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Julie von Bechtolsheim, a Political Life: Women's Work and Governance in the Age of Revolution
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 46, Issue 4, Page 475-498, December 2023., 2023 Abstract This article understands how women and girls in the Grand Duchy of Saxe‐Weimar‐Eisenach negotiated core issues in the Age of Revolutions: early industrialization and political representation. The baroness Julie von Bechtolsheim (1751–1847) leveraged war, widowhood, courtly connections, and poetry to pursue a public ‘career’ as First Principal ...
Patrick Anthony
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The Medium in the Sociology of Niklas Luhmann: From Children to Human Beings
Educational Theory, Volume 73, Issue 6, Page 890-916, December 2023., 2023 Abstract In this paper, Christian Morgner provides a critical reading of Niklas Luhmann's thinking as ignoring human beings or even as antihumanist. Here, he presents an alternative view that centers on Luhmann's idea of the child or human being as a medium.
Christian Morgner
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Hiding in plain sight: The underground palm Pinanga subterranea
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 5, Issue 6, Page 815-820, November 2023., 2023 The production of flowers and fruit below ground (geoflory and geocarpy, respectively) is a paradoxical reproductive strategy that seemingly hinders pollination and dispersal. Though rare, these phenomena occur in 33 angiosperm families. Plants that flower and fruit entirely below ground are exceptionally unusual.
Benedikt G. Kuhnhäuser +5 more
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Conceptualizing CSR as innovative adoption by MNCs from emerging Asian economies
Thunderbird International Business Review, Volume 65, Issue 6, Page 567-580, November/December 2023., 2023 Abstract Two frequently researched fundamental factors in the recent business arena are corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Though the earlier is globalized in various aspects, the latter is still traditionally identified as a Western practice for corporations.
Abdullah Al‐Mamun, Sawlat Zaman
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The Economic History Review, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 1281-1304, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Childhood poverty increases the likelihood of being poor as an adult. We know relatively little about this persistence of poverty in the past and whether it changed as modern welfare societies developed. This study both analyses determinants of childhood poverty and assesses the association between childhood poverty and economic outcomes in ...
Gabriel Brea‐Martinez +2 more
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Chasing the perfida Albione: Anglo‐Italian productivity gap in the late 1930s
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper presents new estimates of Anglo‐Italian labour productivity levels in manufacturing in the late 1930s, derived using the standard single‐deflation approach. The findings confirm a substantial productivity gap between Italy and the United Kingdom at the aggregate level, alongside pronounced intersectoral heterogeneity.
Tancredi Salamone
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German Life and Letters, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 396-418, July 2026.ABSTRACT This article analyses the ‘Gestus’ of turning in films by Harun Farocki and Christian Petzold, in light of a central claim of Andrew Webber's esteemed theoretical work on film: that film has the power to uncover unconscious processes through which subjects come into being and are made operational for political regimes.
Annie Ring
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Neo‐Slavery as Instrumentalization: Amazon, Surrogate Motherhood, and Mobile Phones
Sociology Lens, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 97-105, March 2026.ABSTRACT Despite being perceived as a remnant of the past, slavery persists in today's increasingly economized and biopoliticized world. To thematize the actuality of slavery, we initially return to Aristotle's discussion/justification of slavery as instrumentalization of human beings. Then we revisit Plato's allegory of the cave through three distinct
Bülent Diken +2 more
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Psychology &Marketing, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 175-193, January 2026.ABSTRACT Virtual reality (VR) is a promising new technology that has gained attention from industry and academia, focusing on immersing consumers in simulated services and experiences and, more recently, on recognizing the emerging trend of video watching using VR headsets.
Meng‐Hua Hsieh +2 more
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Japanese Journal of Sociology, Volume 35, Issue 1, January/December 2026.ABSTRACT Despite Japan's long academic history, its sociological research has maintained limited global influence. This paper investigates why Japanese sociology has struggled to contribute to the global development of the discipline, examining this issue through the framework of “pseudo‐indigenization via imported scholarship.” The study first ...
Takehiko Kariya
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