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Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.Abstract A product of American exceptionalism, the myth of the American Dream has always defended that the United States is the nation of upward mobility par excellence. Nonetheless, in the last two decades, many scholars, economists, and even politicians have acknowledged the fact that economic inequality is a reality in the country, especially vis‐à ...
Laura Roldán‐Sevillano
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ATMOSFEAR: Horror of nature and the nature of horror in Algernon Blackwood
Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.Abstract The impact that the stories of Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) have had on the literature of the uncanny can hardly be overestimated. However, there is almost no research on Blackwood's life and work. Against the background of a presentation of themes and motifs of Blackwood's narrative œuvre, this article develops a characteristic of his ...
Dominic Angeloch
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No One Mourns the Wicked: The Ethics of Mourning Morally Flawed Celebrities
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Carme Isern‐Mas +2 more
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Beyond Bandung and Belgrade: Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi, A Forgotten Indian Voice for World Peace
Peace &Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Dr. Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (1907–1966) was an Indian polymath best known for his intellectual contributions in a dizzyingly wide range of fields: mathematics, statistics, genetics, numismatics, history, and literature. His enduring reputation seems to have been posthumously sealed as the father of Marxist historiography in India. What has
Suchintan Das
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The Damned Art: Essays in the Literature of Witchcraft [PDF]
, 1978 Brian P. Copenhaver, Sydney Anglo
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Certainties and the Bedrock of Moral Reasoning: Three Ways the Spade Turns
Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this paper, we identify and explain three kinds of bedrock in moral thought. The term “bedrock,” as introduced by Wittgenstein in §217 of the Philosophical Investigations, stands for the end of a chain of reasoning. We affirm that some chains of moral reasoning do indeed end with certainty.
Konstantin Deininger, Herwig Grimm
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Vovós feiticeiras: algumas reflexões sobre tristes relatos de idosas moçambicanas
Kairós Gerontologia, 2012 : Particular attention is paid to the accusations of witchcraft, in which the Traditional Doctor´s Association of Mozambique (AMETRAMO) and traditional healers play two roles: one as the accuser and instigator of violence, and the other as the target of ...
Mercedes Sayagues +2 more
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