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One dimensional man
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Towards an object-relations theory of consumerism: The aesthetics of desire and the unfolding materiality of social life
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors address some fundamental questions in the field of consumption studies through an exploration of literatures within object-relations psychoanalytic theory, dealing especially with questions of actor-commodity relations.
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Growth, Conservation, and the Necessity of New Alliances
TL;DR: There is no substitute for direct protection of species and ecosystems as mentioned in this paper. But unless growth in human numbers and material consumption is checked, direct protection will become impossible, and unless a social force can bring to bear the necessary pressure to change government, corporate, and individual behavior, conservation biologists can and should play a role in mobilizing support for conservation through better informed and more carefully crafted outreach.
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Critical Theory of Technology and STS
TL;DR: The Critical Theory of the early Frankfurt School promised, in Adorno's words, a "rational critique of reason" as mentioned in this paper, and science and technology studies can play a role in the renewal of this approach.
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New Developments in the New Sociology of Education
TL;DR: In the context of the New Sociology of Education, the authors identified four issues as worthy of attention: the epistemological foundations of education, the adequacy of phenomenology as a basis for structural analysis, the stratification of knowledge and the power of elites in determining the curriculum, and the nature of the political action implied by the new sociology of education.
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Technological Determinism: A Critique of Convergence Theory
TL;DR: Convergence theorists enjoy an almost unique intellectual position: they are supported by both academics and non-academics without really having been subject to a comprehensive analytical examination as mentioned in this paper.
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Staged Authenticity: arrangements of social space in tourist settings
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined accounts of travelers in terms of Erving Goffman's front versus back distinction and found that tourists try to enter back regions of the places they visit because these regions are associated with intimacy of relations and authenticity of experiences.
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Work, Self and Society: After Industrialism
TL;DR: Casey as discussed by the authors explored the effects of contemporary practices of work on the self and found that changes currently occuring in the world of work are part of the vast social and cultural changes that are challenging the meta trends of modern industrialism.
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What is critical urban theory
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors interpret critical urban theory with reference to four mutually interconnected elements: its theoretical character; its reflexivity; its critique of instrumental reason; and its emphasis on the disjuncture between the actual and the possible.
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Self-doubters, strugglers, storytellers, surfers and others: Images of self-identities in organization studies
TL;DR: The authors provide an overview of the key images of identity in organizations found in the research literature, including self-doubters, strugglers, surfers, storytellers, strategists, stencils and soldiers.