Shine and Poverty of Metaphors in the Language of Sociology by Anna Tashchenko, Iurii Iakovenko

“…The reasons that lead to conclusions about the relevance or irrelevance of metaphors in the language of sociology are characterized when considering a sociologist as a scientist, professional and popularizer. …”
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Lectio Magistralis: “Sulle difficoltà e sul bisogno del dialogo” = Lectio Magistralis: About the difficulties and the need for dialogue by Zygmunt Bauman

“…In his Lectio Magistralis Bauman addresses many problematic aspects of contemporary society. For the sociologist, there are several reasons why we live in a state of confusion, in the “dark ages”, in which the ability to look beyond and understanding has been lost. …”
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Dinin Sosyolojik Tanımı Problemi Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme by Kemaleddin Taş

“…First of all, this article presents sociological definitions of religion and then it generally evaluates all these attempts which have tried to define religion. Many sociologist of religion have produced various definitions of religion. …”
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The Controversy between Niklas Luhmann and Jűrgen Habermas Related to Sociological Approach to Law by Jovanoski Aleksandar, Rustemi Agron

“…The aim of the paper is to present a brief insight into the significant works and views of the German sociologists Niklas Luhmann and Jűrgen Habermas on the role of law in regulating human relations in society. …”
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Processos de criação artística comunitária: questões metodológicas by Irene Serafino

“…Thoughts about the Pele_Espaço de Contacto Social e Cultural association’s case study, acts in the city of Porto since 2007, raised questions related to the sociologist interaction with the analyzed context: the “doing" and "being" of the sociologist in the field; the ethical implications; the centrality of in-depth and long-term fieldwork; the balance between, collaboration, approximation, and critical analytical detachment…”
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The Functioning of Cities in the Context of Globalization: Saskia Sassen's Theory by Kristina L. Khomyakova

“…One of these approaches is proposed by the modern American sociologist Saskia Sassen. She builds an integral concept of modernity with the corresponding content of the subject field and problems. …”
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A Re-reading of Pitirim Sorokin’s Sociology: To Commemorate The Publication of Thirteen Volumes of his Collected Works by Nikolay A. Golovin

“…The review article critically assesses the preparation for publication of 13 volumes that cover almost the entire Russian period of the sociologist’s work. The introductory articles to the volumes not only introduce him to the reader, but also collectively provide an overview of the classic sociologist’s scientific program and the stages of its implementation. …”
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Reconciling Religious Orientation with the Demands of Fiction in Andrew M. Greeley’s Selected Novels by Mark Anthony G. Moyano

“…Greeley with the demands of fiction, i.e. the literariness required in a masterpiece. As a sociologist-priest, he has written fictions that are considered or labeled as popular or those that belong to genre fiction. …”
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Review Piece by Daniel Liechty

“…Boston University sociologist Peter L. Berger recently published a memoir, under the telling title Adventures of an Accidental Sociologist (Berger, 2011). …”
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Le point de vue du sociologue sur le point de vue du groupe by Jacques Siracusa

“…To want to describe the world objectively, instead of commenting on texts, sociologists have come to underestimate the contribution of writing and the inevitable presence of a point of view. …”
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Understanding Max Weber by Alexander Nikolaevich Malinkin

“…<p>The book of the famous Russian sociologist L.G. Ionin about Max Weber attracts attention with its unusualness. …”
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A Satirical (?) Book Review of Windows Into the Soul: Surveillance and Society in an Age of High Technology by its Author by Marx, Gary T.

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The Anatomy of Coolness by Eleonora Corbanese

“…The former is mainly based on sociologist Joanne Entwistle’s take on the theory of the “social body,” explained in her book The Fashioned Body; sociologist Joanne Finkelstein’s adaptation of Baldassarre Castiglione’s term sprezzatura to nowadays popular culture in her book The art of self-invention; and journalist Dick Pountain and sociologist David Robins’ book Cool Rules: Anatomy of an attitude. …”
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GLOBALIZATION AND SPORT by Corina TIFREA, Raluca Maria COSTACHE

“…It was the same sociologist that added that globalization is a multi-faceted process featuring various cultural, social, political and economic dimensions. …”
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Gambling and Consumption by Riitta Matilainen

“… Gambling is a consumption decision (e.g., Garvía 2007: 644; Casey 2008). Sociologist Emma Casey (2008: 3), who has studied British working-class women’s  xperiences of the National lottery, points out that buying a lottery ticket is a very popular routine purchase with unique mass appeal. …”
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Filmer, enquêter, montrer : allers et retours by Annalisa Lendaro

“…Benvenuti (53’, 2017) was co-directed by a sociologist and a documentary maker, and is the fruit of a research on the borders and boundaries that penetrate a small italian island : Lampedusa. …”
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INTRODUCTION IN SOCIOLOGY, THE FIRST PART OF A COMPLETE STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY, SIGNED BY TRAIAN BRĂILEANU by ALEXANDRU-OVIDIU VINTILĂ

“…This study describes the structure of Traian Brăileanu’s work, Introducere în sociologie (Introduction in Sociology), but also the ideas that the Romanian sociologist put forward in this work. He structured his paper into four parts: the notion of sociology, the object of sociology, sociology and the other sciences and the sociological method. …”
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Ethnographier un établissement psychiatrique en qualité d’élève directrice d’hôpital by Audrey Higelin-Cruz

“…This article seeks to examine the opportunities and constraints of various specific ways of carrying out enquiries, and the kinds of results that they generate. The researcher, a sociologist who is becoming progressively integrated into the hospital sector, questions thereby the advantages and limits of this "dual status" (sociologist + insider), before discussing how the specific conditions of the enquiry made it possible to re-evaluate the role of the concept of the "total institution" on the profession.…”
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Trabajo, capacidad de actuar y recorridos biográficos: la vía de un pragmatismo crítico. Entrevista a Bénédicte Zimmermann by Rodolfo Martinic

“…In this interview, the sociologist takes up the conceptual framework of this approach, which offers an innovative approach to researching the contemporary world of work.…”
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Human interaction in residential development: a conceptual framework for Malaysia / Ramli Zulkifli by Zulkifli, Ramli

“…However if an architect or a planner realize such an important need they must by themselves be or employed a sociologist. If the planner claim that a person's ecological surroundings are the most powerful factors influencing his happiness, but for a sociologist he will point out that it is the need for the company of others that will strongly satisfied his happiness. …”
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