... Such a proposition follows a lineal evolutionary approach are controlled by alien powers for their own enrichment. in which societies develop step by step through predictable Dependency theory can be applied to Indigenous peoples successive stages. because it proposes to examine “... the interdepend ...
Fiction without Fantasy: Capital Fetishism as Objective Forgetting
... “asset” that someone “has”4. Here I want to point out that the attempt to think about capital as tangible things and possessions mystifies its nature, which, in turn affirms capital fetishism in two major ways: first, the assumption that capital is something that we “have” or possess overlooks that ...
... “asset” that someone “has”4. Here I want to point out that the attempt to think about capital as tangible things and possessions mystifies its nature, which, in turn affirms capital fetishism in two major ways: first, the assumption that capital is something that we “have” or possess overlooks that ...
ANNUAL REVIEW OF CRITICAL PSYCHOLOGY MARXISM AND
... Perhaps all this suggests is that modern psychology, like any other academic discipline, must operate within the confines of the existing social order. Given that the financial market periodically goes through natural fluctuations, the best that psychology can hope to do is to alleviate some of the ...
... Perhaps all this suggests is that modern psychology, like any other academic discipline, must operate within the confines of the existing social order. Given that the financial market periodically goes through natural fluctuations, the best that psychology can hope to do is to alleviate some of the ...
Journal of Political Power Perspectives on power
... on power in philosophy and political science has been very abstract and theoretical: it focuses on defining the concept of power, the semantics of power, and the logic of power relations. There has been very little attention paid to the question of how a theoretical analysis of power might relate to ...
... on power in philosophy and political science has been very abstract and theoretical: it focuses on defining the concept of power, the semantics of power, and the logic of power relations. There has been very little attention paid to the question of how a theoretical analysis of power might relate to ...
Geographies of friendships - National University of Singapore
... Friendship is a means through which people across the world maintain intimate social relations both proximate and at a distance. Friendships, it seems to us, are an important part of what makes us, and our geographies of various kinds, human. Yet this importance is not reflected in published work in ...
... Friendship is a means through which people across the world maintain intimate social relations both proximate and at a distance. Friendships, it seems to us, are an important part of what makes us, and our geographies of various kinds, human. Yet this importance is not reflected in published work in ...
Organization
... positions and across social norms and expectations—in terms of formulating definitions, articulating ideals, laying down principles, contesting standards, publicizing visions, putting forward plans, etc.—have the potential to stimulate positive social change, even when such talk is not fully reflect ...
... positions and across social norms and expectations—in terms of formulating definitions, articulating ideals, laying down principles, contesting standards, publicizing visions, putting forward plans, etc.—have the potential to stimulate positive social change, even when such talk is not fully reflect ...
The sociological study of suicide
... • Secondary clues include information coroners get about the deceased state of mind and life history, often obtained from relatives who may attempt to influence the coroners verdict • Atkinson argued that like the rest of us coroners have common sense assumptions about the causes of suicide, and if ...
... • Secondary clues include information coroners get about the deceased state of mind and life history, often obtained from relatives who may attempt to influence the coroners verdict • Atkinson argued that like the rest of us coroners have common sense assumptions about the causes of suicide, and if ...
... The main question is to what extent age, cohort, period, and individual characteristics contribute to the longitudinal explanation of intolerance for the right to criticize churches and religion? This discussion provides the theoretical basis for our presentation of findings. Next, we will describe ...
in Bengali Literature and Cinema - Centre for the Study of Culture
... of temporality enabling the subject to devise ways of inhabiting modernity without being wholly determined by its operational parameters. I shall argue how the critical distinction between ‘identity’ as an imaginative locus of habitation and ‘identification’ as a domain of structural mandates splits ...
... of temporality enabling the subject to devise ways of inhabiting modernity without being wholly determined by its operational parameters. I shall argue how the critical distinction between ‘identity’ as an imaginative locus of habitation and ‘identification’ as a domain of structural mandates splits ...
The effects of social and political openness on the welfare state in
... increased insecurity among citizens. The effects of social and political openness may run through different mechanisms. If social openness increases it may lead to cultural integration. This can have positive and negative effects for the welfare state. Cultural exchanges between countries increase t ...
... increased insecurity among citizens. The effects of social and political openness may run through different mechanisms. If social openness increases it may lead to cultural integration. This can have positive and negative effects for the welfare state. Cultural exchanges between countries increase t ...
Is Public Sociology Such a Good Idea?
... in weak politics” because it is the data and its careful analysis that is front stage, not political ideology. We do not need to poke people in the eye with ideological pronouncements; instead, we need to demonstrate the power of sociological analysis to say important and relevant things. My view is ...
... in weak politics” because it is the data and its careful analysis that is front stage, not political ideology. We do not need to poke people in the eye with ideological pronouncements; instead, we need to demonstrate the power of sociological analysis to say important and relevant things. My view is ...
crime_7 - stcmsoc
... White and Black working-class youth often feel alienated by schools, unemployment, low-wages, the police, etc. Young Black males face marginalisation through prejudice and harassment e.g., 'military policing‘ (stop and search). They argue this may be the ‘straw that breaks the camel's back’: economi ...
... White and Black working-class youth often feel alienated by schools, unemployment, low-wages, the police, etc. Young Black males face marginalisation through prejudice and harassment e.g., 'military policing‘ (stop and search). They argue this may be the ‘straw that breaks the camel's back’: economi ...
Sociology in Our Times
... Chapter 4, we develop a self-concept as we learn the attitudes, values, and behaviors of the people around us. When these attitudes and values are part of a predictable structure, it is easier to develop that self-concept. Social structure gives us the ability to interpret the social situations we e ...
... Chapter 4, we develop a self-concept as we learn the attitudes, values, and behaviors of the people around us. When these attitudes and values are part of a predictable structure, it is easier to develop that self-concept. Social structure gives us the ability to interpret the social situations we e ...
journal of economic sociology
... Consumption, etc. Nevertheless, in any war there are no winners, no losers, as they say, we are all losers. As in addition to that victory, economic sociology has not succeeded in competing with economics itself. The hope was that economic sociology would connect two “shores”, economics and sociolog ...
... Consumption, etc. Nevertheless, in any war there are no winners, no losers, as they say, we are all losers. As in addition to that victory, economic sociology has not succeeded in competing with economics itself. The hope was that economic sociology would connect two “shores”, economics and sociolog ...
FEMINIST ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY: ISSUES FOR
... phers of science) had important objections to the idea that there was something distinctive, privileged or even fundamentally different about the way women know. Criticisms from at least two perspectives challenged any account of women’s knowledge that identified it as distinctive. First, feminists ...
... phers of science) had important objections to the idea that there was something distinctive, privileged or even fundamentally different about the way women know. Criticisms from at least two perspectives challenged any account of women’s knowledge that identified it as distinctive. First, feminists ...
Values in science: Cognitive-affective maps
... basic research about fundamental psychological and neural processes, on the one hand, and applied research aimed at improving practices in education, mental health, and other areas relevant to human wellbeing. Should scientists take into account their own professional success in deciding what resear ...
... basic research about fundamental psychological and neural processes, on the one hand, and applied research aimed at improving practices in education, mental health, and other areas relevant to human wellbeing. Should scientists take into account their own professional success in deciding what resear ...
pitfalls underlying the empirical exploration of scientific knowledge
... content of the papyrus text. The germs of a knowledge-about-cognition are so weak, the distancing step – so short and hardly perceptible. Why this meta-cognitive effort is made at all? Can we suspect the ancient proto-scientist for self-interested ‘ideology’ or hypocrisy – doing something else but c ...
... content of the papyrus text. The germs of a knowledge-about-cognition are so weak, the distancing step – so short and hardly perceptible. Why this meta-cognitive effort is made at all? Can we suspect the ancient proto-scientist for self-interested ‘ideology’ or hypocrisy – doing something else but c ...
The Blackwell Companion to Social Theory
... a highly contested field of academic and intellectual activity in the social sciences. Analytic difficulties and debates in the social sciences are not easily resolved, and hence contests between paradigms often appear interminable. The accumulation of theoretical results is often difficult to prove ...
... a highly contested field of academic and intellectual activity in the social sciences. Analytic difficulties and debates in the social sciences are not easily resolved, and hence contests between paradigms often appear interminable. The accumulation of theoretical results is often difficult to prove ...
