Selective naturalization: W. G. Runciman's social theory [Review of: W. G. Runciman: A Treatise on Social Theory, Volume I:The Methodology of Social Theory; A Treatise on Social Theory, Volume II: Substantive Social Theory; and Confessions of a Reluctant Social Theorist: Selected Essays of W.G. Runciman] by Bull, M

21H.433 The Age of Reason: Europe in the 18th and 19th Centuries, Spring 2005 by Ravel, Jeffrey S.

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A sociological theory of law / by 221405 Luhmann, Niklas, Albrow, Martin., translator, King-Utz, Elizabeth, Albrow, Martin., editor

“…"Niklas Luhmann is recognised as a major social theorist, and his treatise on the sociology of law is a classic text. …”

Tuning into Harmut Rosa’s systematic romanticism by Frédéric Vandenberghe

“…Abstract The article reconstructs the intellectual itinerary of the German social theorist Hartmut Rosa. It follows the development of his oeuvre, from his doctoral thesis on Charles Taylor and his book on social acceleration to his more recent work on resonance and responsivity. …”
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A Caliphate of Ideas? Islamic Politics in Dialogue with Contemporary Marxism by Daniel Tutt

“…This article deconstructs the conceptual framework of the social theorist Salman Sayyid by critically examining his work on the political and hegemony in relation to the thought of the post-Marxist philosopher Ernesto Laclau. …”
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Africa’s ‘Two Publics’: Colonialism and Governmentality by Adebanwi, A

“…Ekeh, in his theory of ‘two publics’, and the late French philosopher, historian and social theorist, Michel Foucault, in his theory of governmentality. …”

Gender inequality in social institutions and its impact on fertility rates by Tan, Cassandra Gek Hui

“…Multiple studies have attributed the costs of raising children, women delaying marriage and childbearing, as the reasons behind the persistently low fertility rates. However, social theorist, Peter McDonald provides an alternative view on the issue, arguing that low fertility rates are created from gender inequality in social institutions. …”
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Learning in cultures of social interaction by Daniels, H

“…This approach is based on the work of the British sociologist, Basil Bernstein, and the Russian social theorist, Lev Vygotsky.…”

It’s Game Time: Speed, Acceleration, and The Digital Sports Game by Andrew Baerg

“…As different as these sports might be in their construction of time, these sports games share similarities with respect to their treatment of time for the digital athlete and for the player’s time.Drawing on social theorist, John Tomlinson, and his notion of “the culture of speed” and its preoccupation with immediacy, the essay takes up ways in which these games position players with respect to accelerated time and considers the potential consequences of this acceleration for how time is perceived and experienced in the consumption of other forms of mediated sport.…”
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January 6^th and De-Democratization in the United States by Ernesto Castañeda, Daniel Jenks

“…De-democratization is a process that preceded Trump’s election and that can still be seen in the United States and around the world. Social theorist Charles Tilly wrote about how becoming a democracy is not a unidirectional, one-time event or goal, but a non-linear process. …”
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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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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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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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The City as a Laboratory of Shadows: Exposing Secret Histories While Thinking of the Future by Robert G MacDonald

“…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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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. …”

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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Exploring the relationship between language, culture and identity by Lee, Su Kim

“…This will be followed by an overview of the work of social theorists and educationists. The paper will then present a review of literature of research studies in the field. …”
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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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