Volume 4 Number 3 July 2011

Theory In Action

38 p.

White Fear and US Racism in the Era of Obama: The Relevance of Neoliberalism

Despite having more access to wealth and political influence than other groups, many White Americans perceive themselves— perhaps more than ever—as victims of political correctness and ...

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46 p.

Immanence, Pluralism, and Politics

The article examines whether theories based on an immanent worldview—roughly, one that denies the existence of transcendent principle or agents relevant to human life—offer a better so...

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22 p.

Hospice Care Today: Compassionate or McDonaldized?

[Article copies available for a fee from The Transformative Studies Institute. E-mail address: journal@transformativestudies.org Website: http://www.transformativestudies.org ©2011 by T...

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45 p.

Rebel Fortresses and Local Identities in Ninth-Century Al-Andalus

Fortresses (husun, sing. hisn) in al-Andalus were rural units which crucial for military defense, protection and administration of the surrounding villages, and tax collection from loc...

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32 p.

Some Remarks about Linguistic Expressions in Writings about Ethnicity and Con...

The paper suggests that the extensive and frequently controversial literature about the 1990s Yugoslav crisis can be viewed as an opportunity for reflection on the discourse itself. Th...

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22 p.

Writing from un lugar negro: A call towards healing fantasmas chingadas

In this article, I weave personal recollections as a sexual abuse survivor with a selected review of the empirical literature on Latinas and sexual violence in order to begin a discussi...

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28 p.

Changing Our Perception: Using Critical Literacy to Empower the Marginalized

Using previous research and scholarship in literacy, the paper discusses the potential role of literacy in the exclusion or inclusion of marginalized population in school and society at...

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18 p.

Book Review: Philosophy in the Present by Alan Badiou and Slavoj Žižek

For Marx, the above statement marked an exit from philosophy and a declaration that philosophy's endless problems and contradictions could only be resolved by a kind of radical politi...

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