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The Normative Turn: Back to Hobhouse?
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Supporters of a recently announced normative turn in sociology acknowledge that what they recommend is by no means entirely new. However, they have given little attention to an early precursor: the British sociologist Leonard Hobhouse. He focussed on the role of the normative in social life and insisted that sociology could, and must, play an ...
Martyn Hammersley
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Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
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Challenges faced by African Christian women with infertility issues: A challenge for pastoral care
Theologia ViatorumThis study explores cultural attitudes toward fertility and infertility among African Christian women, focusing on Tsonga culture. It examines the challenges Tsonga Christian women face in their daily lives, the pressures that lead some to leave churches,
Hundzukani P. Khosa-Nkatini +1 more
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On 3‐MMC: A Cathinone I Have Come to Know and Love
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article attempts to complicate the mythology of a compound in a state of becoming. I will trace lightly its origins as a cultural disruptor and how I am implicated in this imperative. Introducing you to 3‐MMC will require multiple modes of storytelling and taking of liberties, drawing on literature reviews, practice‐based research, prose,
Carmen Ostrander
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What It Was Like, What Happened, What It Is Like Now: Liminal Spaces and the Pedagogy of Recovery
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Addiction recovery is frequently interpreted through biomedical or punitive frameworks that overlook its cultural, ritual, and pedagogical dimensions. This article offers a theoretical and interpretive analysis of peer‐led, meeting‐based recovery communities in North America, particularly those organized around mutual‐aid traditions such as ...
Patrick L. Pellett
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Zaburzenia własnej tożsamości jako wyraz patologii...
Horyzonty Wychowania, 2017 The author takes up the issues connected with human psyche, particularly with identity disorders with reference to mental health. That is why, her discussion starts with defining basic terms such as identity, consciousness, identity consciousness and ...
Bożena Grochmal- Bach
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Elderhood and the Sacrament of Communion: An Orthodox Theological Exploration of Gracefully Aging
ReligionsInvestigating the later stages of life, this study aims to outline a specific personal context shaped during this phase, approached from various perspectives: theological, medical, psychological, and social, each highlighting distinct challenges ...
Teofil Cristian Tia +2 more
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Where the Magician Lives: An Ontological Problem in the Anthropology of Magic
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The purpose of the present study is to outline a theoretical framework in which the anthropologist can introduce a naturalistic approach, which will not be conflicted with scientific discourses, into his ethnographic work. First of all, I argue that the principles of magic can be understood as a part of social cognitive causal chains, based on
Keishi Okamoto
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Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape and Hope in the Central Kalimantan Peatlands
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, agrarian state programs and corporate strategies seek to transform indigenous Ngaju Dayak into sedentary farmers. Focusing on the notion of transformation, the paper traces whether and how rural people can engage in struggles against structural injustices.
Anu Lounela
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Not Only about “Agents”!... Old and new decisions without theological vision?
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Theologia Reformata Transylvanica, 2016 Approximately twenty-five years after the social and political changes of 1989 in Central and Eastern Europe, the question remains for the Hungarian Reformed Church: what are the possible consequences of not attaching sufficient importance to the ...
Sándor FAZAKAS
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