The relation between religion and politics in Machiavelli's thought by Matić Ivan

“…The subject of this paper is the analysis of the unique position and role of religion in the political thought of Renaissance theorist Nicollo Machiavelli. In the first part of the paper, we will briefly discuss the general framework of his political thought, situating it in the period in which it was harshly criticized due to strong Christian cultural influence. …”
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Robert Merle théoricien et praticien de la politique-fiction by Anne Wattel

“…Robert Merle is the first literary critic, theorist and practitioner of this genre in France. …”
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The covenant in Ulrich Huber's enlightened theology, jurisprudence and political theory by A. W. G. Raath, S. A. de Freitas

“… In this article the 17th century Dutch theorist, Ulrich Huber’s contribution to the concept of the covenant is unveiled. …”
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Between the Center and the Margins: Todd Gitlin and the Politics of Communication by Christopher W. Anderson

“…These questions and others like them preoccupied American sociologist and communications theorist Todd Gitlin, and through an examination of both Gitlin’s career and his intellectual trajectory we can see some of the answers he provided: both the ways he rose to the challenge of understanding the sociology of late 20th century media, and the ways in which he fell short.…”
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God's Holy Spirit: a back-story from the Joseph narrative (Genesis 37-50) by Barbara Green

“…With the help of the philosopher/theorist Mikhail Bakhtin, the narrated experience of the character in seven scenes is examined for evidence of Judah’s journey of transformation – presumably guided by God’s widening and inspiring Spirit, with special attention given to the scene (Genesis 44) where Judah must persuade his (unrecognized) brother Joseph, serving as Viceroy of Egypt, to allow Judah to take punishment in place of their brother Benjamin for the sake of their father. …”
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Communication and ‘revolt’ by Bert Olivier

“…The psychoanalytical theorist and philosopher, Julia Kristeva, has however developed a notion of ‘revolt’ (and, related to it, of ‘revolution’) that goes far beyond the common understanding of the term. …”
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La présence de la théorie d’Antoine Berman dans les écrits traductologiques polonais vue à travers le prisme de trois revues de traduction choisies by Kaja Gostkowska

“…In this article, we propose to trace the presence of the theory of Antoine Berman, a French translator and theorist of translation, in theoretical writings related to translation in Poland. …”
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Thesis-Building: Architecture, Alchemy and the Constructive Moment(s) of a Doctoral Dissertation by Willem de Bruijn

“…By revisiting these moments, the paper traces the genesis of the author’s thesis on Architecture and Alchemy and explores the metaphor of construction encountered in the work of cultural theorist Walter Benjamin. Drawing on some of the historical sources of the thesis, in particular the emblem books of seventeenth-century alchemist Michael Maier (1568-1622), the paper argues that the above-named ‘moments’ in a PhD constitute an ensemble of impassioned investment, which can be known as the PhD-pathos. …”
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Modelul şi oglinda. E. Lovinescu „par lui même” by Antonio Patraș

“…Although his image in posterity represents a conglomerate of mere clichés, the critic proves to be, under close-scrutiny, a complex theorist (even though, quite often, a rather contradictory one). …”
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Digital communication and agency by Jakub Siwak

“…To do so, it turns to a very specific source; the post-structural theorist, Gilles Deleuze, and his conception of digital societies of control, as well as contemporary theoretical works that reflect his concerns over our agency within the virtual spaces we now increasingly inhabit. …”
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A Critique on the Book The Political Thought of Khonji, The Wandering Faqih by Mohammad Shojaeian

“…This crisis in the tenth century for a prominent thinker named Roozbehan Khonji, a prominent Sunni theorist, led to the attempt to revive the caliphate by appealing to the kings who held political power in his time, rather than concerning religion. …”
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An analysis of the factors influencing the gap between theory and practice in elementary teachers by Najmeh Soltaninezhad, parvin Salarichine

“…The results of this study show that teachers' practice is not only affected by education; There are also three factors: teacher experience, teacher personality traits, and the nature of the elementary child, which justify the gap between educational theorist theory and elementary teacher practice. Ignoring these three factors will reduce the efficiency of pre-, early and in-service training courses for teachers.…”
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Nathan Lyons: In Pursuit of Magic at the George Eastman Museum (Rochester, NY), retrospective or exhibition? by Bruno Chalifour

“…Before being a curator, an educator, a theorist (among others, the snapshot esthetic, the social landscape, sequences & series, the photo-book), an advocate for visual literacy, and a key-figure in post-WWII American photography, he was a photographer-artist who looked at urban America with a sometimes amused, sometimes critical eye. …”
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A Critical Research on Bryson’s Strategic Management Model by Yaghoob Maharati, Fatemeh Beygi Nasrabadi

“…This study used a combined criticism method to analyze and critic this theory, based on content, methodology, historical point of view, and also the personal and professional life of the theorist. The results discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the theory, especially in terms of content and methodology, and explain the impact of the theoretical, intellectual, social, and historical context of the theory and discuss the application of the theory in Iranian organizations.…”
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After Abolition: Cugoano on ‘Lawful Servitude’ and the Injustice of Slavery by Johan Olsthoorn

“…This article reconstructs the answer given by a radical Black antislavery theorist writing in late eighteenth-century Britain: Quobna Ottobah Cugoano (c.1757–c.1791). …”
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Critique of the Anthropological Foundations of Lifestyle in Adler’s Theory of Individual Psychology from the Perspective of Islam by Amir Qorbanpoor Lafmejani

“…According to the anthropological view of this theorist and the social and cultural conditions of his life, which is fundamentally different from the Iranian Islamic society, it is necessary to criticize and examine this theory according to the intellectual foundations of Islam. …”
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Critical Review of John Rawls's Theory of Justice with Emphasis on the Scope and Definition of Justice by Mohammad Nemati

“…It can be claimed that the subject of justice is the basis and the source of different theories  as well as affairs management  in the arena of human social life. Social science theorists cannot escape from resorting to a concept and theory of justice in order to prove or justify their theory in any of these sciences. …”
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Towards intercultural communication effectiveness (congruence) in Sino-African interactions by Fungai Chigwendere, Lynette Louw

“… Within the field of intercultural communication, the position of theorist is adopted, to re-think and reframe existing insights by creatively combining them in a more useful and holistic way, towards intercultural communication effectiveness (congruence). …”
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Investigating story of ( Sheikh San’an ) from a narratological perspective Based on "Gérard Genette"’ s theory by yadollah Shokri

“…"Gérard Genette" as one of the narratology theorists has proposed one of the most important issues of this science .He define narrative from the three levels of story, narrative and narration, with its components .The present article analyzes Sheikh Sanan story from the perspective of this theorist’s narratology .The results show that in this story levels of Genette’ s theory of narrative such as story narrative and narration and elements such as discipline, order, time duration, volume and tone exist in parts of the story and in some cases continue to narrate the story to the end with slightly different elements.…”
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Poetics of Friction by Nadja Ben Khelifa, Étienne Allaix, Jörg Sternagel

“…Called by these questions, our panel attempts to collaboratively work on corresponding responses within a poetics of friction that is rehearsed, acted out, and tried out in a setting where forces come into play that resist relative motions of solid approaches and beliefs sliding against each other: Whereas the three panelists – a multimedia artist, a cultural theorist, and a philosopher – call with their spoken words, screened images and handout materials, the members of the audience respond to these calls: Like the wheel that needs the concrete surface against its rubber to spin in movement, or the piece of wood that needs the wooden stick rotating against its bark to spark a flame, members of Performance Philosophy need frictions with which both Performance artists and Philosophy scholars slide against each other to spin, to move, to carry on, to reflect, to struggle, to doubt, to aim, to spark flames of inspiration. …”
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