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‘Who is the Gael who Would Not Weep?’: The Book of the O’Conor Don, Fearghal Óg Mac an Bhaird, and Late Bardic Poetry of Exile

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how late bardic poetry transforms the condition of exile into a literary mode that reimagines community and tradition. I argue that poetry of lament, blessing and devotion articulates a broader literary consciousness that anticipates modern notions of a national consciousness. The compilation of bardic verse in manuscript
Daniel T. McClurkin
wiley   +1 more source

Complexity and Philosophy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The science of complexity is based on a new way of thinking that stands in sharp contrast to the philosophy underlying Newtonian science, which is based on reductionism, determinism, and objective knowledge.
Cilliers, Paul   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Two Kinds of “Woke”? Psychometric Validation of the Critical Right Scale and Revised Critical Social Justice Attitudes Scale

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study developed and validated the Critical Right Scale (CRS) to measure emerging critical right attitudes and revised the Critical Social Justice Attitudes Scale (CSJAS‐R), replicating its psychometric evaluation. A nationwide convenience sample of Finnish adults (n = 626) completed an online survey. Item screening used exploratory factor
Oskari Lahtinen
wiley   +1 more source

A Blend of Absurdism and Humanism: Defending Kurt Vonnegut’s Place in the Secondary Setting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This essay argues that Kurt Vonnegut blends a unique humanist stance into his absurdist plots and characters, ultimately urging readers to confront the absurd with a kindness and human decency his protagonists often find rare.
Johnson, Krisandra R
core   +1 more source

On Community Development Research and Practice: Towards a Reflexive Approach

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The lack of an established policy framework by government in Northern Ireland for community development, within the contested objectives of an enforced coalition, mirrors theoretical perspectives that see community development as a contested concept. In contrast, a research programme working with community development organisations in Catholic
David Wall
wiley   +1 more source

Self-criticism in a broken mirror [PDF]

open access: yes, 1990
If we have no transparent access to our self, what kind of self-criticism is possible?
Kolb, David
core  

Creative Nonfiction: The Christian Dior woman

open access: yesAnthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 1, June 2026.
Abstract This work of creative nonfiction emerges from ethnographic research on Arab women's testimonies of their cancer experience conducted in 2016–2018. It focuses on the account of one Lebanese woman diagnosed with breast cancer and highlights her feelings, thoughts, and perceptions from the time of the initial medical examination through to final ...
Abir Hamdar
wiley   +1 more source

Postmodernist Bir Yaklaşımla Yabancı Dil Öğretiminde Yazının Yeri

open access: yesAkademik İncelemeler Dergisi, 2014
Bu çalışmada, postmodernleşen yaşamlarımız içinde eğitim sorunsalı, yabancı dil öğretiminde yazının yeri ekseninde irdelenmiş ve elektronik bir çağın kitap okuma alışkanlığı olmayan öğrencilerine, kitap okuma alışkanlığının nasıl kazandırılabileceği ...
Funda Kızıler
doaj  

Anthropologists Against Sovereignty

open access: yes
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
Chris Hann
wiley   +1 more source

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