17Apr Sustainable History Nayef Al-Rodhan
New Book Challenges Philosophies of Marx, Hegel and Fukuyama
“Sustainable History and the Dignity of Man” by Dr Nayef Al-Rodhan delivers a New Philosophy of History
Geneva, Switzerland (MMD Newswire) June xx, 2010 – - In his book “Sustainable History and the Dignity of Man”, Philosopher, Geo-Strategist and Neuroscientist Dr. Nayef Al-Rodhan provides a new philosophy of history. This lately published book outlines Dr. Nayef Al-Rodhan’s proposal for ensuring durable frameworks for life on this planet and the peaceful and prosperous coexistence of states and cultures.
By conceiving of a new philosophy of history, Al-Rodhan joins and challenges writers such as Marx, Hegel, Spengler, Toynbee, Braudel and Fukuyama in what drives history. Dr Nayef Al-Rodhan draws on his insights of neuroscience to advance philosophical theories of human nature and to examine its implications for politics, national and global security, inter-state relations, and the future of man.
According to Professor Michael Freeden of Oxford University, “This book is an exceptionally wide-ranging examination of past and present approaches to the securing of a qualitatively adequate social life on the planet. The need for intercultural dialogue is pressing and stated as a matter of urgency in the text. That argument is nicely-presented and it is helpfully accompanied by a large amount of empirical evidence. The book is also a powerful and ethically attractive humanist statement about the value of human interaction that incorporates a vision of mutual respect based on a mixture of scientific arguments and normative aspirations. Those functions are very impressive.”
About the Sustainable History Theory:
“Sustainable History and the Dignity of Man” is a new philosophy of history. This volume outlines how sustainable history and the future of humanity is propelled by very good governance, which balances the ever-present tension between the three attributes of human nature – emotionality, amorality and egoisms –on the 1 hand , and the nine human dignity wants on the other, such as reason, security, human rights, accountability, transparency, justice, chance, innovation and inclusiveness. The author proposes minimum criteria for good governance that are sensitive to nearby cultures and histories but meet certain frequent global values to ensure maximum and sustainable moral and political cooperation. He also advocates that in our new connected and interdependent world, all states and cultures have to succeed if humanity as a entire is to triumph.
16Apr CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF JUDICIAL REVIEW & ABUSES OF ADMINISTRATIVE DISCRETION
INTRODUCTION
Discretion in layman’s language means choosing from amongst the various available alternatives without reference to any predetermined criterion, no matter how fanciful that choice may be. A person writing his will has such discretion to dispose of his property in any manner, no matter how arbitrary or fanciful it may be. But the term ‘discretion’ when qualified by the word ‘administrative’ has somewhat different overtones. ‘Discretion’ in this sense means choosing from amongst the various available alternatives but with reference to the rules of reason and justice and not according to personal whims. Such exercise is not to be arbitrary, vague and fanciful, but legal and regular [1].
ln Rooke’s case[2] COKE J. said, “notwithstanding the words of the commission give authority to the commissioners to do according to their discretions, yet their proceedings ought to be limited and bound into the rule of reason and law. For discretion is a science or understanding to discern between falsity and truth, between wrong and right, between shadows and substances, between equity and colourable glosses and pretences, and not to do according to their wills and private affections. Discretion is to know through law what is just.”
15Apr English Language Performance of Secondary Students in Bangladesh: an Evaluation
It is indeed bitter to notice that even though significant efforts have been made by the government and educationists for enhancing the state of affairs of English language teaching for the past couple of decades in Bangladesh, a poor scenario is still discovered to exist in the achievement of English amongst the students at all levels, specifically among the Secondary students. As a result, it is really imperative to unearth the actual factors behind the poor achievement of the students in English. Prior to that, it is essential to identify the level of achievement by the students in English language abilities and the difficulties they encounter in the process of understanding English. Realizing the significance of English, it has been taught compulsorily in the schools, colleges and madrashas as a foreign language in Bangladesh. For lengthy time English has been included as 1 of the significant subjects in madrashas curriculum considering it dominant tool of instruction in greater studies and its role in international communication.
The teaching of English as a foreign language in Alim class aims at