Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives on Religion and Economy: Emerging Spiritualities and the Future of WorkAUTODIDACTICISMSPIRITUALITYANTHROPOLOGYThis issue of Studia Sociologia focuses on alternative forms of spiritualities and the proliferation of literatures and programs of self-development (Carrette ...
Anthropological/Sociological Theories Sociological theories center their explanation of entrepreneurship on various social contexts that facilitate leveraging for entrepreneurs. These contexts include desire for meaningful life, social networks, social–political environment, and ethnic identification. Anthropological ...
semantic (connotations, effects of cultural matrices) and historical evolution of the purity associated with virginity are also examined. Various themes will be addressed in turn: the disjunctive structure (instrumentalization/idealization) of virginity; the proximity between puritanical and perverse attitud...
Risk-taking as rite of passage Two sociologists applied Van Gennep's ([1909] 1960) anthropological theory of rites of passage to adolescent risk-taking. Van Gennep studied the ceremonies that accompany transitions such as death, marriage and coming of age, and classified them into rites of ...
Deaf Epistemologies as a Critique and Alternative to the Practice of Science: An Anthropological Perspective In the last decade, and responding to the criticism of orientalism, anthropology has engaged in a self-critical practice, working toward a postcolonial per... GAMD Clerck - 《American Annals...
I noticed a few employees standing on chairs a few feet off the ground, watching the action from above. Clearly not enacting anthropological fieldwork, I assumed they were there to make sure nothing got out of hand, but I felt a stab of jealousy anyway. I bet the bird’s eye view of...