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An Outline of a Theory of Play
Play is often dismissed as trivial, yet it is a fundamental and adaptive aspect of human and mammalian life. This paper develops a sociological theory of play, treating it as a total social fact that spans biological, psychological, and social dimensions.
Seth Abrutyn
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Carlos S. Alvarado: An Irreplaceable Landmark on the International Arena
Massimo Biondi
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Havelock Ellis's Involvement in Psychical Research
Few people today are familiar with the name Havelock Ellis, and yet over a hundred years ago were his name to be uttered in public it was well-known in a mixed light.
Cooper, Callum; id_orcid
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Madrasa Ideologies of English in Bangladesh: Questioning ELT‐Aid and Post‐9/11 De‐Islamization
Abstract External donors increasingly promote English as a notionally value‐neutral language of socioeconomic advancements in the Muslim South, overlooking local ideological diversities. Furthermore, national and Western forces deploy English as a tool to de‐Islamize madrasas (Islamic educational institutes) in the post‐9/11 world for global peace ...
Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury
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ABSTRACT This study investigates how embedded knowledge assets influence the strategic choice between greenfield and acquisitive international joint ventures (IJVs). Integrating transaction cost theory with a knowledge‐based view, we theorize that establishment mode decisions are driven not only by governance efficiency but also by the need to access ...
Maria Cristina Sestu
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A Remedy for Historical Split Personalities: In Memory of Carlos S. Alvarado
Andreas Sommer
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Abstract Business schools are often criticized for reproducing growth‐oriented norms, but alternative pedagogies remain difficult to normalize. Drawing on Butler's theory of subversive performativity, this study examines how art‐based pedagogy enables academics to challenge growth logics in business schools by transforming their identities over time ...
Sylvain Bureau +3 more
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Book review: Physics and Psychics: The Occult and the Sciences in Modern Britain, by Richard Noakes
Efram Sera-Shriar
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Aspects of life quality of persons with physical disabilities
The article presents the problems of the involvement of persons with disability into applied physical activity, indicators of physical activeness, life satisfaction and attitude towards one’s disability. In the research the indicators of life quality of
Daiva Mockevičienė +1 more
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ABSTRACT The paper compares Hartmut Rosa's resonance theory of “the good life” and Daniel Haybron's psychic affirmation theory of “happiness,” which he differentiates, as a descriptive notion, from “well‐being” as an evaluative notion. Haybron suggests that a central determinant of happiness has to be the somewhat reliable occurrence of positive ...
Ole Höffken
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