The Discomfort of Civilization
Dr. Ishrak Kamaluldin
I am not a biologist or environmental scientist, but I'm a part of the nature, and I’ve to worry about it.
When one mentions the word ENVIRONMENT, most people would associate the word today with the pollution. That means the pollution of air, water and earth.
Without doubt the waste, especially industrial waste with their harmful waste and auto exhaust, are not only a big burden for the man and the earth, but they are also a serious danger. Because the pollution of the soil is at the same time a threat to groundwater and plants respectively food products. This decades problem also applies to the air, as is already mentioned. The car exhaust and similar types of combustion are important components of the so-called acid rain, which everything on earth attacks, when it falls. Obviously, the air of this pollution has not been spared. As is known, there can be no life on Earth exists without air, Nevertheless one has neglected the environment so that the ozone layer was wreck in retrospect. Everyone knows that this layer protects the people against the ultraviolet radiation of the sun. Because of the ozone hole suffer at the time many people suffer from under the skin cancer. Furthermore, the damage of the ozone has dire consequences as Global warming, ice melting, country flooding etc. An important element for life is water. There is no life, without water. There is the invisible pollution of the waters. It Concerns contaminates which are dissolved in water. and the visible pollution, such as foam-forming substance dirt and oil, which float on the surface. This type of pollution is a serious threat especially for the creatures living in the water, but also for the Sea dwellers.
All I have already mentioned , is known for most people. The press and the media report about it. What I really miss are the reports about the noise, which also very important. It called perhaps environmental harassment, but I would like to define it as “bang of the civilization”. Precautions and arrangements against noise in the industrial countries are obviously very well preserved in law books and conference protocols, because of noise and its dangerous consequences is hardly spoken. Why...? The noise is one of the most important environmental problems too. The phenomenon of noise exerts an enormous pressure on the psyche of the people. Aircraft noise, road noise, railway noise, industrial noise and build noise are great enemies of the people. The Permanent noise harassment lead to diseases such as sleep disorders (insomnia), high blood pressure
(hypertension) and heart problems. In addition, the noise disrupts the mental concentration and slows the brain recording process. This means that the noise is not only a source of disturbance to human sensation, as many think, but also a serious health problem. All this has been scientifically proven. therefore is the following question legitimate: Why often Cold insulation, Heat insulation and even Humidity insulation on the most plans of building receive attention, but the noise insulation is often disregarded, although that belongs certainly to the quality of life.
Anti-noise campaign, I have never explored, but also the press and the media rarely report about the disadvantages of noise, or about the diseases that caused by noise. Actions against noise could educate many people and leads to a kind of cooperation between them. Perhaps accordingly one hears at least no longer Braking manoeuvres or noisy music.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Near East/Middle East and the Orient - a conceptual dilemma
Near East/Middle East and the Orient - a conceptual dilemma
Dr. Ishrak Kamaluldin
The terms ‘Near East/Middle East’ and ‘Orient’ are part of an average English vocabulary. They are in the spoken language just as obviously as used in the texts of the mass media. Many branches of science use these terms without having a critical provision of intentioned purpose. A simple look at recent encyclopaedic conversation shows that these two terms are lacking clarity. Quite different criteria are used, separately or jointly, to determine which areas of the globe we are talking about.
A geographical definition of the term Near East/Middle East alone is complicated by the fact that three continents collide in that area. Without a doubt surrounds the Near East/Middle East, African and Asian regions. But where is its geographic border to Europe? Is Asia Minor and with Turkey a natural part of the Middle East or this land mass build a bridge to Europe, in which also Europe has a share? Appears even more difficult, there are geographical limits to the depth of the continents to find.
The Middle East could end in a westerly direction in the Libyan desert. Or it reaches up to the atlas, perhaps even up to the Atlantic. In the East the Arabian Gulf can form a border of the Middle East. But further north, the picture remains unclear, especially in the Zagros Mountains and in the highlands of Iran. Geographic contours of the Middle East seem only to have been clear on the Mediterranean Sea. The Coastal Bend of Alexandria (Egypt) to Latakia (Syria) seem a clear edge in the Middle East to the northwest.. But even the appropriation of Cyprus is problematic.
These outlined geographical problems also pertain to the term 'Orient'. Added to this, there was no clear boundary of the Orient direction East. Depending on the needs described. Persia, the Indian subcontinent and sometimes even the islands of the Indian Ocean, and even China and Japan as oriental.
Political criteria for determining the Middle East and the Orient go back mostly to the colonial time. The Near East, or in the English language the Middle East, means especially the territories, which since the 19th Century were under the control of the Ottoman Empire. As of 20th century the term ‘Middle East’ has acquired a character of a political crisis. With the complicated frictions in the area, and with the British League of Nations mandate over Palestine, several so-called Middle East wars erupted.
Simplified we can say that a political definition of the term Middle East concentrated on today's Israel and its Arab neighbours. But also on demand was/is involved the countries in the North African, the Gulf states, Iraq and even Iran in the issues. Often an economic argument in the political determination plays a role into this issue: The Middle East is still the most important oil-producing area of the earth. However, the deposits are not evenly distributed, so that not every Middle East country also has oil. Iran has one of its oil wells on the Arabian Gulf to such an economically defined Near East respectively Middle East. In contrast to the political significance of the term 'Middle East' has the word 'Orient `almost no political relevance.
The implied political criteria have evolved over the last two centuries, always with linguistic and ethnic aspects. The modern linguistics has in the 19th Century, the Semitic languages as a contiguous language family recognized. The Arab Semitic can be seen as the main language is identified. If the dissemination of Arabic at a criterion in the definition of the Middle East, then include the North African states to intentioned area in question and also areas such as Sudan or the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Turkey would not belong to the Middle East.
For the Humanities and Cultural Studies , the solution seem to be in a religio-cultural criterion: The terms' Near East/Middle East 'and' Orient `may refer to the Islamic religion and the associated culture. This definition has initially the historical development for themselves. There is a long continuous connection to religion, philosophy, science, literature, architecture and music, until the present ranges. The problem remains even in a religio-cultural provision limiting to the east, where in Persia and the Indian subcontinent on the scope of Islam and an associated specific culture overlaps with a variety of other religious-cultural currents formed. For the present is a provision of the Middle East after religio-cultural criteria therefore also questionable, because the Middle East included some areas, which have reacted quite differently to pressure of the modernization of the West. For example, the modern Turkish state which has the separation between religion and state, the Arabic language and Arabic writing massively in their importance pruned and European cultural influences opened.
In summary, it is clear that individual geographic, political, economic, linguistic, ethnic or religious-cultural criteria, no clear determination of the regions allow the 'Middle East' or ‘Orient’ meant to be. For the Middle East characterized namely a key area from which the modern states of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and the Arab Gulf states is formed. But the precise borders in the west, south and east change, depending on what criteria one more considers important. The inclusion of the so-called Maghreb, Turkey and Israel is questionable.
The term 'Orient' enclose usually the North African territories but loses any clarity when it comes to its coverage east of the Persian cultural area. The definition described difficulties arose not least the fact that the terms' Near East/Middle East 'and' Orient `European culture originate. Until now, it is the view from the west, the European and American view, which give these terms significance aspects of their meaning. It will be already clear, if the opposite concepts incorporate into consideration. opposite terms or complementary terms: Occident, West,(Christian) Europe, European civilization, antique - Christian culture or European Mediterranean. Looking at these self-descriptions in connection with the heteronomy precise, we will find two contexts. The words of both groups can signalize nearness and / or antagonism. The easiest way to do so, perhaps the term Near East itself. ‘East’ is the opposite concept to the West. The contraposition of the directions of the sky symbolizes first principle divorced. Two worlds are as Western and Eastern culture or civilization, when two types of world perception and interpretation over the world. But this antagonism is through the attribute 'Near' contradicted in a strange way. The others, the principle should also be differentiated and separate are close at the same time. That means that East is not too difficult to reach, it can perhaps even from on its own, the West come too closely.
Similarly clear is the ambivalence of intimacy and creating distance contrast in the words 'Middle East', and `Asia Minor. The tension that expresses itself here, has historically seen good reasons. The Mediterranean was more than two millennia, while confrontation and integration of cultures and space powers. The coexistence and conflict of the participating nations, states, cultures always showed new alliances and front lines. That concept which is now mostly unconscious self-evident modern Western culture called, is in a long process, especially in this geographical area has been prepared and shaped. Even today the political self-determination and delimitation tests on the so-called Balkans and the region around the Black Sea, that the geographic definition of 'Europe' is not yet complete.
It seems to me that in these historical and current contexts the relative fuzziness of the words' Middle East 'and' Orient `not only a disadvantage, but the wavering and contradictions the term used for closer examination shows that the so-called Middle East until today for the self-understanding of Europe is of importance. The ambivalence in the name of others is directly linked to the contradictions of self-designation.
Dr. Ishrak Kamaluldin
The terms ‘Near East/Middle East’ and ‘Orient’ are part of an average English vocabulary. They are in the spoken language just as obviously as used in the texts of the mass media. Many branches of science use these terms without having a critical provision of intentioned purpose. A simple look at recent encyclopaedic conversation shows that these two terms are lacking clarity. Quite different criteria are used, separately or jointly, to determine which areas of the globe we are talking about.
A geographical definition of the term Near East/Middle East alone is complicated by the fact that three continents collide in that area. Without a doubt surrounds the Near East/Middle East, African and Asian regions. But where is its geographic border to Europe? Is Asia Minor and with Turkey a natural part of the Middle East or this land mass build a bridge to Europe, in which also Europe has a share? Appears even more difficult, there are geographical limits to the depth of the continents to find.
The Middle East could end in a westerly direction in the Libyan desert. Or it reaches up to the atlas, perhaps even up to the Atlantic. In the East the Arabian Gulf can form a border of the Middle East. But further north, the picture remains unclear, especially in the Zagros Mountains and in the highlands of Iran. Geographic contours of the Middle East seem only to have been clear on the Mediterranean Sea. The Coastal Bend of Alexandria (Egypt) to Latakia (Syria) seem a clear edge in the Middle East to the northwest.. But even the appropriation of Cyprus is problematic.
These outlined geographical problems also pertain to the term 'Orient'. Added to this, there was no clear boundary of the Orient direction East. Depending on the needs described. Persia, the Indian subcontinent and sometimes even the islands of the Indian Ocean, and even China and Japan as oriental.
Political criteria for determining the Middle East and the Orient go back mostly to the colonial time. The Near East, or in the English language the Middle East, means especially the territories, which since the 19th Century were under the control of the Ottoman Empire. As of 20th century the term ‘Middle East’ has acquired a character of a political crisis. With the complicated frictions in the area, and with the British League of Nations mandate over Palestine, several so-called Middle East wars erupted.
Simplified we can say that a political definition of the term Middle East concentrated on today's Israel and its Arab neighbours. But also on demand was/is involved the countries in the North African, the Gulf states, Iraq and even Iran in the issues. Often an economic argument in the political determination plays a role into this issue: The Middle East is still the most important oil-producing area of the earth. However, the deposits are not evenly distributed, so that not every Middle East country also has oil. Iran has one of its oil wells on the Arabian Gulf to such an economically defined Near East respectively Middle East. In contrast to the political significance of the term 'Middle East' has the word 'Orient `almost no political relevance.
The implied political criteria have evolved over the last two centuries, always with linguistic and ethnic aspects. The modern linguistics has in the 19th Century, the Semitic languages as a contiguous language family recognized. The Arab Semitic can be seen as the main language is identified. If the dissemination of Arabic at a criterion in the definition of the Middle East, then include the North African states to intentioned area in question and also areas such as Sudan or the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Turkey would not belong to the Middle East.
For the Humanities and Cultural Studies , the solution seem to be in a religio-cultural criterion: The terms' Near East/Middle East 'and' Orient `may refer to the Islamic religion and the associated culture. This definition has initially the historical development for themselves. There is a long continuous connection to religion, philosophy, science, literature, architecture and music, until the present ranges. The problem remains even in a religio-cultural provision limiting to the east, where in Persia and the Indian subcontinent on the scope of Islam and an associated specific culture overlaps with a variety of other religious-cultural currents formed. For the present is a provision of the Middle East after religio-cultural criteria therefore also questionable, because the Middle East included some areas, which have reacted quite differently to pressure of the modernization of the West. For example, the modern Turkish state which has the separation between religion and state, the Arabic language and Arabic writing massively in their importance pruned and European cultural influences opened.
In summary, it is clear that individual geographic, political, economic, linguistic, ethnic or religious-cultural criteria, no clear determination of the regions allow the 'Middle East' or ‘Orient’ meant to be. For the Middle East characterized namely a key area from which the modern states of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and the Arab Gulf states is formed. But the precise borders in the west, south and east change, depending on what criteria one more considers important. The inclusion of the so-called Maghreb, Turkey and Israel is questionable.
The term 'Orient' enclose usually the North African territories but loses any clarity when it comes to its coverage east of the Persian cultural area. The definition described difficulties arose not least the fact that the terms' Near East/Middle East 'and' Orient `European culture originate. Until now, it is the view from the west, the European and American view, which give these terms significance aspects of their meaning. It will be already clear, if the opposite concepts incorporate into consideration. opposite terms or complementary terms: Occident, West,(Christian) Europe, European civilization, antique - Christian culture or European Mediterranean. Looking at these self-descriptions in connection with the heteronomy precise, we will find two contexts. The words of both groups can signalize nearness and / or antagonism. The easiest way to do so, perhaps the term Near East itself. ‘East’ is the opposite concept to the West. The contraposition of the directions of the sky symbolizes first principle divorced. Two worlds are as Western and Eastern culture or civilization, when two types of world perception and interpretation over the world. But this antagonism is through the attribute 'Near' contradicted in a strange way. The others, the principle should also be differentiated and separate are close at the same time. That means that East is not too difficult to reach, it can perhaps even from on its own, the West come too closely.
Similarly clear is the ambivalence of intimacy and creating distance contrast in the words 'Middle East', and `Asia Minor. The tension that expresses itself here, has historically seen good reasons. The Mediterranean was more than two millennia, while confrontation and integration of cultures and space powers. The coexistence and conflict of the participating nations, states, cultures always showed new alliances and front lines. That concept which is now mostly unconscious self-evident modern Western culture called, is in a long process, especially in this geographical area has been prepared and shaped. Even today the political self-determination and delimitation tests on the so-called Balkans and the region around the Black Sea, that the geographic definition of 'Europe' is not yet complete.
It seems to me that in these historical and current contexts the relative fuzziness of the words' Middle East 'and' Orient `not only a disadvantage, but the wavering and contradictions the term used for closer examination shows that the so-called Middle East until today for the self-understanding of Europe is of importance. The ambivalence in the name of others is directly linked to the contradictions of self-designation.
أهمية القصة الخرافية للطفل
أهمية القصة الخرافية للطفل
بقلم: د. إشراق كمال الدين
" ذات الرداء الاحمر <ليلى والذئب> كان حبي الأول, وكنت أعرف: لو كان بمقدوري أن أتزوجها, لكانت السعادة من نصيبي". هذه الكلمات للكاتب البريطاني الشهير تشارلز ديكنز, التي توحي بأنه كان مسحورا بالقصص الخرافية، شأنه شأن الملايين من الاطفال في جميع انحاء العالم على مدى العصور, وحتى عندما أصبح ديكنز كاتبا معروفا على الصعيد العالمي كان يؤكد بأن دور القصص الخرافية بكل شخصياتها الرائعة وأحداثها, لها الدور الكبير في صياغة وتشكيل شخصيته الابداعية. أما الكاتب والشاعر الألماني الكبير غوته يشير في مذاكراته الى دور الحكايات الشرقية الشهيرة ألف ليلة وليلة, التي كانت تسردها له والدته قبل النوم, في تكوين وصقل خياله الأدبي الواسع
القِصَّةٌ الخُرَافِيَّة تحادث الطفل وتخاطب نوازعه الداخلية, كما انها تشجع على تنمية شخصيته وتثري خياله. فالجانب الفكري للطفل يتأثر ليس فقط بالمحيط العائلي والأجتماعي وأنما يتأثر أيضا بما يراه ويسمعه. فالأدب التقليدي للأطفال المتمثل بالقصص الخرافية والاساطير يغذي خيال الطفل ويحفزه بالدرجة الأولى على السرد الخيالي ويشكل مصدرا لألهامه, كما يربي فيه الـمثل الاجتماعية العليا كونها تحدثه عن صراع الخير والشر ويرسم له مشاهد كثيرة يتعلم من خلالها الطفل كيفية الخروج من المواقف المحرجة وكيفية التغلب على الأزمات من خلال الثقة والأعتماد على النفس. فالعمل الدؤوب ,النجاح الدائم, الامانة والصدق, التضحية والايثار, الأخلاص والحب الحقيقي صفات ايجابية يكافأ عليها، أما الصفات الضد كالكسل, الفشل, الخيانة والكذب, الغيره والحقد ، الانانيه, الجشع والظلم ...الخ فهي قيم سلبية منبوذة من قبل المجتمع والأعراف وتقود الى التعاسة وغالبا الى الهلاك. هذه الحكايات تهذب الطفل وتعطيه الأمل في المستقبل والايمان بالنهاية السعيدة, كما إن من خلالها يتعلم الطفل بأن السلطة والثروة والمظاهر البراقة ليست معايير أساسية للحياة, وأنما حب الخير والعمل به والتعاون مع الأخرين هو سر التغلب على كل المصاعب للوصول الى الهدف والنجاح
الكثير من الحكايات الخرافية تمتلك العديد من الرموز والصور والاستعارات، التي لها جذور عميقة في الروح البشرية, والتي لها القدرة على تنظيم الفوضى الداخلية في النفس. فالطفل يجد من خلالها التوجيه والأرشاد ويستطيع من خلال هذه الحكايات اكتشاف ذاته والتعرف على خلجات نفسه, ففي هذه الحكايات يجد الطفل غالبا أجوبة لكثير من الأسئلة التي تدور في ذهنه .ففي معظم الأحيان يتفاعل الطفل مع أحداث الحكاية ويقترب من بعض شخصياتها الى درجة التقمص بها بسبب حاجة ما ملحة في نفسه, فمن خلالها يعثر على بعض الحلول لنزاعاته الداخلية. ولبعض الحكايات جاذبية معينه وتأثير وجداني عميق يحثان الطفل على بناء نوع من العلاقة الروحية بينهما, يصعب على الكثير من الكبار فهمها
كثيرا ما تنتهي القصص الخرافية بنهاية سعيدة,على سبيل المثال يتزوج الامير من بنت جميلة أو يتغلب الخير على الشر وذلك بتدمير عنصر الشر كالساحرة أو المخلوق الخرافي الشرير ...الخ
إن شخصية الساحرة المشعوذة, الذئب, الغول و أحيانا زوجة الأب القاسية ...الخ رموز تقليدية لعنصر الشر يجسدون الخطر والخوف للطفل. هذه الرموز السلبية معروفة لدى الأطفال حتى في سنواتهم المبكرة. فالطفل بكيانه البشري البريء والرقيق يستطيع أن يلمس بشكل مبهم الجانب المعتم الموجود في أغوار نفسه, فمشاعر مثل الخوف, الغضب, الغيره او الحزن لديه ينظر اليها على انها نوع من فوضى الأحاسيس وتشكل نوعا من التهديد الذاتي له, الا إنه لايستطيع أن يعبر عنها أو يصفها بالكلمات, لذلك تدمير الأشخاص الشريرة في الحكاية تجسد له شيئا أشبه بصمام الأمان, الذي يمنحه الطمأنينة والراحة النفسية, كما تعلمه الحكاية بشكل غير مباشرعلى عدم اليأس والأستسلام للأحباطات. ان المشاعر الأيجابية, التي تؤثر أيضا في البالغين, تعطي الطفل القدرة على تطوير ذاته. فالمهمة التربوية الأولى كانت ومازالت تؤكد على مساعدة الطفل في تنمية القيم المثالية في شخصيته وإيجاد معنى ايجابي للحياة
الكثير من النخب المثقفة تعتبر القصص الخرافية والأساطير ينبوع لاينضب من السعادة وتعزيز الذات, كونها تجسد الأمنيات للطفل وتقدم له حلولا لبعض المعاضل وتمنحه الأمل. كما ان فضاء الخيال الواسع والمتنوع في الحكاية يساعده على موازنة الواقع المليء بالصعاب. فالقصص والاساطير القديمة في تراث الشعوب المختلفة هي كنز ثمين في تجربة اجيال كثيرة, كونها تحفزهم على النجاح في الحياة حتى فى ظل الظروف الصعبة
أأمل أن لايكون اليوم التلفاز أو الأنترنت بديلا عن صوت الجدة أو الأم الحنون, لما له وقع عميق وتأثير وجداني ساحر ومباشر في نفس الطفل يرافقه في كل مراحل حياته
هذه المقالة المتواضعة هي دعوة لمشروع وطني شامل يهتم بجمع تراث الحكايات الشعبية المتناقلة للسعي على حفظها خشية من إندثار هذا الأرث القيم
بقلم: د. إشراق كمال الدين
" ذات الرداء الاحمر <ليلى والذئب> كان حبي الأول, وكنت أعرف: لو كان بمقدوري أن أتزوجها, لكانت السعادة من نصيبي". هذه الكلمات للكاتب البريطاني الشهير تشارلز ديكنز, التي توحي بأنه كان مسحورا بالقصص الخرافية، شأنه شأن الملايين من الاطفال في جميع انحاء العالم على مدى العصور, وحتى عندما أصبح ديكنز كاتبا معروفا على الصعيد العالمي كان يؤكد بأن دور القصص الخرافية بكل شخصياتها الرائعة وأحداثها, لها الدور الكبير في صياغة وتشكيل شخصيته الابداعية. أما الكاتب والشاعر الألماني الكبير غوته يشير في مذاكراته الى دور الحكايات الشرقية الشهيرة ألف ليلة وليلة, التي كانت تسردها له والدته قبل النوم, في تكوين وصقل خياله الأدبي الواسع
القِصَّةٌ الخُرَافِيَّة تحادث الطفل وتخاطب نوازعه الداخلية, كما انها تشجع على تنمية شخصيته وتثري خياله. فالجانب الفكري للطفل يتأثر ليس فقط بالمحيط العائلي والأجتماعي وأنما يتأثر أيضا بما يراه ويسمعه. فالأدب التقليدي للأطفال المتمثل بالقصص الخرافية والاساطير يغذي خيال الطفل ويحفزه بالدرجة الأولى على السرد الخيالي ويشكل مصدرا لألهامه, كما يربي فيه الـمثل الاجتماعية العليا كونها تحدثه عن صراع الخير والشر ويرسم له مشاهد كثيرة يتعلم من خلالها الطفل كيفية الخروج من المواقف المحرجة وكيفية التغلب على الأزمات من خلال الثقة والأعتماد على النفس. فالعمل الدؤوب ,النجاح الدائم, الامانة والصدق, التضحية والايثار, الأخلاص والحب الحقيقي صفات ايجابية يكافأ عليها، أما الصفات الضد كالكسل, الفشل, الخيانة والكذب, الغيره والحقد ، الانانيه, الجشع والظلم ...الخ فهي قيم سلبية منبوذة من قبل المجتمع والأعراف وتقود الى التعاسة وغالبا الى الهلاك. هذه الحكايات تهذب الطفل وتعطيه الأمل في المستقبل والايمان بالنهاية السعيدة, كما إن من خلالها يتعلم الطفل بأن السلطة والثروة والمظاهر البراقة ليست معايير أساسية للحياة, وأنما حب الخير والعمل به والتعاون مع الأخرين هو سر التغلب على كل المصاعب للوصول الى الهدف والنجاح
الكثير من الحكايات الخرافية تمتلك العديد من الرموز والصور والاستعارات، التي لها جذور عميقة في الروح البشرية, والتي لها القدرة على تنظيم الفوضى الداخلية في النفس. فالطفل يجد من خلالها التوجيه والأرشاد ويستطيع من خلال هذه الحكايات اكتشاف ذاته والتعرف على خلجات نفسه, ففي هذه الحكايات يجد الطفل غالبا أجوبة لكثير من الأسئلة التي تدور في ذهنه .ففي معظم الأحيان يتفاعل الطفل مع أحداث الحكاية ويقترب من بعض شخصياتها الى درجة التقمص بها بسبب حاجة ما ملحة في نفسه, فمن خلالها يعثر على بعض الحلول لنزاعاته الداخلية. ولبعض الحكايات جاذبية معينه وتأثير وجداني عميق يحثان الطفل على بناء نوع من العلاقة الروحية بينهما, يصعب على الكثير من الكبار فهمها
كثيرا ما تنتهي القصص الخرافية بنهاية سعيدة,على سبيل المثال يتزوج الامير من بنت جميلة أو يتغلب الخير على الشر وذلك بتدمير عنصر الشر كالساحرة أو المخلوق الخرافي الشرير ...الخ
إن شخصية الساحرة المشعوذة, الذئب, الغول و أحيانا زوجة الأب القاسية ...الخ رموز تقليدية لعنصر الشر يجسدون الخطر والخوف للطفل. هذه الرموز السلبية معروفة لدى الأطفال حتى في سنواتهم المبكرة. فالطفل بكيانه البشري البريء والرقيق يستطيع أن يلمس بشكل مبهم الجانب المعتم الموجود في أغوار نفسه, فمشاعر مثل الخوف, الغضب, الغيره او الحزن لديه ينظر اليها على انها نوع من فوضى الأحاسيس وتشكل نوعا من التهديد الذاتي له, الا إنه لايستطيع أن يعبر عنها أو يصفها بالكلمات, لذلك تدمير الأشخاص الشريرة في الحكاية تجسد له شيئا أشبه بصمام الأمان, الذي يمنحه الطمأنينة والراحة النفسية, كما تعلمه الحكاية بشكل غير مباشرعلى عدم اليأس والأستسلام للأحباطات. ان المشاعر الأيجابية, التي تؤثر أيضا في البالغين, تعطي الطفل القدرة على تطوير ذاته. فالمهمة التربوية الأولى كانت ومازالت تؤكد على مساعدة الطفل في تنمية القيم المثالية في شخصيته وإيجاد معنى ايجابي للحياة
الكثير من النخب المثقفة تعتبر القصص الخرافية والأساطير ينبوع لاينضب من السعادة وتعزيز الذات, كونها تجسد الأمنيات للطفل وتقدم له حلولا لبعض المعاضل وتمنحه الأمل. كما ان فضاء الخيال الواسع والمتنوع في الحكاية يساعده على موازنة الواقع المليء بالصعاب. فالقصص والاساطير القديمة في تراث الشعوب المختلفة هي كنز ثمين في تجربة اجيال كثيرة, كونها تحفزهم على النجاح في الحياة حتى فى ظل الظروف الصعبة
أأمل أن لايكون اليوم التلفاز أو الأنترنت بديلا عن صوت الجدة أو الأم الحنون, لما له وقع عميق وتأثير وجداني ساحر ومباشر في نفس الطفل يرافقه في كل مراحل حياته
هذه المقالة المتواضعة هي دعوة لمشروع وطني شامل يهتم بجمع تراث الحكايات الشعبية المتناقلة للسعي على حفظها خشية من إندثار هذا الأرث القيم
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