How capital operates and where the world and China are going: a conversation between David Harvey and Paik Nak-chung

The conversation first takes up the theme of David Harvey’s public lecture in Seoul, “Realization Crises and the Transformation of Everyday Life.” Harvey stresses that the relative neglect of Volume 2 of Marx’s Capital has prevented scholars and activists from paying due attention to the crucial importance of value realization for the reproduction of capital. The discussion then moves on to the city as both a site of production and of liberation struggles, a topic so far largely neglected in the Marxist tradition. Regarding the neoliberal phase of capitalism, Harvey calls it a “new imperialism” characterized by “accumulation by dispossession” as its guiding principle. Paik agrees to that distinguishing feature as compared with the immediately preceding phase where creation and appropriation of surplus value were more prominent, but suggests that “accumulation by dispossession” may have been an essential attribute of capitalism from the sixteenth century on. After ranging over a variety of topics, the conversation looks at the latest developments in the Chinese economy, how they may illustrate Harvey’s notion of capital’s “spatial fix,” and what other potentialities may yet be found in China’s diverse and complex reality.     

论反馈方法在体育教学中的运用

阐述体育教学中利用反馈方法,获取教学信息,调控教学方法,提高教学质量．     

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EUGENE O'NEILL AND THE TRAGIC TENSION. By Doris V. Falk. New Brunswick, N. J.: Rutgers University Press, 1958; pp. iii+211. $4.50     

Review Essay: Addressing the Epidemic of Epidemics: Germs,Security, and a Call for Biocriticism

CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND. By Bradford Smith. Philadelphia: The J. B. Lippincott Company, 1953; pp. 375. $5.00.

PETER E. DIETZ: LABOR PRIEST. By Mary Harrita Fox. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1953; pp. ix+285. $4.75.

THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IN CONGRESS. By George G. Galloway. New York: The Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1953; pp. xii+689. $6.00.

THE YALTA BETRAYAL. By Felix Wittmer. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1953; pp. 135. $1.25.

A GUIDE TO HELP THE SEVERELY HARD‐OF‐HEARING CHILD. By Helen Hulick Beebe. Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger, 1953.

SPEECH COMPOSITION. By William Norwood Brigance. (Second Edition). New York: Appleton‐Century‐Crofts, Inc., 1953; pp. vii+385. $3.00.

YOU'RE THE SPEAKER. By Vera Gough. New York: William Morrow &; Company, 1954; pp. 158. $2.50.

INTERPRETATIVE READING. By Sara Lowrey and Gertrude E. Johnson. (Revised Edition). New York: Appleton‐Century‐Crofts, Inc., 1953; pp. xvii+595. $3.75.

HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAYS AND PROGRAMS. By Aileen Fisher. Boston: Plays, Inc., 1953; pp. viii+267. $3.50.

PARKER'S TELEVISION PLAYS. By Kenneth T. Parker. Minneapolis: The Northwestern Press, 1954; pp. 245. $2.75.

WEIRD TALES OF OLD JAPAN. By Eisaburo Kusano. Tokyo: Tokyo News Service, Ltd., 1953; pp. iii+127. $2.50.

GUIDE TO AMERICAN LITERATURE AND ITS BACKGROUNDS SINCE 1890. By Howard Mumford Jones. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953; pp. 151. $1.50.

TOWARD A DEMOCRATIC WORK PROCESS. By Fred H. Blum. New York: Harper &; Brothers, 1953; pp. xxi+229. $3.50.

HOW TO BE A BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEMBER. By Roy Sorenson. New York: Association Press, 1953; pp. 64. $1.00.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE MADE EASY: A VISUAL AID BASED ON ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. By Rheva Ott Shryock. Ellenton, Florida: College Offset Press, 1953; pp. 16. $2.50.

TEACHING SPEECH IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL. By Karl Robinson. (Second Edition). New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1954; pp. vii+438. $4.25.

PSYCHOLOGY IN THE NURSERY SCHOOL. By Nelly Wolffheim. Translated by Charles L. Hannam. New York: The Philosophical Library, Inc., 1953; pp. 144. $3.75.     

Bringing War Down to Earth: The Dialectic of Pity and Compassion in Doonesbury's View of Combat Trauma

Post-traumatic stress disorder among returning veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has invoked all manner of public responses, not least of which is a sense of pity that begins and ends with the moment of recognition. As such, the publicity of soldier sufferance ironically mitigates the need for a more complex socialization to the pain of war that might be animated by a more nuanced emotional response rooted in the disruption of common narratives about sacrifice, service, and heroism. This essay argues for the potential of Garry Trudeau's trilogy of cartoons, collected under the titles of The Long Road Home, The War Within, and Signature Wound, to depict a dialectic of pity and compassion while underscoring the inadequacies of discourses of trauma through the use of bathos—a verbal–visual descent that emphasizes the commonplace in the seemingly extraordinary through the trope of the ridiculous.     

What do I want to feel? Emotion goals in childhood,adolescence, and adulthood

Beliefs about emotion utility can influence context-sensitive emotion goals (i.e., desired emotional responses). Although key for emotion regulation, emotion goals have been overlooked in children and adolescents. In 2018–2019 results of Studies 1 and 2 showed that children (N = 192, M_age = 8.65, 47% girls, 96% White) were less motivated by and found anger less useful in confrontation than adolescents (N = 192, M_age = 12.96, 50% girls, 93% White) and adults (N = 195, M_age = 29.82, 51% women, 96% White). The link between emotion goals and beliefs about emotion utility was weaker in children. In 2021, Study 3 (N = 60, 8-year-olds, 47% girls, 90% White) ruled out expectations as a possible explanation for the previous findings. Context-sensitive utility of emotions may be acquired during development.     

Israeli Students’ Conceptions of Science and Views about the Scientific Enterprise

Abstract

Israeli students’ conceptions of the nature of science and views about the scientific enterprise were studied within the framework of the Second International Science Study (SISS). Representative samples of 10, 14 and 17year‐old student, about 2000 in each, responded to background questionnaires and a battery of tests and scales. The Science Understanding Measure, a 20 item, multiple choice instrument provided data on understanding the nature of science by 14 and 17 year‐olds. An Attitude toward Science Scale provided data on the views of 10, 14 and 17 year‐olds on the importance of science to society and to individuals, the usefulness of science in everyday life and on harmful aspects of science. A comparison was made between the view of Israeli, British and USA students. The relationships of the conceptions and views of 17 year‐olds with personal, home and school variables as well as with achievement in science, intentions for further learning and career aspirations were explored as well. Based on the results and conclusions some recommendations are offered on how to enhance the understanding of science and promote more positive attitudes towards the scientific enterprise     

Paradigms of Gifted Education: A Guide to Theory-Based,Practice-Focused Research. Dai,D. Y., & Chen,F. (2014)

Discrepancies exist between the research literature on the social competence of gifted children and educators’ subjective experience of their students’ social problems. Five alternative hypotheses are examined which may account for discrepancies in these perspectives. To resolve these discrepancies between experience and experiment, five areas of change are suggested to improve research on the social competence of gifted children.