Results 131 to 140 of about 2,193 (292)

THE ANALOG CITY: Maintaining Everyday Life Through Repair and Jugaad

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban scholarship consistently discusses improvisation and heterogeneity as central to urban life in the global South. In this article, I bring together scholarship on urban improvisation and the digital world of smart cities to understand the city as analog.
Julia Corwin
wiley   +1 more source

The Coloniality of Data: Police Databases and the Rationalization of Surveillance from Colonial Vietnam to the Modern Carceral State

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
wiley   +1 more source

The Concept of the Perfect Human (al-Insan al-Kamil) in Islamic Education According to al-Ghazali and Its Implementation in Indonesian Islamic Higher Education

TARBIYA: Journal of Education in Muslim Society
Abstract Human perfection is intrinsically linked to virtues (al-fadhā’il), namely wisdom (al-hikmah), courage (al-syaja‘ah), temperance (al-‘iffah), and justice (al-‘adalah). Through these virtues, individuals attain true happiness, which al-Ghazali in Ma‘arij al-Quds describes as beholding God in the hereafter or attaining divine knowledge (ma‘rifat ...
Sofwan Iskandar, Didin Saepudin, Adian Husaini, Nirwan Syafrin   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Experiences of Women and Clinicians During the Introduction of Uterine Transplantation to the UK: A Qualitative Case Study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore the experiences of women and clinicians during the introduction of uterine transplantation (UTx) to the UK. Design A qualitative study utilising prospective case study methodology (interviews and observations) over 6 years.
Daisy Elliott, Richard J. Smith, Maeve Coyle, Rhiannon Macefield, Saliha Vali, Anni King, Natalie Blencowe, Cynthia Ochieng, Christin Hoffmann, Isabel Quiroga, Ben P. Jones, Ariadne L'Heveder, Kerry N. L. Avery, Jane M. Blazeby   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Choosing Islam and Football

While many studies on Islam have examined highly committed Muslims that consciously and consistently strive for perfection in their religious, ethical, and moral practices, this paper focuses female Muslim football players who consciously and ...
Berglund, Jenny
core   +1 more source

The Prophetic Methods in Activating the Civilizational Values in the Islamic World: The Values of Knowledge, Perfection, and Time Management as a Model

دراسات: علوم الشريعة والقانون, 2020
This research seeks to reveal the importance of values ​​in advancing civilization by focusing on the role of some important behavioral and skill values, starting from the life of Prophet Muhammad - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him. The study focused on four important values: knowledge, mastery, diligence, and time management.
Osama Adnan Eid ALghonmeen, Khoudir Baaliousaid   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

From Superman to Superior Man : Anthropology of Perfection in Traditional Cosmology

, 2011
It is obvious that the use of these various terms does not result in a miscellany of ideas such as it occurs in many New Age theories. In perennialists’ writings we have come to realize that this is not an attempt to mix traditions together, but is ...
Amir H. Zekrgoo
core   +1 more source

A theory of political divergence and gradual institutional change

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do some societies succeed in breaking away from historical traditions while others remain trapped? This paper proposes a formal theory to investigate the interaction between short‐run and long‐run political dynamics, highlighting a co‐evolution of political institutions and social structures.
Clair Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Partisan bias in a sorted party system: A problem of epistemic inequality

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Normative and empirical scholars typically treat partisans’ distrust of their political rivals as a product of individual cognitive biases. But even if bias is inevitable, it is parties’ coalition‐building and messaging strategies that determine who bias is directed toward.
Justin Pottle
wiley   +1 more source

Effective factors in the psychotherapy of religious obsessive‐compulsive disorder: A qualitative study

British Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Religious obsessive‐compulsive disorder (religious OCD; scrupulosity) presents unique challenges in psychotherapy due to the interaction between religious beliefs and obsessive‐compulsive symptoms. Understanding how individuals benefit from psychotherapy in this context can inform more effective and culturally sensitive treatment ...
Taha Burak Toprak
wiley   +1 more source