Genderview Marlou Schrover: Migratieretoriek is een zondebokstrategie

Marlou Schrover is hoogleraar Economische en Sociale Geschiedenis bij de Universiteit Leiden. Ze publiceert over migratie, etniciteit, gender, seksualiteit en klasse, en ook over de interactie tussen media en beleid. In de Genderview gaat zij onder meer in op de geschiedenis van het beleid van integratie en de rol van migratie in het politieke debat in Nederland

Myisha Cherry: Failures of Forgiveness. What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better

Rezension von: Cherry, Myisha: Failures of Forgiveness. What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better. Princeton/Oxford: Princeton University Press 2023. 240 Seiten. [978-0-691-22319-3

The continued evolution of the diagnosis of Personality Disorders

This paper traces the evolution of the diagnostic formulations for personality disorders (PDs) through the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR; American Psychiatric Association, 2022) and in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11; World Health Organization, 2019). It outlines key arguments for and against three major diagnostic approaches: the categorical approach that is currently in use in the DSM-5-TR, which lists ten categories of PDs; the dimensional model, which diagnoses PDs according to five domains, their respective facets, and their severity; and the mixed/hybrid approach in Section III of the DSM-5-TR, which has been proposed as an Alternative Model of Personality Disorder (AMPD) diagnosis. Finally, three case studies are compared and contrasted using all three approaches. All three diagnostic systems appear to have advantages and disadvantages, although the dimensional and mixed/hybrid seem to be gaining adherents, particularly among younger mental health professionals

Istället för spänning: prestige? Den internationella lanseringen av Johanna Hedmans debutroman Trion och förnyelsen av den svenska litteraturexporten

This article deals with Swedish author Johanna Hedman’s debut novel Trion, published in 2021. The novel quickly gained attention from international publishers and agents. This surprised the Swedish critics, since Trion represents a genre of literary fiction that is not normally translated from Swedish, literary export from Sweden being highly dependent on crime fiction and children’s books. In this article, it is suggested that publishers and agents took the publication of Hedman’s novel as an opportunity to renew export of literature from Sweden when international interest for Scandinavian crime fiction seemed to be waning

Sanskrit Medical Scholasticism III: Jajjaṭa’s Nirantarapadavyākhyā and Other Commentaries on the Carakasaṃhitā, Cikitsāsthāna 2.3

This paper is a continuation of “Sanskrit Medical Scholasticism II — Jajjaṭa’s Nirantarapadavyākhyā and Other Commentaries on the Carakasaṃhitā, Cikitsāsthāna 2.2 —” and offers a translation and analysis of the Caraka­saṃhitā, Cikitsāsthāna Chapter 2, Quarter 3 (CaCi 2.3) along with the four commentaries

De schepping, de sabbat, de mens en de herschepping. Leeservaringen bij Hemels groen

This article presents reading experiences and a focused review of the book ‘Heavenly Green’, which aims to shed new light on sustainability as a biblical theme. The review focuses on the groaning of creation by the sin of man, both in the days of Paul and in current times of environmental degradation, the place of the Sabbath and the role of man in creation and in re-creation. It re-emphasises the place of the Sabbath and the priestly order of life in Israel, exemplified by this sanctified day. It critically examines the suggested similarity between the praise of God by creation and by mankind, and the proposed change of stewardship to alliance regarding the role of man in God’s creation. It concludes with giving more focus on the eternal Sabbath in which sin will be endedand creation renewed

Self-compassion and emotional recovery in the relationship between neuroticism and subjective well-being

Studies have consistently found the neuroticism personality trait to be related to lowered subjective well-being. Previous research has also found neuroticism to be related to lower self-compassion and slower recovery from emotionally stressful reactions. This study examines whether neuroticism and subjective well-being are negatively related, via the correlational sequence, from higher neuroticism to lower self-compassion, from lower self-compassion to slower emotional recovery, and from slower emotional recovery to lower subjective well-being. The present sample (N = 284) completed measures of these variables, and the responses were analyzed within a serial multiple regression model. While the analyses confirmed the hypothesis on the correlational sequence, the evidence for self-compassion as the sole intermediate variable (i.e., without considering emotional recovery) was stronger. The paper includes a discussion of whether a methodological reason underlies the present minor role of emotional recovery in the correlational sequence. A differentiated look at the data suggests that relatively low self-compassion and, potentially, slow emotional recovery are decisive factors for decreased life satisfaction and positive affect among those who are high in neuroticism. As a practical implication, existing self-compassion interventions may be a promising path for people who are high in neuroticism to improve their subjective well-being

Narratives of Homesteading in Times of Crisis: Peasant Economies in the Light of Interwar Polish Diaries

This article presents peasant economic ideologies and conceptions examined in the light of interwar Polish diary competitions. Using the tools of Karen Barber’s anthropology of text, I argue that these accounts, partly in defiance of the policy of the time of portraying peasant helplessness and misery, told the story of peasant traditional economic notions tied simultaneously to modern economic ideologies: agrarianism and the cooperative-promoting popular movement. This intertwining of modern and traditional thinking promoted economic concepts and practices forgotten and overlooked by modernization processes, supported by peasants, but also by a socially engaged intelligentsia of bourgeois or landed gentry origin. Peasant economics and economic concepts often avoided extremes: on the one hand, the economic collectivism promised by communist ideologies, and on the other, the liberal individualism associated with the ideology of capitalist laissez-faire. By practicing economic abruptness, they promoted a set of economic virtues forgotten in time of Polish modernization. The description of the process requires a new vocabulary and new historical-anthropological tools.