Challenging Sociality

Author : Kathleen Richardson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319747545

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This book explores the development of humanoid robots for helping children with autism develop social skills based on fieldwork in the UK and the USA. Robotic scientists propose that robots can therapeutically help children with autism because there is a “special” affinity between them and mechanical things. This idea is supported by autism experts that claim those with autism have a preference for things over other persons. Autism is also seen as a gendered condition, with men considered less social and therefore more likely to have the condition. The author explores how these experiments in cultivating social skills in children with autism using robots, while focused on a unique subsection, is the model for a new kind of human-thing relationship for wider society across the capitalist world where machines can take on the role of the “you” in the relational encounter. Moreover, underscoring this is a form of consciousness that arises out of specific forms of attachment styles.

Author : Ismael Al-Amoudi,Emmanuel Lazega
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781351233453

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Post-Human Institutions and Organizations by Ismael Al-Amoudi,Emmanuel Lazega Pdf

When the Matrix trilogy was published in the mid-1980s, it introduced to mass culture a number of post-human tropes about the conscious machines that have haunted our collective imaginaries ever since. This volume explores the social representations and significance of technological developments – especially AI and human enhancement – that have started to transform our human agency. It uses these developments to revisit theories of the human mind and its essential characteristics: a first-person perspective, concerns and reflexivity. It looks at how the smart machines are used as agents of change in the basic institutions and organisations that hold contemporary societies together, for example in the family and the household, in commercial corporations, in health institutions or in the military. Its main purpose is to enrich the ongoing public discussion of the social and political implications of the smart machines by looking at the extent to which they further digitalise and bureaucratise the world, in particular by asking whether they are used to develop techno-totalitarian societies that corrode normativity and solidarity.

Author : Cat Bohannon
Publisher : Random House Canada
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780345813312

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Eve by Cat Bohannon Pdf

An ambitious, eye-opening, myth-busting and groundbreaking history of the evolution of the female body, by a brilliant new researcher and writer. Why do women live longer than men? Why do women have menopause? Why are women more likely to get Alzheimer’s? Why do girls score better at every academic subject than boys until puberty, when suddenly their scores plummet? And does the female brain really exist? In Eve, Cat Bohannon answers questions scientists should have been addressing for decades. With boundless curiosity and sharp wit, she covers the past 200 million years to explain the specific science behind the development of the female sex. Eve is not only a sweeping revision of human history, it’s an urgent and necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male body for far too long. Bohannon’s findings, including everything from the way C-sections in the industrialized world are rearranging women’s pelvic shape to the surprising similarities between pus and breast milk, will completely change what you think you know about evolution and why Homo sapiens have become such a successful and dominant species, from tool use to city building to the development of language. A 21st-century update of Our Bodies, Ourselves, Eve offers a true paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is and why it matters.

Author : Anton Törnberg,Petter Törnberg
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781040004937

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Intimate Communities of Hate by Anton Törnberg,Petter Törnberg Pdf

Social media has fundamentally transformed political life, driving a surge in far-right extremism. In recent years, radical anti-democratic ideologies have entered into the political mainstream, fueled by energy from extreme online environments. But why do far-right extremist movements seem to thrive so well on social media platforms? What takes place within the fringe online spaces that seem to function as incubators for violent extremists? To answer these questions, this book goes inside the “murder capital of the racist Internet”, examining 20 years of conversations on Stormfront.org. Using a combination of computational text analysis and close reading, we seek a deeper understanding of the emotional and social effects of being part of an extremist community. We lay the foundation of a new way of understanding online extremism, building on the tradition of Émile Durkheim and Randall Collins. We find that online radicalization is not merely an effect of repeated one-sided arguments, as suggested by metaphors such as “echo chambers”. Instead, social media politics can be better understood through Durkheim’s concept of rituals: moments of shared attention and emotion that create emotional energy and a sense of intersubjectivity, weaving from participants a political tribe – united, energized, and poised to act.

Author : Alan Thomson
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227902776

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Culture in a Post-Secular Context by Alan Thomson Pdf

Is culture a theologically neutral concept? The contemporary experts on culture - anthropologists and sociologists - argue that it is. Theologians and missiologists would seem to agree, given the extent of their reliance on anthropological and sociological definitions of culture. Yet this appears a strange reliance given that presumed neutrality in the sciences is a consistently challenged assumption. It is stranger still given that so much theological energy has been expended on understanding and defining the human person in specifically theological as opposed to anthropological terms when culture is in some sense the expression of this personhood in corporate and material forms. This book argues that culture is not and has never been a theologically neutral concept; rather, it always expresses some theological posture and is therefore a term that naturally invites theological investigation. Going about this task is difficult, however, in the face of a long-term reliance on the social sciences that seems to have starved the contemporary theological community of resources for defining culture. However, rich subterranean veins for such a task do exist within the recent tradition, most notably in the writings of John Milbank, Karl Barth, and Kwame Bediako.

Author : Danah Boyd
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780300166316

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It's Complicated by Danah Boyd Pdf

Surveys the online social habits of American teens and analyzes the role technology and social media plays in their lives, examining common misconceptions about such topics as identity, privacy, danger, and bullying.

Author : Raheel Nawaz,Sara Ali
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781802627770

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Introducing Therapeutic Robotics for Autism by Raheel Nawaz,Sara Ali Pdf

Written accessibly from the user’s perspective, Introducing Therapeutic Robotics for Autism is a must read for researchers from related disciplinary backgrounds including robotics, educational psychology, cognitive sciences, and ASD.

Author : Hendrik Kempt
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030562908

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Chatbots and the Domestication of AI by Hendrik Kempt Pdf

This book explores some of the ethical, legal, and social implications of chatbots, or conversational artificial agents. It reviews the possibility of establishing meaningful social relationships with chatbots and investigates the consequences of those relationships for contemporary debates in the philosophy of Artificial Intelligence. The author introduces current technological challenges of AI and discusses how technological progress and social change influence our understanding of social relationships. He then argues that chatbots introduce epistemic uncertainty into human social discourse, but that this can be ameliorated by introducing a new ontological classification or 'status' for chatbots. This step forward would allow humans to reap the benefits of this technological development, without the attendant losses. Finally, the author considers the consequences of chatbots on human-human relationships, providing analysis on robot rights, human-centered design, and the social tension between robophobes and robophiles.

Author : Olga Bernad-Cavero,Núria Llevot-Calvet
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781789233803

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New Pedagogical Challenges in the 21st Century by Olga Bernad-Cavero,Núria Llevot-Calvet Pdf

The societies of the twenty-first century are subject to social, cultural, political, and economic changes. In this context, the school is asked to educate the future citizens in the present. To respond to this kaleidoscopic reality, the school is immersed in a pedagogical revolution. In this book, the reader will find a selection of avant-garde research works from different disciplines and contexts, which have their epicenter in the school and in the faculties of education. New issues in pedagogy and education, and new roles of teachers and students, are discussed in a global and diverse context. And new methodological and formative proposals are also proposed to build the ideal school and the ideal teacher, from the initial and continuous teacher training.

Author : Maryl R. McGinley,Jill K. Burk,Joel S. Ward
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781666900620

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Communicating with Our Families by Maryl R. McGinley,Jill K. Burk,Joel S. Ward Pdf

Communicating with Our Families: Continuity, Interruption, and Transformation examines how communication technologies are shaping childhood, parenthood, and families by exploring topics such as parental loneliness, family storytelling, family technology rules, mindful technology usage, multigenerational communication, and community. The scholars in this volume work from a human communication perspective and use various research modes of inquiry including quantitative, qualitative, and interpretive methods. Perhaps the most significant question implied by our contributors in this volume is whether the introduction of new communication technologies will fundamentally alter familial forms and if those new groupings that emerge will resemble what has been generally assumed for several millennia.

Author : International Society for Theoretical Psychology. Conference,Wolfgang Maiers
Publisher : Captus Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1896691757

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Challenges to Theoretical Psychology by International Society for Theoretical Psychology. Conference,Wolfgang Maiers Pdf

Author : Professor Antimo L Farro,Professor Henri Lustiger-Thaler,Emmanuele Toscano
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781409401049

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Reimagining Social Movements by Professor Antimo L Farro,Professor Henri Lustiger-Thaler,Emmanuele Toscano Pdf

The social scientific study of social movements remains largely shaped by categories, concepts and debates that emerged in North Atlantic societies in the late 1960s and early 1970s, namely resource mobilization, framing, collective identity, and new social movements. It is now, however, increasingly clear that we are experiencing a profound period of social transformation associated with online interactivity, informationalization and globalization. This book explores emerging forms of movement and action not only in terms of the industrialized countries of the North Atlantic, but recognize the importance of globalizing forms of action and culture emerging from other continents and societies.

Author : Fred W Powell
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001-03-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781847871558

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The Politics of Social Work by Fred W Powell Pdf

`Fred Powell argues for social work as civic engagement, promoting inclusion and justice through dialogue and trust. His book is an impressive combination of deep scholarship and fresh, up-to-date analysis of current issues′- Bill Jordan, University of Exeter `An illuminating discussion of the influence of postmodern trends on the practice of social work that also offers a bracing guide for the future of the profession. Social work practice, Powell argues, needs to be anchored in a commitment to an inclusive idea of citizenship, and especially the inclusion of the most vulnerable citizens′- Francis Fox-Piven, City University of New York `[T]his is an extraordinarily useful book for studies of social policy, especially in its presentation of a condensed history of social work′s relationship to social policy... The book is well documented, well written and challenging. It stimulates more thought than is common in professional literature′ - International Social Work The Politics of Social Work provides a major contribution to debates on the politics of social work at the beginning of the 21st Century. It locates social work within wider political and theoretical debates and deals with important issues currently facing social workers and the organisations in which they work. By setting the current crisis of identity social workers are experiencing in international context, Fred Powell analyses the choices facing social work in postmodern society. Fred Powell explores in this text contemporary and historical paradigms of social work from its Victorian origins to the development of reformist practice in the welfare state to radical social work, responses to social exclusion, the rennaissance of civil society, multiculturalism, feminism and anti-oppressive practice. In conclusion the he examines the options facing social work in the 21st century and argues for a civic model of social work based on the pursuit of social justice in an inclusive society. The Politics of Social Work will be essential reading for students on qualifying and post-qualifying social work courses, as well as courses in sociology, social policy, social administration and politics.

Author : H. Eric Schockman,Vanessa Hernández,Aldo Boitano
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781838671952

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Peace, Reconciliation and Social Justice Leadership in the 21st Century by H. Eric Schockman,Vanessa Hernández,Aldo Boitano Pdf

Bringing together leading scholars and practitioners from the worlds of leadership, followership, transitional justice, and international law, this research provides a blueprint of how people-led, bottom-up, grassroots efforts can foster reconciliation and a more peaceful world.

Author : Halton, Carmel,Powell, Fred,Margaret Scanlon
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447307389

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Continuing Professional Development in Social Work by Halton, Carmel,Powell, Fred,Margaret Scanlon Pdf

Continuing professional development has become an important and widespread practice in twenty-first-century social work. This volume traces its emergence and evolution, identifying the characteristics of continuing professional development, the barriers to undertaking it, and the way social workers view it. Drawing on an international survey of practitioners and interviews with social workers and their managers, the authors provide unique insight into the possibilities and challenges of continuing professional development for newly qualified and experienced social workers alike.