Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science)

Reflection on the Relationship Between Mobile Internet Technology and Luxury Consumption from the Perspective of Philosophy

WANG Na

2017, 19 (4): 331-336. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2017.04.001

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Mobile internet technology characterized by instant messaging， insidious interaction as well as organizational mobilization， makes luxury consumption which is an activity of self-expression and identify construction become a kind of unknowingly manipulated consumption， by changing the trading paths， payment methods and communication means. On the one hand， luxury consumption tends to be “demoralized”， which brings about more and more ethical problems of individual freedom and distributive justice; on the other hand， the “strong interaction” and “cancellation of sublimity” of mobile internet consumption magnify the social functions of aesthetics， leading to the aesthetic contradiction of absoluteness and relativity， and integrity and fragmentation. It is necessary to make timely reflection and adjustment of the relationship between mobile Internet technology and luxury consumption based on the unity of truth， goodness and beauty.

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A Preliminary Study on Chen Chang-shu's Thought of Scientific and Technological Methodology

WU Jun-jie， CHEN Hong-bing

2017, 19 (4): 337-342. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2017.04.002

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Professor Chen Chang-shu， one of the first-generation scholars of Dialects of Nature in China， began to research scientific and technological methodology in 1950s. At the beginning of his research， he made a clear distinction between scientific methodology and technological methodology. He logically found the independent research value of technological methodology from his exploration of scientific epistemology and methodology， and constantly enriched the research. His thought of scientific and technological methodology is characterized by the following four aspects: firstly， insisting on the fundamental standpoint of Marxism; secondary， the consistency in methodology and epistemology of science and technology; thirdly， the uniqueness of exploring technological methodology based on the distinction between science and technology; fourthly， emphasizing the research of creative methodology of science and technology.

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Borgmann's Humanistic View of Science and Its Integration in Technology

QI Jie

2017, 19 (4): 343-348. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2017.04.003

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Albert Borgmann's view of science is to explore the nature of science and its interpretation methods from the perspective of humanism. To Borgmann， science reveals the essence of things at the microcosmic level and obtains empirical and verifiable results. His scientific realism is a type of inclusive theory， which includes not only the research objects of scientific attributes， but also the human factors of the poeticity， life language and moral experience of non-scientific attributes. The methods that science adopts to explain the world tend to be diversified. Moreover， developing technological practices is based on scientific theories， and the important way of integrating science and technology is to form a new world view that is accepted by the public. By systematically exploring Borgmann' view of science and its relationship with science and technology， the important implications of Borgmann's theory were given， and the theoretical shortcomings of Borgmann's view were analyzed from the perspectives of the covering range of scientific realism， the relationship between science and technology， and etc.

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Multiple Implications of Eric Hobsbawm's View of Technological Value from the Perspective of Historical Materialism

WANG Yuan-yuan

2017, 19 (4): 349-355. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2017.04.004

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As a representative personage of the British New Marxism， Eric Hobsbawm regarded technology as one of the human practices， which is not neutral but must reside in the goal of human society in a certain historical condition while it can’t wander outside of human values in that technology is value loaded. He constantly held the standpoint of historical materialism all alone， and researched the microcosmic historical facts of social underclass and human practices by adopting the historical “bottom up” approach. To Hobsbawm， technological value should be reset to the “total history” covering both industrial history and human history， whose emphasis should be based on the practical experience of the mankind's activities as well as the ultimate aim of human beings' free and comprehensive development. Technological value should include productivity value， social revolution value， cultural value and human-oriented value.

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An Empirical Study on the Effects of Governmental R&D Subsidy upon New Energy Automobile Industry

LI Zhao-you， QI Xiao-dong， LIU Yan

2017, 19 (4): 356-364. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2017.04.005

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Based on the panel data of Chinese listed companies in the new energy automobile industryfrom 2011 to 2015， the effects of direct governmental subsidies and indirect subsidies on enterprises'R&D investment were investigated by using the static and dynamic panel data models. The results showed that direct governmental subsidy has a significant incentive effect on enterprises' R&D investment， while indirect subsidy has uncertain impacts on enterprises' R&D investment. At the same time， firm size and knowledge stock contribute to governmental R&D subsidy， while the effect of enterprises' technological level on governmental R&D subsidy is not remarkable. On this basis， in order to improve the effectiveness of governmental subsidies，the following governmental functions should be improved: strengthening more disclosure of official information， enhancing the stability and pertinence of subsidy policies， giving full play to the role of governmental subsidies and tax incentives，and establishing perfect subsidy accessing and exiting mechanisms.

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On the Convergence of China's Regional Carbon Emissions

TONG Xin

2017, 19 (4): 364-370. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2017.04.006

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Based on the concept of convergence of economic growth theory， the different convergences， dynamic evolution characteristics and causes of regional carbon emissions in the eastern， central and western China were analyzed. Based on the different convergence models， the convergence of the three regional and national carbon emission differences was analyzed. The empirical results showed that the carbon emission levels in China's different regions take on different convergence characteristics over time. The carbon emission levels of different regions are characterized by absolute β and the β convergence conditioned by different regional carbon emissions takes different convergence paths. Therefore， a rational understanding should be given to the dynamic trend of China's regional differences in carbon emissions， and differentiated emission reduction strategies should be raised to achieve a more rapid overall emission reduction nationwide.

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Influential Factors of Vocational Education Training Demand of New-generation Migrant Workers in Urbanization ——Based on the Survey Data of Liaoning Province

ZHU Zhu， YAN Jia-qi， JIA Jian-feng

2017, 19 (4): 371-377. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2017.04.007

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Based on a survey analysis of the new-generation migrant workers in 14 cities in Liaoning Province， the influential factors of vocational education training demand of new-generation migrant workers in Liaoning Province were explored by Logistic regression analysis from the perspectives of individual characteristics， working conditions and social support. It was found that the influential factors are mainly individual characteristics (including age， educational background and marital status)， working conditions (including industrial category， income， working years and working hours) and social support (including subjective support， objective support and availability of support). Based on the conclusions， some managerial implications were put forward from the aspects of various training plans， reasonability of working hours and enhancement of social support， which could provide theoretical basis and empirical support for the vocational education training of new-generation migrant workers.

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On the Ways to Promote Policy Diffusion by the Central Government ——A Case Study of Low-rent Housing Policy

ZHU Duo-gang， HU Zhen-ji

2017, 19 (4): 378-384. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2017.04.008

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Under the unitary system， the policy-making process of Chinese local governments is often intervened by the central government. The central government intervention can be categorized into three types， namely， administrative instruction， political incentives and economic incentives. Accordingly， an analytical framework of the relationship between central government intervention and policy diffusion under the Chinese political structure was developed. Taking the low-rent housing policy as an example， the diffusion path and characteristics of Chinese local governments were summarized. The results showed that the type of central government intervention hinges upon the policy diffusion process. Administrative instruction is the dominant type at the early stage of policy diffusion， whereas political and economic incentives become the main interventions during the later diffusion period.

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Influential Factors of Satisfaction with the Government's Purchasing In-home Elderly Services——Based on a Survey of Four Cities in China

CHU Ya-ping， HE Yun-fei

2017, 19 (4): 385-392. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2017.04.009

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In the process of the government's purchasing in-home elderly services， to improve the beneficiaries' satisfaction is an important task. Therefore， it is necessary to understand what will affect the beneficiaries' satisfaction. Based on the literature review， four influential factors of satisfaction were summed up， including quality， fairness， efficiency， and administrative cost， and theoretical assumptions were made on this basis. SPSS 20.0 was used to give the correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis based on the survey data obtained from Hefei， Yangzhou， Nanjing and Xiamen. The results showed that there is a positive correlation between satisfaction and quality or efficiency， and there is a negative correlation between satisfaction and administrative cost. Finally， based on the data results， it was proposed to construct a good interactive environment to improve the conversion ratio of quality， efficiency， administrative cost to satisfaction， optimize the efficiency to help integrate the influential factors of satisfaction， improve the quality to enrich the core of satisfaction and save the administrative cost to achieve a sustainable growth of satisfaction.

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On the Influencing Factors of Taxpayer Satisfaction——An Empirical Study of Local Tax System Based on S City

SI Xiao-yue， ZHANG Fang-zhen， BIAN Jiang

2017, 19 (4): 392-398. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2017.04.010

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By drawing on the research results of the domestic and international customer satisfaction indexes， and under the guidance of the studies on the customer satisfaction indexes of public service， a structural equation model was established to fit the tax system of taxpayer satisfaction. The empirical study of S City was used to verify the model's feasibility， and calculate the scores of taxpayer satisfaction indexes. It was found that taxpayers' perceived quality exerts significant effect on taxpayer satisfaction. Besides， the effect of taxpayers' expectation on their satisfaction follows the path of taxpayer expectation to their perceived quality and to their satisfaction， whose direct effect is minimal. On this basis， the reasons of low taxpayer satisfaction were analyzed and several countermeasures and suggestions were put forward accordingly.

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Hardening the Soft Laws in the International Securities Regulation

ZHANG Xiao-jing

2017, 19 (4): 399-404. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2017.04.011

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Characterized by high flexibility， fastness and professionalism characteristics， soft laws have become chief tools of governance in terms of international securities. Although the soft law of international securities is not mandatory in theory， the effectiveness is not affected in practice. There are three ways to harden the soft law: transferring to the international conventions， adopting the national laws， and being admitted into domestic regulatory practices. These hardening approaches could secure the effectiveness of soft laws to some degree， which make an easy target to blame. Through the economic， political and legal analysis， it was found that the criticism does have its reasonable part， but there are also some misunderstandings. As an emerging economy， China should hold a rational view of the influence from the developed countries and the consequences from the hardening of soft laws. It is of necessity to get involved in the global securities governance so as to realize China's interest demands.

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Effectiveness of the Sale-on Terms in Housing-debt Contract ——Focus on Private Lending Judicial Explanation for Article 24

PEI Ya-zhou， SHAN Xing-chen

2017, 19 (4): 405-410. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2017.04.012

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A housing-debt contract is an agreement to guarantee private lending through signing a house sale and purchase contract. Despite its enormous practices， there is still dispute on the effectiveness and ineffectivenessin terms of the clause validity. What is worse， Article 24 of “The provisions of the supreme people’s court on the application of law in private lending cases”adopts an avoidance attitude towards this issue. The validity of house-debtcontracts could not be denied simply because there is no false intention or conspiracy， which is different from fluidity contracts. By analyzing the nature of the clauses for house-debt contracts， such explanations as alienation guarantee， after-alienation guarantee， contract with termination and conditional sale contract are questionable. A house-debt contract is essentially a pre-contract for datio in solutum，and in accordance with the legal cases， the creditors can rule out the third person's claim for the housing price， i.e.， the creditor shall enjoy the right of property expectation， which may provide useful reference for setting such disputes in judicial practices.

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On the Legal Responsibility of Regional Air Pollution Control ——An Approach to Balanced Liability Mechanism

YANG Li-juan， ZHENG Ze-yu

2017, 19 (4): 410-416. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2017.04.013

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The most striking change in the Atmospheric Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People’s Republic of China (2015 Revision) is the emergent new mode of regional prevention and control of air pollution， i.e.， shifting from the traditional administrative mode to the mode of joint prevention and control of air pollution. The new mode， which emphasizes the coordination of regional governance， centers on the liability mechanism of joint governance. However， there is no fundamental improvement with the new mode over the past two years. Due to the unbalanced levels of regional economic development， it requires the redistribution of the environmental responsibility of the administrative body so as to make the economic interests match the responsibility of environmental governance. Subjected to the regional governance barriers and other defects， the existing mechanism is still biased in the traditional mode. Given that the mode of joint prevention and control is not likely to be implemented， the good experiences from American environmental governance should be learned， the legislation should be perfected to balance the liability mechanism， and a mature legal liability path should be taken in China’s regional air pollution control.

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On the Value Dimension of the Concept of Shared Development

CAO Hong-tao， SUN Li

2017, 19 (4): 417-422. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2017.04.014

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The concept of shared development put forward by President Xi Jinping follows the value logic of Marxism， and naturally takes scientific socialism theory， socialism with Chinese characteristics， and the Party's value pursuit as the value basis. The sub-goals have been specified inherently by setting the mankind's free and comprehensive development as the highest value target. Meanwhile， the concept of shared development boils down to development， and the unification of process sharing and result sharing is reached; in the face of practice， the unification of process correction and problem reflection in sharing is paid attention to; attaching great importance to the main body and realizing the unity of the individuals and the whole is the value method implied by the concept of shared development. Looking ahead， the concept of shared development clarifies the value orientation: keeping the theory in pace with the times， and meeting the requirements of the theory and the needs of the times; exploring the socialist construction road， and building strength in continuously solving the development problems; practicing the aims to focus on the needs of people's livelihood to enhance the level of governance and consolidate the ruling foundation.

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Capitalism Crisis Theory of Western Left-wing Scholars and Its New Progress from the Perspective of Production Mode

YAN Fang-jie

2017, 19 (4): 423-428. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2017.04.015

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Faced with the new changes of capitalism since the middle of the 20th century and increasingly popular cultural research paradigms， the left-wing scholars represented by Mandel always insist on building the crisis theory from the perspective of production mode. They believe that the inherent conflicts of productivity and production have led to an internal crisis of production， resulting in the self-deconstruction of the capitalist organism;the external conditions of the ecological and social environment constitute the disordered crisis of production mode， and the development of capitalism is subjected to structural restriction.In the context of global financial crisis，the theory of production crisis has been inherited by such scholars as Wallerstein and Michael Mann. The former measures the inherent sustainability of capitalism as a systematic economic system， and draws pessimistic conclusions. The latter starts with the external causal chains to determine whether the new wealth created by capitalism can offset its costs， and drawsrather optimistic conclusions.

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On the Modern Transmutation of the Subjectivity of Chinese Translators ——Taking the Translation During May 4th Movement Period for Example

LI Yang

2017, 19 (4): 429-434. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2017.04.016

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The May 4th Movement Period is regarded as one of the most important turning points in China's translation history. On the one hand， translators during the period inherited the ideology of saving China from being reduced to a colony by translation in the late Qing Dynasty. On the other hand， translators introduced abundant literatures from the West during the period to gain insight into humanitarianism and ideological inspirations， which influenced translators after the period to undertake social transformations. The whole historical continuum centering on the period reflected the emerging role of the subject in translation played by translators in China's social culture and literature translation， and contributed to the modern transmutation of the subjectivity of translators.

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Quest for “Truth” Through Gnosis——Representation of Postmodern Ethics under Gnosticism in The Waterworks

ZHAO Li

2017, 19 (4): 435-440. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2017.04.017

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The works of postmodern writer E.L.Doctorow are of strong ethic awareness. In The Waterworks， the author makes an ethic reflection upon the social issues of American Dream and takes rationalism which occupies the dominant position in culture and value orientation as a crucial reason for a series of moral problems. Under the revelation of Gnosticism， Doctorow explores the ideological similarities between Gnosticism and postmodern ethics and uses “gnosis” as moral knowledge to construct postmodern ethics. Ultimately， the author expects to use Gnosticism to define postmodern ethics as a universal morality so as to explore the possibility of the existence of moral truth.

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