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The Mysterious Stranger and Modern Enchantment

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sociological accounts of modernity have long emphasized rationalization, alienation, and the attenuation of affective intensity. While these diagnoses capture crucial dynamics of modern social order, they leave underexplored a persistent and generative dimension of social life: enchantment.
Dmitry Kurakin
wiley   +1 more source

The criterion of human dignity in the Quran. [PDF]

J Med Ethics Hist Med
Jafari SA, Araminia B, Tavasoli N, Tavasoli H, Abedi S, Navab SA, Talebi Darabi B.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Ideology of Sovereign Money: How Bitcoin Harms Politics

Constellations, EarlyView.
Nanna Lilletvedt Sæten
wiley   +1 more source

Twenty‐First Century Butlers and the New Spirit of Service

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Promoting Precarity or Creating Cushions? Examining Canadians' Experiences With Financialization and Insecurity Across the Life Course

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines experiences and perceptions of economic insecurity across individual social trajectories within the context of pervasive financialization in Canada. Drawing on a comprehensive pan‐Canadian survey (n = 7483) and set of interviews (n = 127) collected as part of the Great Canadian Class Study (GCCS), we use a mixed‐methods ...
Michelle Maroto, Guillaume Durou, Samuel Braden, Andrea DeKeseredy   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing the effects of climate risk on discouraged borrowers: Deciphering the contradictory forces. [PDF]

Risk Anal
Anastasiou D, Ballis A, Kallandranis C, Lakhal F.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Fuel to Green: Do U.S. Oil and Gas Firms Use Green Innovation and CSR Disclosure to Mitigate Financial Risk

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to explore how oil and gas firms adopt two sustainability tools, namely green innovation and corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure, either separately or in combination, to mitigate financial risk. The empirical study examines a sample of 229 oil and gas firms over the 2010 to 2019 period.
Imen Khanchel, Naima Lassoued, Imen Fakhfakh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural Adaptation and Preliminary Assessment of the Italian Version of the FICA© Spiritual History Tool in the context of End-Of-Life Cancer Patients. [PDF]

J Relig Health
Bovero A, Scomazzon A, Di Girolamo I, Lamannis C, Puchalski C, Cagna M, Cotardo F.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Correction to: The Precarious Space for Mourning: Sick Leave as an Ambiguous Topic in Bereaved Parents' Accounts of the Return to Everyday Life After Reproductive Loss. [PDF]

Cult Med Psychiatry, 2022
Kristvik E.
europepmc   +1 more source

Rent control, rent overcharge, and racial disparity

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Rent control policies have gained renewed legislative momentum in the United States, but are rent‐regulated landlords adhering to these policies? Answering this question is critical to understanding the policy's impact. Using a unique panel data set from the New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS), we investigate noncompliance with ...
Brent W. Ambrose, Xun Bian, Ruoyu Chen, Hanchen Jiang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source