Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism

Our possessions are a major contributor to and reflection of our identities A variety of evidence is presented supporting this simple and compelling premise Related streams of research are identified and drawn upon in developing this concept and implications are derived for consumer behavior Because the construct of extended self involves consumer behavior rather than buyer behavior, it appears to be a much richer construct than previous formulations positing a relationship between self-concept and consumer brand choice

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Possessions and the extended self.

Introduction 1. Woman's Place in Man's Life Cycle 2. Images of Relationship 3. Concepts of Self and Morality 4. Crisis and Transition 5. Women's Rights and Women's Judgment 6. Visions of Maturity References Index of Study Participants General Index

In a Different Voice. Psychological Theory and Women’s Development. Cambridge, MA (Harvard University Press) 1982.

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Phenomenology of perception.

We may not be able to make you love reading, but archaeology of knowledge will lead you to love reading starting from now. Book is the window to open the new world. The world that you want is in the better stage and level. World will always guide you to even the prestige stage of the life. You know, this is some of how reading will give you the kindness. In this case, more books you read more knowledge you know, but it can mean also the bore is full.

The archaeology of knowledge

Probably the most influential article in cultural theory in the 20th century was Walter Benjamin’s ‘The Work of Art in the Age of its Technological Reproducibility’ (2002). His argument was that in its traditional setting, where it was often associated with cult and ritual, art had an aura. However, with the development of technology art becomes reproducible, is removed from its cultic setting and begins to lose its aura. The uniqueness and authenticity of a work of art is a function of its embeddedness in the social context of its stable tradition. The history of art can be seen as an endless contradiction between its cultic value and its exhibition value. Benjamin was particularly interested in the impact of film and photography on the authenticity and aura of art, which made art available to the masses. In the secular and democratic environment of modern society, art does not function in its ritual or cultic context, and with modern technology it can be effortlessly reproduced. The charismatic status of the artist and art is converted slowly but inevitably into celebrity, where branding replaces aura. Nike as a brand guarantees the reliability of the brand rather than the authenticity of a unique product.

Introduction – Bodily Performance: On Aura and Reproducibility:

The Dominant Ideology Thesis.

Narratives of Embodiment: Body, Aging, and Career in Royal Ballet Dancers

When we refer to the ‘management of religions’, we are primarily referring to the ways in which modern liberal states have responded to ‘public religions’ and in particular to the revival of Islam. The specific issues surrounding Muslim minorities in non-Muslim secular states can be seen as simply one instance of the more general problem of state and religion in modern societies. In this context, there is an increasing awareness of the limitations of the Westphalian constitutional solution, the Hobbesian social contract and Lockean liberalism as political strategies to manage conflicting religious traditions (Spinner-Halevy 2005). Unfortunately, Richard Hooker's ecclesiastical polity (1594–1597) and his plea that we should concentrate on those doctrines that unite rather than divide us has little relevance in societies that are deeply divided by cultural difference. This situation typically confronts the state because religion is often inseparable from ethnic identity, so that debates about secularization...

Bryan S. Turner

Papers

Introduction – Bodily Performance: On Aura and Reproducibility:

The Dominant Ideology Thesis.

Narratives of Embodiment: Body, Aging, and Career in Royal Ballet Dancers

Managing religions, citizenship and the liberal paradox

Religion and the state : a comparative sociology