Word: mindset
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...think like Americans. It is not intellectual integrity that leads us to pretend otherwise—and if we strive for “pure,” generic efficacy in academic life, we are apt to miss out on rich legacies in American thought.With a nationalist mindset, then, in my final weeks as a member of this academic community, I offer an instance of the most primal and distinctive kind of American speech: a jeremiad for the occasion.In the colonial pulpits of this area, fire-and-brimstone orations scorched the consciences of backsliding Puritan congregations. Termed...
...China, it is primarily about oil thirst. But for Russia, it is about weapons industries lingering from the Soviet era. After Gorbachev, the Russian military complex stopped shipping AK-47s to the Middle East under the pretext of fighting capitalist imperialism. However, Russia’s brand-new capitalist mindset has led it to seek contracts with countries like Iran, Syria, and Libya to maintain capital inflow, and hence, some pride. Iranian leadership might lack legitimacy, but it has plenty of cash. Guess which nation got the contracts to build the reactors and turbines in sites like Bushehr. As Russia...
Incorporating practical classes like positive psychology—courses that teach students to enjoy their college experience—into the new core curriculum might be a step in the right direction. Unless they change their mindset, Harvard’s stressed out students are unlikely to suddenly wake-up and appreciate the amazing opportunities available on campus and in the Boston area. While a creative social events board might produce activities that are interesting to undergraduates at Harvard, students whose plates are full with other obligations will surely not be in attendance...
...Porter, “but I had never done a play before.” Taking on the intense subject matter was also a challenge for the cast, but Porter adds that they were able to “go back and forth in and out of that [serious] mindset. We’ll be joking around [on the set] and then rehearsing a scene in the second act which is very serious. It’s interesting to see how people [respond].” Whether one has seen Bernstein’s famed original or not, the Cabot...
...motives, and attitudes to social action. This is particularly true of Russian’s views on public actions. In Soviet times, participation in sanctioned public activities was almost mandatory; non-participation could lead to ostracism while participation often had clear benefits. With this cultural background, this vestigial Soviet mindset, contemporary Russians often do not understand how public activity can be independent of the government’s control and not motivated by self-interest. Therefore many people easily believe the fairy-tales told by state officials, political analysts, and the mass media of NGO’s alleged...