Breves contribuições da crítica pós-moderna para a análise dos movimentos sociais by Carlos A. Gadea

Subjects: “…social theory…”
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A crítica pós-moderna: analítica da interação e da sociabilidade by Carlos A. Gadea

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Editorial by J. Rossouw

“… From text: The first edition of what turned out to be one of the foundational texts of what became known as the intellectual movement of Radical Orthodoxy (RO), John Milbank’s Theology and social theory: Beyond secular reason was published in 1990. …”
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Pós-desenvolvimento, indicadores e culturas de auditoria: reflexões críticas sobre governança e desenvolvimento by Guilherme Francisco Waterloo Radomsky

“…As a conclusion, the article rethinks contemporary social theory and related issues from development studies, as agency and auditing, peoples’ desire/ repulsion for development projects and the critique of modernity.…”
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Temporalização do espaço social: apontamentos para uma sociologia do tempo by Victor Luiz Alves Mourão

“…This article has two objectives: (i) to organize the debate about time within sociology and (ii) to carry out a characterization of social theory that incorporates in a substantive way the temporal discussion through the notion of temporalization of the social space. …”
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Jogos, sociabilidade e conflito no Brasil by Édison Gastaldo, Everardo Rocha, Adriana Braga

“…To him, poetry, law, war, music, religion and everything we regard as serious, sacred and respectful derive at some level from ancient sacred games, and still keep their elementary features. In social theory, the participation in games and competitions usually highlights their symbolic, ritual and communicational aspects, as well as their links to wider sociability networks. …”
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Àsùwàda Principle and Inter-Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria by Yunusa Kehinde Salami

“… This paper examines the àsùwàdà principle as an indigenous social theory, which is based on alásùwàdà, a body of doctrines according to which the creator of human beings and everything in nature, dá (created) individual human beings as à-sù-wà (beings who can only live successfully as part of a human group with a purpose). …”
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Condição humana, condição cidadã: um ensaio sobre a dignidade da política e os desafios do novo Estado democrático by Adelia Maria Miglievich Ribeiro

“…The recognition of the generic other in their relevance is, however, inseparable from the strengthening of public power in terms of coordinating the market and distributive democracy. Key words: social theory, postmodern critique, social movements.…”
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Local English teachers’ voices from a marginalized lens: Inequality practices and identity construction in the workplace by Sahril Nur, Ismail Anas, Reski Pilu, Nurfajriah Basri

“… This article reports on a narrative case study that showcases the local English teachers’ perceived inequality practices and identity construction in Indonesia’s micro-reality context of a private language school domain. Grounded in the social theory of power, privilege, and positional identities, three synchronous online interviews were conducted to explore the LETs voices about what it means to experience the equality of rights and obligations in the workplace. …”
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Konstruktywizm i pedagogika różnorodności w kontekście edukacji włączającej by Jolanta Rzeźnicka-Krupa

“…The posthuman critique of social constructivism formulates the second of the questions I want to answer in the text: how can the constructivist approach cooperate with some new contemporary social theories, especially the new realism (materialism) and pedagogy of things? …”
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Obituaries and predictions: a sociological perspective on the future of religion by J. Beyers

“…This article explores this syllogism, by analysing two 19th-century social theories on the future of religion. Weber was not positive as to the future of religion and foresaw that religion would die out at the hands of rationality and modernisation. …”
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Access of Women to Higher Education in Uganda: An Analysis of Inequalities, Barriers and Determinants by Kwesiga, Joy Constance

“…The conceptual framework is derived from literature covering Women in Development, the human capital concept of investment in education, the indirect benefits of educating women, and social theories of gender inequality. Literature on general educational access factors, mainly focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa is reviewed, using Hyde's (1991) three-fold classification of family, societal, and institutional factors. …”
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