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Work, leisure and sleep are the three core cyclical activities in our society. In the past work was distinct from non-work time, in fact 'the 8-hour work, 8-hour leisure, 8-hour sleep day' was at the very heart of past worker movements. So, the blur between work and leisure is a postmodern trend which has impacted the way we travel. This change is mainly due to the advances of technology, which have made work outside the workplace a reality even during holiday. Consequently, a hybrid tourism product called workcation has emerged and challenges the traditional concept of tourism. Both the theory and the practice of this phenomenon are in the focus of this research.
Due to the lack of the tourism-focused theorization, the related literature is multidisciplinary and eclectic; therefore, this study takes a similar approach while embedding the topic into the tourism theory. The starting point is the change in work and leisure relationship, followed by the impact of technological advances on the work. Then I also formulate a tourism-focused workcation concept. For the empirical research an online survey was conducted with 340 participants. Based on the multidisciplinary literature and the result of my empirical research six types of workcation tourists were identified and described. Finally, a specific segment of workcation tourists is singled out as an attractive market for strategists and marketers planning sustainable tourism.

In this paper I am concerned with the theory of society that Schopenhauer presents in his Aphorismen zur Lebensweisheit. First, I try to develop the link of these aphorisms with the rest of his philosophy, so I analyze the genesis of eudemonology especially in the posthumous manuscripts of 1826-1830. My next step consists in using the distinction between will and representation as a hermeneutical tool for the interpretation of Schopenhauer's social theory: in the paragraph about society as representation, I focus on his criticism of honor and its implications for the theory of society and in the paragraph about society as will, I analyse the factors of social coercion and cohesion considered by Schopenhauer. In the conclusion, I highlight the importance of this social theory embedded in Schopenhauer's eudemonology for his political philosophy. ; En este artículo me ocupo de la teoría de la sociedad que Schopenhauer presenta en sus Aphorismen zur Lebensweisheit. En primer lugar, intento desarrollar la articulación de estos aforismos con el resto de su filosofía, de modo que analizo la génesis de la eudemonología especialmente en los manuscritos póstumos de 1826-1830. A continuación, utilizo la distinción entre voluntad y representación como herramienta hermenéutica para la interpretación de la teoría social de Schopenhauer: en el caso de la sociedad como representación, destaco la crítica schopenhaueriana del honor y sus implicaciones para la teoría de la sociedad y en el caso de la sociedad como voluntad, me centro en los factores de coacción y cohesión social. En la conclusión, apunto la relevancia de la teoría de la sociedad presente en la eudemonología para la filosofía política schopenhaueriana.

In order to provide directions for future computer-mediated communication (CMC) scholarship, in this article, I analyze, critique and integrate contemporary CMC theory and research. Particularly, based upon an analysis of recent developments in multi-media software and the world wide web, I explore the theoretical implications of increased audio, video and three-dimensionality in cyberspace. In general, in this article, I argue that CMC theory and research has been limited by the `textual bias' of previous scholars. CMC researchers and theorists must begin to reconstruct the communicative, rhetorical and epistemological features of multi-media CMC in order to describe and explain communication in cyberspace. Through an integrated, inter-disciplinary program of multi-methodological empirical research, scholars can build theory that better accounts for multi-media CMC.

In digitalisierten, kapitalistischen Ökonomien nimmt Überwachung gegenwärtig eine ubiquitäre Stellung ein, deren Formen und Funktionen im Bereich der Surveillance Studies erörtert werden. Geprägt von einer Tradition gouvernementalitätskritischer Theorie stehen dabei vor allem das Verhältnis von Privatheit und Öffentlichkeit sowie von Un/Sichtbarkeit und Un/Sicherheit im Fokus, die in einer Reihe fundierter Zeitdiagnosen diskutiert werden. Während damit ergiebige Symptomanalysen vorliegen, erscheinen sie zugleich häufig als merkwürdig ursachenblind, was nicht zuletzt darin begründet sein mag, dass queerfeministische Positionen bislang nur wenig Beachtung finden. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird auf der Basis einer selektiven Literaturstudie der Versuch unternommen, die beiden Theoriestränge zusammenzuführen, um so ihre produktiven Potenziale auszuloten, aber auch mögliche Probleme herauszufiltern.

This article presents a theory of marriage formation in India and grounds it with primary qualitative data. India presents a unique case for interrogating the institution of marriage because here, violent kinship-based patriarchy and the neoliberal promises of individual freedom and choice coexist. This article draws on literatures from Marxist, Feminist political economy, economic anthropology, and the political economy of caste to contend that a synthesis of Social Reproduction Theory and Ambedkarite theory of caste and Brahminical Patriarchy presents a better theoretical framework to critically examine the relationship between market and nonmarket social relations in India. We argue that in India, marriage is an institution that provides the essential legitimizing framework for the reproduction of social order, as well as the social relations of class, caste, and gender. Empirical analysis shows that Brahminical Patriarchy amalgamates with social relations of neoliberal capital within the institution of marriage to create new forms of regressive social norms and oppressions. This study also complicates the neat distinction between market and nonmarket relations and, in extension, between economic and social realms of life. JEL Classification: B54, B14, Z13, J12

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Purpose: The present paper tries to cross-examine Sen's notion of justice and to find a midway between the ideal and non-ideal theorizing of justice. Besides, searching for reconciliation between Rawls and Sen, the present paper also attempts to go beyond Sen, while critically engaging with his idea of justice. Methodology: This study has applied qualitative method; however, both the historical and analytical methods are employed for reaching out the conclusive findings of the study. As the sources of this paper are basically secondary, all necessary and relevant materials are collected from a range of related books, articles, journals, newspapers, and reports of various seminars and conferences that fall within the domain of the study area. Main Findings: While analyzing Sen's critique of Rawlsian theory, the study finds that the Rawlsian theory cannot be discarded only as a theory that formulates ideal justice and is not redundant. The study while revisiting Sen's notion finds that there is also a possibility of reconciliation between ideal and non-ideal theorizing of justice. Application: This study will be useful in understanding the debate between ideal versus non-ideal theories of justice that has lately been haunting the political philosophy. Besides, it will also be useful in searching for reconciliation between Rawls' and Sen's paradigms of justice and thereby offering a conception of justice that is reasonable and true in assessing issues of justice in the present scenario. Novelty/ Originality: Revisiting Sen's notion of justice and analyzing such dimensions of politics, the study will benefit the reader to evaluate the debate between ideal versus non-ideal theorizing of justice. Moreover, by searching for a possibility between Rawls and Sen, the study will contribute towards developing an alternative approach and understanding of justice.