On the Vincas Trumpa model of 19th century Lithuanian history by Antanas Kulakauskas

“…I have called the approach „national" in the wide sense, though I have no doubts about the liberal position of my opponents.   …”
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Du contrôle disciplinaire au contrôle de soi : la sexualité dans les institutions pour jeunes filles enceintes du Plessis-Robinson (1967-1974) by Blanche Plaquevent

“…During the December 1971 strike at the Collège d’enseignement technique for pregnant girls, the demands of the teenagers and of their supporters (particularly the French Women’s Liberation Movement) made this repressive system of control visible and prompted those in charge of the hôtel maternel, which opened its doors in 1972, to rethink their caring practices. …”
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Franc Jeza v Trstu by Ivo Jevnikar

“…A Christian socialist, member of the Liberation Front, and former camp prisoner, Jeza left Yugoslavia after the Second World War, permanently settling in Trieste. …”
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Crisis of the Neoliberal Model; Towards Regional Planning - a Polanyian Contribution by Paula Valderrama Saud

“…The polarity between democracy and the market, observed since the beginnings of liberal capitalism, has deepened since the inter-war period due to the appearance of so-called “mass democracy.” …”
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Cuestión social, niñez y educación profesional. La obra salesiana y la opción por los más pobres. Córdoba (Argentina), 1905 - 1935 by Nicolás D. Moretti

“…Por medio del análisis del grupo de alumnos formados en las aulas y talleres de la Escuela de Artes y Oficios salesiana, este trabajo aborda la experiencia de ese grupo de menores con la intención de aproximarse a las distintas situaciones de vulnerabilidad padecidas por una porción significativa de la población infantil en Córdoba durante la modernidad liberal.…”
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MU’TEZİLE EKOLÜ VE AKLIN BELİRLEYİCİLİĞİ by Osman Aydınlı

“…The Mu’tazilite thinkers are most often defined as rationalist, individualist, liberal and eccentric figures. The members of this school attached great importance to reasoning in understanding and interpreting religious texts as well as the whole Islamic heritage. …”
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Unpacking uncivil society by Oh Dayei, Elayan Suzanne, Sykora Martin, Downey John

“…In the era of rising populist sentiment, deep social and political polarisations, and a growing crisis of online harms, numerous scholars share concern about the impact of such uncivil populist forces on the health of liberal democracy. This article argues that we should first normatively distinguish between incivility and intolerance. …”
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L’anglais d’Afrique du Sud : indigénisation et affirmation politique. Le cas du Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles by Bernard Cros

“…Just as English was associated to the antiapartheid struggle and became indispensable at the outset of the democratic era as a lingua franca for political elites, the DSAEHP, crafted within the confines of the progressive Rhodes University, was descended from the antiapartheid posture typical of the local Anglophone liberal intellectuals and was intended to take part in the construction of the new democratic paradigm. …”
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GENDER INEQUALITY AND WOMEN’S INCLUSIVENESS IN POLITICS: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE 2024 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION IN ADAMAWA STATE by SHARON EMMANUEL NTASIRI, ROGERS ROLAND WAZAKARI, TAKUR’AMA NEVISON ZIDON

“…Despite global strides in promoting women’s political inclusiveness, research consistently demonstrates that women often remain on the periphery of politics, with low participation in government structures and the democratic process, particularly developing countries. The study adopts liberal feminist theory. The study employs descriptive research design to examine gender inequality and women's inclusiveness in politics during the 2024 local government elections in Adamawa State. …”
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God as father: the representation of the tenth plague in children's Bibles by J. S. du Toit

“… The Book of Exodus’ account of the ten plagues as moment of Israelite liberation from Egyptian servitude is particularly poignant. …”
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Features of the historical memory of students of Russian megacities by I. A. Yurasov, M. A. Tanina, V. A. Yudina

“…The study established the adherence of student youth to liberal ideology, a shallow awareness of the life of their family, their kin in earlier periods of Russian history, from pre-revolutionary times to the lives of their relatives in the 20-40s of the XX century, the association of “political good” with the achievements of our country and the association of “political evil” with defeats and reforms.…”
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La FIJL dans la lutte antifranquiste (1960-1974) by Antoni Rossi Trafach

“…From 1961, Octavio Alberola joined Defensa Interior and certain members of the FIJL participated in the Iberian Liberation Committee (CIL), an organization considered terrorist by the French police services. …”
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Le cinéma indonésien, miroir déformant d’une société en mutation by Jean-Baptiste Bing

“…Indonesian cinema has taken advantage of the liberalization of the rights of expression following the process of democratization to stage and report (seen here through six examples) on several tensions and uncertainties in society: the role of the local cultures facing the national-modernism from Jakarta, the place of Islam in society, and other phenomena of attraction-repulsion about global flows which question inherited traditions.…”
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A Feminist Ethics of Abortion by Anna Réz

“… In feminist philosophy, there is a silent but consistent recurrence of criticisms regarding the mainstream, “liberal” defense of the right to abortion, most prominently exemplified by Judith Jarvis Thomson’s seminal paper “A Defense of Abortion”. …”
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UNHEARD VOICES OF WOMEN IN THE BIBLE, WITH IMPLICATIONS OF EMPOWERMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF TODAY’S CHURCH by L.M. Mudimeli, J.D.N. Van der Westhuizen

“…As the empowerment of women is located within the discourses of gender equality, a gender lens, which is a biblical liberation hermeneutic of vhusadzi theology, is employed to reconstruct positive discourses regarding people’s perceptions about women in societies. …”
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An ongoing search of constant and sustainable Lutheran Theological Education in South Africa in the 21st century. by K. Mashabela, M. Madise

“…The latter need to be confronted with liberation and decolonisation systems that reclaim African indigenous identities. …”
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Tocqueville y el socialismo by Nere Basabe

“…Frente a la visión clásica de un Tocqueville liberal pensador de la democracia, este artículo se propone indagar en las relaciones que el autor francés mantuvo durante su vida y su obra con el pensamiento de los socialistas de la primera mitad del siglo XIX. …”
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Problems, principles and prospects of international legal regulation of activities of private military and security companies by A. G. Volevodz

“…The current situation, which can be characterized by the processes of liberalization, globalization and reduction of defense budgets, resulted in a rapid growth of the number of private military and security companies (PMSС). …”
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Godsdiens: middel tot verslawing of tot heling? by W. C. Coetzer

“… There are two sides to religion, on the one hand the threat that implies emotional pain and addiction, on the other hand the healing and liberating effect of a balanced and healthy religion. …”
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Christian and secular values for sale: the religious apostasy of celebrity and Disney's "Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus by Sanchez Sabate, Gelabert Santané, Badilla Briones, Del Valle Rojas

“…A paradigmatic case is that of American singer Miley Cyrus, who went from being a famous religious role model for conservative American evangelical Christians to becoming a secular and liberal celebrity, playing in highly sexualized live shows and videos. …”
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