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• Social consciousness
  ...consciousness]] [[shared]] within a [[society]]. It can also be defined as social [[awareness]]; to be aware of the [[problems]] that [[different]] [[societi ==Theory==
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• Mathematical model
  ...meteorology, and electrical engineering) but also in the [[Social Sciences|social science]]s (such as [[economics]], [[psychology]], [[sociology]] and [[poli ...l systems]], [[statistical model]]s, [[differential equations]], or [[Game theory|game theoretic models]]. These and other types of models can overlap, with
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• Agency
  ...nct concept. In sociology, an agent is an [[individual]] engaging with the social [[structure]]; '''''the structure and agency debate''''' concerning the lev ...ns and enact them on the world. How humans come to make decisions, by free choice or other processes, is another issue.
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• Rational
  ...ctive - it exists only when a valid practical syllogism is used. Second, a choice is either rational or it is not - there is no gradation since there is no g ==Rationality in the humanities and social sciences==
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• Political philosophy
  ...hn Rawls] published ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Theory_of_Justice A Theory of Justice]'', political philosophy declined in the Anglo-American [[academ ...ontract]'' and Carole Patemen in her book ''The Sexual Contract'' that the social contract excluded persons of colour and [[women]] respectively.
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• Theory
  ...s]], one used in the empirical [[The Sciences|sciences]] (both natural and social) and the other used in [[philosophy]], [[mathematics]], [[logic]], and acro ...ure]] or discourse is a [[reference]] to a scientific or empirically-based theory.
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• Social
  ...ue, suggesting that it is a [[fuzzy concept]]. An added difficulty is that social attributes or relationships may not be directly observable and visible, and ...ly beyond what an individual can empirically observe in order to grasp the social domain in all its dimensions — connecting, for example, "private trou
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• Social movement
  ...or social issues, in other words, on carrying out, resisting or undoing a social change. ...emporary social movements. However others point out that many of the major social movements of the last hundred years grew up, like the Mau Mau in Kenya, to
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• Cultist
  ...XXII. 360 The cultism of Góngora, the artifice of which lies solely in the choice and arrangement of words. ...o to preposterous lengths. 1934 WEBSTER, Cultism. 1949 R. K. MERTON Social Theory & Struct. (1951) xii. 314 Cultism, informal cliques..these and other techni
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• Commitment
  ...e, esp. in one's literary or artistic [[expression]]; moral seriousness or social responsibility in artistic productions. ...importance, the personal commitments and presuppositions of this and the [[theory]] and [[practice]] of working it out in living.
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• 103:2 Religion and the Individual
  ...rminates is the [[moral]] [[nature]] that so early gives [[origin]] to a [[social]] [[consciousness]]. The first promptings of a child's [[moral]] [[nature]] ...] of religious [[consciousness]], toward [[moral]] [[righteousness]] and [[social]] [[ministry]], rather than [[negatively]], away from [[sin]] and [[guilt]]
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• Narrative
  In [[postmodern]] theory, [[semiotics]] begins with the individual building blocks of [[meaning]] ca == Literary theory ==
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• Trust
  In the [[social sciences]], the subtleties of trust are a subject of ongoing [[research]]. ...all the caveat surrounding that method). Trust may be considered a moral [[choice]][, or at least a heuristic, allowing the [[human]] to deal with complexiti
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• Discourse
  ...ilosopher [[Michel Foucault]] (1926-1984) and [[Jürgen Habermas]]' ''[[The Theory of Communicative Action]]'' (''Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns''). Each ===The social conception of discourse===
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• Self Realization
  ...or the sum virtue with regard to one's relations with others. Aristotle's theory of virtue helped define the excellent man as one who excelled in leading a .... Philosophers and psychologists expanded humanistic psychology to include social interest, community awareness, and spiritual experiences, further supportin
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• Sociology of religion
  The '''sociology of religion''' is primarily the study of the [[practice]s], social [[structure]]s, [[history|historical]] backgrounds, development, universal ...]] may coexist with a decline in the influence of religious authorities on social or [[political]] issues.
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• Ethics
  ...'' "custom, habit"), a major branch of philosophy, is the study of [[Value theory|value]]s and [[Custom (law)|custom]]s of a person or group. It covers the [ ...-realist', such theories may see reality as important in shaping the human choice of ethical values. This could occur indirectly by, for example, the evoluti
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• Identity
  '''Identity''' is a term used throughout the [[Social Sciences|social sciences]] to describe an individual's comprehension of him or herself as a ...ior. The notion of ''identity negotiation'' may arise from the learning of social roles through personal [[experience]]. Identity negotiation is a process in
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• Power (sociology)
  ...[1527]]), sees power as "a complex strategic situation in a given society [social setting]". Being deeply structural, his concept involves both constraint an ...sely resembles what everyday [[English language|English]]-speakers call "[[Social influence|influence]]", although some authors (like D. Wrong) make a sharp
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• Justice
  ...[[John Rawls]], for instance, claims that "Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as [[truth]] is of systems of thought." ...punishment is forward-looking. Justified by the ability to achieve future social benefits resulting in crime reduction, the moral worth of an action is dete
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• Empowerment
  '''Empowerment''' refers to increasing the [[spiritual]], [[political]], social or [[economic]] strength of [[individuals]] and [[communities]]. It often i Sociological empowerment often addresses members of [[groups]] that social discrimination have excluded from decision-making processes through - for e
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• Social Sciences
  ...f the world. They diverge from the [[arts]] and [[humanities]] in that the social sciences tend to emphasize the use of the [[scientific method]] in the stud ...thodology. Examples of boundary blurring include emerging disciplines like social studies of [[medicine]], [[neuropsychology]], [[bioeconomics]] and the hist
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• Personal
  ...me of which have evolved historically, and continue to shift with time and social context. Some other characteristics used to define a 'person' include [[per ...[[medicine]], [[ethics]], [[economic]] and [[Political science|political]] theory, [[human rights]], and [[animal rights]].
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• Fear
  ...[[group]] or social network. In this way, personal fears are compounded by social influence to become [[mass hysteria]]. ...hobia]]. Terror may overwhelm a person to the point of making irrational [[choice]]s and atypical [[behavior]]. Paranoia is a term used to describe a psychos
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• The Sciences
  *[[social sciences]], which study [[human behavior]] and [[society|societies]]. ...escribing how things work (natural sciences) and how people think and act (social sciences).
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• Wealth
  The term implies a social contract on establishing and maintaining ownership in relation to such item ...of shared assets that could be spent for social purposes, or preserved for social purposes. Wealth may have been collective.
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• Science
  *[[Social Sciences]], which study [[human behavior]] and [[society|societies]]. ...escribing how things work (natural sciences) and how people think and act (social sciences).
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• The Revolution of Everyday Life/ Fragments
  ...d the master of Evil. They were the great intermediaries through which the choice of one side or the other had to pass; they controlled the paths to salvatio ...kquote>Theory becomes a material force once it has got hold of the masses. Theory is capable of getting hold of men once it demonstrates its truth with regar
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• Reality
  ...re they come from. The Galilean proposition in support of the Copernican [[theory]], that the sun is the center of the solar system is one that states the fa In ethics, [[Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought|political theory]], and the [[The Arts|arts]], reality is often contrasted with what is "[[i
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• The Revolution of Everyday Life/ Chapter 11
  ...cause it extends their spontaneous creativity. "Revolutionary" ideology is theory which has been recuperated by the authorities. Words exist as the frontier ...stimate the power of the misbegotten dichotomy between thought and action, theory and practice, real and imaginary... these ideas are forces of organisation.
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• Brainwashing
  ...ght reform,” and the “systematic [[manipulation]] of [[psychological]] and social [[influence]]”) refers (according to Michael Langone) "to a [[process]] i ...deprivation, psychological harassment, inculcation of [[guilt]], and group social [[pressure]]. The term punned on the Taoist custom of "cleansing/washing th
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• Collective Intelligence
  ...ry Jenkins, a key theorist of new media and media convergence draws on the theory that collective intelligence can be attributed to media convergence and par Tom Atlee and George Pór, on the other hand, feel that while group theory and artificial intelligence have something to offer, the field of collectiv
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• Self Esteem
  *In the mid 1960s Morris Rosenberg and social-learning theorists defined self-esteem in terms of a stable sense of person ...tatus and acceptance in ones' social group. According to terror management theory, self-esteem serves a protective function and reduces anxiety about life an
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• Leadership
  '''Leadership''' has been described as the “[[process]] of social influence in which one [[person]] can enlist the aid and support of others ...ctions]]: the leader must provide for the well-being of the led, provide a social organization in which people feel [[relative]]ly secure, and provide a set
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• 2000-02-01-More On Tomas' World Of Origin
  ...many who [[choose]] to remain ignorant, and they have a right to make that choice. TOMAS: Yes, always are [[social]] [[groups]] gregarious. Even the [[barbarians]] are smart enough to know t
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• Romance
  ...sm]] the romantic might be considered an example of [[alienation]]. In his theory of [[mimesis|mimetic]] desire, [[Rene Girard]] attempts to make sense of su ...ou consent to marry us" implies that the marriage means the removal of the social obstacle between the two opposing families, not that marriage is sought by
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• Letters I-VII, Mr. Jefferson Returns: American Mentor and Prophet
  ...periment in self-governance, America, you will all become as we were then, social architects. Your artistry will become legendary down through the ages for <center>Dear ones, I would define social architecture for you as:</center>
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• The Universal Schoolhouse
  our conditioning, which we take for [[free will]] and choice, just as we take the on the need for social justice and the struggle against various forms of
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• 2014-08-15-New Era Conversations 28
  ...ther, please bless our audience members who are supportive of this work on social sustainability. Amen ...me re-energized with these universally applicable values and principles of social sustainability in the work that they are doing.
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• 2015-11-30-New Era Conversations 58
  ...pacity, ability, positions, and authorities to make decisions to move your social, political, and economic realms forward, or at least to open a discussion. ...You have 60 years, approximately, of corporate invasion/intrusion into the social, political, and economic realms of control and authority. You will soon se
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• Peace
  ...do [[Dawah]] to promote what they believe is Islam's peaceful message of [[social justice]] to spread peace throughout the Earth through the [[truth]] reveal ...her groups take a wide variety of stances, many maintaining a [[Just War]] theory.
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• 2014-02-02-N. Idaho TeaM
  ...on is created over and over in your lives with your work groups, with your social groups, with your music groups. It was noted how potent and powerful the co So now let us take this same theory of empowerment through joining together into a collective consciousness and
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• Morality
  ...known as moral absolutism. Moral absolutists might concede that forces of social conformity significantly shape moral decisions, but deny that cultural norm ...ons. For instance ''humanity'' includes ''[[love]]'', ''kindness'', and ''social [[intelligence]]''.
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• Anger
  ...ly, cognitively, and physiologically when a [[person]] makes the conscious choice to take [[action]] to immediately stop the threatening [[behavior]] of an o ...of anger.[9] Displays of anger can be used as a manipulation strategy for social influence.[10][11]
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• Lifestyle
  ...style-change programs may have the wrong motives, and may have undesirable social and psychological effects. ...exercise, and being overweight. Other risk factors affected by individual choice veer toward the medical, including behavioral change intended to control se
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• The Revolution of Everyday Life/ Chapter 20
  ...y is an act which engenders new realities; it is the fulfilment of radical theory, the revolutionary act par excellence. ..., East and West. The generalization of the refusal to make such a Hobson's choice -- to do no more than change employers -- has in turn occasioned a restruct
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• 1992-12-06-View World As Michael Does
  ...one [[plane]] to another you are given more [[opportunity]] to make that [[choice]]. Those who are fully [[committed]] to [[transcending]], to continuing on ...here but not certainly the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Darwinism social Darwinism] and [[capitalism]]. I may just have repeated my question which y
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• 2002-04-14-Worship Perfection
  TOMAS: It is a very old [[theory]] on [[your planet]]. Way before the [[Material Son and Daughter]] were her MARY JO: I like that [[theory]]. Thank you, Tomas. That should make all of us feel better, and it does ma
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• 2016-05-30-New Era Conversations 70
  ...ve been appealing to them with our message of peace, social stability, and social sustainability. ...hat of service and of profit-making that is compliant and assisting of the social, environmental and economic benefit or helpfulness of individuals, families
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• Transcendence, Immanency, and Surrogacy
  ...othetical moment in past eternity, we can develop an interesting Plotinian theory of genesis as an imaginative extrapolation of what Schuon is saying, and st ...; the Son as a co-equal personality which would satisfy two basic needs: A social and loving need at the absolute level, which also makes God a Father, and i
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