the distinguished gender language of the dominant gender discourse in the social atmosphere of iran, as one of the most influential phenomenon determining the linguistic and non-linguistic actions of individuals, has been appeared in the popular magazines. it seems that the ruling ideology of the dominant gender discourse is to construct and use the self-made gender view that preserves its inte...

this commentary on the editorial ‘the politics and analytics of health policy’ by professor calum paton focuses on two issues. first, it points to the unclear links between ideas, ideology, values, and discourse and policy, and warns that discourse is often a poor guide to enacted policy. second, it suggests that realism, particularly ‘programme theory’ are useful tools for health policy analys...

the purpose of this study is to examine the meaning transformation of despotism signifier from safavid era to the rising of iranian despotism discourse in qajar era. the method is archaeology and the study is focused on the relations of the meaning transformation with discourse practices. pre-modern texts were investigated for the significance of despotism. the results suggested that these sign...

People’s beliefs about what is morally right and wrong vary widely between individuals, contexts, and cultures; however it is thought that they are governed by core latent constructs. While there is evidence that these constructs are reflected in natural language, this requires further testing. We demonstrate that the structure of moral values in natural discourse can be modeled by applying fac...

Today conventional categories of creativity are being deconstructed in the so-called postmodern debate (Kearney, 1988). This paper takes this process deeper, to what we will show is the hidden subtext of gender underlying how creativity has been socially constructed. It also proposes a more contextualized approach to creativity that takes into account both its individual and social dimensions a...

Female circumcision remains a social issue in Muslim society, along with the rise of gender-based violence cases Indonesia. It has became rather polemic after regional policy on that matter was issued inconsistently. This study aimed to determine female Garut Regency based cultural and analysis. The utilized qualitative method an ethnographic approach. data taken were primary secondary data. Da...