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Where the Magician Lives: An Ontological Problem in the Anthropology of Magic
Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 2, Fall 2026.ABSTRACT The purpose of the present study is to outline a theoretical framework in which the anthropologist can introduce a naturalistic approach, which will not be conflicted with scientific discourses, into his ethnographic work. First of all, I argue that the principles of magic can be understood as a part of social cognitive causal chains, based on
Keishi Okamoto
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Autopoiesis: the organization of living systems, its characterization and a model.
Currents in modern biology, 1974 Notwithstanding their diversity, all living systems must share a common organization which we implicitly recognize calling them “living.” At present there is no formulation of this organization, mainly because the great developments of molecular, genetic
F. G. Varela, H. Maturana, R. Uribe
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Discourse Networks and Contentious Global Public Policy
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 5, Page 1662-1687, September 2026.Abstract This article develops a comprehensive typology of policy frame trajectories and proposes a research agenda to explain the complex, evolving dynamics of framing in European and global public policy‐making. Challenging static and instrumentalist views, frames are conceptualised as malleable, relational and contingent, unfolding through processes
Anna Holzscheiter, Ece Özlem Atikcan
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THE DIALECTICS OF RATIONAL AND EXISTENTIAL ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL AUTOPOIESIS
, 2020 The article is devoted to the phenomenon of social order involving the dialectic unity of existential and societal conditions of social reproduction. The methodological and epistemological base of the study is formed by the theory of autopoiesis by N ...
Georgievna Sinkovskaya, Irina +5 more
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Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Philosophica, 2016 Die Konzepte „Informationsmetabolismus“ von Antoni Kępiński und „Autopoiesis“ von Niklas Luhmann rekurrieren auf die Struktur biologischer Zellen. Beide Autoren übertragen diese biologischen Strukturen auf ihre jeweiligen Anwendungsfelder.
Florian Steger, Maximilian Schochow
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An Endogenous ‘Refugee Crisis’: Exploring Frame Drain and Emerging Conflicts in Migration Politics
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 5, Page 1814-1839, September 2026.Abstract Migration governance in Europe is shaped by contesting frames that reflect deeper tensions between security, humanitarianism and sovereignty. This article traces how these frames evolve over time and how the so‐called refugee ‘crisis’ reconfigures framing dynamics and actor relations between 2000 and 2020. Rather than treating the crisis as an
Ece Özlem Atikcan +2 more
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Biomimetics in Modern Organizations - Laws or Metaphors? [PDF]
Biomimetics, the art and science of imitating nature and life for technological solutions is discussed from a modern organization theory perspective.
Miroslav Zugaj, Markus Schatten
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Autopoiesis: three researh directions for future developments
, 2016 The chapter describes three current research directions, in the development of the theory of autopoiesis, which are particularly relevant for the field of Chemical ...
Damiano L.
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsIntroductionThe Local and Indigenous knowledge systems of campesino communities in Peru reflect the altitudinally diverse and extreme climates of the Andean mountains and support the ancestral system of ‘turno’ cultivation.
Charlotte Potter +4 more
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Autoconstrucción y Autopoiesis
, 2019 En este capítulo se presenta el tema de autoconstrucción y Autopoiesis en el proceso de construcción de casas expresivas. Se cuenta con la participación del Maestro Ricardo Toledo Castellanos, Artista Plástico con énfasis en teoría, Maestro en Artes ...
Martínez, Raúl Alejandro +1 more
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