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Science Behind the Blinds: Scientist and Society in The Invisible Man

open access: yesCahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens, 2007
This article examines The Invisible Man in the context of Wells’s educational and scientific writings of the early 1890s. The insular inhabitants of Iping village are unable to comprehend Griffin’s invisible persona—which reiterates the emphasis on the ...
Steve McLean
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The Sentimental Eloquence of the Black American Scholar: Ellison’s Invisible “Man Thinking” and Feeling

open access: yesCurrent Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, 2014
Grief is one of the most powerful sentiments depicted in literary works throughout human history. In the cultural history of the U.S., the open expression of grief by means of public mourning mostly stands in the African American tradition.
Silke Schmidt
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Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
In The Wealth of Nations, published in 1776, Adam Smith famously argued that economic behavior was motivated by self-interest. But 17 years earlier in 1759, Smith had proposed a theory of human behavior that looks anything but self-interested.
Ashraf, Nava   +2 more
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Indigenous mental health research in the context of climate change: methodological reflections on language and barriers to cultural practice

open access: yesBMJ Mental Health
Climate change creates unique forms of psychological distress for Indigenous Peoples whose identities and cultural practices are often intrinsically connected to ancestral lands, yet research on culturally appropriate methodologies for studying ...
Victoria Pratt   +8 more
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The Basic Structure of Qur’anic Worldview: An Analysis to Toshihiko Izutsu Concept of Weltanschauung

open access: yesAl Quds: Jurnal Studi Alquran dan Hadis, 2023
This article discusses the concept of the Quranic worldview in the view of Toshihiko Izutsu. This is important to study because the Qur'an is the holy book of Muslims that significantly influences human life.
Muhammad Badrun   +3 more
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Seeking the Real Adam Smith and Milton Friedman [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In this paper we will analyze the relationship between free market principles and ethics through an exploration of how too many business managers often approach the ideas of Adam Smith and Milton Friedman.
A Buchanan   +15 more
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Reconsidering the substance of digital video from a Sadrian perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The digitisation process is debated as video’s deficiency, where pixels are conceived as isolated fragments without an existential link to the source image.
Emadi, Azadeh
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Making the Invisible Visible: Inviting Persons with Disabilities into the Life of the Church [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Christianity espouses the dignity of all humanity and professes welcome for all to the communion of saints. Yet people with disabilities, especially those with more severe or profound physical or psychological disabilities, are largely invisible inside ...
Carlson, Mary E.
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An Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison) reincarnates in Manchild in the Promised Land (Claude Brown) and becomes Shadows of Your Black Memory (Donato Ndongo)

open access: yesAltre Modernità, 2011
Ralph Ellison’s allegorical journey in Invisible Man (1994) launched a new era in African-American culture and Black literacy for the entire world in 1952.
Rosetta Codling
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Contribution for an urban geomorphoheritage assessment method. Proposal from three geomorphosites in Rome (Italy) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Urban geomorphology has important implications in spatial planning of human activities, and it also has a geotouristic potential due to the relationship between cultural and geomorphological heritage.
DEL MONTE, Maurizio   +4 more
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