The conceptualization of current society: Contributions and limitations / La conceptualización de la sociedad actual: aportaciones y limitaciones. by Pedro Francisco Alemán Ramos, Adolfo García García

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The Scary Black Box: AI Driven Recommender Algorithms as The Most Powerful Social Force by Ljubiša Bojić, Aleksandra Bulatović, Simona Žikić

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Bourdieu, Lacan and field theory: neoliberal doxa in the economic field by Scott, Tim

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René Girard a jeho mimetická teorie společnosti jako možné východisko k nové sociologické teorii by Marián Kišš

“…The author argues that the primary task is now to examine the relation of Girard’s thought to Durkheim’s theory of society. He further suggests to take a new look (with the help of Girard’s work) at the old theoretical dispute between Émile Durkheim and Gabriel Tarde, and examine, to bridge the differences between Durkheim and Tarde. …”
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The Ri-elaboration of the Collective Sphere. New Paths of Sociality and Groups-Formation among the New Generations by Andrea Pirni, Luca Raffini

“…To carry out this analysis, we will refer to Simmel’s seminar theory of society as a network of relations and, along this line, to the contributions of authors such as Beck, Giddens, Touraine, Melucci, Castells, on the development of the late modernity and the network society. …”
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Beyond the Unitary State: Multi-Level Governance, Politics, and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Animal Welfare by Paul Chaney, Ian Rees Jones, Nivedita Narayan

“…It is argued that extant cross-cultural research on animal welfare often overlooks or gives insufficient attention to new governance theory, civil society, politics, and the realities of devolved or (quasi-)federal, multi-level governance in the modern state. …”
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Exploring the mediational effects of institutional-social-ecological factors on collective action performance: Applying SES theory in gated communities by Shi, Xuerui, Hoh, Gabriel Teck Ling

Algorithmic Management and the Social Order of Digital Markets by Rilinger, Georg

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THE CULTURE OF SYSTEM CRITICISM THROUGH THE 2016 AMERICAN ELECTIONS by Ayten ÇALIŞ

“…The mass society created by the power of capital holding the mass media, which is the common point of the system critics that have been made up to this time, will be taken to examine the modern world order, which is the work of financial powers who want to keep the formation of public opinion in control, will be one of the main problems of this work and by going through system theory, mass society theory and partly agenda setting theory. …”
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Afinal de contas, o que é teoria crítica? [After all, what is critical theory?] by Amaro Fleck

“…[The project of the critical theory of society has been defined in different ways: through the description of its genesis, of its methodology or of its institutional history. …”
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Negative Constructs in Family Court Discourse: A Case Study of Divorce Demanding Women based on van Dijk’s Approach by Hossein Hallajzadeh Bonab, Zahra Delgir

“…To probe into the way divorce demanding women use negative constructs for ideological expression of their desires and persuading the judge, the present study explored negative constructs in divorce demanding women’s discourse in family courts based on van Dijk’s (2006) theory of society-Knowledge and discourse. A total of 60 meetings were attended in the counseling center of families of the Public and Revolutionary Tribunal of Zahedan and divorce demanding women’s remarks were collected. …”
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Gender Bias in The Rural Community as Reflected in Minfong Hos Sing to The Dawn by Hermanus Wahyaka

“…The secondary sources are obtained from several relevant books related to literary theories such as the critical approach, the theory of gender, the theory of society, and the review of Thai society. In order to relate the gender bias and a certain community, the socio-cultural approach is used to examine the novel. …”
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RECEPTION OF ETHICS OF DISCOURSE IN MODERN PHILOSOPHY by L. I. Tetyuev

“…The article analyzes the theoretical foundations of the modern project of rational ethics, in which the ethics of discourse is interpreted as a critical theory of society and a critic of modern morality. I. Kant was one of the first to offer the possibility of generalizing the norms of morality and perception of ethics as a transcendental critique of morality. …”
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Structural complexity and physical mechanism of self-assembled lipid as nanocarriers: A review by Ilias, Nazhan, Richmond, Rocky Vester, Selvarajah, Gayathri Thevi, Mat Azmi, Intan Diana, Ajat, Mokrish

The future of deliveries: Parcel locker intentions by Fara Adura, Mohd Yusoff, Fazeeda, Mohamad, Puteri Fadzline, Muhamad Tamyez, Siti Aisyah, Panatik

“…These findings provide new and additional knowledge about this innovative last-mile delivery intention, and the contributions to the theory and society. This study has explored the applicability of the UTAUT theory to study last-mile delivery in Malaysia, highlighting it theoretical ramifications. …”
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Niklas Luhmann Niklas Luhmann by Gotthard Bechmann, Nico Stehr

“…Finally, they present some critical thoughts on the possibilities and limits of post-ontological theory of society as a self-referential system.…”
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chr(38)quot;Madame de Beauvoir, c’est moichr(38)quot;: une archéologie féministe de la pensée française contemporaine (Sartre, Lévi-Strauss, Bourdieu) = chr(38)quot;Madame de Beauv... by Cormann, Grégory

“…Far from being secondary, the question of the feminine and its power of composition and creation seems to be the riddle of Sartre's and Lévi-Strauss's contributions to a critical theory of society, but also that of Bourdieu, whose entire work until The Misery of the World inherits underthe hand of Beauvoir's legacy to contemporary French thought. …”
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Societal Aspects of Vulnerability to Natural Hazards by Swen Zehetmair

“…Furthermore, the system theory provides a theory of society that claims to be able to cover all social levels and to describe all social phenomena. …”
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Centre That Holds: An Inquiry into the Model of Peace and Protection in T.S. Eliot’s Selected Ariel Poems by Kongkona Dutta

“…Also, Eliot’s allegiance to the ecclesiastical centres as a means to consolidate the European society is akin to Thomas Hobbes’s (1588-1679) social contract theory of society and state formation. Hobbes’s theory elucidates the role of an absolute Sovereign who commands and controls people’s unruly passion through consent and wilful submission. …”
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Axiological Systems Theory: a general model of society by Francisco Parra-Luna

“…A central hypothesis in this paper is to support that any systemic theory of society could not avoid to deal with values as the basic raw material for defining and measuring its performance and for achieving the best possible solution of societal problems.…”
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