Critical realism and information systems research: why bother with philosophy? by Philip J. Dobson

“…At this conference Jones (2000) examined the number of citations in the IFIP WG8.2 conference literature that refer to social theorists to determine the level of interest in the use of social theory in information systems research. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of the Value System of the Discourse of Lorca’s The Moon Romance and Its Persian Translation by Shamloo by Fatemeh Bayatfar, Najmeh Shobeiri

“…Quality assessment of literary texts translation has always been irregular since some theorists believe that faithful translation to the original text is impossible. …”
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STRATEGY OF SOCIALLY-ANTHROPOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN IDEAS AND SYSTEM OF MODERN SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION: INTEGRATION OF MODEL OF THE INSTRUMENTALISM AND THE NEOPRAGMATISM WIT... by Viktor Zinchenko

“…In conditions when against crisis of an education system of the government of the USA and the leading countries of Europe are compelled to begin its long-term reform, its theorists substantially pay attention to democratic workings out of concepts of an instrumentalism of a pragmatism/neopragmatism in modern social philosophy of education, in particular on their aspiration to introduce in process of social development, education and education idea and practical model both educational, and a social equality. …”
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Financial Development and Inequality: A Critique of Theoretical Foundations of Published Texts in Iran by Abolfazl Noferesti

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Development of means of combating armored vehicles at the forefront of defense. The first half of the 1930s. Based on the materials of the Soviet military press by M. S. Novikov

“…The author considers the main addition and alternatives to anti-tank guns, which were popular with military theorists considering the issues of countering armored vehicles at a distance of up to a kilometer. …”
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An overview of recent developments in translation studies with special reference to the implications for Bible translation by J. A. Naudé

“…Descriptive translation theorists attempt to account not only for textual strategies in the translated text, but also for the way in which the translation functions in the target cultural system. …”
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Between the Center and the Margins: Todd Gitlin and the Politics of Communication by Christopher W. Anderson

“…What role does the media play in shaping public life, in guiding the practices of democracy, and in maintaining or disrupting the capitalist economic system? How does the media interact with both social movements (groups of people dedicated to changing one or all of these macrosystems) and public intellectuals (people dedicated to thinking about these systems)? …”
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THE SOCIAL THEORY OF MAX WEBER IN CONFLICT OF INTERPRETATIONS by Zenonas Norkus

“…The confrontation of the system functionalism and conflict sociology during the first post-war decades led to "translation wars" in USA and gave rise to two competing images of Weber - a theorist of social order painted by T. …”
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THE SOCIAL THEORY OF MAX WEBER IN CONFLICT OF INTERPRETATIONS by Zenonas Norkus

“…The confrontation of the system functionalism and conflict sociology during the first post-war decades led to "translation wars" in USA and gave rise to two competing images of Weber - a theorist of social order painted by T. …”
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Book review: Kravchenko S. A. “Sociology of Digitalisation: university textbook” by N. N. Meshcheryakova, L. A. Vasilenko

“…The review of a new book written by a leading Russian sociologist-theorist Sergey A. Kravchenko is presented. The book analyses the social implications and prospects of the digitalisation. …”
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The Resurgence of Ideology in Bernard Shaw’s Mrs Warren’s Profession (1893) by Stéphane Guy

“…The socialist playwright and theorist seeks to lay the blame on the capitalist system and on a middle-class public all too eager to ascribe prostitution to merely individual villainy. …”
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A transnational double movement? Polanyian reflections on conflicts law constitutionalism by Steven Klein

“…Indeed, both the ordoliberals and Polanyi would reject the EU’s technocratic instrumentalisation of the market as a device for restructuring national social systems in a way that both deformalises European law and undermines its democratic legitimacy. …”
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Gregor Mendel: my time will come by Yu. M. Novikov

“…He was greatly inspired by studying with the theorist of hybridization and selection Professor Franz Diebel. …”
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'J.I. introduces very interesting concepts, but…': From the academic biography of J.I. Ioffe in the late 1930s by V.G. Ananiev

“…An episode from the academic life of Jeremiah Isaevich Ioffe, an outstanding Russian art historian and cultural theorist, related to the criticism of his book “Music of the Soviet Cinema” (1938–1939) was discussed. …”
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Was Grand Duchy of Lithuania a Federation? by Zenonas Norkus

“…The criticism of the federalist theory is grounded in the conceptual analysis of the state forms provided by the distinguished Lithuanian historian and law theorist Mykolas Rėimeris (1880-1945). In his analysis, M. …”
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Metabolic cities of the future. Between Agriculture and Architecture by Leonardo Zaffi, Michele D'Ostuni

“…Resuming the fascination of mega-structures proposed in the second half of the twentieth century, in the gap between utopia and dystopia, this essay investigates models and solutions for the integration of agricultural production systems within above-ground architectures, designed to meet the demand for new living spaces in future ultra-populated cities, as a possible response to the soil impoverishment that made it difficult to implement traditional farming systems in and around urban areas.…”
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Transdisciplinary role of physical and mathematical disciplines in modern natural science and engineering education by V. A. Testov, E. A. Perminov

“…The research findings will be of interest to educational theorists and teachers, who conduct professional training of students of natural science and engineering fields and to everyone who is interested in the prosperous future of the educational system.…”
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Forest Semiosis by Jacob Vangeest

“…In turn, Stiegler is brought closer to the theories of entangled care presented in the work of theorists such as María Puig De La Bellacasa and Natasha Myers, allowing for a more dynamic design process. …”
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Une analyse de la souffrance enseignante : Horkheimer, Adorno et l’humain comme être souffrant by Arianne Robichaud, Marie-Hélène Masse-Lamarche

“…This article aims to understand the phenomenon of teaching difficulties and suffering from a theoretical point of view, through the sociological and philosophical perspectives of Frankfurt School’s first generation theorists Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno. Its main goal is to highlight the possible relation between the microsociological manifestations of suffering experienced in teaching work (adaptation problems, stress, disenchantment vis-à-vis the profession, professional and personal identity changes) and the concept of the instrumental rationalization of the educational systems. …”
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