Violence attracts considerable attention in society. It is a complex phenomenon, playing significant roles in both social control and social demise. It exists in a variety of forms and contexts, and consequently, no one definition, explanation, or theory can encompass its meaning. An age old argument exists as to whether or not violence is best explained as innate or as a learned behaviour. Thi...

This article uses the occasion of the 2013 Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to review the circumstances by which legal theory and social movement discourse have circumscribed the scope of VAWA and the dominant approach to domestic violence. This article seeks to explore the relationship between domestic violence advocacy and feminist theory, which has functioned as “the ...

Since the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, there have been three packages used in the state-controlled schools of the country, namely, Graded, Right Path to English, and Prospect/Vision series. These textbooks all include prefaces to indicate the general philosophy of language teaching and education, and how the agents (learners and teachers) have to play roles in the system. This...

In this book, Mark Poster attempts to provide a philosophical framework for understanding the significance of the rise of computers, the Internet, and the other digital technologies. His argument is that the diffusion of these new technologies results in " complex couplings of humans and machines… " (p. 9) that calls into question some of the central ideas of our time. The discussion starts wit...

Conrad’s acclaimed works from his middle period have been thoroughly studied from several perspectives including postcolonialism whereas the novels from his early period were overlooked due to their so-called“uneven” quality. The most notable works among Conrad’s early novels are hisLingard Trilogy- three of his early novels which are based on the recurring presence of the Captain Tom Lingard, ...

Using Du Bois’s “Double Consciousness” and Fanon’s “Colonized Intellectual”, we contend that Borges’s essay “The Nothingness of Personality” can be deemed postcolonial. Our study turns to the postcolonial world of Latin America, with a special focus on Buenos Aires, addressing the alienation, hybridity, “two-ness”, and the othered state of Borges as an immigrant to Latin America after the World...

Abstract. This paper examines whether and to what extent the application of method hermeneutic photography can contribute reducing epistemic relations violence thus decolonizing empirical social research. To this end, an study by author is subjected a re-reading methodological reflection from postcolonial perspectives. On basis this, it will then be worked out which potentials limits work with ...