What Weber Got Right About Brahmins-Testing His Theories About South Asian Caste Hierarchies. [PDF]
ABSTRACT The following article is an assessment of Max Weber's depiction of Brahmins and ascetics in South Asia. Using contemporary historical analyses, the article has attempted to demonstrate the validity of Weber's analyses in his seminal treatise on South Asian society, “The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism” that he had ...
Pal S.
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Political legitimacy after the pits: Corruption narratives and labour power in a former coalmining town in England. [PDF]
Abstract This article examines the erosion of political legitimacy in ex‐mining towns in England. Political sociologists and political scientists have long taken an interest in the politics of coalmining areas, which were characterised by high strike rates and militant left values. More recently, the question of legitimacy in these areas has resurfaced,
Hilhorst S.
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Das leere Zentrum demokratischer Souveränität am Beispiel der Globalisierung des Himmels seit 1783
In seinem Beitrag zeichnet Christian Zolles die 'Globalisierung des Himmels seit 1783' nach und versucht anhand der Entwicklungen in der Luftfahrt die Konzepte 'Macht', 'Souveränität' und 'Herrschaft' zu umreißen.
Christian Zolles
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Rezensiertes Werk: Sabine Holtz, Bildung und Herrschaft. Zur Verwissenschaftlichung politischer Führungsschichten im 17.
Michael Stolleis
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The concept that went viral: Using machine learning to discover charisma in the wild. [PDF]
Abstract The term “charisma” is recognized as sociology's most successful export to common speech. While sociologists habitually dismiss popular uses of the word, we address its vernacularity head on as a worthy object of study and as a potential resource for conceptual development.
Joosse P, Lu Y.
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About the Recent Translation of a Work of Otto Brunner
Taking the cue from the translation of Land und Herrschaft by Otto Brunner, the essay explores how his work challenges the historian as well as the translator.
Giuliana Nobili Schiera
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Im Dickicht des Gemeinen Rechts [PDF]
Rezensiertes Werk:Johannes Merz, Fürst und Herrschaft. Der Herzog von Franken und seine Nachbarn 1470–1519, München: Oldenbourg 2000, 267 S., ISBN 3-486-50508 ...
Christiane Birr
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Exoffender Accounts of Successful Reentry from Prison [PDF]
Reentry research often focuses on those who have recidivated, with little work addressing the experiences of those who successfully reintegrate into their communities.
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Körper, Dinge und Macht. Wahlen und Geschlecht in den USA 1800–1914
Der praxeologische Ansatz einer Neuen Geschichte der Wahlen ermöglicht einen neuen Blick auf die alte Frage, warum das Wahlrecht im 19. Jahrhundert zwar immer mehr Gruppen wie Armen, Angehörigen anderer Ethnien oder Ungebildeten zugesprochen wurde, von ...
Hedwig Richter
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Gert Geißler/Ulrich Wiegmann: Pädagogik und Herrschaft in der DDR. Die parteilichen, geheimdienstlichen und vormilitärischen Erziehungsverhältnisse. Frankfurt a.M./Bem: Lang 1996. [Rezension] [PDF]
Rezension von: Gert Geißler/Ulrich Wiegmann: Pädagogik und Herrschaft in der DDR. Die parteilichen, geheimdienstlichen und vormilitärischen Erziehungsverhältnisse. Frankfurt a.M./Bem: Lang 1996.
Fuchs, Hans-Werner
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