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

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/2489522.pdf

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.

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/201/4359/899.2.full.pdf

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

The body question: recent developments in social theory

Contents: Introduction Aboriginal spirituality versus modernity Post-traditional spirituality and post-Christianity in Australia Islam in aboriginal Australia Conversion among indigenous peoples in Australia and New Zealand The significance of religious identities among aboriginal Australian inmates The growth of the indigenous religious 'nones' Conversion, reversion and de-conversion Conclusion: continuity through change Appendix References Index.

Religious Change and Indigenous Peoples: The Making of Religious Identities

Australian Aboriginal Muslims in prison are a minority population that has provoked public and political concerns due to its conversion to Islam. In the past decade, Muslims across the globe have become all but synonymous with terror in the global debate, and have frequently suffered forms of social exclusion. Aboriginal Muslim prisoners, having survived on the margins of Australian society, now find themselves branded through the impact of global discourse on Islam and terror and live under the intensified gaze of both the media and agencies of the State. Our curiosity was raised by the fact that a conversion by a small number of Aboriginal inmates has created alarmist media statements, drawing on statements made by both mainstream Australians as well as representatives of the State. Our aim is to query these claims and to highlight the need for constructive analysis of the conversion to Islam amongst all groups of people. This article also brings for the first time in the field, such an extended analysi...

Australian Aboriginal Muslims in Prison

The article traces the importance and development of the concept of ‘community’ in Robert Nisbet’s sociological theory. Community and voluntary associations were key components of his view of civil society, because they stood between the individual and the state as bastions of personal liberty against authoritarianism. This idea was taken from Alexis de Tocqueville’s analysis of America democracy and developed by Nisbet as a critique of modern America. The article examines the conservative underpinnings of Nisbet’s sociology and compares his perspective on civil society with the idea of civil religion in J-J Rousseau and Robert Bellah. Nisbet’s perspective is criticised because not all voluntary associations have beneficial effects on civil society. The article considers how far his views on authority and community are still relevant and concludes by making a distinction between ‘sticky societies’ that are hard to join and difficult to leave and ‘elastic societies’ that are easy to join and cost-free to leave, and asks whether community is possible when the Internet has transformed sticky relationships into elastic, thin and dispersed relationships.

Robert Nisbet and the Problem of Community

Dans cette etude sur la pratique de la confession (du Moyen Age a nos jours), l'A. pretend que, s'agissant des phenomenes religieux, l'explication marxiste en termes d'ideologie et celle, fonctionaliste, en termes d'integration sociale, semblent plus complementaires que veritablement antithetiques. Il remarque en conclusion que l'adoption de techniques et de theories therapeutiques non religieuses (psychanalyse, notamment) represente une des formes subtiles de l'actuelle erosion de la croyance chretienne et de l'autorite ecclesiastique.

Bryan S. Turner

Papers

The body question: recent developments in social theory

Religious Change and Indigenous Peoples: The Making of Religious Identities

Australian Aboriginal Muslims in Prison

Robert Nisbet and the Problem of Community

Confession and Social Structure