boys. Beginning in the 1870s, the philosophy of positivism, which outlined the tenets of economic development and centralization, was embraced by a new generation of educators in Mexico. In France, the philosophy of positivism was particularly embraced
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The Concept of Sentimental Boyhood
The Emotional Education of Boys in Mexico during the Early Porfiriato, 1876–1884
Carlos Zúñiga Nieto
Becoming a Gentleman
Adolescence, Chivalry, and Turn-of-the-Century Youth Movements
Kent Baxter
both sides of the Atlantic, the fascination with medieval mentalities revealed the complexities of the revolt against positivism. Often perceived as displaying childlike traits, the peasants, saints, and seers of the Middle Ages focused reactions to the
Conjunctures and Convergences
Remaking the World Cultures Displays at the National Museum of Scotland
Henrietta Lidchi
consequences, material and intellectual, of Victorian positivism as described by Thomas Richards. Richards has argued that Victorian practices of collecting, far from yielding their aim of a unity and transparency of knowledge (singular), led to unwieldy
Experiencing In-betweenness
Literary Spatialities
Tahmineh Hooshyar Emami
. “ Hostility and Hospitality .” No Foundations: Journal of Extreme Legal Positivism 4 : 53 – 60 . Reichert , Dagmar . 1992 . “ On Boundaries .” Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 10 ( 1 ): 87 – 98 . doi: 10.1068/d100087 . 10.1068/d100087
Naomi J. Andrews and Benoit Coquard
, colonial expansion. The author focuses on the writings of a few key figures in individual chapters that explore themes of national identity, education, structural modernization, positivism, religion, and the state. Chapter three in particular brings
In French Politics, Culture & Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2019
- Article Type:
- Book Review
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- 162–168 (7 total)
Ontological Opportunism
Reanimating the Inanimate in Physics and Science Communication at CERN
Anne Dippel
of the ATLAS particle physics outreach group, the grail keeper of positivism. He, who knows measurement and mathematics, standing firmly on the fundament of falsification and reproduction. Gatekeeper of the one truth, not many; and a truth based on
In Anthropological Journal of European Cultures
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- 01 Mar 2021
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 27–51 (25 total)
Anthony Enns
within the mind. Although this pseudoscientific theory clearly reflected the personal beliefs of the author, who was a firm believer in the supernatural and an outspoken opponent of scientific positivism (see Evans 1993, 346 ), it also served to
In Screen Bodies
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- 01 Jun 2021
- Article Type:
- Optography And Film
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- 103–118 (16 total)
Dhan Zunino Singh
agent of modernization for nineteenth-century intellectuals and political leaders who pursued the values of “progress” and “civilization,” guided by principles ranging from liberalism, utilitarianism, enlightenment, and romanticism to positivism and
Jonathan G. Katz
's posthumously published La Sorcellerie au Maroc , steeped in the author's positivism and reflecting an attitude of intellectual superiority, offers a disparaging account of Moroccan folk medicine. In contrast, in Contes et légendes populaires du Maroc
In French Politics, Culture & Society
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- 01 Mar 2021
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- Research Article
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- 34–58 (25 total)