Neo‐Slavery as Instrumentalization: Amazon, Surrogate Motherhood, and Mobile Phones
Sociology Lens, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 97-105, March 2026.ABSTRACT Despite being perceived as a remnant of the past, slavery persists in today's increasingly economized and biopoliticized world. To thematize the actuality of slavery, we initially return to Aristotle's discussion/justification of slavery as instrumentalization of human beings. Then we revisit Plato's allegory of the cave through three distinct
Bülent Diken +2 more
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¿Qué les queda a las putas para jactarse? Una invectiva paleoislámica de subtemática promartirial [PDF]
, 2006 El marco ğāhilī en el que se sitúa la pieza, atribuida a Hind bint U h, sirve para representar la depravación de los Banū Umayyah, como representantes del mundo pagano al que el nuevo modelo político-religioso, el islam, trata de dejar atrás.
Monferrer Sala, Juan Pedro
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A Decade of Leadership and Impact: Celebrating 10 Years of the ORS Spine Section
JOR SPINE, Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2026.
Neharika Bhadouria +43 more
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Anticancer Molecular Mechanisms of Phytosterols: An Updated Review on Clinical Trials
Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2026.Phytosterols, a form of naturally occurring substance structurally related to cholesterol, have been getting considerable interest due to their possible anticancer properties. Phytosterols induce apoptosis, block the cell cycle, and abrogate the invasion and metastasis of cancer cells, offering a multi‐manifestation treatment of cancer.
Muhammad Shahbaz +14 more
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Kemunculan Lingua Sacra dalam Sejarah Al-Qur'an (Perspektif John Wansbrough) [PDF]
, 2016 The language of the Qur'an has long been disputed in the history of Qur'anic exegesis. It particularly related to the discourse of Arabic rhetoric and in turn has also sparked a considerable controversy especially in the context of “kalam” sectarianism ...
Musaddad, A. (Asep)
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Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract Heterotrophic diazotrophs are potentially important to the nitrogen cycle in freshwater ecosystems, yet their abundance, N2 fixation rates, diversity, and association with aggregates remain poorly understood. This study elucidates the contribution of freshwater heterotrophic diazotrophs as free‐living or aggregate‐associated cells to total N2 ...
Eyal Geisler +6 more
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Islam : Between Message and History [PDF]
, 2009 This book could easily be called ‘A Guide for the Modern Muslim’, someone for whom the sentiments of his or her ancestors resonate but who cannot accept the canonised formulas of a prescriptive education.
Ahmed, Sikeena Karmali +3 more
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A battle or a campaign? : historical facts about the battle of Al-Qādisiyya (636/637?) and the role of story-tellers in the origin of its narratives [PDF]
, 2020 The paper presents how the pluralism of relations in the early Muslim sources concerning the memory the Qādisiyya narrative is problematic for reconstructing the event of the battle by modern scholars.
Kościelniak, Krzysztof
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Review of Haggai Mazuz, The Religious and Spiritual Life of the Jews of Medina [PDF]
, 2016 Reviewed book: Haggai Mazuz The Religious and Spiritual Life of the Jews of Medina. (The Brill Reference Library of Judaism 38) Leiden: Brill, 2014. ISBN 978-90-04-25062-8.
Lindstedt, Ilkka Juhani
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DECONSTRUCTING THE HISTORICITY OF THE QUR'AN JOHN WANSBROUGH'S PERSPECTIVE: A HERMENEUTIC STUDY OF ISLAMIC PHILOLOGICAL SUSPICION AND CRITICISM [PDF]
This article discusses John Wansbrough's radical approach to viewing the Qur'ān as a historical construction that developed in the context of sectarian polemics between Jewish, Christian and proto-Muslim communities.
Martafia, Nadia Raissa +3 more
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