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‘MORTAL FEAST’: Cannibal Capitalism Meets Covid‐19 in the Urban Peruvian Amazon
Abstract This article presents a surrealist urban political ecology of cannibal capitalism in the zoonotic city. It does so through an account of the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, which was the worst‐hit city in the world during this initial wave. Iquitos embodies multiple dimensions of zoonotic urbanization
Japhy Wilson
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ABSTRACT Trust is both a prerequisite and a product of insurance, as insurance contracts are built on and create trust relations that enable a risk‐averse perspective towards the future. At the same time, insurer‐policyholder relationships are characterised by a persistent distrust, rooted in insurance economics and industry reputation. In this article,
Maiju Tanninen, Gert Meyers
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Conciliar Christology and the Consistency of Divine Immutability with a Mutable, Incarnate God [PDF]
[paragraph 3 of the article] The goal of this article is to flesh out that initial understanding of incarnational immutability. The method I employ to attain this goal is to consider cases of predications from the texts of conciliar Christology.
Pawl, Timothy
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Does Proactivity Affect Insurance Solidarity and Individual Responsibility?
ABSTRACT Over the past 20 years, the insurance industry has been experimenting with technological innovations that deeply affect its business model and social function. This article explores the use of digital technologies to monitor policyholders' behaviour and personalise their insurance coverage.
Alberto Cevolini, Elena Esposito
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Dreaming Ubuntu: Jungian Studies, Forgiveness, and Jung’s Recalcitrant Fourth
Abstract Jung’s recalcitrant fourth comes in from a place of opposition, demanding that what has been neglected be considered. It is in the spirit of the fourth that the author examines the use of Ubuntu in Jungian literature, cautioning against a decontextualized appropriation of the notion that overlooks its diverse interpretations and usages ...
Barbara Cerminara
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Environmental Racism and Biased Methods of Risk Assessment [PDF]
Based on analysis of a risk assessment for a proposed Louisiana uranium enrichment facility, the authors argue that environmental injustice occurs when assessors\u27 scientific methods cause de facto ...
Shrader-Frechette, Kristin S.+1 more
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Understanding place attachment to remote environments: An Antarctic case study
Abstract The Anthropocene presents unique challenges for humanity’s relationship with remote environments. Transboundary environmental problems, such as climate change or plastics pollution, affect places that are beyond most people’s direct experience.
Katie Marx+3 more
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Third or “Second and a Half”? Continuity, Path Dependence, and the Third Nuclear Age
ABSTRACT The world has entered a new nuclear age. Scholars have characterized this “third nuclear age” as one of renewed competition among nuclear‐armed great powers and the coming maturation of new technologies. I trace the origins of the new nuclear age. Focusing primarily on US strategies with two case studies on conventional strike capabilities and
Jan Ludvik
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Enabling data‐driven collaborative and reproducible environmental synthesis science
Abstract This manuscript shares the lessons learned from providing scientific computing support to over 600 researchers and discipline experts, helping them develop reproducible and scalable analytical workflows to process large amounts of heterogeneous data.
Julien Brun+7 more
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Abstract Background and Aims The presence of sections or chapters on spontaneous human combustion in more than half of the key texts in English on the action of alcohol on the body and mind in the first half of the nineteenth century demonstrates the seriousness with which it was considered.
Iain Smith, Pam Lock
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