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God's Presence in the Aisle: How God Salience Encourages Preference for Ultra‐Processed Foods

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT God‐related cues are pervasive in consumers' daily lives, yet little research has examined how God salience shapes consumer food choices. Drawing on compensatory control theory and the literature on symbolic healing, we present findings from six studies, including a field experiment, demonstrating that high (vs.
Ali Gohary, Hean Tat Keh
wiley   +1 more source

Saplings of significance: Nurturing cultural value of new tree plantings through participatory opportunities

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Tree‐planting initiatives are a crucial part of international sustainability and climate action efforts. Yet, many of these initiatives fail to achieve their long‐term sustainability and climate goals. The role of community value is an often‐overlooked factor in promoting the success of new tree plantings.
Claire L. Narraway   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

La part du sacré dans le signe magrébin : cas de la réécriture des récits de Youcef et du Sacrifice d’Abraham par la tradition orale

open access: yesإنسانيات, 2009
What happens when popular oral tradition (tales, poetry) take up topic belonging to the sacred canonical category, a topic which originally figures in our reference text namely the Koran ?We must ask ourselves firstly, why this interest for such sacred ...
Samira Bechelaghem
doaj   +1 more source

The soul of the soil: Unearthing a Nation's eco‐empathy through 1200 years of Persian poetry

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Cultivating a profound sense of connection with the natural world, conceptualized as eco‐empathy, is increasingly recognized as a vital precursor to effective environmental stewardship. While scientific data frame ecological crises, literary traditions offer a unique archive for tracing the history of this empathetic bond. This study positions
Isa Esfandiarpour‐Boroujeni   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Sacred, the Sacrilegious, and the Elegiac in Dennis O’Driscoll’s Poetry: “Missing God” and Other Poems

open access: yesForum, 2012
Contemporary Irish poet Dennis O’Driscoll’s poetry has often been linked with Philip Larkin’s work in its general outlines and themes. As George Szirtes points out, O’Driscoll’s literary territory “is a place that at first sight appears to be bordering ...
Joseph C. Heininger
doaj   +3 more sources

Poetry Functions as an interdisciplinary field [PDF]

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, 2014
Although the interdisciplinary as a scientific concept does not have a long history, but as a research procedure, has a long history as of research itself.
Hamid Nassaj
doaj   +1 more source

A Short History of the Sublime in Polish Literature from a Comparative Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The present book “Poland – History, Culture and Society. Selected Readings” is the third edition of a collection of academic texts written with the intention to accompany the module by providing incoming students with teaching materials that will assist ...
Płuciennik, Jarosław
core  

Dwelling and the sacralisation of the air: A note on acousmatic music [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper adapts Martin Heidegger’s philosophy of ‘dwelling’ in order to effect a liaison between acousmatic music and ecological concern. I propose this as an alternative to both the propagandist use of music as a means of protest and to using the ...
Corbin   +5 more
core   +1 more source

From talking tools to metahumans: social interaction, semiotic skill, and the authority of AI chatbots Des outils parlants aux métahumains : interactions sociales, compétences sémiotiques et autorité des robots conversationnels

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
What does it take to turn a tool into a talking tool and that into an ultimate authority? Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in its diverse forms, such as large language models (LLMs), is celebrated as a useful tool. But LLM‐based conversational agents, or chatbots, the software applications through which ordinary users are likely to engage ...
Webb Keane
wiley   +1 more source

The Kosovo Covenant [PDF]

open access: yesSociološki Pregled
One of the most important constituents of Serbian identity is the tradition about the Battle of Kosovo. Relying on Eliade's distinction between the sacred and the profane, the author claims that for the Serbian people Kosovo is a sacred space, St Vitus ...
Kinđić Zoran B.
doaj   +1 more source

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