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The Absurdity of Hope: A Philosophical Exploration of Camus' Concept of Living with the Absurd
Wah Academia Journal of Global ReligionsAlbert Camus, a prominent philosopher in existentialism, offered a groundbreaking perspective on human existence through his concept of the absurd. In his works, particularly The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), Camus defines the absurd as the conflict between ...
Osagie Sylvester AIMIEHINOR
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, 2006 Excerpt: ‘Paradox’ is derived from two words that literally mean against opinion. The Oxford English Dictionary (1989; vol. 11, p. 185) identifies several meanings for ‘paradox’.
Bufford, Rodger K.
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Genres of Paradoxical IS Theorising: Of Chaos–Puzzles and Spear–Shields
Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Paradox is a powerful lens for theorising information systems (IS) phenomena. However, as scholars apply the term to fundamentally different phenomena, ‘paradox’ risks dilution. Much confusion stems from conflating two concepts under the same English label ‘paradox’: chaos–puzzles (seemingly impossible ideas, aligned with the Chinese term ‘bei
Blair Wang +2 more
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Risk Aversion and Expected-Utility Theory: A Calibration Theorem [PDF]
Within the expected-utility framework, the only explanation for risk aversion is that the utility function for wealth is concave: A person has lower marginal utility for additional wealth when she is wealthy than when she is poor.
Matthew Rabin
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The Irony of Liberation in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest vividly portrays the tragic consequences of repressive psychiatric authority. The film was—and remains—one of the most memorable and well‐known products of anti‐psychiatry sentiment. Opponents of American psychiatry from the time period of Cuckoo's Nest objected to what they saw as social control ...
Laura Hirshbein
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05-04 "Rationality and Humanity: A View from Feminist Economics" [PDF]
Does Rational Choice Theory (RCT) have something important to contribute to the humanities? Jon Elster and others answer affirmatively, arguing that RCT is a powerful tool that will lend clarity and rigor to work in the humanities just as it (presumably)
Julie A. Nelson
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Stitching Serenity: Exploring Theories of Well‐Being Through Embroidery
International Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates how embroidery as a tactile form of inquiry can enhance students' understanding of well‐being concepts. Drawing on Bereiter's (2002, Education and Mind in the Knowledge Age) idea of naturalising abstract knowledge objects, we examine how students materialised their theoretical mind maps through embroidery.
Henna Lahti, Päivi Fernström
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DRAMA EXISTENŢEI ŞI INCOMUNICABILITATEA ÎN TEATRUL ABSURDULUI
Studia Universitatis Moldaviae: Stiinte Umanistice, 2012 The article analyses the specific of the Theatre of Absurd, phenomenon in the world dramaturgy from the 2nd half of the 20th century. The main emphasis placed to the concept about existence, to the argumentation of the concept about absurd, to the ...
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The Meritorious ‘Other’: The Interconnection of Merit and Race in EU Migration and Asylum Law
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Adopting a law‐in‐context approach, this article suggests that merit‐based migrant selection in the European Union (EU) is implicitly shaped by racial dynamics. With a focus on EU law and more specifically on cases from the Netherlands and Germany, it argues that the growing emphasis on merit enables a limited number of ‘racialised others’ to ...
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