A Critical Review on the Book Strategic Management of Information Systems by Ehsan Karami, Ali Yassini

“…However, based on the results of the present critique, it seems that the author has not achieved the desired goals in a desirable way. …”
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A Critical Review on the Book Child’s Literature in Iran: The University Textbook by Amir Hossein Zanjanbar, Ayoob Moradi

“…The book has many positive aspects, but due to common methodological weaknesses between this book and many books which are written in the realm of children's literature, the present study prefers to critique this book from an approbation point of view, rather than a critical one. …”
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George Steiner and the War against the Jews: A Study in Misrepresentation by Roger W. Smith

“…Le critique littéraire George Steiner est certainement l’une des plus grandes figures des études culturelles de ces cinquante dernières années. …”
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Projecting Politics: The Grapes of Wrath by Stephen J. Whitfield

“…Mais cet essai montre combien les idées politiques de ces œuvres jumelées sont en réalité difficiles à saisir et combien il est hasardeux de définir, quel que soit l’effort rétrospectif, la critique que Steinbeck et Ford ont proposée dans leur version des Raisins de la colère, une œuvre inoubliable, déchirante mais ambiguë sur le plan politique.…”
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Comment j’ai écrit : The Tourist by Dean MacCannell

“…L’auteur revient sur le contexte historique et les fondements intellectuels et institutionnels de son étude (1976) intitulée The tourist : a New Theory of the Leisure Class, en particulier sur ses liens avec la théorie sociale et critique classique et son adéquation avec le post-structuralisme et le déconstructivisme. …”
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Book Review of the Women in the Legislation Arena in Iran (1285-1395) by Alireza MollayeeTavani, Sareh Asgari

“…This book is one of the rare studies on the topic of women suffrage, so it is of great importance. The main formal critique of this book has to do with plagiarism mainly because the author has not followed the rules in citations, and many of the references are either missing or faulty. …”
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Tianjin’s Italian-Style town: the conundrum between conservation practices and heritage value by Jingting Wang, Maurizio Marinelli

“…Thus, this article offers a critique of the trend towards functional replacement and structural adaptation to cater to the tourism industry rather than to the value of the community’s livelihood as a living heritage.…”
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Application of the Meta-Theoretical Approach in the Review of Islamic Management Books by Sadegh Hasani Moghadam, Rohollah Tavallaee, Gholam Reza Godarzi, Meysam Babaee

“…This book also deals with formal, theoretical, and content critique through the application of meta-theoretical technique and the method of content analysis of the book. …”
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Exploring the Role of symbolism in Reflecting the Social and Culture Values in M. Moustadraf's Blood Feast by Baleid Taha Shamsan, Najwa Mohammed Saeed

“…The study reveals how Malika Moustadrif critiques the contradictions present in both contemporary and traditional Moroccan cultures, especially regarding the experiences of women and working-class individuals, to highlight the prevailing societal pretense and disparities in Moroccan culture. …”
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The politics of gating (A response to Private Security and Public Space by Manzi and Smith-Bowers) by Rowland Atkinson

“…In a recent paper in this journal, Tony Manzi and Bill Smith-Bowers (2006) attempt to provide what they see as a more subtle approach to these developments, arguing, by way of a critique of some of my earlier work (centrally that of Atkinson and Blandy, 2005), that hostility to gated communities is misplaced on several grounds. …”
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The symbolic language of Akhavaans poem, a place for promoting the force of expression and its influence on readersâ mind by محمد خاکپور

“…The composing of old Khorasani language with colloquial language and mysterious and symbolic expression has language and mysterious and symbolic expression has high affect an Akavan’s praise of the manifestations of culture and past civilization of Iran and critique of new intellectual society and also , his hatred of the atmosphere that was made after the defeat of National Movement. …”
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Obscuring Our Sense of Morality: Barry Hallen’s Yoruba Moral Epistemology and the Problem of Character Indeterminacy by Babalola J. Balogun, Aderonke A. Ajiboro

“…Using Yoruba ethnological/linguistic resources as a methodological standpoint, our critique of Hallen’s Yoruba moral epistemology is primarily motivated by three fundamental observations: a. that the acclaimed distinction between ìmọ and ìgbàgbọ on which the thesis is based, is faulty; b. that the thesis does not agree to a certain conception of personhood within the Yoruba metaphysical worldview; and c. that the behaviourist implications engendered by Hallen’s Yoruba moral epistemology do not adequately represent the deeply spiritual essence of human conducts in Yoruba ethical system. …”
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“The Map-makers’ Colors”: Maps in Twentieth-Century American Poetry in English by Adele J. Haft

“…As the opening poem of her Pulitzer Prize-winning collection (1955), “The Map” continues to inspire other poets to critique the map’s spatial representation in terms of physical geography and intimacy, time and scale, politics and race, as well as science, art, and exploration. …”
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Conceptualiser les « paysages culturels en commun » : reconstituer l’évolution de la réflexion écologique, des études du paysage alpin suisse jusqu’aux systèmes socio-écologiques... by Nicole de Lalouvière

“…La place accordée à la résilience et aux systèmes socio-écologiques (social-ecological systems, SES) dans de nombreuses études récentes souligne le potentiel des systèmes complexes, de l’écologie politique néo-institutionnaliste (New Institutional Political Ecology, NIPE) et de l’analyse des dynamiques de changement sur la longue durée. Un examen critique de ces champs de recherche indique des voies possibles pour établir un cadre conceptuel des « paysages culturels en commun » sur une base comparative, multiscalaire et éco-évolutive.…”
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Tsalsol /Chain Rhyme by Elham Zadafshar

“…Although these studies do not engage in the critique and evaluation of literary works in practice, and only suffice to define, identify, cite evidence, and express theoretical opinions, they still provide means for better and more accurate evaluation of literary works. …”
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The politics of gating (A response to Private Security and Public Space by Manzi and Smith-Bowers) by Rowland Atkinson

“…In a recent paper in this journal, Tony Manzi and Bill Smith-Bowers (2006) attempt to provide what they see as a more subtle approach to these developments, arguing, by way of a critique of some of my earlier work (centrally that of Atkinson and Blandy, 2005), that hostility to gated communities is misplaced on several grounds. …”
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Câteva considerații asupra receptării protocronismului românesc by Vlad-Ion Pappu

“…Lovinescu in the interwar critique, present the landmarks that unified Edgar Papu’s vision of Romanian literature, emphasizing the homogeneity of his judgments from the interwar period (1932) to the post-December period (1991), as well as the critical texts with which his book Out of our Classical Writers. …”
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Ce que la syntaxe tisse, la sémantique tend à l’effilocher : étude de phénomènes de déconnexion forme-sens dans des énoncés de discours rapporté by Grégoire LACAZE

“…As the French psychoanalyst André Green puts it: “[l’activité de lecture d’un texte par un critique psychanalyste] est attentive à tout ce qui est supposé tromper l’attente du lecteur. …”
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“[Obeah] Ọbịa by Igbo Spelling” by Claudette A. Anderson

“…The emphasis on Dibịa ethics, I posit as offering a critique of Christian priestcraft. African defined Ọbịa rejects eurocentric impositions on the term by affirming it as a healing vocation and inclusive priesthood defined by wisdom and knowledge. …”
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Le trail en montagne : pour une image réanimée du corps, du monde et du sujet by Tristan Tassart

“…Cet article esquisse un état de ma recherche doctorale en théorie de l’architecture qui, à travers ma pratique du trail en montagne et mon métier d’architecte mène une réflexion critique sur la dévitalisation du corps et du sujet par la ville moderne, et vise à réinstaller le primat du sujet en prise avec son corps et l’espace, au cœur de la compréhension du monde idéel et matériel que nous souhaitons construire, notamment à travers la plus puissante affirmation du sujet humain, mais en retour sa plus grande source d’assujettissement : l’aménagement du territoire. …”
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