A Critical Rreview of the book of “Ssociology and Eeducation” by Bizhan Zare

“…The present critique aims to review  form, content and techniques of the book entitled Sociology and Education based on theoretical fields and current scientificly accepted standards about the functions and desirable features of a University technical textbook. …”
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La science-fiction française face au « grand cauchemar des années 1980 » : une lecture politique, 1981-1993 by Jean-Guillaume Lanuque

“…Bien qu’en crise éditoriale, elle poursuit la critique sociale des années 1970, notamment contre le capitalisme néo-libéral et le contrôle technologique de la société. …”
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KOKIA YRA PROTINGŲ AUTOMATŲ EGZISTAVIMO GALIMYBĖ? by Algis Davidavičius

“…The arguments and analysis provided are mostly based on David Chalmers's views and their direct critique by other authors. Keywords: person, intelligent, automata, identity of counsciousness, ontological commitment, ontological monism. …”
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Faire obstacle à la vérité et tromper les attentes : Hitchcock et Wilder comme on les connaît peu by Julie Michot

“…Their detective films, in particular, are never pure entertainment, and they always imply a significant share of social critique, as is the case with The Paradine Case by Hitchcock (1947) and Witness for the Prosecution by Wilder (1957). …”
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¿Ciudadanías y sexualidades en América Latina? by Andrea Aguirre

“…The commentary is based on a critique of the notion of sexual diversity as a liberal notion, the focus that seems to have been adopted by the set of articles presented. …”
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“Ain’t the American Dream Grand”: Satirical Play in Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V by John Wills

“…This article explores how Rockstar employs the location and game play elements of Grand Theft Auto V (2013), a title that has now generated over $6 billion in worldwide sales, to critique elements of American culture, politics, and lifestyle. …”
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Zurückgeworfensein by Marko Pajević

“…Il pose la question de savoir ce que la maladie nous apprend tant sur la condition humaine que sur l’expérience historique et interroge en corollaire les voies suivies par la littérature pour l’aborder. Dans son œuvre critique et littéraire, Sebald thématise toujours l’expérience traumatique qui mène à la maladie, processus qui offre un sursis dans le meilleur des cas, mais qui ne saurait constituer une échappatoire. …”
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To Know Is To Be – Wisdom in Philosophy as a Way of Life and Its Implications for our Understanding of Knowledge by Lucas Nascimento Machado

“…I then connect this discussion to contemporary philosophical debate and critique of our current society by Byung-Chul Han and Ailton Krenak, pointing out how the PWL conception of knowledge is relevant to that debate and, thus, crucial for the reflection on alternatives to the way we live today, led by demands of productivity and utility.…”
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Corporeality as Ideological Trope in African Drama by George D. Nyamndi

“…La réflexion critique sur le théâtre africain s’est très largement concentrée sur la socio-esthétique de la forme. …”
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Decolonizing the Study of Religions:Muslim Intellectuals and the Enlightenment Project of Religious Studies by Abdulkader Tayob

“…Zayd (he diedin2010) have used religion as a critical term to develop a critique of tradition and modernity, and a strategy for renewal. …”
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Progress and Criticism of Progress as a Characteristic of Modern Civilizations in the Work of Friedrich Nietzsche and Ludwig Wittgenstein by Ulrich Arnswald

“…Despite all the overlaps that may exist between Friedrich Nietzsche and Ludwig Wittgenstein, these do not come to light in the concept of progress and the critique of progress. Both thinkers pursue a very different movement of thought; Wittgenstein sees Nietzsche's focus on the "idea of great progress" as a "delusion", which he does not consider to be expedient. …”
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« Think of your house as a watershed ! » La récupération des eaux de pluie à Tucson, en Arizona : vers la diversification de l’approvisionnement en eau dans le Sud-Ouest étasunien ... by Anne-Lise Boyer, Yves-François Le Lay

“…The implementation of rainwater harvesting in Tucson is the outcome of two different processes: on one hand, it is a “hydrosocial fix” supported by the City to diversify its water portfolio; on the other hand, rainwater harvesting is promoted as a critique towards the current regional hydrosocial cycle. …”
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Supporting National Product Based on the Experience of Latin American Economies: Neo-Liberal and Neo-structural Policies by Seyed Hossein Mirjalili

“…The result was the spread of poverty, inequality and imbalances, and the decline in national product.The neo-structural approach emerged from the critique of the neoliberal policies for the Latin American region and presented the so-called neo-structuralist policies for the Latin America by ECLAC for supporting the growth of national production and economic development in Latin American countries. …”
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A Demand for Narrative: Reading Sabahattin Ali's Novel Kuyucaklı Yusuf as a Quest for Identity by Murat Baran Akkuş

“…Sabahattin Ali's first novel, Kuyucaklı Yusuf, published in 1937, is a historically significant text within Turkish literature; it is the first realistic novel about Anatolian life and is a critique of the social system. However, the novel remained incomplete due to Ali's murder in 1948 amid a rising tide of authoritarianism and nationalism that he consistently critiqued. …”
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Urbain des bois, l’apprenti charbonnier by Philippe Hanus

“…L’auteur ayant été directement impliqué dans quelques unes de ces manifestations organisées dans le massif préalpin du Vercors, se propose, à partir d’une relecture critique du film des événements, d’essayer de mieux comprendre l’intrigue de ce nouveau « théâtre de verdure » mettant en scène la mémoire des charbonniers italiens de Bergame. …”
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Toward humanistic healthcare through dystopian visions: Sally Wiener Grotta’s “One Widow’s Healing” by Meeyoung Kang

“…Abstract Background Critical medical humanities critique the traditional medical humanities’ focus on producing humane doctors, arguing that it plays only a supplementary role in medical education, and advocate for understanding health, disease, and humanity from a biocultural perspective. …”
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ASSIMILATIVE GLOCALISM: DISSECTING POWER ASYMMETRIES THROUGH “THE HANDBOOK OF CULTURE AND GLOCALIZATION” by Pelekeh H. Tapang

“…Roudometof and Ugo Dessì, as both a resource and a subject of critique. While the handbook provides an expansive view of global influences across diverse sectors, it overlooks the power asymmetries embedded in glocalization. …”
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Éclairages foucaldiens sur l’incrimination du déisme et de la libre pensée dans la jeune République américaine by Auréliane Narvaez

“…Conflating religious and sexual infidelity also contributed to the development of a biopolitics of femininity and womanhood that presented freethought and the critique of religion as synonymous with licentiousness and moral depravity.…”
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New Area Studies as an Epistemological Framework: Some Reflections of Knowledge Production and Positionality by Marianela Barrios Aquino

“…Next, I propose that taking such critique seriously involves necessarily a discussion of knowledge production and research practice. …”
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Toolbox of Theory and Understanding of Political Concepts by Ali Ashraf Nazari

“…The focus of discussion, critique, and evaluation in this article is the book Theory Toolbox: Basic Concepts in Humanities, Social Sciences, and Art. …”
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