Search results for "Sociology of knowledge" - New World Encyclopedia
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- [[Image:Imhotep.JPG|right|thumb|Statuette of Egyptian polymath Imhotep ... A polymath is a person with broad knowledge or learning. Renaissance ...38 KB (5,454 words) - 00:21, 12 April 2023
- |name =University of Rome "La Sapienza" |native_name ... University of Rome La Sapienza (Italian Università degli Studi di ...13 KB (1,764 words) - 13:09, 3 May 2023
- Category:Sociology organizations and understanding the impact of different factors in the workplace. ...19 KB (2,835 words) - 15:03, 25 January 2023
- Category:Sociology [[Image:Hyundai car assembly line.jpg|thumb|250 ... Division of Labor is the specialization of cooperative labor in specific ...26 KB (4,018 words) - 18:21, 1 August 2023
- Fate or Destiny refers to a predetermined course of events, which ... The very notions of fate and destiny imply a limitation of human freedom ...22 KB (3,568 words) - 00:43, 25 March 2024
- in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. As a ... Du Bois is viewed by many as the father of modern black scholarship ...29 KB (4,549 words) - 21:59, 3 May 2023
- Most broadly, mind is the organized totality of the mental processes of an ... Aspects of mind are also attributed to complex animals, which are ...35 KB (5,274 words) - 18:47, 9 November 2022
- Botany is the branch of biology dealing with the scientific study ... generally are no longer considered part of the plant kingdom. ...17 KB (2,438 words) - 19:52, 20 November 2023
- storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information. Information science ... understanding problems from the perspective of the stakeholders involved and ...37 KB (5,078 words) - 17:20, 15 April 2021
- Category:Sociology Category:Lifestyle Category:Marriage and family simultaneously. This is the most common form of polygamy. The man may marry ...15 KB (2,204 words) - 08:44, 24 November 2022
- or unfavorable attitude toward a group of people. Prejudicial beliefs ... Colonialism was based, in part, on a lack of tolerance of cultures different ...22 KB (3,260 words) - 22:21, 30 November 2022
- that are felt by people due to a combination of factors. For example, a black ... gender and class are the major determinants of identity, and that minorities ...43 KB (5,848 words) - 10:41, 6 March 2024
- Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy, which studies fundamental ... fields of study such as sociology, sociology of knowledge, economics, anthropology ...23 KB (3,233 words) - 08:37, 24 November 2022
- or behaviour (British English) is the range of actions and mannerisms in response ... The primary focus of this article is human behavior, which includes ...40 KB (5,552 words) - 21:51, 20 March 2023
- Social work is a discipline involving the application of social theory ... on advocacy and case work became part of social work practice. During ...28 KB (4,129 words) - 15:02, 27 April 2023
- Category:Sociology Category:Politics and social sciences ... Sexual harassment is the unwelcome attention of a sexual nature. It ...29 KB (4,311 words) - 10:14, 26 January 2023
- cyberneticist whose work intersected that of many other fields. Some of ... Bateson is most closely associated with the concept of the double ...23 KB (3,325 words) - 14:02, 31 January 2023
- such as cousins, vary. Whatever the extent of the prohibition, however, incest ... Many reasons underlie the incest taboo: Biological explanations of ...23 KB (3,379 words) - 21:59, 4 February 2023
- Category:Sociology which male members predominate in positions of power. The term "patriarchy ...28 KB (4,138 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- Category:Sociology derived from the astrological symbols of Venus and Mars.]] ...24 KB (3,629 words) - 06:41, 18 April 2024
- best known for his books The Meaning of Revelation (1941), Christ and ... H. Richard Niebuhr was raised in Missouri, the youngest of five children ...24 KB (3,589 words) - 18:47, 29 July 2023
- Category:Sociology Category:Lifestyle Category:Marriage and family ... institution which has formed the foundation of the family throughout history ...46 KB (7,206 words) - 14:15, 7 May 2024
- The term "Web 2.0" describes the changing trends in the ... " emphasizing the participatory aspect of the web as opposed to the web ...39 KB (5,412 words) - 23:24, 3 May 2023
- |name=The University of Chicago |motto=Crescat scientia; vita excolatur (Latin for "Let knowledge ...51 KB (7,192 words) - 13:07, 3 May 2023
- Social psychology is a branch of psychology that studies cognitive ... impact not only on the academic worlds of psychology, sociology, and ...46 KB (6,640 words) - 21:45, 30 January 2023
- potential applications. It includes study of subjects such as theories of ... Ultimately, the goal of those working in the field of educational ...35 KB (4,855 words) - 18:18, 12 February 2024
- Le Guin was one of the pioneers of a sub-genre of science fiction ... work is less concerned with the importance of technological change and development ...24 KB (3,578 words) - 13:45, 3 May 2023
- history. For Freud it began as that part of the mind that contained our ... of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge. Anchor, 1967. ISBN ...34 KB (4,920 words) - 01:35, 3 May 2023
- a Theological Tightrope:Controversies of Sampradaya in Eighteenth Century ... The presence of different sampradaya within Hinduism, rather than ...15 KB (2,058 words) - 02:15, 23 December 2022
- A citation index is an index of citations between publications, allowing ... and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI). As of 2006, there are other sources ...17 KB (2,536 words) - 22:25, 10 December 2023
- The Book of Obadiah is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible (and the ... The text of the Book of Obadiah is singularly focused on one theme: ...15 KB (2,366 words) - 00:28, 19 November 2023
- Category:Sociology [[File:Гумплович.jpg|thumb|225px|Polish ... at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own ethnic culture ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- He wrote on philosophy, political theory, sociology, history, and linguistics ... Gramsci wrote more than 30 notebooks and 3,000 pages of history and ...43 KB (6,140 words) - 05:41, 11 August 2023
- Edmund Husserl's formulation, the study of experience and the ways in ... This emphasis on the intentional structure of experience makes phenomenology ...26 KB (3,647 words) - 02:57, 24 November 2022
- at Harvard University, and the author of several books, including A ... John Bordley Rawls was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the second ...20 KB (2,773 words) - 07:09, 3 August 2022
- |country = Italy, but partially extraterritorial of the Holy See ... university located in Rome, Italy. Heir of the Roman College, the Gregorian ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 16:14, 17 January 2014
- the Mathematical Seminar at the University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5. Meeting ... The Vienna Circle (in German: der Wiener Kreis) was a group of philosophers ...34 KB (4,936 words) - 20:14, 3 May 2023
- economy, focuses on understanding the role of human-made institutions in ... Behavioral economics is another hallmark of institutional economics ...34 KB (4,820 words) - 19:36, 5 March 2024
- The Historical school of economics was an approach to academic economics ... practiced in the Classical Anglo-Saxon world of Ricardo and John Stuart Mill ...33 KB (4,933 words) - 21:55, 31 January 2024
- Utopia is a term denoting a visionary or ideally perfect state of ... intelligence can bring about the betterment of society. It is usually characterized ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 14:05, 3 May 2023
- right|250px| A child learning the countries of Asia by experience rather than ... quot;learning by doing") is the process of actively engaging students ...47 KB (6,690 words) - 23:56, 24 March 2024
- ” Widely considered to be the father of modern management, his many ... Having experienced the rise of Nazism in Germany in the 1930s, observed ...31 KB (4,468 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- Continental philosophy, as the phrase is used today, refers to a set ... who found it useful for referring to a range of thinkers and traditions that ...19 KB (2,642 words) - 02:47, 8 January 2024
- Concluding that a rational explanation of God and the meaning of life ... He regarded novels and dramas as a means of learning about life. His plays ...16 KB (2,413 words) - 17:47, 9 November 2022
- Prussia. Quite generally regarded as one of history’s truly great thinkers ... the absolute, but speculative certainties of the continental rationalism ...48 KB (7,410 words) - 18:17, 23 January 2024
- to describe the methodology and practice of education for students with ... itself. The struggle to balance the needs of the individual student against ...20 KB (2,954 words) - 19:10, 7 February 2023
- ) is a French term meaning "end of century,” a phrase which ... The "spirit" of fin de siècle often refers to the cultural ...28 KB (4,018 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2024
- Academic publishing is the subfield of publishing which distributes ... transitions from print to electronic formats of publication; publications on ...19 KB (2,769 words) - 07:11, 14 June 2023
- Category:Sociology Just War refers to the concept of warfare as being justified, typically ...18 KB (2,937 words) - 06:46, 28 February 2023
- The philosophy of science, a sub-branch of epistemology, is the branch ... ==Questions Addressed by Philosophy of Science== Philosophy of science ...72 KB (11,042 words) - 04:18, 24 November 2022
- Medicine is the science and practice of establishing the diagnosis ... Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, prognosis, ...53 KB (7,336 words) - 04:05, 9 November 2022
- Category:Sociology Category:Lifestyle [[Image:Skyscrapers of Shinjuku 2009 January.jpg|thumb|right|250 px ...41 KB (6,075 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- applying evolutionary theory to the study of politics and ethics. He coined ... Herbert Spencer was born in Derby, England on April 27, 1820, the ...19 KB (2,968 words) - 15:43, 25 January 2023
- Philosophy of religion is the application of the philosophical method ... A composite discipline and one of the many “philosophies of – ...73 KB (11,277 words) - 04:18, 24 November 2022
- "soul" denotes the inner essence of a being comprising its locus ... Throughout history, the belief in the existence of a soul has been ...34 KB (5,420 words) - 15:44, 14 July 2023
- The question of the meaning of life is perhaps the most fundamental ... This question has resulted in a wide range of competing answers and ...50 KB (7,753 words) - 02:49, 9 November 2022
- all-graduate university due to the efforts of Clark's first president ... to be imaginative and contributing citizens of the world, and to advance the ...22 KB (3,029 words) - 10:50, 19 December 2023
- in 1755, the university has grown to be one of the largest institutions in ... whose name was later added to the name of the institution in his honor ...19 KB (2,791 words) - 01:43, 11 March 2023
- |name = University of Pennsylvania |image = [[Image:Collegegreen ... The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn) is a private, ...31 KB (4,374 words) - 13:08, 3 May 2023
- unpleasant effects. It is understood to be of three kinds: Moral evil, natural ... The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam usually ...41 KB (6,708 words) - 23:52, 24 March 2024
- Chief Dan George, (July 24, 1899–September 23, 1981) was a chief ... One of twelve children of the tribal chief, Dan George served as chief ...18 KB (2,892 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- "bind, connect") denotes a set of common beliefs and practices ... The social structure of the world's religious traditions can ...54 KB (7,792 words) - 03:38, 8 December 2022
- educator. He was a pioneer in the field of secular religious studies. ... reached a popular readership. His defense of religious studies as a secular ...21 KB (3,067 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- Prize for non-fiction in 1974, for his The Denial of Death. The thesis of his work was that individuals live in terror of their ...20 KB (3,151 words) - 19:31, 13 February 2024
- a spirit: Elizabethans who claimed magical knowledge.]] ... influence the weather or crops, and as part of religious practices like shamanism ...35 KB (5,255 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King were best of friends, partners ... Ralph David Abernathy was the tenth child of William and Louivery ...18 KB (3,027 words) - 00:27, 8 December 2022
- Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller, Order of the Nation (ON), Member of ... the faceless. She helped to set up a network of child-care centers to encourage ...21 KB (2,959 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- a school, in 1904, that later became part of Bethune-Cookman College in ... little scholarly attention in the histories of the period. As a stateswoman ...20 KB (2,970 words) - 16:12, 7 November 2022
- "manner, character, proper behavior") refers to a code of ... One question asks the kinds of practical rules people actually use ...23 KB (3,557 words) - 21:20, 9 November 2022
- Behavior therapy is a form of psychotherapy used to treat depression ... The history of behavior therapy progressed during the same time that ...21 KB (3,092 words) - 16:57, 2 February 2024
- and responsibility for our choices. The goal of Humanistic psychology is to ... The following five postulates form the foundation of Humanistic psychology ...22 KB (2,987 words) - 12:19, 4 February 2023
- identities. The term is used in a variety of ways to describe phenomena ... Many contemporary advocates of identity politics take an intersectional ...40 KB (5,610 words) - 14:15, 4 February 2023
- Category:Sociology Category:Military A war an armed conflict between ... and statehood or the outright overthrow of the extant government. Wars ...40 KB (6,411 words) - 22:53, 3 May 2023
- Wallis and Futuna, is a group of three volcanic tropical islands—Wallis ... The Wallis Archipelago is the most populated of the island group and ...20 KB (2,970 words) - 18:47, 17 April 2023
- American public intellectual, was a scholar of extraordinary range who made ... energy to developing and promoting his style of libertarianism, developing ...36 KB (5,322 words) - 19:01, 10 November 2022
- Princeton, New Jersey) was a philosopher of science and a major figure ... Hempel was a major theorist of logical positivism, but, at later stage ...24 KB (3,610 words) - 19:18, 26 November 2023
- descriptive sense to the economic effects of nations with large state sectors ... There has developed a diverse array of ideas that have been referred ...42 KB (6,187 words) - 15:03, 27 April 2023
- States to become an outspoken champion of capitalism. She was best known ... Her novels were based upon the projection of the Randian hero, a man ...20 KB (2,901 words) - 07:26, 23 August 2023
- speakers (not necessarily native speakers) of the Arabic language. It does ... Arabic literature emerged in the sixth century with only fragments ...44 KB (6,658 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023
- Russian formalism was an influential school of literary criticism ... members are widely considered the founders of modern literary criticism. ...22 KB (3,136 words) - 18:18, 22 December 2022
- [[File:Initiation ritual of boys in Malawi.jpg|right|330px|thumb|Initiation ... quot; or "person") is the study of humanity (see genus Homo). ...28 KB (3,944 words) - 06:17, 31 July 2023
- cummings; Cummings himself did not approve of this rendering.Norman Friedman ... for his poems and their unorthodox usage of capitalization, layout, punctuation ...20 KB (3,045 words) - 17:28, 12 February 2024
- History is a word of multiple meanings, all related to the past. When ... ), "an account of one's inquiries," and shares that ...33 KB (4,990 words) - 23:36, 20 April 2021
- Feminism comprises a number of social, cultural and political movements ... Historians of feminism have identified three “waves” of feminist ...71 KB (9,858 words) - 17:15, 26 March 2024
- Cancel culture (or call-out culture) is a modern form of ostracism ... Cancel culture is a variant on call-out culture and constitutes a ...39 KB (5,227 words) - 19:39, 26 April 2022
- who has often been called “the father of existentialism.” Although ... is best known for such notions as his stages of existence, “faith in the ...47 KB (7,286 words) - 02:01, 27 February 2023
- Philosophy of language is the reasoned inquiry into the nature, origins ... First, philosophers of language inquire into the nature of meaning ...51 KB (7,646 words) - 22:42, 28 March 2023
- educator, and social thinker. The founder of "anthroposophy," ... into Burgenland, Austria, in the foothills of the eastern Alps. ...49 KB (7,066 words) - 17:42, 22 December 2022
- Nordic countries from about the beginning of the twentieth century up to ... The main founders of analytic philosophy were the Cambridge philosophers ...27 KB (4,040 words) - 18:56, 26 July 2023
- [[Image:Blacktriangle.jpg|thumb|200 px|Artist's depiction of ... an "identified" object. Sightings of unusual aerial phenomena date ...29 KB (4,399 words) - 01:37, 3 May 2023
- Education City, Qatar. Cornell is a member of the Ivy League, and prides ... that nonetheless strives to advance knowledge in areas useful to society ...42 KB (5,828 words) - 03:33, 8 January 2024
- Philosophy is the systematic study of the foundations of human knowledge ... Traditionally at least, it is not the pursuit of knowledge for knowledge’s ...69 KB (10,119 words) - 04:14, 24 November 2022
- Freedom is traditionally understood as independence of the arbitrary ... A slave is constantly subject to the will of another. By contrast ...28 KB (4,455 words) - 10:43, 11 April 2024
- Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over territory ... Negatively, attitudes of racial, cultural, religious and civilization ...36 KB (5,415 words) - 07:40, 14 January 2023
- January 28, 1951) was the Commander-in-Chief of Finland's Defense Forces ... Mannerheim is given much of the credit for successfully steering the ...26 KB (4,032 words) - 19:17, 26 November 2023
- thanatos, "death") is the practice of terminating the life of a human ... Of related note is the fact that suicide, or attempted suicide, is ...39 KB (6,081 words) - 04:44, 23 March 2024
- began to withdraw as the possible collapse of North Korea in the wake news ... country, because the People's Republic of China has refused to grant ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- In a matriarchy, power lies with the women of a community. Conclusive ... However, such societies generally occur in times of societal stress ...26 KB (3,881 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- Category:Sociology Category:Psychology Category:Anthropology ... Childhood (being a child) is a broad term usually applied to the phase ...37 KB (5,556 words) - 01:00, 23 February 2021
- Category:Sociology PNG|400px|right|thumb|Hypothesized map of human migration based on Mitochondrial ...28 KB (4,050 words) - 16:22, 23 December 2022
