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litsci-l-digest Monday, July 11 2005 Volume 01 : Number
111
In this issue:
Why Do Ideologies Exist?
Program: Agent abuse: The darker side of human computer interaction
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:59:59 -0400
From: "Richard Koenigsberg, Ph. D."
Subject: Why Do Ideologies Exist?
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"Contemporary social theory suggests that mind and thought are the =
result of
the 'discourses that push and pull us'. However, the question remains: =
Who
has created societal discourses and why do they exist? Why have =
particular
ideas been "selected out" (from among the multitude of ideas that people
have put forth) to become elements of culture? Why are specific beliefs
embraced and perpetuated, and not others? Why do certain ideologies =
evoke
such passion? In order to answer these questions, it is necessary to
articulate the meaning of culturally constituted ideas, to delineate the
psychic work that these ideas perform for the people who embrace them."
Richard Koenigsberg
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WHY DO IDEOLOGIES EXIST:
The Psychological Function of Culture
Contemporary social theory does not address the question of the reasons
=
why
particular ideologies exist. People write about "dominant discourses," =
but
the question is why particular discourses become dominant. To answer the
question of why particular ideas are embraced and perpetuated, I suggest
=
a
psychological approach. What does the ideology do for the people who =
embrace
it? What role does this ideology play in the psychic life of its =
adherents?
Culture is not a domain separate from human beings. Ideologies exist to
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the
extent that people produce, espouse and perpetuate them. Ideologies are
created by human beings for human beings. Ideologies perform psychic =
work,
functioning to allow people to encounter, work through and attempt to =
master
fundamental desires, fantasies, conflicts and existential dilemmas.
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The complete paper by Richard A. Koenigsberg is available for the first
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time
as an on-line publication.
To read: WHY DO IDEOLOGIES EXIST: The Psychological Function of Culture
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PLEASE
CLICK HERE or visit:
http://home.earthlink.net/~libraryofsocialscience/ideologies.htm
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How are we to explain the nature and shape of the entire panoply of =
ideas,
material objects and social arrangements that we call culture? What =
inhibits
us from posing the question: Why do specific ideologies and societal
discourses exist?
When people examine cultural forms such as musical symphonies, =
light-bulbs
or air-conditioners, it is not difficult to acknowledge that human =
beings
are the source; to say that these inventions represent a response to our
desires and fantasies; that they exist to the extent that they fulfill =
human
needs. We do not hesitate to conclude that symphonies, light-bulbs and
air-conditioners exist and are perpetuated as elements of culture =
because
they provide physical and psychological gratification.
It is more difficult for people to say that cultural inventions such as
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war
and genocide exist because they provide psychological gratification. We
=
shy
away from the idea that ideologies of war and genocide represent the
fulfillment of human desires and fantasies. We prefer to imagine that =
war
and genocide come from a place outside the self. We would rather =
understand
war and genocide from the perspective of the political situations out of
which events grow; or to declare that what occurs is generated by
"historical forces."
I theorize that war and genocide--like symphonies, light-bulbs and
air-conditioners--exist because they represent the fulfillment of
psychological needs. Why do ideologies of war and genocide exist? Why =
have
they been perpetuated as elements of culture? Because--like symphonies,
light-bulbs and air-conditioners--they are responsive to and serve to
articulate human desires, anxieties and fantasies.
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Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 00:13:05 -0500
From: Brahnam
Subject: Program: Agent abuse: The darker side of human computer
interaction
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION & PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
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?¨Abuse: the darker side of human-computer interaction?Æ
An INTERACT 2005 Workshop
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Date: Monday, September 12 (Full day)
Location: Rome, Italy
Early registration deadline: 27 June 2005
Web-site: www.agentabuse.org
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##### Please consider joining us in this challenging event! ######
subscribe through www.interact2005.org
further information available at www.agentabuse.org
or e-mail antonella.de-angeli@manchester.ac.uk
Preliminary program
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** Section 1: ABUSE in context: The power game **
Bernard Geoghegan "The code of computers: Military discourse in
computer and cultural theory"
Chris Atkinson "A Structurantion interpretation of a case study in
which an information technology is culturally rejected"
Massimo Zancanaro & Chiara Leonardi "A trouble shared is a trouble
halved: Disruptive and self-help patterns of usage for co-located
interfaces"
Antonella De Angeli & Rollo Carpenter "Stupid computer! Abuse & social
identities"
** coffee break **
** Section 2 - ABUSE & the cyberworld: Relationship of the virtual and
the real **
Alan Dix et al. ?¨Dark Lancaster?Æ
Mark Blythe & Mark Jones "There??s something about email: Technological
and cultural interventions in the problem of inadvertent or casual
rudeness in email"
Radana Divinova "Cybersex as a form of computer mediated communication?Æ
Warren Blumenfeld ?¨Cyberbulling: A New Variation on An Old Theme
**lunch **
** Section 3 - ABUSE & virtual agents: the unfriendly user **
Christoph Bartneck et al. ?¨Robot Abuse ?± A Limitation of the Media
Equation?Æ
Tatsuya Nomura ?¨Narratives and therapeutic conversational agents: Their
principle problems?Æ
Sheryl Branham ?¨Notes on developing strategies for handling customer
abuse
of ECAs?Æ
Peter Wallis ?¨Robust Normative Systems: What happens when they fail??Æ
** coffee break **
** Discussion 1: ?¨Negative emotions in HCI: role and coping
strategies?Æ
chaired by Nadia Berthouze & Antonella De Angeli
** Discussion 2: ?¨Conclusion and research roadmap definition?Æ
chaired by Sheryl Branham & Peter Wallis
** workshop dinner **
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