Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology: Recent submissions
Now showing items 6-10 of 2029
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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 ... -
‘Every Book is a Failure’ (But Typically Not for the Reasons Envisaged by the Author): A Response to My Interlocutors Concerning Cultural Sociology of Cultural Representations
(Lectito, 31 December 2024)This article responds to only a small number of the questions and comments raised by my interlocutors in relation to my book, Cultural Sociology of Cultural Representations: Visions of Italy and the Italians in England and ... -
Beyond Said and the Saidian Paradigm: Towards A Strong Program Account of Cultural Representation
(Palgrave Macmillan, 13 March 2025)This paper uses analytical and conceptual resources from Strong Program cultural sociology to develop a non-reductive account of cultural representation, which is a corrective to the hegemony of Said-inspired studies. The ...