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Feelings as traces of colonialism. The online debate about compensation for the Indo-European community in the Netherlands analyzed through the sociology of emotions.
Get PDFThis thesis investigates the contemporary online debate about compensation for the Indo-European community in the Netherlands, using the sociology of emotions as a theoretical lens. It consists of a qualitative text analysis of posts and comments in the Indo-European blogosphere, respectively from Blimbing, Indisch4Ever and Java Post. Readers’ letters published in Moesson – a monthly magazine devoted to the Indo-European community – are used as an additional source.
Anger is a prominent emotion in the Indo-European blogosphere. Differentiating the range of emotions revolving around compensation allows for the act of being angry to be seen as an act of emancipation in a postcolonial context, in which behaviour previously reserved to the former colonizer, is appropriated. However fulfilling the performance of anger may be on the individual level, it complicates the possibilities for dialogue on a societal level by enforcing opposing identities of protestors versus government. This leads commenters in the Indo-European blogosphere to continue to regard the Dutch government with distance and distrust. It also causes the debate about compensation to rarely transcend its financial level, rather than be regarded as part of a wider process of recognition
Renaturalizing Humanist Spiritual Counselling.
No full textIn this thesis, I propose a renaturalization of humanist spiritual counselling through Spinoza’s naturalism. I argue that humanism faces problems concerning its anthropology. The anthropocentric character of humanism together with the ecological crisis creates a conceptual helplessness within humanism as a worldview that humanists want to overcome. This problem is linked to humanist anthropology not being fully explicated. Humanists do not want to propose universal principles. This creates a weak foundation for its worldview and core values. Part of viewing human beings as standing at the centre of the world is that they are equipped with exclusively human features: rationality, consciousness and autonomy are viewed as part of human nature. Because of the special place it assigns to human beings, humanist anthropology shows traits of rationalism, a one-sided focus on consciousness, anthropocentrism and individualism. I argue that because of these problems, humanism falls short as a source for inspiration, exploring or deepening perspectives or visions. This is problematic because humanist spiritual counsellors focus precisely on these elements within their counselling practice. They support clients in finding inspiration, meaning and articulating their worldview.
Reflecting on the humanist anthropological presuppositions through Spinoza’s naturalism could be of value for humanist spiritual counselling, as it provides perspectives on how to surpass the problems humanist anthropology faces. By proposing a world in which God, Nature and substance are one and everything exists and acts by virtue of the natural laws of cause and effect, human beings are positioned amongst non-human beings. This can be understood as the renaturalization of human beings: the strategic reversal of human exceptionalism
Being well at well-being. A comparison of the processes contributing to well-being according to three models.
Get PDFThe aim of this theoretical research was to gain insight in the processes that contribute to different forms of well-being. This goal was pursued by comparing three major well-being models in positive psychology: the concept of Subjective Well-Being (SWB) by Ed Diener, the model of Psychological Well-Being (PWB) by Carol Ryff and the Self-Determination Theory (SDT) by Richard Ryan and Edward Deci. The processes that underly well-being according to these models have been described, visualized and compared in order to determine their similarities and differences.
It turned out that these theories sometimes contradict each other, and at other times validate or complement one another. The most striking point of divergence was that SDT and PWB contradict SWB’s assumption that the content of goals is unimportant to the well-being that results from achieving this goal. However, there are also some important points of convergence. All theories implicitly or explicitly emphasize the importance of competence and SWB and SDT agree that affect can be understood as feedback that guides our behavior in ways that are favorable to us. Both SDT and PWB underscore the importance of awareness since this helps individuals to move in the right direction. Lastly, all theories implicitly or explicitly stress the importance of creating a life that is congruent with one’s needs and values.
The results of this study add to the understanding of the concept and causes of well-being, and in addition give insight in how well-being could be enhanced durably. It also points to the conceptual overlap between well-being and meaning in life, which suggests that these themes could be approached simultaneously, in order to build a life worth living
High Care Hospice. Een waardig levenseinde voor ' kwetsbare' burgers op het snijvlak van stelselwijzigingen en starre systemen
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