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• Commentary
  ...[purpose]] is to elucidate the [[language]] of the text and the specific [[culture]] that produced it, both of which may be foreign to the reader. Such a comm If a text is [[historical]], or is produced within a culture assumed to be of limited familiarity to a reader, a broader range of issues
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• Jacques Derrida
  ...iography, [[linguistics]], sociolinguistics, [[psychoanalysis]], political theory, feminism, and queer studies. His work still has a major influence in the a ...American [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_1980s_culture_wars 1980s culture wars], this would attract the [[anger]] of politically conservative and rig
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• Oral Tradition
  ...]]''. In a general sense, "oral tradition" refers to the transmission of [[culture|cultural]] material through vocal utterance, and was long held to be a key ...is summarized from the overlapping prefaces to the following volumes: The Theory of Oral Composition: History and Methodology, (Indiana University Press, 19
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• Commitment
  ...se of the entity, the environment in which commitment takes place, and the culture of the members of the entity; one can exhibit personal commitment to a corp ...importance, the personal commitments and presuppositions of this and the [[theory]] and [[practice]] of working it out in living.
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• Racism
  ...Republic, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (18th century US racial theory) * Feagin, Joe R. (2006). Systemic Racism: A Theory of Oppression, Routledge: New York, NY.
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• Secession
  ...ion should be considered only to [[rectify]] grave injustices (“Just Cause Theory”). Some theories do both. A list of justifications may be presented [[su * Preserving [[culture]], [[language]], etc. from assimilation or destruction by a larger or more
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• Animism
  ...871 [[book]] ''Primitive Culture'', in which he defined it as being "the [[theory]] of the [[universal]] animation of [[nature]]".
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• Integral Movement
  ...s given a further definition, being made synonymous with Wilber's [[AQAL]] theory [https://aqaljournal.integralinstitute.org/public/Pdf/AQAL_Glossary_01-27-0 ...n of [[consciousness]] has also become a central theme in much of integral theory [https://integral-review.org/current_issue/documents/Gidley,%20Evolution%20
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• Progress
  ...asing advance. The idea of eternal progress is in opposition to the cyclic theory of eternal return or eternal recurrence, which implies that with a [[finite ...reans]] with having had a potential for leading to the [[foundation]] of a theory of Progress through their [[materialistic]] acceptance of the atomism of De
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• Narrative
  Stories are an important aspect of [[culture]]. Many works of [[art]], and most works of [[literature]], tell stories; ...ancient origin, existing in ancient Egyptian, Greek, Chinese and Indian [[culture]]s. Stories are also a ubiquitous component of human [[communication]], us
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• Retribution
  '''Retributive''' [[justice]] is a [[theory]] of justice that considers that [[punishment]], if [[proportionate]], is a ...[presence]] in the ancient [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish Jewish] [[culture]] is shown by its inclusion in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah law
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• Dilmun
  ...from many different sources, including Landsat images from space. In this theory, the Bible’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gihon Gihon River] would corr superior [[culture]], embracing [[temples]], metalwork, [[agriculture]], animals, pottery, wea
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• Psychosomatic Medicine
  ...sis for psychosomatic medicine. Particularly, the umwelt concept and the [[theory]] of [[organism]] by Jakob von Uexküll has been found useful as an approac ...s term, which was largely due to the [[influence]] of [[psychoanalytic]] [[theory]] on psychiatric physicians and the inaccurate application by non-specialis
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• Satisfaction
  The [[origins]] of contentment in Jewish culture [[reflect]] an even older [[thinking]] reflected in the [[Book of Proverbs] ...g of human behavior. Dr. Raup made this the basis of his [[pedagogical]] [[theory]], which he later used in his severe criticisms of the American Education s
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• Hegemony
  Pertinent to the concept are the processes by which a dominant culture maintains its dominant position. Examples are: the use of institutions to ...rather than armed force. Such conceptions are sometimes referred to as "[[culture|cultural]] hegemony." It should be made clear that these 'subalterns of sta
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• Parent
  ...ts vary throughout the tree of life, and are especially complex in human [[culture]]. ...oposed by Robert Trivers in 1974 and extends the more general selfish gene theory and has been used to explain many observed [[biological]] [[phenomena]].[1]
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• Hermeneutics
  '''Hermeneutics''' is the study of [[interpretation]] theory. [[Tradition]]al hermeneutics - which includes [[Bible|Biblical]] hermeneut Philosophical hermeneutics refers primarily to [[Hans-Georg Gadamer]]'s theory of [[knowledge]] as developed in ''Truth and Method'', and sometimes to [[P
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• Human Evolution
  ...increasing sophistication. About 50,000 years ago, human technology and [[culture]] began to change more rapidly. ...arwin wrote on the subject. Nevertheless, the implications of evolutionary theory were clear to contemporary readers (On the Origin of Species, [https://darw
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• 19:6 Havona Natives
  ...dex.php?title=Paper_14#14:3._THE_HAVONA_WORLDS billion worlds of Havona] [[culture]] you will develop an eternal [[friendship]] for these superb beings. And h ...a will ever be entirely depleted of its natives. We have entertained the [[theory]] that Havoners will possibly cease entering the finaliter corps sometime d
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• Disease
  ...rganic]] causes and aspects of disease. [[Discoveries]] such as the [[germ theory]] of disease and the [[existence]] of entities such as [[virus]]es and [[ba ...und to vary in their prevalence depending on a diet common to a particular culture or region.
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