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The present paper is an attempt to describe the possible reasons for the restrained position and disinterest of socialsciences - especially: linguistics, psycholinguistics and educational sciences - towards the impact of emotions and emotional factors on the learning abilities of people (How do emotions affect learning). This paper can be thought of as critical review and on the other hand, we conducted a short review of the literature on the place of emotions in social science research. The parts of this paper are based on my doctoral dissertation research, carried out at the University of Vienna in the context of the interdisciplinary research project (2010/2012) "Spracherwerb und lebensweltliche Mehrsprachigkeit im Kindergarten" - Language acquisition and everyday life multilingualism in the kindergarten -. We finally describe briefly a methodological tool for emotion research: "Observation according to the Tavistock model". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Though many pundits of the Middle East explained the spread of the Islamic movements and their ideals of revolution within an essentialist and orientalist framework without looking at historically specific features of these countries, this paper will argue, in three country case study, that what made the Iranian revolution successful was its anti-Western and anti-capitalist characteristics. On the other hand, in Egypt and Turkish cases, influential Islamist movements were largely reconciled with the western capitalism. Importance of the neo-liberal hegemony and its penetration into the Middle East is crucial on this subject. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigates, in an aggregate sense, the possible effects of some economic and political factors on terrorism. Terrorism is represented by two measurable variables: terror incidents and the number of fatalities. Most economic and political factors affect both terror incidents and the number of fatalities significantly. Countries with higher FDI, higher trade volume, higher urbanization rate, higher GDP per capita, and higher education expenditures face smaller number of terror incidents. Countries with higher population, higher income inequality, higher unemployment, and higher military expenditures experience a higher number of terror incidents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Among believers of different religions the Messiah has been always the figure of redeemer particularly in hard times. Among those who have embraced this faith Jews give great importance to this belief. This paper analyzes the emergence of the belief in Messiah among Jews, its evolution across time and how different Jewish interpretations understood the belief and how they looked at different historical episodes. The Safed kabbalah tradition has a special significance in the faith of the Messiah. A political perspective to the traditional understanding of Messiah was added. Therefore Safed of kabbalah, the Jewish contribution to the understanding of the Messianic is taken as self-study courses. Finally, the awaited Messiah of the Jews is not one but two Messiah as expressed in the Dead Sea Scrolls by the Qumran community whose conception of the Messiah is examined in a separate section. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The demographics of India are inclusive of the second most populous country in the world, with more than one billion people. Even though over 75-78% of India's population practices Hinduism; Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism are the other important religions in India. Among them, Islam with its about two hundred million followers is the largest minority religion in this country. Religion, thence, has been a significant part of the India's culture and tradition, throughout its history. Due to this sturdy connection, it is not easy to know India without understanding its religious beliefs and practices, which have a large impact on the personal lives of most Indians and influence public life on a daily basis. This paper, therefore, targets to demonstrate how religion effects to social life in India under the sample of Hinduism. In this context, some specific topics such as religious rituals, festivals, caste system, marriage ceremony and cremation have been examined which shape to Indians daily life and social order. Along with this, the case study has been supported by some observations which have been experienced in India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]