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John Gray: ‘Americanism’ and the Perversion of Post‐liberalism
Abstract This article will make the case for John Gray's inclusion in the canon of post‐liberals despite his protests to the contrary, and will argue that his peculiar post‐liberalism is important for its challenges to the dominance of liberalism as both a political culture and way of theorising the ends of politics based on the model of the American ...
Paul Kelly
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German Coalition Politics: Between Pluralist Stagnation and Crisis‐Driven Welfare Retrenchment
Abstract The current German coalition government of the centre‐right Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the centre‐left Social Democrats (SPD) has spent its first year in office preparing for a major round of welfare state retrenchment. However, the coalition lacks a coherent political project.
Jörg Michael Dostal
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A Pre-Modern Defense of the Hadiths on Sodomy
This article provides an annotated translation of a treatise written by the famous scholar Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d. 911/1505) in defense of the hadiths condemning sodomy (liwāṭ). The article situates such a defense within the current discourse on Islam
Jonathan Brown
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And then there was us Et puis nous sommes apparus
In 1987, the academic conference ‘Origins and Dispersals of Modern Humans: Behavioural and Biological Perspectives’ was held in Cambridge, UK. Subsequently referred to as the ‘Human Revolution’ conference, this meeting brought together the most prominent academics working in the field of human origins, including archaeologists and palaeoanthropologists,
Emma E. Bird +2 more
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Loanwords and Linguistic Phylogenetics: *pelek̑u‐ ‘axe’ and *(H)a(i̯)g̑‐ ‘goat’1
Abstract This paper assesses the role of borrowings in two different approaches to linguistic phylogenetics: Traditional qualitative analyses of lexemes, and quantitative computational analysis of cognacy. It problematises the assumption that loanwords can be excluded altogether from datasets of lexical cognacy.
Simon Poulsen
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Playing the Game: Illusio and the Cultural Normalisation of Shadow Education in Greece and Beyond
ABSTRACT Shadow education has become a defining feature of contemporary schooling systems, yet dominant explanations continue to emphasise access, market expansion, and examination pressure. This article advances a sociological account of how shadow education becomes culturally normalised within contexts formally committed to public educational ...
Alexandros Kamplitsis
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José Luis Arrese. Falangist or traditionalist?
This paper attempts to clarify the apparent contradiction that a Falangist as Arrese twice Secretary General of the Movement, made in 1941 and 1956 two political operations leading to the dismantling of Falange as a driving force of Francoism.
Jesús M.ª ZARATIEGUI LABIANO +1 more
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The Traditionalist Approach to the Components of Islamic Education [PDF]
Within the Islamic world, diverse approaches to education can be delineated, allof which share the ultimate goal of attaining divine pleasure and proximity to God (riḍāʾwa qurb Allāh).
Hadi Karimi Aqda +1 more
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Reflections on Adoption of New Agricultural Practices
ABSTRACT Research on adoption of new practices, technologies and systems in agriculture has generated thousands of publications over the past 70 years, covering uptake of agricultural practices spanning more than 100 years. This paper contains selected key lessons from the results of this enormous research effort, drawn from numerous reviews of the ...
David J. Pannell
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Breadwinner backlash: The gendered effects of industrial decline
Abstract Low‐skilled men have long been vulnerable to globalization, decarbonization, and other forms of economic disruption. When shocks are realized, women often increase their paid labor to compensate for men's loss of income. We study how layoffs of low‐skilled men and concurrent shifts in workforce composition toward women affect voting.
Richard Clark, Roza Khoban, Noah Zucker
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