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The Dangerous Discourse of Dianetics: Linguistic Manifestations of Violence Toward Queerness in the Canonical Religious Philosophy of Scientology

Overcoming Linguistic Alienation and Linguistic Violence,” Philosophy & Social Criticism, vol. 23 no. 2/3. (California: SAGE Publications, 1998): 137. victims. While I am aware of the preponderance and

Reflection: Fire and Buddha Image

The fiery body and the Buddha image present striking roles in the religious tradition that transgress Western scholarly rationale of Buddhism as solely a philosophy. ... Buddhism presents a detachment to the body that goes beyond the body as representative of self. Western understanding of Buddhist philosophy shifts when self-immolation becomes perceived as an irrational

Translational invasion ecology: bridging research and practice to address one of the greatest threats to biodiversity

constraints of resource managers and policy makers. However, many scientific fields including invasion ecology suffer from a disconnect between research and practice. Despite strong socio-political imperatives ... which researchers, stakeholders, and decision makers collaborate to develop and implement ecological research via joint consideration of the ecological, sociological, economic, and/or political contexts

Getting invasive species on the political agenda: agenda setting and policy formulation in the case of ash dieback in the UK

This study reviews how the issue of ash dieback has been placed on the political agenda in the UK, a country where the disease has affected one of the largest national extents, thus representing a ... member states are constrained to act unilaterally on invasive species. In addition, there is also a great difference in how political systems, as opposed to the natural sciences, manage crisis. The logic

Virtually Heaven: Transhumanist Constructions of Christian Heaven in "Ready Player One

being too irrational and exclusive. To promote technological rather than religious ideologies, transhumanists like Max More believe that “transhumanism (like humanism) can act as a philosophy of life that ... philosophy of life that fulfills some of the same functions as a religion without any appeal to a higher power, a supernatural entity, to faith, and without the other core features of religions.”3 This message

Kezia Barker and Robert A. Francis (Eds): Routledge handbook of biosecurity and invasive species

, a survey study of Swedish gardeners’ perceptions of non-native and invasive plants, and an excellent and terrifying contribution by Robert G. Wallace and colleagues on the political economy of

The Dehumanizing Illusion of Religion-and-Violence Arguments

subjective connection used to justify political goals. Because the West purports itself to be secular, the use of religion and violence arguments allows people to dehumanize religious people and societies and ... political purposes. According to Terror in the Mind of God author Mark Juergensmeyer, for those committing violence, it requires an enormous amount of moral presumption for the perpetrators of these acts to

A Feminist Liberation View of Pride: An Islamic Ethics Case Study

marginalized group. This paper argues that pride in one’s identity can promote self-preservation as well as social and political resistance. Both of these goals are supported by the Qur’an as well by theorists ... shame. In his article on humility, James Kellenberger, Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Northridge, explains the idea of a polythetic concept. Unlike a monothetic concept that is

Gender, Suffering, and Humanity in Westworld

Political Storytelling (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2009), 114. women’s suffering...are widely circulated and others dwell in obscurity.”27 Wanzo does this through the lens of sentimental political storytelling ... , the “narrativization of sympathy for purposes of political mobilization.”28 In other words, Wanzo explores what kinds of stories of suffering are told in the attempt to gain sympathy and support.29 By

An updated assessment of the direct costs of invasive non-native species to the United Kingdom

hundreds of times in the scientific literature, in traditional newspapers and in political discourse. The estimates of economic costs of INNS presented in peer-reviewed manuscripts and reports are used as

Solitary Confinement and Intersubjectivity: Social Liminality in Prison

approaches solitary confinement through phenomenological philosophy, meaning that she is interested in the conscious lived experiences of those who have been subjected to this practice. I will endeavor to ... experience. Using phenomenological philosophy as his basis for analysis, he also invokes the lenses of psychology and law in order to argue that solitary confinement constitutes cruel and unusual punishment

Correction to: Managing biological invasions: the cost of inaction

according to the first record in InvaCost for each region based on the rworldmap package, where applicable. The authors have created this map for illustrative purposes and do not make any political claims

Synthesising 35 years of invasive non-native species research

monitoring INNS, including detection, identification, and distributional mapping; (iii) Management and decision-making: topics discussing the management and socio-political aspects of invasion  science, such

The assessment of marine bioinvasion diversity and history

regional cultural, social, economic, political, or legal—but not scientific—perspectives may regard some earlier introductions as “native”. Native (indigenous, endemic, autochthonous) species are those that

Should tourists care more about invasive species? International and domestic visitors’ perceptions of invasive plants and their control in New Zealand

draws upon broader social and political support than can be provided by the residents of the immediate area effected by the invasion, it is pertinent to expand the boundaries of who we consider to be IAS ... 63 ( 14 ): 2646 - 2662 . https://doi. org/10.1080/09640568. 2020 .1742676 Sage E ( 2019 ) Visitors to Aoraki/Mt Cook exceed 1 million . Government Press Release. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ political

Neophyte invasions in European heathlands and scrub

patterns of invasions, we delimited 50 European regions. Regions usually corresponded to political units (i.e., countries), except for large islands or archipelagos (the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Crete ... sand dune scrub, are at high invasion risk if human pressures increase. Because political boundaries do not usually act as the barriers to dispersal of alien plants, continental-scale studies with

Lack of anti-predator recognition in a marine isopod under the threat of an invasive predatory crab

species misrepresented? A review of the “native good, alien bad” philosophy . Community Ecol 11 : 13 - 21 . https://doi. org/10.1556/ComEc.11. 2010 . 1 . 3 Hammill E , Rogers A , Beckerman AP ( 2008 ) Costs

The role of invasive alien species in the emergence and spread of zoonoses

social-political and environmental change is the dramatic shifts and expansion of animal hosts (Johnson et  al. 2020) which can increase the probability of contact amongst humans, animal hosts and disease

Can the enemy release hypothesis explain the success of Rumex (Polygonaceae) species in an introduced range?

partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University, Lincoon Canterbury NZ Castells E , Morante M , Blanco-Moreno JM , Sans FX , Vilatersana R , Blasco-Moreno

Among demons and killers: current and future potential distribution of two hyper successful invasive gammarids

, this regional information (e.g., based on field records) seems difficult to obtain in the short term due to local geo-political tensions (Sousa et al. 2022) . At the same time, the development of