Growing Food and Building Power: Urban Agriculture in New York City by Wende Marshall

“…First paragraphs: The early 20th-century Italian social theorist and revolutionary, Antonio Gramsci, argued that in struggling for socialism, the working class pursued two strategies. …”
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Professor Alex Callinicos by Ali Saqer

“…Professor Alex Callinicos is a renowned social theorist and scholar of international political economy. …”
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Margaret Somers in Conversation with Daniel Hirschman by Margaret R. Somers, Daniel Hirschman

“…Somers is a leading comparative historical sociologist and social theorist specializing in law and political economy, citizenship and rights, and the work of Karl Polanyi. …”
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Karl Marx: Manifesto, radical democracy or futuristic alchemy by Šutović Milojica M.

“…The celebration of 200th anniversary of birth of Karl Marx, a renowned social theorist and the symbol of world revolution, not less an intellectual, as well as 170 years since publication of the Manifesto of the Communist Party, the foundation and the ideological programme of the liberation from capitalism movement, seems to bring Marx back into the heart of capitalism, extreme and arrogant liberalism. …”
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Sex in the Cut (Transcript of a talk at the school authorized by Alenka Zupančič ) by Alenka Zupančič

“…Author Biography Alenka Zupančič, Institute of Philosophy, Scientific Research Center of the Slovene Academy of Sciences Alenka Zupančič is a Slovene philosopher and social theorist. She works as research advisor at the Institute of Philosophy, Scientific Research Center of the Slovene Academy of Sciences. …”
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A Context for Complexism: Between Neoliberal Social Thought and Algorithmic Art by Crano Ricky D.

“…From there, I move to complicate this genealogy by introducing a somewhat controversial figure-the social theorist, political economist, and legal philosopher Friedrich Hayek, who had posited similar problems concerning the emergence and maintenance of complex, self-organized systems as early as the 1930s, and whose theoretical solutions to these problems were instrumental to what historians and sociologists have subsequently described as capitalism’s late “neoliberal turn.”…”
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Point of View of Jean Baudrillard on the Philosophy of Cinema Survival by Mahdi Attarzadeh, Maryam Jamali, Mohammad Zaimaran

“…Jean Baudrillard the postmodern social theorist adopted a philosophical approach for explanation of the contemporary world. …”
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The City as a Laboratory of Shadows: Exposing Secret Histories While Thinking of the Future

“…Imagine a radical School of Art & Design with a sociologist on the staff, in which Richard Hoggart’s The Uses and Misuses of Literacy was on the agenda, and the writings of the Marxist social theorist Raymond Williams were essential reading – Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, in particular. …”
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A transnational double movement? Polanyian reflections on conflicts law constitutionalism by Steven Klein

“…Central here has been how Joerges has staged a dialogue between theories of European law and the critique of the market order developed by the Hungarian philosopher and social theorist Karl Polanyi. I argue that Joerges picks up on democratic undercurrents in Polanyi’s theory that move beyond the opposition between nationally bounded welfare states and transnational private economic rights. …”
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A critique of the logic of consumption in postmodern architecture : the museum as a case study by Kazzaz, Tarek M. (Tarek Mohamad)

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Methamphetamine-type stimulant use in Lao PDR: qualitative findings from users aged 15–25 years in Vientiane Capital and Vientiane Province by Vanphanom Sychareun, Bangone Santavasy, Niramonh Chanlivong, Andrea Fischer, Nicholas Thomson, Robert Power, Jo Durham

“…The data analysis drew on the theory and insights of the social theorist Pierre Bourdieu (1990, 1997) to understand the Yaba consumption practices among young Laotians. …”
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Redemption and reform in A Secular Age: Charles Taylor's interpretation of early modern Protestantism by Wallace, NJ

“…Its biographical research together with intellectual-historical analysis of Taylor’s writings as a New Democratic Party politician and social theorist demonstrates that his “story” is intended to function as a Gramscian-Sorelian social myth to cultivate solidarity and subvert capitalist hegemony in the tradition of socialist humanism. …”

Globalization, State, Identity/Difference by Srini Sitaraman

“…By concentrating on epistemology and ontology, critical social theorists have shown the structural weakness of positivist and realist theories. …”
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Islam, State and Modernity: Mohammed Abed al-Jabri and the Future of the Arab World by Tauseef Ahmad Parray

“…Mohammed Abed al-Jabri (1935-2010) is one of the most original Arab philosophers, thinkers, and social theorist of recent times. Al-Jabri, who held the post of Professor of Philosophy at University of Rabat (Moroc- co), is the author of over 30 books—mostly on Arab Islamic thought—of which the best-known are works like Critique of Arab Reason (1984-2001, 4 vols.), Arab Political Reason (1990), An Introduction to the Noble Qur’an (2006), and Democracy, Human Rights and Law in Islamic Thought (2009). …”
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Critical realism and information systems research: why bother with philosophy? by Philip J. Dobson

“…Over the period 1979-1999 57% of papers had references to social theorists - the four major theorists being Giddens, Habermas, Foucault and Latour. …”
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Against Grand Theories: A (Cautionary) Tale of Two Disciplines by Petr Jedlička

“…As it turns out, however, some contemporary social theorists and philosophers still harbor hopes that they can be successfully formulated, or at the least do not rule out such possibility. …”
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The Role of Factors of Religiosity and Piety in Social Relations as Viewed by the Quran by Reza Aqa Poor

“…In this paper, the role of factors of religiosity and piety in social relations has been analyzed using the view of sociologists and social theorists and thinkers of God. However, the role of Islamic scholars is more prominent than others. …”
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Understanding Novak’s Spirit of democratic capitalism through “the corporation” by Pakaluk Michael

“…Many social theorists hold that the corporation is the key institution of the modern world. …”
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Racial boundaries and social cohesion in Singapore youth football by De Silva, Nicholas

“…Drawing upon the works of major social theorists, this study utilizes an integrated framework to explore the connections between race and Singapore youth football, examining its impact on social cohesion. …”
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To Discipline and Enforce: Surveillance and Spectacle in State Reform of Higher Education by John F. Welsh, E. Wayne Ross, Kevin D. Vinson

“…Drawing from concepts developed by the social theorists Michel Foucault and Guy Debord on the exertion of political power in contemporary society, this paper analyzes the restructuring of public higher education systems initiated by governors, legislatures and state higher education boards. …”
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