This is just one example in Thomas in which the hearer's attention is directed away from objectified judgements of the world to knowing oneself in direct and straighforward manner, which is sometimes called being " as a child " or " a little one " through the unification of dualistic thinking and modes of objectification.

* Reification ( Marxism ) ( German: Verdinglichung ), the consideration of an abstraction or an object as if it had living existence and abilities ; at the same time it implies the thingification of social relations ; sometimes called objectification

And, while Esmeralda is frequently cited as a paragon of purity — this is certainly how Quasimodo sees her — she nonetheless is seen to create her own objectification of the archer captain, Phoebus, that is at odds with reader's informed view of the man.

It produces a domestication of the unfamiliar in a way that is far more active than anchoring because objectification saturates the idea of unfamiliarity with reality, turns it into the very essence of reality.

While the concept of sexual objectification is important within feminist theory, ideas vary widely on what constitutes sexual objectification and what are the ethical implications of such objectification.

Radical feminists view objectification as playing a central role in reducing women to what they refer to as the " sex class ".

" But what ultimately draws two individuals of different sex exclusively to each other with such power is the will-to-live which manifests itself in the whole species, and here anticipates, in the individual that these two can produce, an objectification of its true nature corresponding to its aims.

Such claims include: girls ' understanding of the importance of appearance in society may contribute to feelings of fear, shame, and disgust that some experience during the transition from girlhood to womanhood because they sense that they are becoming more visible to society as sexual objects ; and that young women are especially susceptible to objectification, as they are often taught that power, respect, and wealth can be derived from one's outward appearance.

A masochist's perception of their own self-subjugating sadistic desires and capacities are treated by Deleuze as reactions to prior experience of sadistic objectification.

Bottoming partners can use this practice to help them experience enjoyable and sometimes intensely craved feelings of erotic submission, sexualised objectification, and erotic loss of control.

" By a careful reading of Dōgen ( 1200 – 1253 ) and a watchful understanding of the inner sense of time, Abe learns and teaches how the objectification of time can alienate us from our own experience of its impermanence.

In Archetypal Patterns in Poetry, Bodkin tried, as Boswell ( 1936: 553 ) quotes, “ to bring psychological analysis and reflection to bear upon the imaginative experience communicated by great poetry, and to examine those forms or patterns in which the universal forces of our nature there find objectification .” Among the forms or archetypal patterns Bodkin presented, according to Boswell, may be included: the “ Oedipus complex ,” the “ rebirth archetype ,” the “ archetype of Heaven and Hell ,” and “ images of the Devil, the Hero, and God ” ( Boswell 1936: 553 ).

Thus the image of man has suffered complete fragmentation in personal and spiritual qualities, and complete objectification in sub-human and quasi-mechanistic powers.

" Mulvey argues that Lacan's psychoanalytic theory is the key to understanding how film creates such a space for female sexual objectification and exploitation through the combination of the patriarchal order of society, and ' looking ' in itself as a pleasurable act of voyeurism, as " the cinema satisfies a primordial wish for pleasurable looking.

In the paper, Mulvey calls for a destruction of modern film structure as the only way to free women from their sexual objectification in film, arguing for a removal of the voyeurism encoded into film by creating distance between the male spectator and the female character.

She argues that in order for women to be equally represented in the workplace, women must be portrayed as men are: as lacking sexual objectification.

The particular contents of the habitus are the result of the objectification of social structure at the level of individual subjectivity.

According to feminist theory, misogyny can be manifested in numerous ways, including sexual discrimination, denigration of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification of women.

Workers are devalued to the level of a commoditya thing …" ( Ibid 125 ) From this objectification comes alienation.

John Belton identified four narrative elements of the war film within the context of Hollywood production: a ) the suspension of civilian morality during times of war, b ) primacy of collective goals over individual motivations, c ) rivalry between men in predominantly male groups as well as marginalization and objectification of women, and d ) depiction of the reintegration of veterans.

A critical view of the novel is that it is about the ultimate objectification of a woman.

Tita French Baumlin also discusses Petruchio's objectification of Katherina, emphasising the role of his rhetoric in his taming machinations, and using his puns on her name as an example.

Although Petruchio is not characterised as a violent man, he still embodies the subjugation and objectification of women during the 16th century as manifested in many stories of this nature ; " The object of the tale was simply to put the shrew to work, to restore her ( frequently through some gruesome form of punishment ) to her proper productive place within the household economy.

Indeed, the objectification of Katherina isn't only carried out by Petruchio.

When transformation or roleplaying is involved it can be thought of as a form of erotic objectification.

Sexual objectification refers to the practice of regarding or treating another person merely as an instrument ( object ) towards one's sexual pleasure, and a sex object is a person who is regarded simply as an object of sexual gratification or who is sexually attractive.

The concept of sexual objectification and, in particular, the objectification of women, is an important idea in feminist theory and psychological theories derived from feminism.

Many feminists regard sexual objectification as objectionable and as playing an important role in gender inequality.

Some social commentators, however, argue that some modern women objectify themselves as an expression of their empowerment over men, while others argue that increased sexual freedom for women, gay, and bisexual men has led to an increase of the objectification of men.

The idea of sexual objectification has also been an important area of discussion and debate in the area of sexual ethics and the philosophy of sex.

Feminist scholars say that the objectification of women involves the act of disregarding the personal and intellectual abilities and capabilities of a female ; and reducing a woman's worth or role in society to that of an instrument for the sexual pleasure that she can produce in the mind of another.

Although opinions differ as to which situations are objectionable, some feminists see objectification of women taking place in the sexually oriented depictions of women in advertising and media, women being portrayed as weak or submissive through pornography, images in more mainstream media such as advertising and art, stripping and prostitution, men brazenly evaluating or judging women sexually or aesthetically in public spaces, and the presumed need for cosmetic surgery, particularly breast enlargement and labiaplasty.

Some feminists and psychologists argue that such objectification can lead to negative psychological effects including depression and hopelessness, and can give women negative self-images because of the belief that their intelligence and competence are currently not being, or will never be, acknowledged by society.

The spirit of this group was that we were -- and are -- living in a world doomed to eternal punishment, but that God through Jesus Christ has provided a way of escape for those who confess their sins and accept salvation.

If the manner of his passing moves the nations to act in the spirit of his dedication the sore issues that plague the world can yet be resolved with reason and justice.

but if he is up against China's crusading spirit in world affairs, he is going to be faced with the most agonizing choice in his life.

In the vases this spirit may perhaps at times bore or repel one in its internal self-satisfaction, but the best of the Geometric pins have rightly been considered among the most beautiful ever made in the Greek world.

For in the modern world neither `` spirit '' nor `` matter '' refer to any generally agreed-upon elements of experience.

In such a world the words `` matter '' and `` spirit '' both referred to directly known realities in the common experience of all.

The progress of science over these last few centuries and the gradual replacement of Biblical by scientific categories of reality have to a large extent emptied the spirit world of the entities which previously populated it.

When, therefore, it turned its attention to the concrete entities with which popular imagination had peopled the world of spirit, these entities soon lost whatever status they had enjoyed as actual elements of external reality.

The scientific debunking of the spirit world has been in a way too successful and too thorough.

It is the spirit which is the source of a community's drawing power by means of which others are drawn into it from the world outside so that the community grows and prospers.

The gentle Channing, revered by all Bostonians, orthodox or Unitarian, wrote to a friend in Louisville that among its many virtues Boston did not abound in a tolerant spirit, that the yoke of opinion crushed individuality of judgment and action: `` No city in the world is governed so little by a police, and so much by mutual inspections and what is called public sentiment.

Proper ritual observance at any level of society was capable of generating power for use in the spirit world ; ;

So, too, was the insistence on the relativity of the external world, and the ideas that language and things perceived by consciousness were poor substitutes indeed for immediate perception by pure, indwelling spirit: the opposition of pure consciousness to ratiocinating consciousness.

Shrewsbury then uses necromancy to recall Alhazred's spirit and orders it to draw a map of the world as he knew it.

Some Westerners have teamed up with shamans in the Amazon rainforest regions, forming ayahuasca healing retreats that claim to be able to cure mental and physical illness and allow communication with the spirit world.

Towards the end of Steiner's life, a group of theology students ( primarily Lutheran, with some Roman Catholic members ) approached Steiner for help in reviving Christianity, in particular " to bridge the widening gulf between modern science and the world of spirit.

The use of birds was very meaningful to these people because birds were seen as defending animals in the spirit world.

Benedictine Oblates endeavor to embrace the spirit of the Benedictine vow in their own life in the world.

But the devil, as being a spirit of wickedness, is able to recognise the higher spiritual world, of which his maker the Demiurge, who is only animal, has no knowledge.

The spirit of the institution was semi-monastic and, while the education given was excellent in its way, it is doubtful whether there was enough social life and contact with the world for a pupil of Fichte's temperament and antecedents.

As a figure of 19th century fairy tales, the term gnome by the 20th century became largely synonymous with other terms for the " little people ", such as goblin, brownie, kobold, leprechaun, Heinzelmännchen and other instances of the " domestic spirit " type, losing its strict association with earth or the underground world.

Charles de Gaulle described the role he envisaged for the French president when he wrote the modern French constitution, stating the head of state should embody " the spirit of the nation " for the nation itself and the world: une certaine idée de la France ( a certain idea about France ).

In 1932 he wrote in a letter to Robert E. Howard: " All I say is that I think it is damned unlikely that anything like a central cosmic will, a spirit world, or an eternal survival of personality exist.