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Showing 1 to 20 of 464 for “"Dialectical"”.
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The dialectical tradition in South Africa
… that it is best interpreted as a tradition of dialectical thought, and that it represents the most distinctive and enduring form of dialectical thought in South Africa. In the aftermath ,0fthe American and French Revolutions, the central concepts in Western political thought were transformed, …
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Weaving Concepts and Competencies for Dialectical Leadership
… the research question: How might practising dialectical thinking enhance my leadership practice? Using a first-person action research methodology, I employed reflexive journaling, semistructured interviews with feedback participants, and arts-based methods to examine the complex conditions I …
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The Dialectical Object: John Heartfield 1915 - 1933
… and the accomplished embodiment of the "dialectical" method that were significant aspects of the cultural policy of the official left. There have been few attempts to work through the formally innovative aspects of Heartfield's particular "dialectical" method, and more broadly speaking, …
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A Dialectical Methodology For Decision Support Systems Design
As organizations continue to grow in size, reaching global proportions, they have ever increasing impacts on their environments. Some believe that a much broader array of concerns should be brought into organizational decision-making processes, including greater consideration of social, political, …
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Adolescent Patient Treatment Dropout
… with deliberate self-harm in an adapted dialectical behavior therapy intensive outpatient program. A total of 141 adolescents previously enrolled in the program were available for the study. Results demonstrated a 31.9% dropout rate. Graduates indicated greater improvement of overall …
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Dialectical structures in the work of Norman Mailer
Dialectical structures in the work of Norman Mailer The thesis is divided into two sections; the first section comprises an introduction and six chapters, and the second section comprises a long chapter divided into three parts' Section One explains the thesis and provides the basis for Section …
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An Analysis of Dialectical Thought: Hegel, Sartre, and Camus
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Dialectical Metafiction and the Self-Conscious Subject of American Modernism
… ideology.</p> <p>We need an anti-humanist, dialectical methodology that can escape the subjective interpretive codes and practices of liberal humanism to write a more objective literary history, to explain the turn to conservative melancholy in American Modernism, and to level the …
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The Application of Dialectical Behavior Therapy to Chronic Pain Management
… Third-wave acceptance-based therapies, such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), have demonstrated significant improvements in mental health functioning for a variety of populations (Carmody & Baer, 2008; Cusens, Duggan, Thome, & Burch, 2010). DBT, one of the primary treatment modalities for …
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The Addition of a Dissociation Module to Dialectical Behavior Therapy
<p>Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT; Linehan, 1993a), a manualized treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) was developed before the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - 4th Ed. (DSM-IV, APA, 1994) added dissociative symptoms to the diagnostic criterion for BPD. Hence, the manual (1993b) …
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Exploring follow-up outcomes and experiences of dialectical behaviour therapy
Systematic Review: Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) has a growing evidence base for treating individuals with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Less is known about the long-term effects of the treatment, which is an important consideration when treating a chronic disorder …
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The Dancer Walking The Ruins: Laura Riding and Dialectical Thought
This thesis explores the origin and expression of dialectical thought in the life and writings of the American modernist Laura Riding. Within a biographical framework, I trace the steps by which it became the defining characteristic of her poetic, literary and critical works. A few have noted …
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Breaking down the wall: Hope and the dialectical nature of education
This paper will analyze the history of public education and its relationship to the industrial economy, education and curriculum reform literature and policies (both past and present) predominately within the theoretical framework proposed by Henry Giroux. Personal observations and experience as a …
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A revised pragma-dialectical approach to political argumentation in the media
This thesis critically reviews the pragma-dialectical approach to the study of argumentationadvanced by van Eemeren and Grootendorst (1984, 1988, 1992, 2003, 2004) and puts forward a modified version of this framework to provide a better analysis of the specialfeatures of political argumentation. …
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Ernst Cassirer's Philosophy of Symbolic Forms and the Dialectical Problem of Knowledge
This dissertation explores the problem of how knowledge is possible, given that knowledge is necessarily rooted in the reality of the knower. The Kantian critical philosophy defeats Humean skepticism by demonstrating the a priori necessity of certain categorical functions at the root of all human …
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To Produce and Persist: A Dialectical Investigation of Purpose in Commercial Stereophony
… practitioners and listening audiences. Employing dialectical materialism, I examine three social processes that either historically established or continue to influence the mediative potential of stereophonic sound: the invention and industrial standardization of the stereophonic apparatus, the …
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Montage - transformation - allegory : a study of digital imaging in dialectical film making
… involves the technique of montage, especially dialectical montage as developed by Eisenstein, Brecht and Godard in which the shock effect is used to overcome conditioned perceptions and create a critical distance. Secondly it is informed by Benjamin's concept of allegory, a method of using …
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The Dialectical-Level Reflective Habits of Middle-Grade Teachers: A Phenomenological Study
… Manen's (1977) highest level of reflection, the dialectical-level, is presented as a worthy aim for all educators. But should this type of reflection truly be a goal for all educators? This study sought to uncover the phenomenon of dialectical-level reflection. Dialectical, or critical-level, …
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