Homogeneity, heterogeneity, and body practices. Sport, Leisure, Human Rights and Diverse Bodies

Red Reason and Green Rights Illuminationist.Anthropology and Human Rights

Bodies, rights and abortion.

The issue of abortion is discussed with reference to the claim that people have a right of control over their own bodies. Do people "own" their own bodies? If so, what would be entailed? These questions are discussed in commonsense terms and also in relation to the jurisprudence of Hohfeld, Honore, Munzer and Waldron. It is argued that whether or not women are morally and/or should be legally e...

Astrocyte Heterogeneity or Homogeneity?

V. Parpura and P.G. Haydon (eds.), Astrocytes in (Patho)Physiology of the Nervous System, 1 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-79492-1_1, © Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2009 The history of the morphology and electrophysiology of the neuroglia , which was the historical term used for what are now termed astroglia or astrocytes, is briefly reviewed. The interpretation of these data around 1970 was ...

"Human Rights"؛ "Citizen Rights"؛ "Human Rights Declaration"؛ " Middle Eastern States"

حقوق بشر و حقوق شهروندی از حقوق ذاتی و طبیعی انسان نشأت گرفته و در طول تاریخ بین اندیشمندان مناطق مختلف جهان و همچنین در مکاتب الهی توجه خاصی به آنها شده است. اما متاسفانه تا پایان جنگ جهانی دوم حقوق بشر بصورت گسترده اقبالی کسب ننمود. اگر چه با اعلامیه جهانی حقوق بشر سال 1948 و دیگر کنوانسیون های مربوطه، حقوق بشر شکل جهان شمولی بخود گرفته ولی هنوز بسیاری از دولتهای خاورمیانه حاضر به پذیرش تمامی...

Evaluating the quality and methods of spending leisure time and sport activities among soldiers

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to assess the soldiers’ satisfaction with leisure facilities and sportive activities in the garrison. Materials and Methods: The present research is a survey and purposeful study. The research tool in this study is a researcher-made questionnaire based on reviewed literatures and an interview with some of the garrison expert’s managers. The survey co...