Review of Contemporary Philosophy

DOINA POPESCU LJUNGHOLM

2014 Review of Contemporary Philosophy

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Research on emotional labor in organizations, the notion of emotional labor, the outcomes of emotional labor, and the connection between the behavioral feature of job results and emotional labors has yielded fairly consistent findings over the past decade. My aim in this paper is to investigate the substantial awareness of emotions in the workplace, the social construction of emotional labor, the human processes entailed in public service leadership and service delivery, and the character of emotion work. Keywords: emotional labor process; public service; organization

JEAN ALLAIN

2014 Review of Contemporary Philosophy

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Are anarchy and the law antithetical? Not so, as for more than 350 years international law has governed a legal order based on anarchy; wherein no central authority exists and law functions not on the basis of coercion but on cooperation whereby States must agree to each specific laws before it is bound by its obligations. This article contemplates two manners in which an anarchist might consider international law interesting: first, as a legal system which governs an anarchical society as described by Hedley Bull in line with the English School of International Relations; and second, as a manifestation of a State system which, though illegitimate can be utilized, as Noam Chomsky does, for tactical reasons to demonstrate its inconsistencies and thus weakening the system with the ultimate aim being its implosion. Keywords: international law; anarchy; Hedley Bull; Noam Chomsky; international relations; governance

CARL MIKA

2014 Review of Contemporary Philosophy

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Throughout colonization, Maori have been constantly urged to think of their terminology, and the objects it relates to, along constrained lines. In this practice, the self and other things are arguably restricted and impoverished. However, certain frequently used Maori terms – such as “whakapapa” and “whakaaro” – may be read alongside Heidegger’s “Ereignis,” revealing a completely other sense to them than their orthodox, respective translations of “genealogy” and “to think” allow. This kind of thinking in concert with an existential philosophy is an active process that allows for the “freeing up” of entities and a colonized group. With Heidegger’s assistance, the terms, and the original sources they refer to, reflect a kind of “Geviert”/Fourfold that ensures a continual strife and interplay between things in the world and self. Keywords: Maori; Heidegger; enowning; Fourfold, metaphysics; Being

MURRAY HUNTER

2014 Review of Contemporary Philosophy

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This paper explores the semantics of the concept of “God,” reverting to the question of “how is God?,” rather than “what is God?” A heuristic based upon dependent origination from the Pali Text presents and explores a conceptual “God paradigm” that can explain existence and reality. Keywords: reality; divinity; quantum mechanics; dependent origination; co-dependence

CARMEN PETCU

2014 Review of Contemporary Philosophy

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The theory that I shall seek to elaborate here puts considerable emphasis on Wittig’s understanding of lesbian, her literary and theoretical representations of lesbian passion, sexuality, and politics, and her urging on the vast capacity of becoming-other in the area of lesbian desire. The purpose of this article is to gain a deeper understanding of Wittig’s use of “inversion,” her fluctuations on metamorphosis, and her positive evaluation of the natural world. Keywords: gender; sex; heterosexuality; lesbian; social; politics

GEORGE LĂZĂROIU

2014 Review of Contemporary Philosophy

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The purpose of this article is to gain a deeper understanding of the extent to which the internet can democratize news, citizen engagement in media communication, the news attributes of social media, and new policies of information collecting. The results of the current study converge with prior research on the advance of digital news and journalism, social media employment in news gathering, transformative features of the present news environment, and new types of journalistic evidence. Keywords: internet; digital news; journalism; social media

DOINA POPESCU LJUNGHOLM

2014 Review of Contemporary Philosophy

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This paper discusses the major trends in scholarship about the intricacy of gender models in organizations, the difficulty of accomplishing workplace gender equality, the gender complexities of public sector organizations, and gendered cultural prospects for emotional reactions. My analysis complements the growing literature on gender connections and processes in public sector workplaces, the obstacles to pay equity and fair employment chance for women and men, the gender patterns of public sector workplaces, and the gender settlements of public sector organizations. Keywords: gender; equality; public sector employment; administration