This paper re-considers the relevance of Peter Sedgwick’s Psychopolitics (1982) for a politics of mental health. Psychopolitics offered an indictment of ‘antipsychiatry’ the failure of which, Sedgwick argued, lay in its deconstruction of the category of ‘mental illness’, a gesture that resulted in a politics of nihilism. ‘The radical who is only a radical nihilist’, Sedgwick observed, ‘is for a...

Young college teachers’ ideological politics education work with certain particularity is different with students’. Only their ideological politics education work is made well, the talent advantages can be fully exerted, which is very important for the talent cultivation of colleges. Based on the importance of young college students’ ideological politics education work, the problems existing in...

Oral history is a surprisingly under-utilized resource in socio-legal studies. This article explores some of the theoretical and experiential reasons for this deficiency. It begins with an overview both fields to date, including instances intellectual collaboration. then considers tensions between qualitative oral interviews under overlapping themes preservation, accountability, agency. The con...

This study attempts to assess the different ways through which Islam as a religion can impact politics. In fact, the notion that is collectively labeled as Islam and its re-interpretation as an escalating presence of religion in politics in today's world has deep layers. To distinguish a variety of these layers, each with different characteristics, they should be defined, and the type of contri...

In the new competitive environment, selecting and planning of the supply chain is very crucial and involves evaluation of many factors. Different approaches have been applied to assess the supplier/s. Most of these studies are based upon the supplier/s' capabilities. It may be neither rational nor economical to deal with each item via a generic material control system. Furthermore, supplier...

this essay examines greetings as one of the elements of politeness in a nigerian community and how it influences the cultural characteristics of the people. to analyze, this essay makes use of speech act theory and politeness principle and also considers the pragmatic context in analyzing different types of greetings such as condolences, departure and arrival, rejoicing, daily greetings, casual...

This essay examines greetings as one of the elements of politeness in a Nigerian community and how it influences the cultural characteristics of the people. To analyze, this essay makes use of speech act theory and politeness principle and also considers the pragmatic context in analyzing different types of greetings such as condolences, departure and arrival, rejoicing, daily greetings, casual...