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The Vicissitudes of the Nafs: Madness, Paralysis, and the Work of Transgression in Sufi Ethics

open access: yesAnthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 2, Fall 2026.
ABSTRACT How should we theorize Sufi ethics when the practice of zikr (remembrance) that leads to spiritual enlightenment (tazkiyya) might also bring one to the brink of majzubiyat (madness)? What forms of regulation or restraint are imagined or enacted by practitioners to prevent spiritual boundlessness from perverting into its underside of paralysis (
Muhammad Osama Imran
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Exploring Perception in Dental Students' Communication Skills: An Online Survey

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Dental Education, Volume 30, Issue 3, Page 801-812, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Effective communication in dentistry is crucial for patient understanding and promoting health. Undergraduate dental education provides a critical opportunity to instil these skills. Objectives To describe the self‐perceptions of undergraduate dental students at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain) regarding ...
Mireia Cruanyes   +2 more
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Do humanismo ridículo: a crítica da prefectibilidade humana em Pascal e Lutero

open access: yesKriterion, 2006
O texto tem três camadas. A primeira apresenta a construção semântica do conceito filosófico de "humanismo" a partir dos artiens medievais (século XIII), chegando ao seu clímax na Renascença, identificado com a obra de Pico de La Mirândola e sua mística ...
Luiz Felipe Pondé
doaj   +1 more source

The Dangers with Dogmas in Higher Education: Revisiting Dewey's Relationship between Purpose, Academic Freedom, Science, and Faith

open access: yesEducational Theory, Volume 76, Issue 3, Page 378-394, June 2026.
Abstract The tendency to silence higher education teachers and students around the globe who express opinions that others regard as wrong is increasing. This lack of interest in listening to, and at times silencing, people with opposing views raises the question of what makes higher education unique and worth protecting.
Silvia Edling
wiley   +1 more source

AI Authoritarianism: Towards an Analytical Framework

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract This Intervention offers a call for investigating the deepening alignment of artificial intelligence and authoritarian politics. The paper highlights three key features of AI that inflect the workings and logics of authoritarianism: (selective) inhumanisation, the cult of intelligence and scaling. We argue that AI is not simply extending,
Thomas Dekeyser   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relocating Stevenson: From a Victorian to a post/modern world

open access: yesLiteracy Trek, 2020
Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) appears to be a Victorian novel. Yet, the highly acclaimed novella experiments with traditional concept of dualism and rejects the notion of dependent entities within a ...
Azer Banu Kemaloğlu
doaj  

The Image of the Perfect Human. Eugenics in the Human Genetic Engineering Era

open access: yesSynthesis philosophica, 2023
Cilj je ovoga rada dati pregled nekih od problema što se tiču usavršavanja ljudi putem genetskog inženjeringa, zašto je to opasno i kako je ovaj koncept stvaranja ljudi s besprijekornim genima oduvijek bio dio ljudske povijesti, posebno kada se uzmu u obzir razni eugenički pokreti i politike s početka 20. stoljeća.
openaire   +1 more source

The Last Line

open access: yes
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Beci Carver
wiley   +1 more source

Liberalism as a Way of Political Life: The Case of George Brandis

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, Volume 72, Issue 1, Page 123-142, March 2026.
The lawyer, politician, and diplomat George Brandis was the leading intellectual representative of moderate or “small‐l” liberalism in the contemporary Liberal Party. He criticised John Howard for an ad hoc balancing of liberalism and conservatism. Brandis believed the Liberal Party necessarily included conservatives, but to him their role was to be a ...
Geoffrey Robinson
wiley   +1 more source

Jorge Luis Borges' Medieval Aesthetics of Failure

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Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Irina Dumitrescu
wiley   +1 more source

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