Search published articles
Showing 3 results for Humanities
Volume 5, Issue 19 (11-2012)
Abstract
The response from the different branches of humanities to the environmental crisis has led to the formation of a new interdisciplinary topic, Ecolinguistics with its branches such as Environmental Ethics and Ecocriticism in literature. The term Ecocriticism was first coined in 1978 by William Rueckert. It was a reaction to the environmental crisis. Ecocriticism reflects on the relationship between human and physical environment in literary works. It also talks about the relationship between religion, ethic, language, and gender with the environment. This article deals with the necessity of ecocriticism in the humanities and introduces some of the research methods and topics in this field.
Volume 12, Issue 4 (3-2023)
Abstract
The purpose of this research is identifying competencies of Imam Sadiq University (PBUH) faculty members and prioritizing indicators of identified competencies. In order to do this research, the Mixed method (Qualitative → Quantitative) was used. At first, to identify competencies, semi structured interview was conducted with 23 best-performance faculty members of different faculties who were among top ten faculty members in 10 semesters sequentially and competencies were identified by using Thematic Analysis method. Then, extracted indicators from these interviews in the form of questionnaire were given to faculty members that 23 of them completed it. By conducting IPA, the priority of these indicators was revealed. By doing this research, the competencies of Imam Sadiq (PBUH) University faculty members were classified in three levels. These competencies consist of five dimensions, 16 components and 60 indicators. The dimensions of these identified competencies are research, training, educating, operating and personal dimensions. At the end, IPA method was conducted on these identified competencies and priority of competency indicators was identified.
Fred Dallmayr,
Volume 21, Issue 1 (1-2014)
Abstract
Humanities is the oldest area of study that revolves around the study of human beings, what makes us human and our historical development, and what we are expected to do. This discipline deals with human behavior, human nature, social and political values. Humanities comprise of various disciplines that include art, history, law, linguistics, philosophy, religious and ethics among others. All these subjects affect us as human beings and has an effect on our historical development as well as where we are headed to. Proper teaching of the humanities goes beyond learning the best way to write a sentence or how to draw a comparison between historical figures. In other words, if sciences represent the development of the mind, the humanities, as the name implies, exemplify the development of the human soul. In the current paper, the author discusses the crucial contribution of the humanities by exploring its actual meaning as well as its distinctive features.
