About this Issue:
This issue of Socrates has been divided into five sections. The first section of this issue is Language & Literature- English. The first article of this section deals with Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of “symbolic” or “soft” violence in Margaret Drabble’s latest novel, The Pure Gold Baby (2013).The second article of this section tends to analyses Connection in Richard Ford’s A Multitude of Sins.The third article of this section applies the formalistic approach to scrutinize the two poems of William Butler Yeats.
The second section of this issue is Philosophy. The first article of this section analyzes the epistemological limit that separates the superhero fictitious universe from our universe of causal reality. The second article of this section argues that whatever might be said about his attack on other German philosophers, Santayana’s attack on Kant, despite its subtlety, its force and its intelligence, is fundamentally misguided.
The third section of this issue is Economics, Commerce and Management. In the first paper of this section authors have examined how, when and to what extent Strategic Human Resource Practices affect performance at the employee level. The second article of this section explores some of the important aspects of effective mobile money and digital financial services in bringing financial inclusion.
The fourth section of this issue is Politics, Law and Governance. The article in this section explores the African Union’s (“AU”) science and technology plan and strategy for Africa within the construct of Kwame Nkrumah’s socio-political thought.
The fifth section of this issue The new Book, reviews AamNama by renowned scholar and poet "Suhail Kakorvi".
Bushra Juhi Jani Research Student School of English. The University of Sheffield United Kingdom.
Frédéric Dumas English Department Stendhal University — Grenoble, France
Farough Fakhimi Anbaran Shiraz University, Islamic Republic of Iran
Alexandros Schismenos PhD Scholar Philosophy of Science University of Ioannina Greece
Dr. Samuel J.M. Kahn Assistant Professor of Philosophy Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis United States
Prof. Madhurima Lall Professor& Head Department of Applied Economics Faculty of Commerce University of Lucknow India
Smt. Anjana Mohan Research Scholar Department of Applied Economics Faculty of Commerce University of Lucknow India
Dayadhar Raj Srivastava Asstt.General Manager (Inspection and Audit) State Bank of India Lucknow Area, India
Lloyd Delroy McCarthy Adjunct Professor in Africana Studies North Carolina State University United States
Ghufran Naseem Senior Journalist Rojnama Sahara - Lucknow Edition India