Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology: Recent submissions
Now showing items 6-10 of 2031
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Translation
(De Gruyter, 17 March 2025)This chapter focuses on the concept of translation and its development in sociology and science and technologies studies, illustrating how it can help criminologists analyze different forms of digitized control. The chapter ... -
Death and denial in the City: Making sense of London Bridge and Grenfell
(SAGE Publications, 2025)In the wake of violent events comes a rush to make sense of what happened. Sensemaking matters because it bounds political possibilities, producing knowledge about what caused the violence, who is accountable, and whether ... -
Expanding the Phenomenology of Social Anxiety Disorder: Loneliness, Absence, and Bodily Doubt
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The elastic ruler: Placebo responses, clinical trials, and medical knowledge
(Cambridge University Press, 16 January 2025)This paper first poses a skeptical challenge to clinical trials in medicine. The efficacy of treatments is measured against placebo; but placebo responses are not constant. They fluctuate with demographic variables, and ... -
The Performativity of Political Representation: Constructing the Public, Constructing the Democratic Subject
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 31 December 2024)This chapter discusses the performativity of political representation in democracy. Such performativity consists in the capacity of political representation as a series of institutions and social practices to offer a public ...