Are humans by birth as wicked as the Heidelberg Catechism (3-11) holds? A dialogue between theology and modern sciences by P. Lampe

“…., Plautus, Quintilian, Hobbes), the main part uses contemporary scientific studies to challenge the Catechism’s view that (after alienation from God in the Fall) all human individuals by birth are wicked: incapable of loving others. …”
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The Complex Relations between Organization and Disorganization and Their Conceptual System by Kun Wu, Shan Zhang, Tianqi Wu

“…For improving and developing self-organization theory in contemporary complex information systems theory, it is necessary to reinterpret related concepts and their relations and construct a conceptual system related to self-organization theory. …”
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Competition Juries as Intercultural Spaces by Carmela Cucuzzella

“…Furthermore, in a contemporary context where environmental design is at the forefront, this diversity is especially interesting to study. …”
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Introduction to Dossier. Dispossession, Social Segregation of Space and Territories in Resistance in Latin America by Ivette Vallejo, Giannina Zamora, William Sacher

“…It also shows a panorama of the forms of resistance of local communities that form defense fronts and create organizations, with women who face the precarization of their livelihoods taking on strong protagonist role. The contemporary resistances and re-existences are anchored to the historicity of the regional struggles, strengthening or recreating identities.…”
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A Miss Kayapó: ritual, espetáculo e beleza by André Demarchi

“…Held in the city of São Félix do Xingu, in the State of Pará (Brazil), before a large number of indigenous and non-indigenous people, the Beauty Contest is an important ritual to understand the inter-ethnic relations between the contemporary Mebêngôkre and the other Brazilian inhabitants of the region. …”
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Had + Have : une étrange construction grammaticale by Patrice Larroque

“…Contemporary English syntax does not allow redundant constructions like double superlatives, repeated negatives, or combinations of modals. …”
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THE PECULIARITIES OF HEGEL'S ETHICS by Rūta Marija Marija Vabalaitė

“…That statements give us an opportunity to think of substantiated evaluation of the limitless tolerance that exists in our culture. The contemporary notion of subject enables us to assert that in spite of the totalitarian features of Hegelian philosophical system, his theory of morals is valuable for youth's education. …”
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A bajulação das massas by Franz Josef Brüseke, Héctor Ricardo Leis

“…Being in the middle of the mass has become the fundamental rule of the contemporary democratic societies. The verdict of horizontality does not work only for politicians, but also to the society theorists. …”
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Sobre a recepção de O Antigo Regime e a Revolução pela historiografia da Revolução Francesa: da publicação da obra ao contexto do Bicentenário de 1789 by José Miguel Nanni Soares

“…The purpose of this paper is to offer an overview –although summary– of The Old Regime and the Revolution by the historiography of the French Revolution, from its publication to the context of the Bicentennial celebration (1789-1989).Among other aspects, it was demonstrated how, in spite of relevant and favorable opinions from eminent historians and literary critics, the famous Tocqueville work faced serious editorial and ideological challenges in the period between June 1856 and the first centenary of its appearance.In the wake of the postwar changes of the 1950s and, to a large extent, due to the important contributions of the eminent republican and socialist historian Georges Lefebvre, Tocqueville’s historical work began to attract a growing consideration of academic historians and the general public, becoming a pivotal author in both historiography and contemporary political debate during and after the celebration of the Bicentenary of the Revolution of 1789.…”
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The Role of Wetlands for Climate Change Mitigation and Biodiversity Conservation by T.T. Dinsa, D.O. Gemeda

“…Climate change is undoubtedly the most pervasive, complex and challenging of the global environmental issues facing contemporary society and it affects all aspects of development. …”
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Historical Cultural Elements and their Intricate Manifestations in Mughal Dynasty in Tanushree Podder’s Escape from Harem by Tahseen Mhodar

“…It attempts to explore the history in the novel as a manifestation of the consecutive exemplification of the contemporary dynasty and how it affects the current social and political status quo. …”
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Evolution of warships in the digital age by Alexandru CUCINSCHI

“…From ancient Greek triremes and Roman galleys to modern aircraft carriers, these vessels have been essential in both national defence and the exploration and colonization of new territories. In contemporary times, the role of warships has further expanded to include humanitarian and peacekeeping missions while maintaining their fundamental functions of protecting maritime communication routes, controlling maritime spaces, and projecting force. …”
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Femmes, artistes et immigrantes : la discrimination multiple à l’égard des écrivaines contemporaines de la diaspora africaine by Zoly Rakotoniera Rakotondravelo

“…African women writers have struggled to gain a greater place in the literary canon, and immigration has played a key role in this battle. Indeed, much of contemporary African writing emanates from writers living and working outside the countries in which they were born. …”
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Vers la ville de l’âge IV ? by Charles Ambrosino, Inès Ramirez-Cobo

“…After having presented the postulate of a fourth age, that of “the adaptable city”, we will question the role of water in the configuration, design and construction of the contemporary city.…”
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W.S. Merwin’s Search for Walt Whitman, Whoever He Was by Ed Folsom

“…The essay examines those aspects of Whitman that Merwin was both attracted to and influenced by—those moments when Whitman spoke of the grass and those moments when Whitman confronted silence and wordlessness—and analyzes Merwin’s poems “A Contemporary” and “Whoever You Are” as direct responses to Whitman, places where Merwin records his deep and intimate engagement with Whitman.…”
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United Nations Peacekeeping and the Principal of Non-Intervention: A TWAIL Perspective by Jennifer Giblin by Madeeha Umair Malik

“…The book challenges whether contemporary peacekeeping missions truly adhere to the principle of non-intervention or serve as instruments of Western influence. …”
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MINDFUL HAPPINESS NOWADAYS: by B Lemmelijn

“…Nevertheless, many of the intrinsic beautiful elements in this plethora of contemporary approaches simply are and have for ages been as much Judeo-Christian thinking and living. …”
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HEAR THE UNHEARD VOICES OF VISUAL ART: by S.E. Dry

“… The debate in contemporary visual art exhibitions focuses on the art-making process. …”
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Yorùbá Ethics of Interpersonal Relations in Ọbasá’s Poetry by Ayodele Solomon Oyewale

“…In this essay, we identify and ́ analyze the ethical themes in Obasa ̣’s poetry and compare the poet’s engagement with the Yorùbá philosophy with a view to establish their relevance to the contemporary Yorùbá society. Wolfgang Iser’s (1996) principle on hermeneutics that “(texts) impacts information to the reader vis-a-vis the reader’s experience” is our model for the analysis of this paper (63). …”
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A Review of Japanese Ecological Anthropology on Central African Hunter-gatherers by Mitsuo Ichikawa

“…Contemporary hunter-gatherers in central Africa face similar problems concerning their culture and environment: destruction of the forests that have been accommodating their unique forest-based culture, influences of market economy and consumerism, and nature conservation initiatives that restrict their extractive activities in protected areas. …”
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