Value Orientations and Modern Society

The Post-Modern Society: Which are the Basic Value-Orientations?

The micro research into political behaviour offers a wealth of information about the attitudes of citizens and other persons. The methodology of micro analysis deals with how to access and handle large data sources about these attitudes. In order to meet the standard criteria of scientific research, such as the principle of inter-subjectivity, theories about value orientations must be testable ...

Age stratification and value orientations.

Sleep and the Modern Society

Sleep is an activity that occupies approximately one third of our lives and is fundamental to our physical well-being, good mental and emotional health. Sleep need and preferential sleep time varies throughout life but the impairments of unsufficient sleep reach all ages. In general, children sleep 12 hours per day and adults need about 8 hours sleep per night [1]. However, in the modern world ...

Acupuncture in modern society.

For at least 2,500 years, acupuncture has been an integral part of traditional Chinese medicine. However, recently as more people in western countries are diagnosed with chronic disease poorly treated with modern medical therapies, many are turning to acupuncture and other forms of alternative medical treatments. Based on the theory of harmonious flowing qi being the basis of good health, acupu...

Modern Lunar Society

Inspired by a famous 18thcentury painting by Joseph Wright, the author discerns similarities between issues relevant then and the public’s current reception of scientific ideas from modern biology in the wake of the Human Genome Project. She proposes educational and scientific initiatives and advocates more positive and balanced portrayals of scientific themes in the arts to help engage the pub...