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Reading Jude with new eyes methodological reassessments of the letter of Jude /

Table of Contents: “…Purity and polemic : a reassessment of Jude's theological world / Darian Lockett -- Bourdieu reads Jude : reconsidering the letter of Jude through Pierre Bourdieu's sociology / Jeremy F. Hultin -- Postcolonial pollution in the Letter of Jude / Betsy Bauman-Martin -- Polemic and persuasion : typological and rhetorical perspectives on the Letter of Jude / J. …”
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Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill on sexual equality historical, methodological and philosophical issues / by Guillin, Vincent

Table of Contents: “…: Comte, Mill, and the sociological argument against sexual equality -- The ethological fiasco : the methodological shortcomings of the Millian science of the formation of character -- How to discover one's nature : Mill's argument for emancipation in the Subjection of women -- Conclusion.…”
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Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill on sexual equality historical, methodological and philosophical issues / by Guillin, Vincent

Table of Contents: “…: Comte, Mill, and the sociological argument against sexual equality -- The ethological fiasco : the methodological shortcomings of the Millian science of the formation of character -- How to discover one's nature : Mill's argument for emancipation in the Subjection of women -- Conclusion.…”
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The mark of shame stigma of mental illness and an agenda for change / by Hinshaw, Stephen P.

Table of Contents: “…-- Perspectives from social psychology, sociology, and evolutionary psychology -- Historical perspectives on mental illness and stigma -- Modern conceptions of mental disorder -- Evidence from scientific investigations -- Indicators of stigma from everyday life -- Stigma of mental illness : an integration -- Research directions and priorities -- Overcoming stigma I : legislation, policy, and community efforts -- Overcoming stigma II : media and mental health professionals -- Overcoming stigma III : families and individuals -- Concluding issues.…”
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Organizational behavior 4. by Miner, John B.

Table of Contents: “…From bureaucracy-related concepts to the processes and structures of organizations -- pt. 7. From sociological concepts of organization to macro-organizational functioning.…”
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Biblical ideas of nationality ancient and modern / by Grosby, Steven Elliott, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Religion and nationality in antiquity -- Kinship, territory, and the nation in the historiography of ancient Israel -- Sociological implications of the distinction between "locality" and extended "territory" -- The chosen people of ancient Israel and the Occident : why does nationality exist and survive? …”
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Biblical ideas of nationality ancient and modern / by Grosby, Steven Elliott, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Religion and nationality in antiquity -- Kinship, territory, and the nation in the historiography of ancient Israel -- Sociological implications of the distinction between "locality" and extended "territory" -- The chosen people of ancient Israel and the Occident : why does nationality exist and survive? …”
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The mark of shame stigma of mental illness and an agenda for change / by Hinshaw, Stephen P.

Table of Contents: “…-- Perspectives from social psychology, sociology, and evolutionary psychology -- Historical perspectives on mental illness and stigma -- Modern conceptions of mental disorder -- Evidence from scientific investigations -- Indicators of stigma from everyday life -- Stigma of mental illness : an integration -- Research directions and priorities -- Overcoming stigma I : legislation, policy, and community efforts -- Overcoming stigma II : media and mental health professionals -- Overcoming stigma III : families and individuals -- Concluding issues.…”
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Organizational behavior 4. by Miner, John B.

Table of Contents: “…From bureaucracy-related concepts to the processes and structures of organizations -- pt. 7. From sociological concepts of organization to macro-organizational functioning.…”
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Economics and the philosophy of science by Redman, Deborah A.

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Economics and the philosophy of science by Redman, Deborah A.

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Explaining creativity the science of human innovation / by Sawyer, R. Keith (Robert Keith)

Table of Contents: “…Conceptions -- Introduction -- Conceptions of creativity -- Individualist approaches -- Defining creativity through assessment -- The creative personality -- The creative process, part 1 -- The creative process, part 2 -- The creative process, part 3 -- Computer simulations of the creative process -- Biology and creativity -- Cognitive neuroscience and creativity -- Sociocultural approaches -- Sociology -- Group creativity -- Organizational creativity -- Culture and creativity -- History and creativity -- Creativity in the domains -- Visual arts -- Writing -- Music -- Theater -- Science -- Everyday creativity -- Education and creativity -- How to be more creative -- Conclusion: the future of creativity.…”
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Researching education through actor-network theory

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Tara Fenwick and Richard Edwards -- Devices and educational change / Jan Nespor -- Translating the prescribed into the enacted curriculum in college and school / Richard Edwards -- Unruly practices: what a sociology of translations can offer to educational policy analysis / Mary Hamilton -- ANT on the PISA trail: following the statistical pursuit of certainty / Radhika Gorur -- Assembling the "accomplished" teacher: the performativity and politics of professional teaching standards / Dianne Mulcahy -- Reading educational reform with actor network theory: fluid spaces, otherings, and ambivalences / Tara Fenwick.…”
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Undisciplining knowledge : interdisciplinarity in the twentieth century / by Graff, Harvey J.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the problem of interdisciplinarity in theory and practice over time -- Sciences of life and society in the making of the research university : genetic biology and sociology, 1890s-1920s -- Crossing and remaking boundaries : the humanities and communication, 1870s-1960s -- In search of unification for war and peace : social relations and operations research, 1930s-1960s -- Between mind and mentality : cognitive science and new histories, 1940s-1980s -- A material world and the making of lifeworlds : materials science and cultural studies, 1950s-1990s -- The past and future of interdisciplinarity : bioscience and literacy studies.…”
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Explaining creativity the science of human innovation / by Sawyer, R. Keith (Robert Keith)

Table of Contents: “…Conceptions -- Introduction -- Conceptions of creativity -- Individualist approaches -- Defining creativity through assessment -- The creative personality -- The creative process, part 1 -- The creative process, part 2 -- The creative process, part 3 -- Computer simulations of the creative process -- Biology and creativity -- Cognitive neuroscience and creativity -- Sociocultural approaches -- Sociology -- Group creativity -- Organizational creativity -- Culture and creativity -- History and creativity -- Creativity in the domains -- Visual arts -- Writing -- Music -- Theater -- Science -- Everyday creativity -- Education and creativity -- How to be more creative -- Conclusion: the future of creativity.…”
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Researching education through actor-network theory

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Tara Fenwick and Richard Edwards -- Devices and educational change / Jan Nespor -- Translating the prescribed into the enacted curriculum in college and school / Richard Edwards -- Unruly practices: what a sociology of translations can offer to educational policy analysis / Mary Hamilton -- ANT on the PISA trail: following the statistical pursuit of certainty / Radhika Gorur -- Assembling the "accomplished" teacher: the performativity and politics of professional teaching standards / Dianne Mulcahy -- Reading educational reform with actor network theory: fluid spaces, otherings, and ambivalences / Tara Fenwick.…”
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Undisciplining knowledge : interdisciplinarity in the twentieth century / by Graff, Harvey J.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the problem of interdisciplinarity in theory and practice over time -- Sciences of life and society in the making of the research university : genetic biology and sociology, 1890s-1920s -- Crossing and remaking boundaries : the humanities and communication, 1870s-1960s -- In search of unification for war and peace : social relations and operations research, 1930s-1960s -- Between mind and mentality : cognitive science and new histories, 1940s-1980s -- A material world and the making of lifeworlds : materials science and cultural studies, 1950s-1990s -- The past and future of interdisciplinarity : bioscience and literacy studies.…”
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Non-Equilibrium Social Science and Policy Introduction and Essays on New and Changing Paradigms in Socio-Economic Thinking /

Table of Contents: “…Non-Equilibrium Social Science & Policy -- Economics -- Social Psychology and Narrative Economy -- Sociology and Non-Equilibrium Social Science -- Geography far from Equilibrium -- Cities in Disequilibrium -- The Evolutionary Theory of Globalization -- Systems, Networks, and Policy -- Towards a Complexity-Friendly Policy: breaking the vicious circle of equilibrium thinking in economic and public policy -- The Information Economy -- Complexity Science & the Art of Policy Making -- The Complexity of Government -- The Room Around the Elephant: Tackling Context-Dependency in the Social Sciences -- Global Systems Science and Policy -- Index. .…”
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Disciplinary Conquest : U.S. Scholars in South America, 1900–1945 / by Salvatore, Ricardo Donato

Table of Contents: “…Rowe, democratic government, and the politics of scholarly brotherhood -- Geographic conquest : Isaiah Bowman's view of South America -- Worldly sociology : Edward A. Ross and the societies "South of Panama" -- U.S. scholars and the question of empire.…”
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Non-Equilibrium Social Science and Policy Introduction and Essays on New and Changing Paradigms in Socio-Economic Thinking /

Table of Contents: “…Non-Equilibrium Social Science & Policy -- Economics -- Social Psychology and Narrative Economy -- Sociology and Non-Equilibrium Social Science -- Geography far from Equilibrium -- Cities in Disequilibrium -- The Evolutionary Theory of Globalization -- Systems, Networks, and Policy -- Towards a Complexity-Friendly Policy: breaking the vicious circle of equilibrium thinking in economic and public policy -- The Information Economy -- Complexity Science & the Art of Policy Making -- The Complexity of Government -- The Room Around the Elephant: Tackling Context-Dependency in the Social Sciences -- Global Systems Science and Policy -- Index. .…”
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