A critical examination of the notion of 'policy science' by Fay, B

“…There (2.1) I was interested in showing how each of these theorists contributed some important idea to the developing conception of, and hopes for, a social science which would do for men in society what the physical sciences were doing for man's relations with nature. …”

A Critique of Principlism by Samuel Dale

“…However, as medicine advanced, increasingly complex biomedical issues created problems that required greater appeals to theory.[7] The “heroic” phase of bioethics saw “theorists aspire to construct symmetrical cathedrals of normative thought.”[8] In the wake of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Tom Beauchamp and James Childress helped draft the Belmont Report, a bulwark intended to prevent future atrocities in human research trials. …”
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Has Frye ignored ethos in ethical criticism? by Marjan Hosseinpoor Jeerhandeh, Omid Zakerikish, Masoud Algooneh Juneghani

“…Extended Abstract Introduction Northrop Frye (1912-1991) is one of the literary theorists of the 20th century.  He was familiar with the medieval interpretations of the Bible on the one hand and with the theories of the New Criticists on the other, and saw a significant symmetry between the Bible on the one hand and literature on the other. …”
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Mary I. Ingraham, Joseph K. So, and Roy Moodley, eds. 2016. Opera in a Multicultural World: Coloniality, Culture, Performance. New York: Routledge by Jane Forner

“…A brief passage on Constant notes a trend familiar to recent generations of musicologists and music theorists: the rejection of binary oppositions in critical thought, in this case between “diversity” and “unity”: Constant suggests that multiple cultures coexist within communities or nations and individuals frequently—and concurrently—may experience both “pluralism” and “assimilation.” …”
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NEGRITUD, ESCLAVITUD Y RACISMO EN EL MUNDO POSCOLONIAL. APORTES DE LOS ESTUDIOS AFRICANOS by Karina Bidaseca, Andrea Gigena

“…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 21pt; text-align: justify;"><strong></strong><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">Palabras claves:<strong> </strong></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">Negritud, Esclavitud, Racismo, Estudios poscoloniales africanos</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";"> </span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">Abstract:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";" lang="EN-US">The aim of this paper is to reflect upon the concepts of Negritude, Slavery and Racism based on the contributions made by several African post-colonial theorists within the framework of the contemporary post-colonial stage. …”
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