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Athletes face unique mental health stressors, including internal/external pressure, time displacement, and physical injury. In addition, athletes who experience mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety reference the role of social factors—specifically stigma—as barriers to mental health. The present study draws on 37 testimonials from The Players' Tribune in which athletes disclosed mental illness. A theoretical thematic analysis pinpointed themes within the testimonials of athletes who elucidated and refuted myths concerning mental health in sport. Through disclosure, the athletes challenged stigma by protesting myths that discourage help-seeking behavior in sport. The analysis identified six themes in the myths concerning (a) professional success, (b) strength, (c) identity, (d) the sports story treatment of mental health, (e) sport as escape, and (f) isolation. Implications are discussed in relation to changing social norms in sport. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ABSTRACT Contemporary ontological constructivism often rests on the belief that social reality emerges from tacit agreements, underpinning mutual expectations and trust. In social theory, the concept of agreement has evolved from explicit social contracts to normative consensus and the idea of tacit knowledge that subtly binds social actors. This article challenges this prevailing approach by dissecting various constructivist positions and exposing the implications of agreement‐based ontological constructivism on our understanding of culture, norms, and society. The author revisits an alternative perspective, claiming that human society is equally a structure of disagreement. Emphasizing disagreement advocates for a realistic social theory and highlights the vital role of fiction in shaping social life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The realization of the Self, although the absolute basis of Jungian psychology, has internal inconsistencies, is difficult to understand, and offers a promise of realization that cannot be fulfilled. This has weakened it, and its existence is now one of speculation. If this is the case, what is to be done with it in the consulting room? How should it be introduced and accounted for, if at all? This paper suggests some alternatives but concludes that the myth of the Self has gravitas in other established traditions, and it is those that offer a more coherent framework for the emergence of the Self. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Strabo, in 10.3.7-23, presents an account of the music performed in initiation rites, according to which such music is used, naturally, to facilitate knowledge of divinity. I argue that, despite appearances, religious music, for Strabo, does not fulfill that function by reflecting the harmonious constitution of the cosmos—a Pythagorean-Platonic (and later, Stoic) idea that Strabo mentions but ultimately rejects. Instead, Strabo's account is clearly influenced by Aristotelian theory, and it stresses the significance of the emotional effect (i.e., awe or astonishment) generated by religious music, which in turn is useful toward gaining knowledge of the gods, most probably because it motivates audiences to learn about them. Indeed, the affinity between Strabo's text and Aristotle seems sufficient for Strabo's 10.3.23, perhaps in addition to parts of 10.3.7 and 10.3.9, to count as Aristotelian 'fragments.' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

CT 533, one of the divine scribe spells among the Coffin Texts, is an important early example of the interaction of Thoth and Hathor. The spell's text, textual history, and theology are extensively discussed in order to expose the early form of the Myth of Distant Goddess as well as early concepts of Thoth's role in her pacification. The spell's earliest versions primarily dealt with Thoth as advocate for the deceased, in its later manifestations the spell uses Hathoric material related to the Myth of the Distant Goddess to reinforce these themes. This development is connected to the cult-center at Cusae. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on the case of the Society of Saint Pius X which I studied ethnographically for my undergraduate thesis, I aim to understand how traditional identity is constructed within this particular sector of Catholicism. As will be seen throughout the text, it is through various educational instances of different kinds and levels of formality and through sociability that certain notions about sexuality, expected family models, and gender roles are transmitted, based on specific moral values. Additionally, a sort of myth of origin is constructed to reinforce the idea of an 'everlasting' Catholicism. The Mass ritual, besides synthesising all these elements, helps to remember the myth and reinforce belonging. According to the arguments of its members, this demonstrates a willingness to preserve the forms and maintain a specific order – that of tradition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A 1508 adage by Erasmus about the Batavian ear is often interpreted as an expression of nationalism. Serious doubts can be raised against such interpretations since there was no such thing as nationalism in the early sixteenth century. Besides this, the interpretation is inconsistent with Erasmus's degenerative expressions about Batavians and Hollanders elsewhere; nor does the adage describe the Batavians or Hollanders in a truly positive way. I propose an alternative to the nationalistic interpretation of the adage. Based on the Auris Batava, his correspondence, and the rest of his broad oeuvre, I argue that the references to Batavians throughout Erasmus's works are instead a response to humanist Italy, where a negative stereotype of Northerners was prevalent and where one prided oneself on an ancient lineage. Born in Rotterdam, Erasmus could not appropriate this ancient Roman heritage and therefore took recourse to the Batavians. He appropriated biases against the supposed negative characteristics of the Northerners and Batavians as well, but used these to emphasize his own achievements. Erasmus's establishment of a Batavian identity can thus be deemed a form of Erasmian modesty, a type of rhetoric that is evident more broadly in his oeuvre. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Contemporary conspiracism draws on both long-standing traditions and the current cultural and political environment as it constructs mythic knowledge that often includes apocalyptic prophecies. Such knowledge is constantly altered and reinterpreted by the conspiracy activists who invest in its transmission and reproduction. This article examines how conspiracist mythologies emerge in the use of these activists as mythic discourse that fluidly adapts both to include past sources and to comment on late modern phenomena. Illustrative cases of Christian and popular millennial conspiracist narratives are analyzed in terms of how they construct the actors, organizations, power positions, and historical trajectories of the world. The article highlights how different conspiracist myths share features and stances, influenced by the currents of late modernity, but also contest each other based on what their sources and purposes are, and how they differ in their evaluation of the apocalyptic event's nature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article explores the impact of mythology on urban planning within the creative economy framework. In an urban environment, mythology provides new potentials and introduces the possibilities of built heritage as well as its prose and narrative forms, historical contexts, and social relations. Activists, artists, and other cultural workers promote the culture of freedom of expression in this authentic space. Their bottom-up approach allowed Savamala to become one the most interesting quarters of Belgrade. Meanwhile, the Belgrade Waterfront project is nearing completion and the question whether it will preserve the cultural heritage of Savamala arises. This article investigates the role of mythology in Savamala's riverfront regeneration, the use of narrative myths and mythical spatial potentials, and the role of mythology in urban planning today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the literature on central banks independence these institutions are considered as being apolitical. In reality, central banks are political actors and their de facto independence changes over time even if their de jure independence remains unvaried. An example of this is the Federal Reserve Bank (Fed), whose de facto independence in the past decades has fluctuated significantly because of the pressures of Congress and the President. To counter these pressures, the Fed seeks support from certain interest groups. The success of this behavior is more likely when the President and Congress represent different political parties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AbstractThe article explores several tensions in Bernard Stiegler’s philosophy of education. This article evaluates the epistemological and philosophical significance of the Prometheus myth in Stiegler’s work. It also examines Stiegler’s biographical reflections on how he became a philosopher, alongside his understanding of psychoanalysis (given Freud’s interpretation of the myth as a master discourse) and child psychology. The goal is to investigate the educational value of the Prometheus myth, as well as myths in general: what did Stiegler learn, and what can we learn from it? What insights did Prometheus gain? Furthermore, how can myths be utilized as teaching material according to Stiegler’s educational philosophy? Addressing these questions necessitates an exploration of the concept of fault, interpreted as hubris by the Greeks and later taken up by Stiegler. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Increasing mental health literacy (MHL) levels are associated with communities displaying more positive attitudes and less negative attitudes. The myths about schizophrenia (MAS) may affect the balance between these two variables. However, no relevant study has been conducted. This study is designed to examine MAS's mediating role in MHL's effect on Community Attitudes Towards Mental Illness (CAMI). This descriptive and correlational study was completed with 270 participants. Data were collected with MAS Form, MHL Scale and CAMI Scale. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to evaluate the mediating effect. The increase in MHL level decreased the MAS level, the increase in MAS level increased negative community attitudes, and the increase in MHL level increased positive community attitudes and decreased negative community attitudes. As for the mediating effect, MAS mediated negative community attitudes. Thus, we suggest conducting awareness activities, improving MHL, lowering MAS, and implementing mental health policies for CAMI management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Following the Gaza events of 2023/24, this study examines how Palestinians understand mass death and mass destruction, exploring how can such a humanitarian catastrophe be framed within a coherent narrative. The focus is on the concept of sacrifice, analysed through a theoretical framework that distinguishes between meaningful sacrifices and absurd, meaningless deaths that categorises the victims as homo-sacer. Hence, this study aims to investigate the language and literature of the Palestinian people that regards to the 2023/24 Gaza events, and the way it re-conceptualises the mass death and destruction and its victims, between the concepts of sacrifice and homo-sacer. A sample of 120 literary and creative texts from the cultural magazine ‘Fusha for Palestinian Culture,’,1 was examined using the methodology of thematic analysis. Four primary themes emerged from the texts: the active documentation, the speed and intensity of death and destruction, the form of death, namely handling of bodies and burial rituals, and lastly the implementation of myths from various traditions, including the duality of mythologising and demythologising Gaza and its inhabitants. I conclude that these four themes were elemental in the rhetoric process of sanctification of the mass and random death and destruction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AbstractThis paper explores the way in which elite students from Germany and Romania understand the role of talent, effort, and structural factors in shaping educational success and failure. The image of a successful student aligns with the requirements of the selection processes, with Romanian students emphasising effort, and German students projecting an image of effortless achievement. Although most students acknowledged structural inequalities played into the selection processes, they did not seem to doubt the intelligence and skills of those who were selected to the most prestigious tracks and streams. By exploring the way in which students at prestigious universities talk about success and failure, this paper captures some ways in which they resist reproducing meritocratic discourses, and other ways in which they perpetuate the myth of meritocracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Socrates has an implicit argument for his afterlife story that concludes the Gorgias, with two key premises. One is at 527a–c, where he summarizes the ethical position he has been arguing for through most of the dialogue, regarding the intrinsic goodness of justice, the intrinsic badness of injustice, and the desirability of rehabilitative punishments. The second occurs at 507e–508a, where Socrates asserts that the universe is held together by justice. This argument explains why Socrates regards his story as a logos, not merely a muthos. It also helps us understand the nature of the rewards and punishments in his story. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research aims to examine how to pursue happiness constructs Americans in the film The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). Pursuing happiness is included in one of the American Dreams which means that everyone in America deserves their happiness. To investigate the analyses, this study uses Roland Barthes' semiotic analysis to find out the happiness in Americans. The results show that pursuing happiness is categorized as one of the American myths and the American characteristics. The characteristics of freedom, happiness, and success describe the American character in pursuing happiness as the myth. In addition, pursuing happiness illustrates the similarity of the narrative when compared to the myth. It analyses in social and cultural of Americans' lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article uses the concepts of "conspiracy" and "conspiracy theory," along with their literary tropes, to theorize resistance to the colonial ideals of modernity in Israel and Iraq and to contest the oppressive developmental temporalities associated with this modernity. By analyzing Imīl Ḥabībī's al-Mutashāʾil (The Secret Life of Saeed, the Pessoptimist , 1974) and Aḥmad Saʿdāwī's Frānkishtāyn fī Baghdād (Frankenstein in Baghdad , 2013), I show how tropes of conspiracism and conspiratorial thinking are deployed in both of these novels to critique myths of linear progress—often used to justify the Israeli occupation and the U.S. invasion—despite the divergent historical periods and contexts out of which the two texts emerge. In their act of contestation, the novels leverage alternate temporalities in connection to conspiracism, such as the cyclical time of suffering and exploitation, or the apocalyptic time that offers release from said suffering through ending time altogether. Yet in both cases the tropes of conspiracy are ultimately shown to have little explanatory or emancipatory value and high human cost. Both novels thus thematize the analytic and critical limits of conspiracism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 2022 Canal+/PBS/BBC series Marie Antoinette not only comes as evidence of the enduring mystique around the eighteenth-century queen of France, but illustrates her appropriation by contemporary creators who want to deal with twenty-first century issues. Under the guise of delivering a biopic, the writing team explores the condition of women through a Marie Antoinette who is neither a historical figure nor a fictional character, but someone with whom younger viewers can empathize. Paradoxically, however, this updated Marie Antoinette appears both as a model of female resilience and necessary self-care in a persistently misogynistic and patriarchal society, and as the ultimate exemplar of the pampered, self-indulgent one-percenter. Setting aside obvious anachronism, we have to wonder what the series' creators aim to accomplish by revisiting history in such an ambiguous manner. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Following their 2013 monograph, Helen of Troy. Beauty, Myth, Devastation , Ruby Blondell delivers a study on screen representations of Helen in the USA, ranging from The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927), via Star Trek , Hollywood epics, and Xena: Warrior Princess , to Helen of Troy (2003). Blondell takes a rounded approach to their investigation, looking at different strands in the ancient tradition and analysing numerous factors related to the production and reception of the case studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article provides a way to think through the division between religious and secular approaches to contemporary society through the use of rival myths. Myths are narrative structures that invite the interplay of language and the imagination, resulting in the creation of virtual realities and social imaginaries. Strong virtual realities were once premised on myths that guided the imagination to embrace an openness to mystery and the unknowable; however, current technological culture is predicated on a closed imagination that has led to worldwide despair. Religion was originally grounded in the virtual reality inspired by language and the capacity of language to distill and extract the "virtual" from the real. The ability of language to create a virtual reality created the capacity to think of a soul, as well as destinations for the soul. In the twentieth century, Freud found that the notion of "God" that was created had become problematic for humans and so created a modern myth that would provide a secular substitute. After providing a close reading of Freud's governing myth for modern culture, showing how it inspires the imagination and the ways in which it falls short, this article concludes with an alternative myth—that of the Invisible City—proposed to inspire faith, hope, and love in our modern world. My approach relies on a depth psychological framework, which was formed to interrogate the nature of reality (relative to individuals and culture) at the intersection of myth, religion, language, and imagination. Throughout, I use a hermeneutic methodology, which is consistent with the initial mode of depth psychological exploration as well as the central role language plays in revealing the truth of a reality. This orientation enables an exploration of a deeper sense of virtual realities than what is deployed through current technology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean cosmologies shared general assumptions about the interconnectivity of heaven and earth. Plato's Myth of Er, the Book of the Watchers in 1 Enoch, and Cicero's Dream of Scipio, narrate the travels of Er, Enoch, and Scipio, respectively, into the Beyond, where they each learn astonishing things about the cosmos, and are tasked with imparting a message to humanity. This comparative study argues that cosmic travel is an integral means of constructing a rhetoric of authority designed to recruit its audiences to its socio-political vision. By analysing literary conventions like pseudepigraphy and epiphany in the features that make up cosmic travel, we better understand how each story bridges the gap between the narrated (story) world and the external (real) world. The ability to blend the realities of a story and its audiences stems from the ways in which tropes of legitimacy render spatio-temporal reality malleable, but is also imperative to the very authority these tropes offer. Without arguing for deliberate intertextuality between all these sources, this study compares the use of heavenly voyages as a literary device for legitimising worldview across cultures, times, and places. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research attempts to analyze Arabic heritage elements employed in Muhammad al‐Thubayti's poetry as his poetry highlights modern issues. Heritage becomes a cornerstone in al‐Thubayti's poetry for it produces new meanings and contexts. It is used in visionary and creative ways enabling him to shape his poetic experiences. Heritage is no longer sacred or static, but it is manipulated in a way that serves the poet's messages. Thus, this paper shows how al‐Thubayti explores the present frustrations and failures at individual and national levels by employing heritage and symbols balancing between his belonging to this heritage and his creative and experimental poetic experience. Through the intelligent adaptation of heritage, he makes connections between the past and modern life to reveal the dilemmas of the present and the glory of the past. The research's main contribution is to shed a new light into the race, milieu, and experience of al‐Thubayti's poetry through utilizing Arabic heritage. This research examines four poems taken from al‐Thubayti's diwan (poetry collection), Tahjit hulman, tahjit wahman [I Spell out a Dream, I Spell out an Illusion]. As a theoretical framework, the analysis of the poems is based on historical theory and formalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Al-Qur'an regulates all forms of communication: with Allah, fellow humans, and spirits/jinn. In human Communication with Jinn, Allah reported through the story of the fall of the Prophet Adam and Siti Hawa from heaven after consuming the khuldi fruit. Both slipped because of a jinn's instigation in Allah's name. It proves that apart from Jinn and humans being able to communicate, the potential for deception is also genuine. Therefore, this research aims to explain the communication/relationship between humans and Jinn. This qualitative research method uses a thematic approach to verses from Al-Qur'an relating to human and Jinn communication. Data was from literature by analyzing books and scientific journals with similar themes. Data analysis uses the transcendental communication/magical communication paradigm. The research results show that Al-Qur'an explained that human Communication with Jinn exists. However, it does not need to be developed. Human and Jinn communication has many negative effects. The negative impact is that humans will always be filled with anxiety, will tend to commit crimes, and will be classified as the actions of people who are misguided and disobedient to Allah. Some Jinns are believers, and some are unbelievers. However, humans cannot differentiate them because they are supernatural beings. Communication between humans and Jinn generally occurs through ruqyah syar'iyyah rituals to improve the community's economy and shamanic practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While it is popular to see Joy Davidman's ex-husband, William Lindsay Gresham, as irrelevant to Inklings discussions, various scholars have challenged the reductive Shadowlands portrait and discovered surprising insights into his life and work. 'Scarecrow to the Rescue', an article that Gresham contributed to The Baum Bugle about his marriage ending, provides compelling details about his perspective on his divorce. Furthermore, the article offers unexpected details about how he viewed myth and its place in fantasy literature. Read alongside recent discoveries about how well he read the Inklings' fiction, 'Scarecrow to the Rescue' shows how close Gresham came to the four major Inklings' concept of mythopoeia, yet how his conclusions about myth and religion ultimately took a non-theistic direction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since ancient times, music has been instrumental in giving life to the stories we build our identities and cultures around. I will examine how, in our time, music creates new myths by creating its own heroes and heroines through capital and the star system. In traditional literary and cultural analysis, a distinction was drawn between the natural and the supernatural when discussing literary mythology; in the twentieth century, an equivalent distinction was made in works of art that, in Baudrillard's terminology, make use of the realms of the real and the "hyperreal" (1981). In today's mythmaking, the supernatural has been largely replaced by the technological, and recent developments blur the line between science fiction and fantasy; tech has become megalotech. A recent episode of the television series Black Mirror, "Rachel, Jack, and Ashley Too" (2019), explores these concepts with an examination of the pros and cons of replacing human performers with AI simulacra. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Podcast audiences inthe USA are enjoying unprecedented growth, with nearly 100 million weekly listeners in 2024. Forecasts suggest that podcasting advertisement revenue will surpass US$2bn in 2024, reaching near/y US$2.6bn by 2026.At the some time, however, the business community (ie audio industry experts, including media decision makers at large agencies and brands) continue to have questions regarding the medium's safety and suitability for brands. This Paper provides a multi-modal study that juxtoposes the myths and opportunities in podcast advertising across genres./t reveals that consumers remain open to brands their advertise on podcasts and they find their tit/es to be engaging, informative and entertaining. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Peter Fitzpatrick's life and work encourages reflection on the enduring myth of the father, including as it appears in contemporary debates about the place of canonical figures on university syllabi. I suggest that a simple call for the destruction of father figures misses one of the key insights offered by Fitzpatrick: the story of the father is the ur-myth of modernity. As we criticise the legacies of fathers, whether in the canon or otherwise, we miss this revelation and, inadvertently re-circulate monumental stories of patriarchal and colonial origins. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay reflects on Peter Fitzpatrick's treatment of modern law as a problem of genre. It draws inspiration from his reading of Jacques Derrida's "Law of Genre" to suggest the urgent need to unsettle the distinction between law and nature (nomos and physis). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, I argue for the relevance of Eastern European cinema dealing with the robot revolution in the context of Romanian communism. I aim to fill a gap in the literature by focusing on Galax, the Doll-Man (Galax, omul-păpușă, 1984), the only Romanian drama movie centered on a robot, and directed by Ion Popescu Gopo (1923–1989), the most internationally awarded Romanian animator and cineaste during communism. I argue that Gopo's Galax challenges obliquely socialist realism and the Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters of the period, providing emancipatory gender insights and an appealing alternative to utopian or dystopian scenarios in which robotic technology is either liberating or all-destructive. In Galax, Gopo combines different filmic genres and styles to explore a multi-layered crisis of subjectivity, human relations, and male-dominated public authorities generated by the robot revolution. Gopo's emancipatory vision reconstructs the transformative relationship between the robot Galax capable of learning and creation, and a young female student (Mariana) who challenges different male authorities built on social, political, and psychiatric rationalities, and thus breaks with the typical female heroes of the Romanian socialist films – the sacrificial worker, mother, or activist. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ivane Beritashvili has been regarded as an “anti-Pavlovian” for nearly a century. One respect in which Beritashvili is said to be anti-Pavlovian is in granting an explanatory role to subjective mental states in his doctrine of image-driven behavior. In this article, I aim to problematize the anti-Pavlovian assessment and argue that Beritashvili did not deviate from Pavlovian scientific norms, minor points of theoretical and methodological differences between them notwithstanding. Furthermore, several respects in which Beritashvili is claimed to be anti-Pavlovian are ways in which he resembles Pavlov. Turning my attention to Beritashvili’s critics in the Soviet Union, those responsible for his censure, I argue that it is the critique of Beritashvili that runs counter to the norms Pavlov embraced. I contest the claim that his alleged deviations from Pavlovian orthodoxy justify classification as anti-Pavlovian in a sense that is either historically accurate or philosophically interesting, and submit that the grounds on which Beritashvili is derided as anti-Pavlovian would also justify labeling Pavlov himself as anti-Pavlovian. Informed by the case of Beritashvili and others who were politically persecuted for their scientific work in the Soviet Union, I conclude with reflections on science, politics, and the intrusion of the latter in the former. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Horned Serpent panel at La Belle France (Free State Province, South Africa) was painted by the San at least two hundred years ago. It pictures, among many other elements, a tusked animal with a head that resembles that of a dicynodont, the fossils of which are abundant and conspicuous in the Karoo Basin. This picture also seemingly relates to a local San myth about large animals that once roamed southern Africa and are now extinct. This suggests the existence of a San geomyth about dicynodonts. Here, the La Belle France site has been visited, the existence of the painted tusked animal is confirmed, and the presence of tetrapod fossils in its immediate vicinity is supported. Altogether, they suggest a case of indigenous palaeontology. The painting is dated between 1821 and 1835, or older, making it at least ten years older than the formal scientific description of the first dicynodont, Dicynodon lacerticeps, in 1845. The painting of a dicynodont by the San would also suggest that they integrated (at least some) fossils into their belief system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores the narrative rationality and repeated expansion of the meta-narrative of the ‘Five Events of Da Yu’ resulted from the legend of ‘Da Yu Taming the Flood’. Guided by Fisher’s narrative paradigm, a hermeneutic analysis of the selected historical documents, archaeological discoveries, and commemorative items has found: on the one hand, coherence and fidelity have been observed abundantly with their respective criteria and standards materialized in the said meta-narrative. On the other hand, following a chronological expansion, the meta-narrative conveys the consistent themes of seeking concerted efforts in taming floods for the common good of all, while getting various tribes united and the first dynasty of China established. As a result, the analysis of the meta-narrative not only facilitates the development of an inner dialogue with ancient myths but also helps to bring together people across cultures in a universal world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social media provides African youths an alternative platform for, inter alia, engaging and reconstructing taboo subjects, including harmful myths and stereotypes. They exploit the medium to refuse misconceptions and re-make perceptions of their lived experiences. With the increasing availability of web 2.0 channels to Africans, youths have taken up these spaces to express their talents. Recently, a new generation of young women has leveraged TikTok to circulate performances that spark multi-continental conversations, pushing back negative/unfounded narratives of Africans propounded by non-Africans. The study examines this form of online refusal, focusing on the dramatic aspects of such TikTok videos. Specifically, one such woman, Charity Ekezie of Nigerian descent, produces hilarious TikTok skits owning up non-Africans’ primordial view of Africa as a continent lacking internet access, running water, and other basic infrastructure. Through analyses of selected TikTok gigs produced by the young woman, I argue that her content deploys humor to reject typecast narratives pigeonholing Africans to barbarity. Although Ekezie playfully embodies these negative conceptions of the continent, the undercurrents of her acts counteract these self-identifications. I read them as acts of refusal that dismantle deleterious notions of Africa, foreground the naivety of accusers, and make them the butt of laughter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The purpose of this article is to dispel misconceptions surrounding outliers and highlight their significance in statistical modeling. Outliers often yield crucial insights into the underlying relationships in the data being modeled, particularly in consumer behavior modeling. In this article I discuss how planning professionals tend to discard these anomalies or average them out, mistakenly believing it enhances the data's structural integrity. I discuss how this false assumption can lead to the removal of valuable insights from the data, and provide a practical framework for treating outliers in statistical modeling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the dialectical relationship between myth and utopia, fantasy and reason. The text presents 'interpretive keys' that enable historical consciousness to interpret the past and critically decipher glimpses of utopia in the traces of the present. The presented theoretical models are primarily those of the Frankfurt School philosophers Benjamin and Adomo, who base their positions on Hegel’s philosophy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on a storytelling project called "The Myths of Myrskylä" organized in summer 2020 to collect the local myths, beliefs, legends and stories of the small and remote village of Myrskylä in Finland. Topics include the motivation for collecting the stories and organizing a light painting workshop, the aim of the project, a description of the shield of Myrskylä with the symbol of a pine tree on it and why light painting was used to enact the stories of the village.

Wishing to access the referential nature of things, the later Roland Barthes turned to premodern modes of thinking that emphasise presence, exteriority, and certainty. This essay shows this turn by elaborating on the Platonic, mythical, and tragic subtexts of his Camera Lucida. The photographic pose – interpreted variously through tragic masks, sacred icons, or documentary transparency – offers a rich site to reflect on the objectivity of experience. Though its memories are subjective, photography's vivid effect shares in the universality promised by myth, which is also an imagistic mode of experience. The tension between the studium (techne/rhetoric) and the punctum (wound/experience) leads Barthes to affirm the incontrovertible reality of the latter over the artificiality of the former. Additionally, photography's temporality of the past functions as a confirmation of presence rather than absence: the no-more does not signify what is not there, but corroborates in its melancholy what once was. In short, the light of photography in Camera Lucida is not so much a technical device required by an artistic medium but the very light of truth that grounds the referentiality of existence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dumézil (1898-1986), classified societies and myths based on three principles to explain ancient cultures and drew analogies about the belief systems and social structures of Indo-European societies. He also claimed that societies were organized around three main functional principles: noble class, farmers and artisans, and the warriors. According to Dumézil, the relationship between these three classes can be seen in mythological stories and rituals. Dumézil's Trinity theory attempts to define the Indo-European cultural tradition based on socio-political categories. Experts have argued in parallel that the theory tends to generalize and that not all societies conform to these three class structures. It should also be discussed whether the universal patterns proposed by the theory are applicable to every cultural area within the Indo-European domain. In this article, the function of myths in the analysis of social structure has been evaluated through the lens of certain followers of the theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Autonomous vehicles have seen a meteoric rise in popularity amongst governments and corporations looking to utilize technology for both economic and strategic gains, both on land and out at sea. This paper focuses on the entrance of autonomous vehicles into the maritime dimension, examining the reasons driving the burgeoning reputation of autonomous vehicles out at sea, before dissecting some of the myths behind these reasons. The article will first assess three core reasons behind the rise in demand for autonomous vehicles out at sea, before contending that the benefits of introducing autonomous vehicles out at sea have been overblown, and that there are structural concerns and limitations that will hamstring the practicality of using autonomous vehicles in the maritime domain. These concerns intersect with the domains of technological maturity, maritime security, as well as international law, and that a presumptuous push for the widespread implementation of autonomous vehicles in the maritime domain will increase the dangers faced by seafarers out at sea, going against the natural progression of maritime operations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Unerfüllter Kinderwunsch ist weltweit ein bedeutsames Problem. Die psychologischen Auswirkungen dieser Entwicklung werden meist unterschätzt, während der Mythos der „psychogenen Infertilität" hartnäckig persistiert. In diesem Beitrag wird zunächst eine Übersicht über grundlegende Fakten zur Thematik gegeben, bevor die psychologischen Auswirkungen sowohl der Diagnosestellung Infertilität als auch der therapeutischen Optionen aufgezeigt werden. Psychologische Aspekte der Familienbildung mit Hilfe Dritter und der weiteren Entwicklung nach Kindsgeburt bzw. ohne Kind werden skizziert, wie auch ein kurzer Einblick in allgemeine und spezifische Beratungsinhalte bei unerfülltem Kinderwunsch gegeben. Der Beitrag schließt mit Überlegungen zu möglichen psychologischen Konsequenzen der weiteren medizinischen Entwicklungen in diesem Bereich. Summary: The unfulfilled desire for children is a significant problem worldwide. The psychological effects of this development are usually underestimated, while the myth of "psychogenic infertility" stubbornly persists. This article first provides an overview of the basic facts on the subject before highlighting the psychological effects of both the diagnosis of infertility and the therapeutic options. Psychological aspects of "third-party" reproduction and further developments after childbirth or without a child are discussed, followed by a brief outline of the general and specific subject matter addressed in infertility counselling. The article concludes with reflections on the possible psychological consequences of further medical developments in this area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the first-hand sources of Kemalism to understand how and to what extent the French Revolution inspired the Kemalist elite and influenced Kemalism during the early republican period. In the literature, there is a general perception that the French Revolution and Jacobinism were highly influential on the Kemalists, but this perception mainly depends on broad interpretations without systematic empirical research. This study shows that there was really an influence, but not necessarily on the secular/Westernist reforms as proposed in the literature. Moreover, the alleged impact of Jacobinism on Kemalism was limited to only a few regime elites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Questions have long revolved around the European Union's (EU) capacity to develop 'post-national' political myths – sacred narratives that provide a basis for long-term political legitimacy. The need for new EU political myths has become particularly severe with the declining power of the Union's foundational myths of peace and prosperity, and as the EU has entered an era of almost permanent crisis. This article critically assesses whether one contemporary EU policy innovation – the European Green Deal (EGD) – has the potential to transform from a set of policies and an accompanying narrative into a sacred narrative for the Union. The analysis is conducted by applying a novel framework that assesses a myth's features, including significance, development, and impact, to draw conclusions about the EGD's mythic capacity. Drawing on key speeches, texts, and Eurobarometer findings, the conclusion is drawn that the EGD does have mythic capacity in terms of its significance and development. However, its impact has been limited by critical voices on both sides of the climate action debate. This conclusion has important implications for the possibilities of post-national mythmaking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

According to the philosophy of religion proposed by Ernst Cassirer, myth and religion are two symbolic forms whose goal of representation is the idea of the sacred; to achieve this, both use different aesthetic representations such as totem, ritual, or art to configure their own idea of the divine. Through a critical examination of the author's work, both the structure and the form of mythical and religious thought are analyzed to describe the aesthetic function fulfilled in each form. To illustrate the contribution that art offers in the contemplation of the divine in both modalities, we will use Ratzinger's sermon "The Feeling of Things, the Contemplation of Beauty.". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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