素养研究”的文献梳理,提出“死亡话语素养”概念,并阐释其内涵。死亡话语素养即人们使用各种话语形式谈论死亡（和濒死）相关议题,参与社会实践,探索和积极建构生命意义的能力与过程。随后以生前预嘱为例,论述死亡话语素养如何在具体社会情境中养成和实践。死亡话语素养是人们为争取死亡质量需要投入的一种文化资本,其养成和实践有利于促进人们的生命福祉,推动新的谈生论死话语惯习的形成。