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Why do Public Debates Escalate? Trigger Points and the Moral Dynamics of “Hot Politics”

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Escalating, emotionally charged, and moralized forms of controversy are a central feature of contemporary politics. Our study develops a framework for understanding how political debates between ordinary citizens become heated; why certain issues provoke particularly strong emotions; and how this affective potential is weaponized by ...
Linus Westheuser, Thomas Lux, Steffen Mau   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay addresses the ongoing scholarly tension between the monotheistic interpretations of late pre‐Islamic Arabian religion, pioneered by G. Hawting and P. Crone, and the traditional accounts of rampant Arabian polytheism found in later Islamic literary sources.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
wiley   +1 more source

Modified Friedmann cosmologies—Theory and observations

Annals of Physics, 2005
We investigate a class of Cardassian scenarios of the universe evolution in notions of the qualitative theory of dynamical systems. This theory allows us to analyze all solutions for all possible initial conditions on the phase plane. In the Cardassian models we find that big-rip singularities are present as a typical behavior in the future if $n<0$.
Szydłowski, Marek, Czaja, Wojciech
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The Unbecoming Ghost: Spectropolitics in the Making and Unmaking of BHU's Bhoot Vidya Ayurveda Certificate Program

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
wiley   +1 more source

The institutional paradox of a substantivist conception of the economy in public policy: Insights from public procurement for solidarity economy in Ecuador

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecuador's 2008 Constitution advanced an ambitious substantive economic vision through Buen Vivir (Good Living), recognizing a plural economy which encompasses private, public and solidarity economy (SE) sectors. This paper aims to analyze public procurement programs in Ecuador, one of the flagship Buen Vivir policies for SE promotion.
Maria‐José Ruiz‐Rivera, Andreia Lemaître   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reimagining Rural Spaces: Cultural Practices and Aesthetic Design for Active Ageing in Northern Thai Community

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the role of rural aesthetics and cultural practises in promoting active ageing amongst older adults in Baan Pong Nuea Village, Northern Thailand. Addressing a critical gap in the literature, it examines how the residential environment influences elderly well‐being in a rural context.
Alisa Nutley
wiley   +1 more source

Is Planckian Discreteness Observable in Cosmology?

Universe
A Planck scale inflationary era—in a quantum gravity theory predicting discreteness of quantum geometry at the fundamental scale—produces the scale-invariant spectrum of inhomogeneities with a very small tensor-to-scalar ratio of perturbations and a hot big bang leading to a natural dark matter genesis scenario. Here, we evoke the possibility that some
Gabriel R. Bengochea, Gabriel León, Alejandro Perez   +2 more
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Un/Learning Adult Frames of Reference in Death Enquiries: Thinking~With a Picturebook, Philosophical Animism and Ontological Tact

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Developmental psychology continues to shape how adults engage with children about death and dying. This influences whether children are included in rituals surrounding human and other‐than‐human bodies. Figurations of the innocent, immature and vulnerable child still dominate adult imaginaries of young children's understandings of mortality ...
Karin Murris, Joanna Haynes, Joanne Peers   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecologization Is Not a Metaphor: Museums in the Web of Life

Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article documents and critiques emerging accounts of museum “ecologization”. Drawing on political ecology, materialist theory, and contemporary museum practice, we challenge dominant frameworks of ecological modernization and advocate for a more critical understanding of museums in the web of life.
Colin Sterling, Harry Reddick, Giulia Bellinetti   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Politics of Passage: Studying Checkpoints and Claim Making in Conflict‐affected Settings

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Roadblocks, or checkpoints, are obligatory passage points that are erected by entities claiming authority over a given crossing. They are often the most common everyday interface between civilians and armed actors in conflict‐affected contexts, but are overlooked in studies on either trade or authority amidst conflict.
Peer Schouten, Vanessa van den Boogaard, Max Gallien, Shalaka Thakur, Florian Weigand   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source