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

Urban Change and Citizenship in Times of Crisis : Volume 1: Theories and Concepts

New spiritualities, the media and global religion: Da Vinci code and the passion of Christ

En stor del av den empiriska forskningen om och teoretiserandet kring medier, popularkultur, kropp, identitet och livsstil har med andra ord inte skett inom sociologin, utan inom andra samhallsvetenskapliga och huma nistiska discipliner, samt inom vissa tvarvetenskapliga forskningsomrd den.4 Detta har bidragit till ett berikande av forskningen och till framvax ten av en rad olika tolkningsmodeller, men det har aven lett till att forska re som har intresserat sig for ovan namnda omr&den sokt sig till andra discipliner an sociologin. Ett klassiskt sociologiskt forskningsomr&de som i allt storre utstrackning hamnat inom andra discipliner an sociologin ar forskningen om sociala karaktarer och identitet.51 den foljande framstall ningen tanker jag rekonstruera delar av debatten om och teoretiserandet kring den narcissistiska personligheten. Med utg&ngspunkt i en kritik av olika teorier om narcissism kommer jag sedan att visa hur man kan an vanda sociologisk teoribildning till att konstruera en teoretisk tolknings ram for de fenomen som g&r under beteckningen "narcissism". Min avsikt ar inte att argumentera for nagon renodlad sociologisk ana lys av narcissismbegreppet, utan snarare for en analys dar man utg&r frSn ett sociologiskt perspektiv och sedan inkorporerar begrepp och tankar fr&n andra discipliner. Jag ar emellertid kritisk till kulturteoretiska analyser av den narcissistiska personligheten som tar sin utgSngspunkt i ett psykolo giskt perspektiv och sedan okritiskt applicerar detta p& kulturella och so ciala forhallanden. Jag ar likaledes kritisk mot kulturvetare och sociologer som p& ett slarvigt satt anvander begreppet "narcissism" for att beteckna kroppsfixering eller en passiv konsumtionsidentitet. Fordelen med nar cissismbegreppet ar i sjalva verket att det, snarare an att leda till en teore

Narcissism, kropp och modernitet

One simple definition of legal pluralism is that it concerns the development of different legal traditions or legal sources within a single sovereign jurisdiction. It is often seen therefore to be a challenge to legal centralism or the thesis that the sovereign state has a monopoly over law making to the exclusion of all other sources. It is helpful to make a distinction between ‘weak legal pluralism’ and ‘strong legal pluralism’. The former refers to a situation where there may be various institutions at the central level of government or jurisdictions covering different regions or communities, which nevertheless remain under the hierarchical oversight and control by a state or empire. The latter refers to legal orders that govern over peoples but are not part of a single, hierarchical and integrated system. In short the weak-strong notion describes the degree of delegated legal authority to social groups, communities and institutions. The underlying question behind both forms is the issue of state sovereignty. Critics of legal pluralism regard the development as a threat to the sovereignty of the state and the coherence of a society. By contrast, it is possible to see legal pluralism as the natural companion of political liberalism allowing peoples and their institutions some protection from centralized authoritarian rule and in that regard legal pluralism is sometimes associated with the right of resistance against tyrannical powers. One historical issue in the debate about legal pluralism is its presence in empires such as the Ottoman Empire and attempts to control or eliminate legal pluralism during the rise of the nation state.

Legal Pluralism: Freedom of Religion, Exemptions and the Equality of Citizens

Nadia Abu-Zahra, The Pure and the Powerful: Studies in Contemporary Muslim Society. Reading: Ithaca Press, 1997, £35.00, xx+320 pp. (ISBN: 0-86372-179-6). Akbar S. Ahmed, Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity: The Search for Saladin. London: Routledge, 1997, £12.99 paperback, xxix+274 pp. (ISBN: 0-415-14966-5). Louise Marlow, Hierarchy and Egalitarianism in Islamic Thought. 4 Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, £30.00, xv+198 pp. (ISBN: 0-521-564301).

Bryan S. Turner

Papers

Urban Change and Citizenship in Times of Crisis : Volume 1: Theories and Concepts

New spiritualities, the media and global religion: Da Vinci code and the passion of Christ

Narcissism, kropp och modernitet

Legal Pluralism: Freedom of Religion, Exemptions and the Equality of Citizens

The Sociology of Islamic Social Structures