1676 papers
This article argues that Dostoevskij's *Dvojnik* utilizes Novalian concepts of self-reflexivity and the *ordo inversus* to illustrate how the protagonist Goljadkin's failure to reconcile his subjective and objective selves through moral activity results in a fatal, isolating opposition to his double rather than a unifying reconciliation.
This cross-national analysis of over 200,000 individuals across 22 countries identifies childhood family financial status as the most consistent predictor of high educational attainment, while revealing that other factors like religious attendance and health show moderate associations, and gender or immigration status exhibit highly context-dependent effects.
This article examines how a four-year collaborative initiative between diverse Asian scholars and a Holy See dicastery has advanced Pope Leo XIV's vision of interreligious dialogue on AI, achieving both concrete results and intangible cultural connections that embody the call of the encyclical *Magnifica Humanitas*.
Through a comparative analysis of Rabindranath Tagore and Jean-Paul Sartre, this paper argues that while Sartre's model of absolute finitude fails to inherently ground ethical obligation, Tagore's framework of relational continuity successfully integrates mortality with ethical interconnectedness, demonstrating that a robust ontology of relationality is necessary for death to serve as a foundation for ethical life.
This paper argues that while e-government holds significant potential to enhance public service delivery, transparency, and accountability in Somalia, realizing these benefits requires overcoming critical challenges such as fragmented institutions and weak infrastructure by prioritizing interoperable systems, capacity building, inclusive access, and robust legal frameworks.
This qualitative study reveals that while the metaverse holds significant potential to transform e-tourism marketing in Zimbabwe through virtual experiences and blockchain transactions, its adoption is currently hindered by critical infrastructural deficits, skills gaps, and policy limitations, necessitating a phased framework involving infrastructure investment, capacity building, and regulatory support to ensure sustainable digital transformation.
Drawing on conservation of resources theory and a three-wave survey of 600 employees, this study reveals that AI disruption awareness acts as a double-edged sword for thriving at work by simultaneously triggering resource-gain and resource-loss pathways through knowledge acquisition and hiding, respectively, with job crafting styles further moderating these opposing effects.
This pilot feasibility study evaluates the impact of the AI tool PyThoth on Egyptologists' workload, usability, and acceptance during hieroglyphic reading, revealing that while the tool improves task completion rates, it does not necessarily enhance accuracy and elicits complex, experience-dependent shifts in user perception.
This report argues that sustainable waste management in Mogadishu requires addressing political instability and strengthening institutional governance, rather than relying solely on technical solutions, to achieve effective urban service delivery and state-building.
This paper argues that political source cues most effectively shape public opinion on issues that have not yet been incorporated into group identities, as pre-existing alignment with or against a source's position significantly limits further attitudinal change.