‘The One-Dimensional Man’

Opioid Ontopolitics: Industrial Capitalism, Metabolic Rift, and the Power of Things.

The present study addresses the consequences of materialistic value-orientation (i.e. Acquisition Centrality) on the effect of the sense of control on religious experiences of the urban consumer class of Bangladesh. The central thesis is that economic transformation may contribute to the materialistic value-orientation and exert a control on the social experience; nonetheless, it would not exert any effect between the relationship of the Locus of Control and the role of religion. To test the thesis, the research investigates; given the economic growth begets acquisition centrality on a larger scale and these values, in return, often form the new purpose of social lives and emerge as a potential social force of modernity. Can religion as a century-old social institution continue to have strong-hold on the definition of social reality? To answer the question, this Cross-sectional research administered a survey of 1246 respondents from ten randomly selected distinct areas of Dhaka city and analyzed the data within a structural equation modeling (SEM) framework. The findings suggest that the people with high (External) sense of control are more likely to be influenced by their religious experiences and the people with low (Internal) sense of control have high Acquisition Centrality; Acquisition Centrality strengthened the influence of External Locus of Control on the influence of religion.

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Acquisition Centrality, Locus of Control and the Influence of Religion in Everyday Life: The Case of Urban Consumer Class of Bangladesh

This chapter focuses on the role that neo-liberalism has played in directing the course of scientific research and technological innovation. Specifically, neo-liberal reforms have helped the private sector gain considerable control over the direction and objectives of science and technological progress since the 1980s, while limiting the role of governments in these areas. However, the expanded role of the private sector in modern science and technological innovation has resulted in scientists essentially losing their freedom to choose, as they are largely limited to working on market-oriented research topics and projects. The influence of the private sector has also contributed to making society enormously dependent on technology products and gadgets, which in turn, has played a significant role in facilitating the onset of an impending environmental apocalypse. Ultimately, science is far too important to be left up to corporations to control and manage for the benefit of their narrow and short-sighted objectives.

‘The One-Dimensional Man’

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Opioid Ontopolitics: Industrial Capitalism, Metabolic Rift, and the Power of Things.

Acquisition Centrality, Locus of Control and the Influence of Religion in Everyday Life: The Case of Urban Consumer Class of Bangladesh

The Direction of Technological Innovation in the Public and Private Sectors

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