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Emotions in Meaning‐Making: Toward a Sociological Theory of Cathexis
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The role of emotion in meaning‐making remains undertheorized in cultural sociology. This article argues that emotions and affect are intrinsic to meaning‐making and proposes cathexis—the attachment of emotions generated in social interaction to objects, symbols, and ideas—as the fundamental mechanism by which emotions co‐constitute cultural ...
Dmitry Kurakin
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Geopower, Geos and the Colonisation of Palestine
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While the majority of geographical work on colonialism in Palestine centres on territory and land, this article foregrounds geopower and geos in the making of spatial relations. Three arguments are made over three corresponding sections. The first draws on recent writing on geopower and geos (primarily that by Elizabeth Grosz, Elizabeth ...
Mark Griffiths
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Miscarriage Care Practices in Taiwan: Three Reproductive Apparatuses
Sociology of Health &Illness, Volume 48, Issue 4, May 2026.ABSTRACT Existing sociological studies of miscarriage, typically undertaken in Euro‐American contexts, describe its ambiguous and uncertain character, arguing that pregnancy loss puts both pregnant people and foetuses into a liminal position. Based on 28 interviews and 24 participant drawings, this paper contributes to and challenges this literature by
Li‐Wen Shih, Celia Roberts
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Personality Cult or a Mere Matter of Popularity? [PDF]
Int J Polit Cult Soc, 2022 Sundahl AH.
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Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT This paper advances scholarship on agri‐alternatives by probing the gap between romanticised narratives of how alternative farming transitions ought to be and the actual practices farmers enact in their fields. Focusing on moments when such alternatives encounter on‐the‐ground realities, we propose ambiguous ecologies as a lens to explore the ...
Arianna Tozzi, Enid Still
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Idol Worship: How Does It Influence Fan Consumers' Brand Loyalty? [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2022 Chen L, Chen G, Ma S, Wang S.
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Reading Nietzsche in an Age of Conspiracy Theories
Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 2, Page 251-275, April 2026.Abstract This essay considers Friedrich Nietzsche's critique of Christian morality as a template for interpreting the epistemology of modern conspiracy theorists. The first section elucidates Nietzsche's notion of ressentiment as it can be applied to contemporary conspiracism. The effectiveness of this comparative assessment thus raises the question of
J.W. Olson
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The association of celebrity worship with problematic Internet use, maladaptive daydreaming, and desire for fame. [PDF]
J Behav Addict, 2018 Zsila Á, McCutcheon LE, Demetrovics Z.
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How Do Chinese People View Cyberbullying? A Text Analysis Based on Social Media. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Lu S, Zhao L, Lai L, Shi C, Jiang W.
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