Capitalisation d'une ressource en or : le dictionnaire

The goal of this paper is to explore extensions to electronic dictionaries. Adding certain functions could considerably extend the range of tasks for which they could provide support. Putting the needed information at the distance of a mouse click would allow for active reading. This would require tight coupling of the dictionary with a text editor: all the information in the dictionary should be accessible via a mouseclick. Dictionaries combined with a flashcard system and an exercise generator could support the memorization and automation of words and syntactic structures. Finally, structuring the dictionary in a way akin to the human mind (associative network) could help the writer to find new ideas, and if needed, the word he is looking for. In sum, rather than considering the dictionary just as another component of the process of language production or comprehension chain, we consider it as the single most important resource, provided that one knows how to use it

Erik H. Erikson, Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History (1958).: A Psychosocial Interpretation of Luther and its Relevance for Understanding Religious Identity Formation Today

As part of NTT JTSR’s series on Key Texts, the present article discusses Erik H. Erikson’s interdisciplinary, psychohistorical study of the young Martin Luther, its reception, and its relevance for today. Erikson showed how Luther’s own identity crisis – emerging from the troubled relationship with his father – converged with a crisis in late medieval society and theology, and how being a talented homo religiosus helped Luther to solve both crises at the same time, presenting a “religiosity for the adult man” in accordance with the Renaissance need for autonomy. It is argued that during his psychosocial study of Luther and the latter’s cultural context, Erikson developed a general, existential theory of religion that is also relevant to an understanding of the search for identity and religion in modern times