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Bryan S. Turner

Bio: Bryan S. Turner is an academic researcher from Australian Catholic University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Citizenship & Politics. The author has an hindex of 70, co-authored 511 publications receiving 21116 citations. Previous affiliations of Bryan S. Turner include King's College London & City University of New York.


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01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: In many societies legal pluralism is now related to the recognition of indigenous traditional laws and, consequently, it is often referred to as ‘Unofficial Law' as mentioned in this paper, which is a challenge to legal centralism, a legal doctrine claiming that the state has a monopoly over law making in its sovereign space.
Abstract: Legal pluralism may be simply defined as the development of a number of different legal traditions within a given sovereign territory. Legal pluralism is often held to be a challenge to legal centralism, a legal doctrine claiming that the state has a monopoly over law making in its sovereign space. Opponents of state centralism based on state sovereignty and a legal monopoly often regard it as an ideology rather than a legal doctrine. The modern critique of legal centralism is associated with an influential article (‘What is Legal Pluralism?’) by John Griffith (1986), but the origin of the theory of legal pluralism goes back to Eugen Ehrlich’s Fundamental Principles of the Sociology of Law that was published in 1913. In many societies legal pluralism is now related to the recognition of indigenous traditional laws and, consequently, it is often referred to as ‘Unofficial Law.’ Studies of native traditions—such as Llewellyn and Hoebel’s The Cheyenne Way (1941)—have influenced recognition of the importance of custom in the normative foundation of law and thence the legal order of society. The debate about legal pluralism is also closely associated with theories of multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism (de Sousa Santos and Rodriguez-Garavito 2005). These debates around pluralism raise a host of difficult conceptual issues, including the problem of defining law itself. Before turning to some of these vexed definitional issues, we should start with a brief consideration of the so-called ‘legal centralism’ position.

2 citations

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01 Mar 2011
TL;DR: In this article, the authors outline some of the major issues in the contemporary sociology of religion and in the process offer a short overview of recent developments in the sub-field and provide an interpretation of various key issues, such as secularisation, the state and the regulation of religious life, youth cultures and spirituality, the complex relationships between the sacred and the profane, and the nature of religion itself.
Abstract: Defining the field In this Introduction, I outline some of the major issues in the contemporary sociology of religion and in the process offer a short overview of recent developments in the sub-field. Within this framework, I provide an interpretation of various key issues, such as secularisation, the state and the regulation of religious life, youth cultures and spirituality, the complex relationships between the sacred and the profane, and the nature of religion itself. However, the major issues confronting any understanding of religion in modern societies are all related to globalisation. Two obvious examples are fundamentalism and religious violence. Perhaps the dominant interpretation of these phenomena is that, with the massive disruption to traditional societies and economies, religious cultures provide the raw ideological material of violent protest. The violent secular groups of the 1960s and 1970s – the Red Brigade and the Baader-Meinhof – have simply been replaced by the jihardists of this century. However, my approach in this volume is to downplay the themes of religious violence and radicalism, looking instead at the development of religious revivalism and piety among diverse urban communities and the consequences of these pious practices for secular societies.

1 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism are discussed. And the history of European ideas: Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 721-722.

13,842 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a variety of evidence is presented supporting this simple and compelling premise and implications for consumer behavior are derived for consumer behaviour 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 selfconcept and consumer brand choice.
Abstract: 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

7,705 citations

01 Jan 1982
Abstract: 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

7,539 citations

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08 Sep 1978-Science

5,182 citations

Book ChapterDOI
01 Sep 1989
TL;DR: We may not be able to make you love reading, but archaeology of knowledge will lead you to love reading starting from now as mentioned in this paper, and book is the window to open the new world.
Abstract: 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.

5,075 citations