'We can see a savage': a case study of the colonial gaze in generative AI algorithms. [PDF]
Alenichev A +5 more
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ABSTRACT This article connects cultural taste to capitalist mechanisms of redistribution through the concept of political economy of taste. Building on Bourdieusian scholarship on recognition struggles and drawing on Mike Savage and Nancy Fraser, it examines how public performances of taste reshape representations of working‐class culture and how these
Simone Varriale
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Climate-driven reduction in biomass production of the Eurasian steppe coincides with nomadic migration during the first millennium CE. [PDF]
Chen F +18 more
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Subjective Social Inequalities, Lay Perceptions of Merit and Puzzles of Explanation
ABSTRACT Despite rising socioeconomic inequalities most people see individualised merit as crucial for social success. Drawing on surveys such as the ISSP a wealth of research examines trends in subjective perceptions, the relative importance accorded to merit and non‐merit factors for getting ahead in life and factors which influence lay perceptions ...
Sarah Irwin
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The Mediterranean diet: a historical perspective. [PDF]
Capurso A.
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Disruptive Behavior in the Postdisciplinary Society. [PDF]
Gaete-Silva J, Gaete A.
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The Normative Turn: Back to Hobhouse?
ABSTRACT Supporters of a recently announced normative turn in sociology acknowledge that what they recommend is by no means entirely new. However, they have given little attention to an early precursor: the British sociologist Leonard Hobhouse. He focussed on the role of the normative in social life and insisted that sociology could, and must, play an ...
Martyn Hammersley
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Strong-Ties and Weak-Ties Rationalities: Predicting Public Stigma, Support Networks, and Health Behaviours During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across Four Societies. [PDF]
Ting RS +7 more
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‘We are not barbarians’: Gender politics and Turkey’s quest for the West
A. Bilgiç
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Twenty‐First Century Butlers and the New Spirit of Service
ABSTRACT More than 50 years ago, Lewis Coser argued that the “servant” had become obsolete, claiming that such a “premodern” occupation could not function within modernity without religious legitimations. However, with parts of the contemporary service sector exhibiting the very characteristics that Coser viewed as “premodern”—especially within ...
Bryan Boyle
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