Research
political science
Mehdi Zibaei
Abstract
The relationship between Historical Sociology (HS) and International Relations (IR) is one of the relatively new fields of study, which has attracted the attention of researchers and activists of both fields during the last few decades. In other words, the impact of the international environment on internal ...
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The relationship between Historical Sociology (HS) and International Relations (IR) is one of the relatively new fields of study, which has attracted the attention of researchers and activists of both fields during the last few decades. In other words, the impact of the international environment on internal developments is the basis for the emergence of this field of study with general titles such as International Historical Sociology (IHS) or Historical Sociology of International Relations (HSIR) during the first years or decade of the current century. The theoretical research on the book, World Historical Sociology (GHS), raises the question of whether it is possible to know World Historical Sociology as a conjuncture point between mentioned fields of study. The authors of the book is criticized claim this tenet as a transdisciplinary branch includes three areas of World Sociology, Historical Sociology, and World History. The studies carried out show that ambiguity in the possibility of methodological integration of the fields of sociology and history on the one hand and neglect of the position of the state in global transformations or its overlapping with the newly emerging field of Global Studies causes the current deficiencies in the content and methodological coherence of the book. However, the mentioned attitude can be more carefully considered and developed in the future. In this article, it will be tried to express the strengths and weaknesses of this work with a critical view.
Research
Information Science and Epistemology
Mehdi Shaghaghi
Abstract
In this article, I have a critical approach to the problem of "translation" in the field of knowledge and information science and offer some cases from a book, namely "Personal Knowledge Management". This article is a review of the mentioned book but it is a good sample for describing and criticizing ...
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In this article, I have a critical approach to the problem of "translation" in the field of knowledge and information science and offer some cases from a book, namely "Personal Knowledge Management". This article is a review of the mentioned book but it is a good sample for describing and criticizing the condition of translation in the human sciences. In this article, the conceptual analysis method was used and after a concise review of the importance of criticism and a brief description of the methodology, I started a formal critique on the book. Then, I reviewed the sections of the book and its contents. After that, I began with two levels of criticism: critics on the content and critics on the quality of the translation. The most important criticism of the content is the projection of English structure on the Persian grammar. Moreover, the most important criticism of the content is the absence of practical advice, tips, and tricks for better personal knowledge management. Another important criticism is the absence of ethical considerations in the practice of personal knowledge management and the moral obligation of individuals, foundations, associations, and organizations about the subject matter.
Promotional
Information Science and Epistemology
Mahdi Shaghaghi
Abstract
In this article, I aimed at giving a critical position about a book, namely "statistical analysis in Scientometrics and Knowledge and Information Science"that published by SAMT Organization. The book is different from the same kinds of books on the basis of data analysis with statistical software, trying ...
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In this article, I aimed at giving a critical position about a book, namely "statistical analysis in Scientometrics and Knowledge and Information Science"that published by SAMT Organization. The book is different from the same kinds of books on the basis of data analysis with statistical software, trying to pool probability and statistics together, maneuvering on some statistical proofing, and giving a special section on "statistical analysis". But this book have been unsuccessful in achieving its beginning claims about uncomplicated explanation and practical utilization. and a typical reader of the book in humanities and behavioral science can't understand some of its basic statistical discussions and it is usable only for statistical instructors and they may able to re-explain its proofs about distributions,, propositions, estimations and so on. it should be said that it is not a comprehensive book in statistics because non-parametric tests and some advanced tests such as ANCOVA, MANCOVA, and path analysis have neglected. its software instruction section is either a flawed section because of its excessive brief. but the books basic plan is defensible and its authors can develop it by increasing the statistical tests and decreasing in peripheral argumentation.
Research
political science
Mohammad Ali Tavana; mahmoud alipour
Abstract
The main purpose of this article is to review the book "Citizenship, Democracy and Green Justice" written by David E. Lowry and others. The book contains articles about environmental problems, human health and the environment, household consumption basket and environmental pollution, green justice. The ...
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The main purpose of this article is to review the book "Citizenship, Democracy and Green Justice" written by David E. Lowry and others. The book contains articles about environmental problems, human health and the environment, household consumption basket and environmental pollution, green justice. The main idea of the collection of articles in the book is: sustainable development is not possible without citizenship, democracy and green justice. The assumption of these articles is that green citizenship can be established based on ethical recommendations and changing laws and regulations. It seems that the humanistic and legalistic approach leads to a thin green citizenship. On the other hand, this article shows that the approach of civil society (republicanism) has more potential for building green citizenship. According to this approach, moral commitment and responsible action towards the environment requires, above all, belonging to a new society (inclusive natural civil society) in which the relations of citizens are not based on social contracts but on civil friendship.But in practice there are serious obstacles to the formation of environmental citizenship: including competition for economic development and growth; Hardening of national identity; Reducing human action to utilitarian action, especially against nature
