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

People 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, Ali Shahriari, Leila Kordbacheh, Zohreh Mosleh, Reyhaneh Nejadasadi, Hosnieh Shahriari, Fatemeh Aliabbasi, Reza Mohajer   +7 more
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The Need for Fundamental Photovoltaics Research to Ensure Energy Security

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, EarlyView.
The center of this graphic focuses on the core of this paper—that fundamental research is central to the continued development of the photovoltaic (PV) industry. To the left, we have depictions of what is being studied—PV materials, PV cell structures, and PV module structures.
Rebecca Saive, Gavin Conibeer, Lisanne M. Einhaus, Jean‐François Guillemoles, Koami Soulemane Hayibo, Karin Hinzer, Jacob J. Krich, Martha Lenio, Michael P. Nielsen, Frederick U. Nitta, Ian R. Sellers, Daniel Suchet, Eric Tervo, Tom Tiedje, Jelle Westerhof   +14 more
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An alternative planetary future? Digital sovereignty frameworks and the decolonial option

Big Data & Society
The frameworks of cyber, technology and data sovereignty have become some of the most influential alternative technological imaginaries. Developed by states and civil society groups, such frameworks are seducing a broad range of actors seeking to ...
Sebastián Lehuedé
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Revisiting Agamben’s Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life – A Critical Review

Law and Society Students' Journal
Agamben is one of the most influential living thinkers in the world, and within the constellation of his oeuvre, the highly influential Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life (1998), explores the relationship between sovereignty, law, and the human ...
Md. Lab Hossain, Mahmuda Akter
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FINANCIAL AND CURRENCY CRISIS UNDERMINES THE EURO AND NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY

World Review of Political Economy, 2011
The euro crisis reveals that, under imperialist conditions, oppressor nations developed and they are oppressing other nations. Less money capital of "rentiers" and "usurers" finds its way into the sphere of production to extract surplus value, but ...
Richard Corell, Ernst Herzog
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Sphere Sovereignty and irreducibility: The Ambiguous use of Abraham Kuyper's ideas during the time of apartheid in South Africa. [PDF]

Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2015
Abstract The purpose of this article is to highlight the notion that the concept of sphere sovereignty as postulated by Abraham Kuyper was used in an ambiguous if not invidious manner in the history of South Africa, specifically during the time of apartheid.
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Federalism, Subsidiarity, and the Role of Local Governments in an Age of Global Multilevel Governance [PDF]

, 2010
This article argues that current legal and political systems are incapable of dealing with human conflicts on multiple spheres (federal, state, local) simultaneously.
Blank, Yishai
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Repositories of biocultural diversity: Toward best practices for empowering ethnobotany in digital herbaria

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement As herbaria digitize millions of plant specimens, ethnobotanical information associated with them is becoming increasingly accessible. These biocultural data include plant uses, names, and/or management practices of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs).
Robbie Hart, Viviane Fonseca‐Kruel, Eduardo Dalcin, Estevão da Silva Luís Alexandre, Matthew Pace, Michaela Schmull, Leonardo Beltran‐Rodríguez, Miguel Murguía‐Romero, Diana G. Flores‐Camargo, Cristina Mapes‐Sánchez, Mark Nesbitt, Carolina Romero, Andrew Townesmith, Jan Salick, Alex McAlvay, Kenneth R. Otero‐Walker, Michael J. Balick, Jacob Golan, Bruce Hoffman, Kelsey Leonard, Giulia Mattalia, Guillaume Odonne, Aurora Prehn, Ina Vandebroek   +23 more
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Tracing holotype trajectories: Mapping the movement of the most valuable herbarium specimens

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Global efforts to protect biodiversity depend on fair access to key plant specimens. This study examines the distribution of 119,361 holotypes—unique herbarium specimens used to formally describe new plant species. By linking collection and storage data, we found that holotypes are increasingly held closer to their places of origin, particularly in ...
Dominik Tomaszewski, Łukasz Walas, Marzenna Guzicka   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sphere sovereignty, solidarity and subsidiarity

, 2013
Reflecting on the nature of human society and the individual's place in it resulted into focusing on the principles of sphere sovereignty and subsidiarity. The dominating patterns of thinking in the legacy of the West are individualism versus universalism, sometimes also known as the opposition between atomism and holism.
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