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The Human Condition.
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In some religious traditions, the myth of the ‘Fall from the Garden of Eden’ symbolizes the loss of the primordial state through the veiling of higher consciousness.Abstract:
Human beings are described by many spiritual traditions as ‘blind’ or ‘asleep’ or ‘in a dream.’ These terms refers to the limited attenuated state of consciousness of most human beings caught up in patterns of conditioned thought, feeling and perception, which prevent the development of our latent, higher spiritual possibilities. In the words of Idries Shah: “Man, like a sleepwalker who suddenly ‘comes to’ on some lonely road has in general no correct idea as to his origins or his destiny.” In some religious traditions, such as Christianity and Islam, the myth of the ‘Fall from the Garden of Eden’ symbolizes the loss of the primordial state through the veiling of higher consciousness. Other traditions use similar metaphors to describe the spiritual condition of humanity:read more
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The Life of Lines
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From ‘gender equality and ‘women’s empowerment’ to global justice: reclaiming a transformative agenda for gender and development
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Echo chambers and viral misinformation: Modeling fake news as complex contagion.
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Do Humble CEOs Matter? An Examination of CEO Humility and Firm Outcomes
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Antibiotic Resistance and the Biology of History
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Triangular relationships between commerce, politics and hip-hop: a study of the role of hip-hop in influencing the socio-economic and political landscape in contemporary society
TL;DR: A PhD Thesis to the Anthropology Department, Faculty of Humanities: University of the Witwatersrand as discussed by the authors, Cape Town, South Africa, 2011. And this paper is based on this thesis.
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Constituent Power : A History
TL;DR: The history of constituent power has been traced by Rubinelli as mentioned in this paper, who argues that constituent power offered an alternative understanding of the power of the people to those offered by ideas of sovereignty, and that these competing understandings of popular power resulted in different institutional structures and reflects on why contemporary political thought is so prone to conflating constituent power with sovereignty.
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Touching tacit knowledge: handwork as ethnographic method in a glassblowing studio:
TL;DR: In this paper, an enacted ethnography conducted over four years in a glassblowing studio, where I immersed myself in the learning process to become an apprentice glassblower, is described.
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Comparing Southern Europe: The Difference, the Public, and the Common.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue for a more problematised Comparative Education: estrangement, that is, the ability to see the unknown and therefore to distance ourselves from what is already known; intercession and communication, that are able to work in common with others, from different positions and perspectives.