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INHERITANCE AND INCEST: TOWARD A LÉVI‐STRAUSSIAN READING OF MONTESQUIEU'S DE L'ESPRIT DES LOIS1
History and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 46-74, March 2025.ABSTRACT The premise of this article is that Montesquieu, while seen as an Enlightenment thinker who contributed centrally to the development of the social sciences before the period of discipline formation in the nineteenth century, is generally appreciated in only the vaguest of terms.
Paul Cheney
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Critical Management Studies: A Critical Review
Journal of Management Studies, Volume 62, Issue 1, Page 446-483, January 2025.Abstract In this paper, we review the development of critical management studies, point at problems and explore possible developments. We begin by tracing out two previous waves of critical management studies. We then focus on more recent work in critical management studies and identify ten over‐arching themes (Academia, alternatives organizations ...
André Spicer, Mats Alvesson
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«Insider is always right»: some aspects of patron-client relations «combined society» in the East
RUDN Journal of World History, 2014 The author tries to find out the specifics of the political culture of the East, believing that they are radically different from the ideas and political culture in the West.
S Anatol'evich Voronin
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Sufi Warriorism in Muslim Southeast Asia
Sociology Lens, Volume 37, Issue 4, Page 502-516, December 2024.Abstract Sufism (tasawwuf) has been characterized in the extant literature as a pacifist strand in Islam that has shaped the landscapes of Muslim Southeast Asia (also known as the Malay World) since the last five hundred years. This article challenges such historiographical interpretation by examining the multifarious circumstances that motivated Sufis
Khairudin Aljunied
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The Australian Identity: Through the Othering of China
Pacific Focus, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 467-498, December 2024.This article deconstructs the Australian national identity through the “othering” of China amidst the coronavirus pandemic. During this time, Australia–China relations reached one of their lowest points in recent history. It examines the diplomatic fallout and the media frames used to portray China in the image of mistrust, fear, threat, and a place of
Jung June Huh
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Oriental Despotism and European Orientalism: Botero to Montesquieu
Journal of Early Modern History, 2005 AbstractThe issue of how European images of the East were formed, used, and contested is far from simple. The concept of oriental despotism allowed early-modern Europeans to distinguish themselves from the most powerful and impressive non-European civilizations of the Ottoman Middle East, Persia, India, and China on grounds which were neither ...
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Europe and Turkey: identities in evolution. An analytical literature review. [PDF]
Open Res Eur, 2023 Gulmez SB, Topal AE, Rumelili B.
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Economic Equality and Victory in War: An Empirical Investigation [PDF]
This paper tests a simple hypothesis: that given the occurrence of war between two countries, the country that is more egalitarian at the moment of military decision is likely to emerge the victor.
Corwin Priest +2 more
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Between Two Shores. Travellers as Cultural Mediators (The journey to Spain in the eighteenth century) [PDF]
, 2009 This paper, drawing on travel narratives of a journey to Spain in the eighteenth century, seeks to explore the role of travellers as cultural interpreters, by examining how they presented themselves as providers of new knowledge about 'distant' or ...
Bolufer Peruga, Mónica
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