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Twisted at the Root: Capitalist Alienation, its Re‐Inscription, and Implications for Education

Educational Theory, Volume 75, Issue 6, Page 1002-1022, December 2025.
Abstract Capitalism inheres alienation as a fundament of modern life, twisting the root of being such that a sense of pervasive estrangement becomes the condition undergirding much of our phenomenal existence. Alienation, I argue, formed in the cleavage of capital mediation, leaves us reinscribing its tenor across multiple spheres, as we are compelled ...
Lana Parker
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Where is “that American Joy”?: Ibi Zoboi's American Street (2017) as a Twenty‐First‐Century Political Novel about the Limits of the Haitian/American Dream

Orbis Litterarum, Volume 80, Issue 6, Page 589-601, December 2025.
Abstract A product of American exceptionalism, the myth of the American Dream has always defended that the United States is the nation of upward mobility par excellence. Nonetheless, in the last two decades, many scholars, economists, and even politicians have acknowledged the fact that economic inequality is a reality in the country, especially vis‐à ...
Laura Roldán‐Sevillano
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“Homo Nooeconomicus” as a Human Image for the Noospheric Epoch [PDF]

Future Human Image, 2019
The article is devoted to the conceptualization of the “new homo economicus” model through the ideas of noospheric human image and noospheric economy. The authors claim that the epoch of noosphere requires a thorough review of human qualities core. It is
Grigory Smirnov, Alena Odintsova
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Biopolitical Borders and the Political Economy of Migration Flows to and From Türkiye

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 25, Issue 3, Page 276-291, December 2025.
ABSTRACT This study examines the biopolitical borders of Türkiye. On the one hand, Türkiye deserves attention as a destination country that received millions of Syrian asylum seekers after the outbreak of the war in Syria and hundreds of thousands of migrants from other surrounding countries since the early 2010s.
Mehmet Özyürek
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Del Homo oeconomicus al habitus económico. La crítica de Bourdieu a la antropología económica dominante

EMPIRIA: Revista de Metodología de Ciencias Sociales
En la actualidad asistimos a la proliferación de discursos empresariales que destacan la predominancia de valores y lenguajes del ámbito empresarial en diversos aspectos de la vida social, política y personal.
David del Pino Díaz
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Homo economicus in visual search

Journal of Vision, 2009
How do reward outcomes affect early visual performance? Previous studies found a suboptimal influence, but they ignored the non-linearity in how subjects perceived the reward outcomes. In contrast, we find that when the non-linearity is accounted for, humans behave optimally and maximize expected reward.
Navalpakkam, Vidhya, Koch, Christof, Perona, Pietro   +2 more
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Entrepreneurial Confidence and the Regional Economy

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Volume 116, Issue 5, Page 578-587, December 2025.
Abstract The ‘Groningen’ school of economic geography, with Professor Tamsma as one of its early exponents, has always stressed the importance of perceptions, images and sentiments in understanding regional socio‐economic dynamics. This study follows this tradition and presents new instalments of a long‐running analysis (over 40 years) of perceived ...
Sierdjan Koster, Philibert Weenink
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The Ancient Greek Way of Life and the Consequences of the Dominance of the Appetitive Part of the Soul in Mankind Today [PDF]

SCHOLE, 2011
In this paper I examine the healthy ancient Greek way of life by contrast to the unhealthy way of life of contemporary man, who at the greatest percentage is homo economicus.
Yiorgo N. Maniatis
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The Six Faces of Transparency

Utrecht Law Review, 2013
The principle of transparency is something of an oddity in EU law. Indeed, some doubt that there is one general principle of transparency. The importance of transparency within the EU can be established beyond a doubt, and it is prevalent in numerous ...
Anoeska Buijze
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Toward a Learning Cycle Data‐Governance Toolkit for Rule‐Makers and Policy Leaders in Smart Cities

Journal of Public Affairs, Volume 25, Issue 4, November 2025.
ABSTRACT This commentary article presents a learning‐centric approach to smart cities [FUTURA] with a triadic quality assurance method, inclusive design and use, risk management, and rights protection. The model displays high suitability for contexts of intensive digital transformation, leading to a rise in fairness, social inclusion, and ...
Daniela Piana
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