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Postcolonial Anxieties in Singapore

singapurLiterary theorists discuss the pervasive dichotomy of the Self/Other, apparent across various epistemological categories such as gender, race, class and religion. Among other things, they discuss this as a projection of the Self’s fears and desires onto the Other as a means of concretising and thereby mitigating these anxieties. The Self thus constructs its identity based on perceived differences with its Other. Continue reading

Diplomatic writing for high school students

writingDIntroduction. Each English teacher is sure to ask him/herself such a question over and over, “What can I do to provide an incentive to real effort?” S/he has to think over the lesson plan that actively involves each student in letter writing task and stimulates teacher him/herself to eagerly teach new useful things. In the problem of making students persuasive letter authors there are three factors: the subject material used by the Continue reading

Electronic government and information society

e-govNow all countries of the world to some extent carry out information process. The first country which has begun information is the USA. Other industrially developed countries of the world, having understood perceptivity and inevitability of this direction, have quickly enough oriented and introduction of computers and means of telecommunications Continue reading

Legislative fastening of features appointments of punishment in the form of imprisonment to women

sufferRepublic of Uzbekistan for years of independence confidently solves put before itself «the construction purpose in the country of the free and independent, democratic state and an open civil society, cardinal and deep reforming of economy, realization of the strong social policy directed on protection of interests of the people».

Thus, position of the woman in a society is one of the major indicators characterizing a society, level of its social, cultural, economic and political development. In turn the criminal policy spent by the state concerning the citizens, also reflects degree of its perfection, and Continue reading

The purity of intentions: Science, Art & Ethics

Art and EthicsScience, Art and Ethics are three whales that support the integrity of the contemporary world, which is characterized by the expansion of the reality, by the expansion of consciousness and the expansion of the semantic boundaries of reality. Perhaps during the late Middle Ages, Science was inextricably linked with Art (alchemy books, for example). Continue reading

Money laundering: a threat to the country’s economic security and global financial stability

moneyLaudThe internationalization of the global financial system and the liberalization of capital movements led to increase in illegal outflow of funds abroad, reduction of information transparency of financial flows, enhancing global financial intermediation a parallel activation of money laundering operations and in turn – reduction of tax competitiveness and investment attractiveness of the country. Continue reading

Equity in taxation

taxChanges in the forms of taxation under the influence of the revolutionary events of 1917 make one think about the implementation of the principle of justice. The revolutionary events of 1917 radically changed the taxation system.

So, in post-revolutionary Russia, not only types of taxes were revised, but also social groups of taxpayers. A change of public administration caused a shift from indirect taxes to direct taxes, public authorities were striving to realize the principle of universality Continue reading

Biohacking: from knowledge production to knowledge discovery

Biohacking3Active inclusion of civil experts in production of scientific knowledge generates the phenomenon which Alan Irwin defined as civil science. Various forms of civil science are wide spread today.

The civil science is a space of dialogue between scientists and citizens, involvement in scientific research of nonprofessional. Biohacking represents a striking example of civil participation in production of scientific knowledge. Continue reading

Human Suffering as Neuroscience Problem

sufferIn this paper, we consider such a phenomenon as suffering. In a general sense, suffering is physical or moral pain, anguish. In the life of many people there is a whole tendency to constant suffering. Let us examine in more detail the causes and origin of the strategy of suffering. From the point of view of physiology and medicine, an individual can constantly experience a state of suffering due to congenital or previously acquired disruption of the work of the nervous system, the genetic conditionality of the malfunctioning of neurotransmitters. Continue reading

Problem of moral assessment in Artistic Sphere

likeThe first problem of artistic sphere as an object of study is ambivalence of behavior and, representation of its participants: on the one hand, world of art is different because of subtlety and vulnerability of artists, and on the other hand – it is well thought out business. Continue reading