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Trapped in the Cave: Toward a Platonic Theory of Ideology

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper is about showing that Plato has a theory of ideology in the broadly Marxist sense of distorted self‐consciousness of social life. Focusing on the Allegory of the Cave and related passages in the Republic, the paper argues that in the Cave, Plato illustrates the social mediation of human psychology, which contributes to the soul's ...
John D. Proios
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Myth and Language [PDF]

, 1964
The word myth appears frequently in contemporary theological and exegetical writing. Unfortunately, it is used with a variety of meanings by different authors, and this gives rise to the layman's general misunderstanding of what is really a technical ...
Forsman, Rodger
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Losses and damages resulting from the flood of 1927 : Mississippi River and tributaries, in the states of Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana

, 1927
Statistical report published by the Mississippi River Flood Control Association, Memphis, Tennessee. The report documents the impact of the 1927 flood of the Mississippi River and its tributaries on 129 counties or parishes in the states of states of ...

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Natural disaster risk salience and the strategic appointment of directors with sustainability expertise

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how salient sustainability risks from near‐miss natural disasters influence board composition. Using a difference‐in‐differences design, I find that firms located in counties neighboring disaster‐affected areas significantly increase the presence of directors with sustainability expertise following the disaster.
Bo Wang
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Pursuing patents for their own sake: How the investment discourse shapes patent quality and quantity

The Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.
Abstract Patent systems worldwide face criticisms over declining patent quality and increasing patent quantity. While most research focuses on strengthening examination rigour, this article turns attention to relatively underexplored patenting incentives.
Li Liu
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FloodSmart: Communicating flood risk and engaging community action

, 2020
FloodSmart Communicating Flood Risk and Engaging Community Action Flood Risk Management & Silver Jackets Webinar Week August 21, 2013 Kamer Davis; Bruce Bender, CFM; FloodSmartFloodSmart Overview Presentation Overview Campaign Learnings The Risk and ...
National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.);
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O letramento literário na formação de professores de Ensino Religioso - uma leitura do Mito do Dilúvio em um conto de Machado de Assis

Diálogo das Letras, 2013
This article takes as theoretical lenses to dialogical conception of language and theories of reading and literary literacy within the context of training teachers of Religious Education.
Araceli Sobreira Benevides
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The Analogia Entis for Reformed Theology: Retrieving Calvin's Implicit Metaphysics

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The famous controversy between Emil Brunner and Karl Barth which led to Barth's ‘No!’ was driven by disagreements over how to read John Calvin: Barth and Brunner never agreed on whether Calvin had a doctrine of the analogy of being. This article rekindles the debate.
Silvianne Aspray
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Sheet flood mapping for unincorporated Pima County

, 2007
: The purpose of this study is to provide uniformity in how building permits are processed and development is regulated within sheet flood areas in order to ensure that improvements are adequately protected from flood hazards.Special study (Pima County ...

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The Arkansas Basin Flood Control Association : another mile stone passed : hearings held at Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 4-5, 1945, Little Rock, Arkansas, May 7, 1945

, 1945
Report published by the Arkansas Basin Flood Control Association, Russellville, Arkansas. The Tulsa and Little Rock hearings were initiated by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, U.S.

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