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Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.Abstract To expose the pollution of marshes and swamps, whether by hydrocarbons or other contaminants, the French or Francophone author of the twentieth century must first confront a literary tradition that equates stagnant water with a volatile poison and, more broadly, wetlands with toxic environments. In his article “Wetland Gloom and Wetland Glory,”
François Sagot
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Epistemological Tensions in Bourdieu's Conception of Social Science [PDF]
, 2011 The main purpose of this paper is to explore Pierre Bourdieu’s conception of social science. To this end, the paper sheds light on the main epistemological presuppositions that undergird Bourdieu’s defence of reflexive sociology as a scientific endeavour.
Susen, S.
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Language and argumentation in the controversy economic [PDF]
, 2010 This article offers an approach to the general structure of the controversy in economy. In our case we adopted a perspective to study a particular aspect of the rhetoric that comes from the context of a particular controversy: the controversy on the ...
Estrada, Fernando
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‘Just Love Us, We'll Do the Rest’. Competing Repertoires of Agrarian Anti‐Environmentalism
Sociologia Ruralis, Volume 66, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT Agrarian mobilisations no longer target solely public authorities, legislation and its economic and professional consequences. They are now increasingly structured to respond to other social movements and produce a structured discourse aimed at public opinion.
Sylvain Brunier, Baptiste Kotras
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 75-93, March 2026.Drawing on fieldwork conducted in a hospital in Greater Manchester, England in 2016–17, we describe how a set of national health priorities were translated into work for hospital managers and clinicians during a period of significant organizational pressure.
Adam Brisley +2 more
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The British Journal of Sociology, Volume 77, Issue 2, Page 189-200, March 2026.ABSTRACT In this article, I propose and define the concept of medical domination by combining insights from political sociology, Bourdieu's theory of domination, and intersectional perspectives. Drawing on a multi‐sited ethnographic study of abortion services in France, I analyse how a set of legitimised and institutionalised power practices shape ...
Raphaël Perrin
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Contemporary Accounting Research, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 370-397, Spring 2026.ABSTRACT The evaluation of auditors in the Big 4 audit firms has largely remained a “black box” in accounting and audit research. Little is known about how these processes operate within audit firms or how they relate to promotion decisions. This study addresses this gap by providing direct insight into promotion committee decision‐making.
Claire Garnier +2 more
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Building governance and energy efficiency: Mapping the interdisciplinary challenge [PDF]
, 2018 Improving the energy efficiency of multi-owned properties (MoPs)—commonly known as apartment or condominium buildings—is central to the achievement of European energy targets. However, little work to date has focused on how to facilitate retrofit in this
AB Jaffe +15 more
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EIGENSINN AND DOMINATION IN LIBERAL AND ILLIBERAL SOCIETIES
History and Theory, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 32-57, March 2026.ABSTRACT This article is a posthumously published text that was written by Alf Lüdtke and Alexandra Oeser but was left unfinished when Lüdtke died in February 2019. It examines two central notions—and their articulations—that Lüdtke and Oeser use differently in their work: domination and Eigensinn. On domination, it focuses on perspectives of Max Weber'
Alf Lüdtke, Alexandra Oeser
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THE DARK GLORY OF CRIMINALS NOTES ON THE ICONIC IMAGINATION OF THE MULTITUDES [PDF]
, 2013 This article explores the relationships between crime, collective responses to it, and the social production of so-called great criminals. It argues that crime, especially sexual and violent crime, produces significant imbalances in ...
Tonkonoff, Sergio
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