methodological principle of voluntarism and the epistemological principle of analytical realism. The theory attempted to establish a balance between two major methodological traditions‚ that of the utilitarian-positivist tradition on the one hand and the hermeneutic-idealistic tradition on the other. For Parsons‚ voluntarism established a third alternative between these two. More than a theory of society‚ Parsons presented a theory of social evolution and a concrete interpretation of the "drives" and directions
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Joseph Kerman‚ in his 1985 book Musicology‚ stated that musicology had "come to mean the study of the history of Western music in the high-art tradition musicology is perceived as dealing essentially with the factual‚ the documentary‚ the verifiable‚ the analysable‚ the positivistic." Richard Middleton defines musicology as "the scientific study of music." Nicholas Cook‚ in his article What is Musicology?‚ claims that musicology "is all about the knowledge that underlies the enjoyment of music
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Gospel of John presents the history and story of Jesus Christ that pulls the reader and the community of Christianity into a faith built relationship through three powerful themes: true belief‚ the Paraclete‚ and love. One is required to express a hermeneutic to understand the importance of this Gospel. After understanding that history and literature are two ways to study this Gospel; one is required to believe or not to believe‚ that is to trust and have faith that Jesus is the son of God or not.
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Faculty of Commerce Faculty of Commerce - Accounting & Finance Working Papers University of Wollongong Year The Critique of Accounting Theory M. Gaffikin University of Wollongong‚ gaffikin@uow.edu.au This working paper was originally published as Gaffikin‚ M‚ The Critique of Accounting Theory‚ Accounting & Finance Working Paper 06/25‚ School of Accounting & Finance‚ University of Wollongong‚ 2006. This paper is posted at Research Online. http://ro.uow.edu.au/accfinwp/41 06/25 University
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Greidanus (1988)‚ in one particular section of his book “The Modern Preacher and The Ancient Text”‚ claim that in order to discover and formulate the theme of a text‚ one must look at the totality‚ the dominant context of the book‚ and the author’s vantage point. He explains by defining the theme as a concise description of the prevalent idea of the text which captures its totality and one can extract meaning simultaneously. According to the author‚ there are various ways to determine the theme.
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the Greek word that could roughly be translated into a non-oblivious or non-forgetful river. "From this genealogy of Truth’ of humanist modernity‚ which discloses its origins in the Roman translation of the Greek a-letheia to veritas‚ the hermeneutic circle (repetition) to the circulus vitiosus (recollection)‚ and serves to pacify the force of that other’ that is outside’ the boundary limits of the centered circle (Spanos‚
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‘Structuralism and Literary Criticism’ - Gerard Genette Structuralism is a way to examines a literary text to arrive at their meaning‚ rather than the actual meanings of the text themselves. It is a study of structure wherever they occur. In the essay Genette analyses content‚ logics‚ grammars and semiotics. He is considering structuralism as a method to study literary criticism. In the beginning of the essay Genette is establishing difference between Bricoleur and Engineer‚ Art critic and Literary
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Introduction Herstory should not be confused with just women’s history or history of feminism. Herstory is history written from a feminist perspective‚ emphasizing the role of women. It is basically history told from a woman’s point a view. Even though the word history is etymologically unrelated to the possessive pronoun his‚ history and other humanities and sciences were and sometimes still are dominated by men. Therefore the word herstory gets a more powerful meaning by exactly focusing on this
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Narrative Codes I. Action Code – the part of a narrative or a story that builds tension‚ referring to any action or event that indicates that something else is going to happen. -----she took up another packet on which the descriptive word did not appear. And in a loud tone she began: “My adored one’ I love you to distraction. Since yesterday I have been suffering like a damned soul burned by the recollection of you. I feel your lips on mine‚ your eyes under my eye‚ your flesh under my flesh. I
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2 | Task-Technology Fit Theory | 8 | 3.3 | MAIS Framework | 9 | 3.4 | Integrated Framework | 9 | 3.5 | Case Study Research | 9 | 3.6 | Ethnography | 9 | 7 | Methodology and Source of Data | 10 | 8 | Modes of Analysis | 12 | 8.1 | Hermeneutics | 12 | 8.2 | Semiotics | 12 | 8.3 | Narrative and Metaphor | 12 | 8.4 | Evaluation | 12 | 9 | Research Problems and Challenges | 13 | 10 | Conclusion and Expected Results | 14 | 11 | References | 15 | 12 | Appendix | 16 |
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