Podcasts about civilizing process

Auf der Suche nach der passenden Lösung für das prominente Problem dieses Podcasts, sucht Tobi in der Soziologie, der Kunst- und Sportwissenschaft um Hilfe. Und dabei kommt der auf eine recht überraschende Antwort. Nebenbei geht es außerdem um den Zusammenhang von Demokratie und Bildung, Sex mit Handschellen und die Einsicht, dass auch andere Meinungen sinnvoll sein können. Möglicherweise strengt das Hören dieser Episode etwas an. Das hat damit zu tun, dass Tobi auch ein bisschen überfordert ist. Macht aber Spaß, ihm dabei zuzuhören. __________ Literatur Gewaltbegriff Galtung, Johan. (1969). "Violence, Peace, and Peace Research." Journal of Peace Research, 6(3). Sportbegriff Guttmann, Allen (1978). From Ritual to Record: The Nature of Modern Sports. New York: Columbia University Press. Elias, Norbert, & Dunning, Eric (1986). Quest for Excitement: Sport and Leisure in the Civilizing Process. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. Kunstbegriff Arnason, H.H., & Mansfield, E.C. (2012). History of Modern Art. Pearson. Gombrich, E.H. (1950). The Story of Art. London: Phaidon Press. Musik Intro: Home Base Groove von Kevin MacLeod unterliegt der Creative-Commons-Lizenz "Namensnennung 4.0". https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Quelle: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563 Künstler: ⁠http://incompetech.com/⁠   Outro: Eyes Gone Wrong von Kevin MacLeod unterliegt der Creative-Commons-Lizenz "Namensnennung 4.0". https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Quelle:http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100362 Künstler: http://incompetech.com/

Gabriel Custodiet speaks for a fourth time with cultural analyst and philosopher Jayant Bhandari. Topics include magical thinking, civilization, Christianity in the Third World, and a tour of the world continent by continent.   Previous episodes with Jayant Bhandari → Episode 46: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O4E6387__U → Episode 77: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OgtTHzE_sk → Episode 84: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pqOVbp0n9A   Guest Links → https://jayantbhandari.com (Use Chrome/Brave if Firefox not working) → https://twitter.com/JayantBhandari5 → https://capitalismandmorality.com/ (as soon as May 25, 2024 in Calgary, Canada) → https://www.youtube.com/@CapitalismAndMorality   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Privacy Courses (supports the show) → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/hackproof   Monero Donation (supports the show) →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy   Bitcoin Donation (supports the show) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos   Please subscribe to and rate this podcast wherever you can to help it thrive. Thank you! → https://www.youtube.com/@WatchmanPrivacy  →https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy   Timeline 0:00 – Introduction 1:38 – Influence of Ayn Rand 3:22 – What is magical thinking? 8:48 – Is the West really the only civilization...ever? 13:25 – What is Christianity in the Third World? 25:30 – Bhopal disaster 31:12 – Indian practice of sati 37:10 – Thoughts on VS Naipaul 39:40 – Indian hospital stories 42:20 – Stereotype that East Asians are not innovative 48:00 – China story 55:12 – What was the Arab Spring really about? 57:40 – Rapid Fire 59:30 – Thoughts on Africa 1:01:50 – Zimbabwe police story 1:02:35 – Witch doctors in Africa 1:05:00 – Update on the PIGS countries 1:07:00 – Jayant's blueprint for colonization 1:08:00 – Final thoughts #JayantBhandari #India #WatchmanPrivacy

Vox's Jamil Smith talks with journalist and author Eyal Press about "dirty work" — the jobs Americans do that, as Press explains, can lead workers to perform morally compromising activities unwittingly. They discuss examples of this kind of work (drone pilots, meat packers, prison aides), talk about its relation to the term "essential workers" that gained prominence during the pandemic, and explain how certain jobs highlight the disparities of class, race, and gender in American society. Host: Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith), Senior Correspondent, Vox Guest: Eyal Press (@EyalPress), author; journalist References:  Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America by Eyal Press (FSG; 2021) "What does it mean to take America's 'jobs of last resort'?" by Jamil Smith (Vox; Apr. 22) Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe (Doubleday; 2021) The Social Network, dir. David Fincher (2010) The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (1906) The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (1952) The Civilizing Process by Norbert Elias (1939) "Good People and Dirty Work" by Everett C. Hughes (Social Problems, vol. 10 (1); 1962) The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantú (Riverhead; 2019) "Inside the Massive Jail that Doubles as Chicago's Largest Mental Health Facility" by Lili Holzer-Glier (Vera Institute of Justice; 2016) Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Conversations ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Conversations by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Conversations by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Producer: Erikk Geannikis Editor: Amy Drozdowska Engineer: Patrick Boyd Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: Amber Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

(The episode starts after a short introduction in Portuguese) O convidado é autor e consultor na área da gestão das organizações e da comunicação inter-cultural. Conhecido sobretudo pela autoria de um dos modelos de diferenças entre culturas nacionais mais conhecidos, que popularizou no livro "Riding the Waves of Culture", publicado em 1993.  -> Apoie este projecto e faça parte da comunidade de mecenas do 45 Graus em: 45graus.parafuso.net/apoiar O modelo de Trompenaars é -- juntamente com o modelo de Hofstede que já referi várias vezes no podcast -- uma das referências quando se trata de comparar culturas entre diferentes países. Nenhum dos dois modelos é perfeito -- até porque implicam necessariamente generalizar as culturas de países com milhões de pessoas com crenças e valores muito distintos --, mas a verdade é que há inegavelmente padrões nas culturas nacionais, e ler livros como o de Trompenaars muda a maneira como entendemos as reacções de pessoas de outras culturas. Ao longo da conversa, discutimos algumas das dimensões do modelo do convidado, como as culturas mais e menos emocionais, e mais e menos individualistas. Falámos também sobre como é possível ‘reconciliar' os dilemas que surgem quando diferentes culturas entram em conflito -- por exemplo dentro de empresas multinacionais. O autor tem adaptado este estudo sobretudo em aconselhar empresas que actuam entre vários países sobre como gerir as diferenças de culturas nos vários países em que operam. Como se adivinha, as organizações com maior sucesso são aquelas que mais bem conseguem articular estes desafios.    Índice da conversa: Fons Trompenaars Trompenaars Cultural Dimensions Modelo de Hofstede What is culture Ed (Edgar) Schein Model of Organization Culture Culture shocks Culture as the most persistent difference between countries Why are there different cultures to begin with? Charles Hampden-Turner Neutral vs emotional cultures The Civilizing Process, Norbert Elias Specific vs diffuse cultures On why both ends of a cultural trait have benefits On why compromise is not necessarily the best solution Dilema reconciliation Universalism vs Particularism The dilemma of the car crash  The ascension of China.  Fons's recent book: "Has China Devised a Superior Path to Wealth Creation? The Role of Secular Values" Is individualism good? Relation to inequality Milton Friedman's 1970 New York Times article: “The Social Responsibility Of Business Is to Increase Its Profits” Explaining performance of organisations by their ability to reconcile dilemmas Charles Handy On the problem of jobs which add a lot of value to society but are poorly paid American individualism Examples of dilemma reconciliation Apple,  Formula 1 Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) How to assess individual performance in more collectivist cultures? How to avoid free riders without measuring individual performance? Shame-based vs guilt cultures The case of the Portuguese culture Can you change a national culture? The case of Royal Dutch Shell The case of Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore   Obrigado aos mecenas do podcast: Tomás Fragoso, Gonçalo Murteira Machado Monteiro, Nuno Costa, Francisco Hermenegildo, Mário Lourenço, Carlos Seiça Cardoso, José Luís Malaquias, Tiago Leite, Carlos Martins, Corto Lemos, Margarida Varela, Filipe Bento Caires, Miguel Marques, Galaró family, Nuno e Ana, João Ribeiro, Miguel Vassalo, Bruno Heleno Gonçalo Matos, Emanuel Gouveia, Ricardo Santos, Ricardo Duarte, Ana Sousa Amorim, Manuel Martins, Sara Mesquita, Francisco Sequeira Andrade, ChaosSeeker , Gabriel Sousa, Gil Nogueira, Luis Brandão Marques, Abílio Silva, Joao Saro, Tiago Neves Paixão, Daniel Correia, Rita Mateus, António Padilha, Tiago Queiroz, Carmen Camacho, João Nelas, Francisco Fonseca, Diogo Sampaio Viana, José Soveral, André Oliveira, Andreia Esteves, João Bernardino, Luís Costa, Ana Teresa Mota, Isabel Oliveira, Arune Bhuralal Rui Baldaia, Joana Margarida Alves Martins, Luis Marques, Hugo Correia, Duarte , Francisco Vasconcelos, Telmo , Jose Pedroso, MANNA Porto, José Proença, Carlos Manuel Lopes de Magalhães Lima, Maria Francisca Couto, joana Antunes, Nelson Poças, Francisco López Bermúdez, Carlos Silveira, Diogo Rombo, Bruno Lamas, Fábio Mota, Vítor Araújo, João Pereira, Francisco Valente, Nuno Balsas, Jorge Amorim, Rui Vilão, João Ferreira, Luís Elias, José Losa, Hélder Moreira, Diogo Fonseca, Frederico Apolónia, André Abrantes, Henrique Vieira, João Farinha, Paulo Fernandes, Nuno Lages, João Diamantino, Vasco SÁ Pinto, Rui Carrilho, Luis Quelhas Valente, Tiago Pires, Mafalda Pratas, Renato Vasconcelos, João Raimundo, Francisco Arantes, Francisco dos Santos, Mariana Barosa, Marta Baptista Coelho, João Castanheira, Pedro , rodrigo Brazão, Nuno Gonçalves, Pedro Rebelo, Tomás Félix, Vasco Lima, Joao Pinto, João Moreira, José Oliveira Pratas, João Diogo Silva, Marco Coelho, Joao Diogo, Francisco Aguiar , Tiago Costa da Rocha, João Crispim, Paulo dos Santos, Abílio Mateus, João Pinho , Andrea Grosso, Miguel Lamela, Margarida Gonçalves, Afonso Martins, João Barbosa, Luis Filipe, Renato Mendes, António Albuquerque, Francisco Santos, juu-san, Fernando Sousa, Pedro Correia, MacacoQuitado, Paulo Ferreira, Gabriela, Nuno Almeida, Francisco Manuel Reis, Daniel Almeida, Albino Ramos, Inês Patrão, Patrícia Esquível , Diogo Silva, Miguel Mendes, Luis Gomes, Ana Batista, Alberto Santos Silva, Cesar Correia, Susana Ladeiro, Gil Batista Marinho, Filipe Melo, Cheila Bhuralal, Bruno Machado, Miguel Palhas, isosamep, Robertt , Pedro F. Finisterra, Cristiano Tavares, Pedro Vieira, Jorge Soares, Maria Oliveira, Bruno Amorim Inácio, Nuno , Wedge, Pedro Brito, Manuel Botelho da Silva, Ricardo Leitão, Vítor Filipe, João Bastos, Natália Ribeiro, Bernardo Pimentel, Pedro Gaspar, Hugo Domingues Esta conversa foi editada por: Martim Cunha Rego Bio: Dr. Fons Trompenaars is recognised around world for his work as consultant, trainer, motivational speaker and author of various books on all subjects of culture and business. He has spent over 30 years helping Fortune 500 leaders manage and solve their business and cultural dilemmas to increase global effectiveness and performance, particularly in the areas of globalisation, mergers and acquisition, HR and leadership development. Listed regularly as one of the world's most influential, living, management thinkers, he has been awarded the International Professional Practice Area Research Award by the American Society for Training and Development. Fons was voted one of the top 20 HR Most Influential International Thinkers 2011 by HR Magazine. He is also ranked in the Thinkers50 2011, 2013 and 2015 as being one of the most influential management thinkers alive. He was inducted in the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame in 2017 which salutes distinguished Management Thinkers and their contributions whose names and legacies are added to the ranks of those who have arrived before them. They are distinguished thinkers who have all made a lasting and vital impact on how organizations are led and managed. They are the giants upon whose shoulders managers and leaders stand. Fons joined Shell in 1981 and moved into the Personnel Division for Shell in Rotterdam. From 1985, he worked in job classification and management development at the Shell Research Laboratories in Amsterdam. In 1989 he founded the Centre for International Business Studies, a consulting and training organization for international management. Since 1998 we operate as Trompenaars Hampden-Turner. Fons Trompenaars has worked as a consultant for Shell, BP, ICI, Philips, Heineken, TRW, Mars, Motorola, General Motors, Nike, Cable and Wireless, CSM and Merrill Lynch. Fons wrote Riding the Waves of Culture, Understanding Cultural Diversity in Business. This book sold over 120,000 copies and was translated into 16 languages amongst them, French, German, Dutch, Korean, Danish, Turkish, Chinese, Hungarian and Portuguese. He is co-author amongst others of Nine Visions of Capitalism: Unlocking the Meanings of Wealth Creation and Rewarding Performance Globally.

João Nuno Coelho é sociólogo, autor de vários livros sobre sociologia e História do Futebol. É membro do Grupo de História e Desporto do Instituto de História Contemporânea da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Nos últimos anos integrou a Football Ideas, colaborando com diversos media nos campos da análise e estatística do futebol, como atestam as participações na Liga dos Últimos, no Números Redondos e na Grandiosa Enciclopédia do Ludopédio. O tema deste episódio é um que já há muito tinha pensado trazer ao podcast. Tinha pensado, mas tinha também hesitado, porque adivinho que só uma parte dos ouvintes tem algum interesse pelo tema. Dito isto, posso dizer com alguma confiança que este é um episódio que pode interessar a quase todos os que tenham pelo menos algum interesse por futebol, sobretudo se esse interesse for mais pelo desporto em si e pelo fenómeno social do que pela actualidade que preenche os jornais diários e os programas de comentário televisivo.   Obrigado aos mecenas do podcast: Gustavo Pimenta; João Castanheira João Vítor Baltazar; Salvador Cunha; Ana Mateus; Nelson Teodoro; Paulo Peralta; Duarte Dória; Gonçalo Martins; Tiago Leite Abílio Silva; Tiago Neves Paixão; João Saro; Rita Mateus; Tomás Costa; Daniel Correia, António Padilha, André Lima Vasco Sá Pinto, Luis Ferreira, Pedro Vaz, André Gamito, Henrique Pedro, Manuel Lagarto, Rui Baldaia, Luis Quelhas Valente, Rui Carrilho, Filipe Ribeiro, Joana Margarida Alves Martins, Joao Salvado, Luis Marques, Mafalda Pratas, Renato Vasconcelos, Tiago Pires, Francisco Arantes, Francisco dos Santos, João Bastos, João Raimundo, Hugo Correia, Mariana Barosa, Marta Baptista Coelho, Paulo Ferreira, Miguel Coimbra, Pedro Silva, António Amaral, Nuno Nogueira, Rodrigo Brazão, Nuno Gonçalves, Duarte Martins, Pedro Rebelo, Miguel Palhas, Ricardo Duarte, Duarte   -> Torne-se também mecenas do podcast, a partir de 2€, através do Patreon!   Ligações: Livro: The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong Paperback – Chris Anderson e David Sally Quest for Excitement: Sport and Leisure in the Civilizing Process - de Norbert Elias Norbert Elias e o “Processo CIvilizacional” Episódio de que falei sobre o futebol nos EUA (Freakonomics) Livro: Banal Nationalism - Michael Billig “Vestir a camisola” – jornalismo desportivo e a selecção nacional de futebol (artigo académico do convidado) Drafting na NBA A disparidade dos direitos televisivos em Portugal Quem decide as regras do futebol? Sócrates VAR Golo Hugo Almeida vs Inter de Milão Livro que refere a origem da vantagem das equipas que jogam em casa: Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won Paperback – Tobias Moskowitz e L. Jon Wertheim Episódio do podcast da BBC ‘More or Less’ sobre como o futebol mudou nas últimas décadas Livro: Inverting The Pyramid, The History Of Football Tactics - de Jonathan Wilson Artigo de Jonathan Wilson sobre reutilização das tácticas passadas Moneyball (filme) Brentford's Moneyball Way To Beat Football Teams With Huge Budgets Livro recomendado: Fever Pitch - Nick Hornby Bio: João Nuno Coelho é sociólogo. Mestre e Licenciado em Sociologia pela Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra. Vencedor em 1999 da 1.ª Edição do Prémio Jovem Cientista Social de Língua Portuguesa, do Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra. Autor da obra Portugal, a equipa de todos nós. Nacionalismo, futebol e os media (Afrontamento, 2001), A Nossa Selecção em 50 Jogos, 1921-2004 (Afrontamento, 2004) e da coletânea Futebol Globalizado (Análise Social e Routledge, 2006). Lecionou Sociologia da Arte na Escola Superior Artística do Porto (2003-2007). É membro do Grupo de História e Desporto do Instituto de História Contemporânea da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Nos últimos anos integrou a Football Ideas, colaborando com diversos media nos campos da análise e estatística do futebol, como atestam as participações na Liga dos Últimos, no Números Redondos e na Grandiosa Enciclopédia do Ludopédio.

Disability, gender and sexuality, politics of public space, and intersectional accessibility. Some enchanted conference, across a crowded plate of beans at Sheffield Hallam University, Dr. Charlotte Jones and Dr. Jen Slater discovered a shared passion for poop. One year later, “Around the Toilet” was born, performing collaborative arts-based research on bathrooms as places of inclusion and/or exclusion. Shawn Shafner (The Puru) sits down with the dynamic doo-o to discuss how restrooms can become inaccessible because of age, gender, ability, religion, profession and more, plus the online tools, videos, and corrugated cardboard water closets they created to entice designers towards innovation. Pushing past the "one-stall-fits-all" model, we imagine a compassionate world where every deuce can be dropped with dignity.  Also mentioned in this episode: Edinburgh Scotland, Sex Drugs and Activism, PrEP (Pre Exposure Prophylaxis), sex categories, gender binary, disability studies, Alison Kafer, Feminist Queer Crip, overlapping identities, oppression, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Norbert Elias, Civilizing Process, Changing Places, Barbara Penner, bladder leash, Victorian toilets, toilet tourism, London Loo Tours, Broadway theater, muslim, truckers lorry drivers, NYU Bobst Library.

Aired Thursday, 3 August 2017, 4:00 PM ET The Reality of Porn with Dr. Jakob Pastoetter Few topics are more controversial than Porn. This is because Porn stands so much in the intersection not only of so many different points of view what sexuality should be about but also of what constitutes a visual medium and a piece of art in general, what are their messages, and how do they exert influence on our real world experiences and interactions. As with many other things, you can only try to approach from different angles to get an idea of what constitutes the “Reality of Porn” for different people, rather than to decide once and for all what it “really” is. In this show German Sexologist Dr. Jakob Pastoetter will answer these five questions to get a clearer picture: 1) what makes porn porn; 2) tell us about ethical porn; 3) is porn addictive; 4) what are the harmful effects of porn; 5) what are porn perception differences between men and women – preferences/ views/ attitudes; 6) my partner watches a lot of porn. Is this cheating? About the Guest: Dr. Jakob Pastoetter Dr. Jakob Pastoetter started as a very spiritually interested teenager, delved then into cultural anthropology, developed a taste for sexology while doing research at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, wrote his doctoral thesis on Hardcore Pornography and the Constrain to Self-constrain Mechanisms of the Civilizing Process it is entangled in – Question: Why were Sexually Explicit Pictures only developed as an Entertainment Medium in the Postindustrialized Western societies. He got his Ph.D. in Education at Humboldt University, and finally became an ABS certified Clinical Sexologist at the American Academy of Clinical Sexology in 2003, teaching and tutoring there since 15 years while doing research, media work, and sex, couple, and life counseling as President of the German Society for Social Scientific Sexuality Research. He started organizing the prestigious biannual conferences of DGSS. Since 2014 he also provided sexual counseling for bi-national couples in English and German via Skype. His websites are www.sexologie.org, www.sexualitaetleben.de, https://www.facebook.com/erosarising/, https://twitter.com/jpastoetter, and soon www.liveyoursexuality.com. Right now he is the Editor of a German-English book series “Sexuality Crosswise” with Springer Science and is writing a book on “The Development of German Sex Education”.

Aired Thursday, 1 June 2017, 4:00 PM ETAnimated Sex: The Spirituality of Eros with Dr. Jakob PastoetterAlthough there was never in the history of mankind more visual sex and general information about sex readily available, many people suffer from low libido and general disinterest in sex. Sexologists usually try to cure this with even more information and concentration on sex, and for many people that might be helpful because they have no words of their own to articulate their sexual needs and desires. But there are those others for whom this doesn’t work because they suffer from a kind of sex poisoning. This can only be cured by going back to the roots which aren’t anatomical, technical, or visual but primordial, archaic, and spiritual. Sex as “just sex” quickly becomes empty and shallow if the connection to Eros gets cut. Eros is not just the chubby little angel with bow and arrow but is the primordial god of procreation who emerged self-formed at the dawn of creation. Eros was the driving force behind the generation of new life in the cosmos. With Martha Lee Jakob Pastoetter will discuss his importance for cultivating polarity, nourishing creativity, and developing spiritual connectivity with life to discover our full sexual potential. Excursions will lead to Astrology, Sex Magick, Qigong, Tantra and the Jungian concepts of Animus and Anima.About the Guest: Dr. Jakob PastoetterDr. Jakob Pastoetter started as a very spiritually interested teenager, delved then into cultural anthropology, developed a taste for sexology while doing research at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, wrote his doctoral thesis on Hardcore Pornography and the Constrain to Self-constrain Mechanisms of the Civilizing Process it is entangled in – Question: Why were Sexually Explicit Pictures only developed as an Entertainment Medium in the Postindustrialized Western societies. He got his Ph.D. in Education at Humboldt University, and finally became an ABS certified Clinical Sexologist at the American Academy of Clinical Sexology in 2003, teaching and tutoring there since 15 years while doing research, media work, and sex, couple, and life counseling as President of the German Society for Social Scientific Sexuality Research. He started organizing the prestigious biannual conferences of DGSS. Since 2014 he also provided sexual counseling for bi-national couples in English and German via Skype.His websites are www.sexologie.org, www.sexualitaetleben.de, https://www.facebook.com/erosarising/, https://twitter.com/jpastoetter, and soon www.liveyoursexuality.com.Right now he is the Editor of a German-English book series “Sexuality Crosswise” with Springer Science and is writing a book on “The Development of German Sex Education”.

Aired Thursday, 1 June 2017, 4:00 PM ETAnimated Sex: The Spirituality of Eros with Dr. Jakob PastoetterAlthough there was never in the history of mankind more visual sex and general information about sex readily available, many people suffer from low libido and general disinterest in sex. Sexologists usually try to cure this with even more information and concentration on sex, and for many people that might be helpful because they have no words of their own to articulate their sexual needs and desires. But there are those others for whom this doesn’t work because they suffer from a kind of sex poisoning. This can only be cured by going back to the roots which aren’t anatomical, technical, or visual but primordial, archaic, and spiritual. Sex as “just sex” quickly becomes empty and shallow if the connection to Eros gets cut. Eros is not just the chubby little angel with bow and arrow but is the primordial god of procreation who emerged self-formed at the dawn of creation. Eros was the driving force behind the generation of new life in the cosmos. With Martha Lee Jakob Pastoetter will discuss his importance for cultivating polarity, nourishing creativity, and developing spiritual connectivity with life to discover our full sexual potential. Excursions will lead to Astrology, Sex Magick, Qigong, Tantra and the Jungian concepts of Animus and Anima.About the Guest: Dr. Jakob PastoetterDr. Jakob Pastoetter started as a very spiritually interested teenager, delved then into cultural anthropology, developed a taste for sexology while doing research at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, wrote his doctoral thesis on Hardcore Pornography and the Constrain to Self-constrain Mechanisms of the Civilizing Process it is entangled in – Question: Why were Sexually Explicit Pictures only developed as an Entertainment Medium in the Postindustrialized Western societies. He got his Ph.D. in Education at Humboldt University, and finally became an ABS certified Clinical Sexologist at the American Academy of Clinical Sexology in 2003, teaching and tutoring there since 15 years while doing research, media work, and sex, couple, and life counseling as President of the German Society for Social Scientific Sexuality Research. He started organizing the prestigious biannual conferences of DGSS. Since 2014 he also provided sexual counseling for bi-national couples in English and German via Skype.His websites are www.sexologie.org, www.sexualitaetleben.de, https://www.facebook.com/erosarising/, https://twitter.com/jpastoetter, and soon www.liveyoursexuality.com.Right now he is the Editor of a German-English book series “Sexuality Crosswise” with Springer Science and is writing a book on “The Development of German Sex Education”.

Professor Stephen Mennell (UCD) gives a workshop on the life and work of influential sociologist Norbert Elias.