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Sociology Lens Pub Date : 2025-10-29 DOI: 10.1111/johs.70020

Bülent Diken, Elif Akçalı, Defne Tüzün

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From the Birth of Universal Humanity to National Identity in Ottoman and Republican Thought: An Archeology of the Statement “My Nation Is Mankind, My Homeland Is the Earth” (1860s–1930s) 从普遍人性的诞生到奥斯曼帝国与共和思想中的国家认同——对“我的民族是人类，我的家园是地球”这句话的考古考察（19世纪60 - 30年代）

Sociology Lens Pub Date : 2025-09-26 DOI: 10.1111/johs.70015

Bahtiyar Mermertaş

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The Construction of Identities and Resistance Through Film Narratives: A Study on Mari Selvaraj's Maamannan (2023) 通过电影叙事建构身份与反抗——马里·塞尔瓦拉吉的《Maamannan》（2023）研究

Sociology Lens Pub Date : 2025-09-23 DOI: 10.1111/johs.70013

S. Anthony Jeya Prathap, Devimeenakshi Kabaleeswaran

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Continuities and Changes: A Trend Analysis of Historical Sociology in the 21st Century 延续与变迁：21世纪历史社会学的趋势分析

Sociology Lens Pub Date : 2025-09-19 DOI: 10.1111/johs.70014

Zhengxin Li, Amir Karimi

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Activist Muslim Students' Perspectives on Digital Public Sphere and the Power of Activism in the USA 激进的穆斯林学生对美国数字公共领域和行动主义力量的看法

Sociology Lens Pub Date : 2025-09-05 DOI: 10.1111/johs.70012

Bayram Sevinç

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Exploring Workplace Spirituality in Higher Education Faculty Based on the Ongoing Context of Low Birthrate in Taiwan 基于台湾低生育率背景下的高等院校职场灵性研究

Sociology Lens Pub Date : 2025-09-04 DOI: 10.1111/johs.70011

Hsiao-Fen Liu, Yu-Hsi Yuan, Juiching Chiang

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The Origins of the Prussian Agricultural Revolution, 1750–1840 普鲁士农业革命的起源，1750-1840

Sociology Lens Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1111/johs.70009

Daniel Colligan

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The Dynamic-Relational Critical Biography in O Cortiço: Exploring Sociohistorical, Environmental, and Psychological Dynamics in 19th-Century Brazil 动态-关系的批评传记在O皮质：探索社会历史，环境和心理动态在19世纪的巴西

Sociology Lens Pub Date : 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1111/johs.70007

Anderson de Souza Sant’Anna

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A Critical Approach to the Philanthro-Activism of Civil Society Through the February 6 Earthquakes in Türkiye 从台湾“2·6”地震看公民社会的慈善行动

Sociology Lens Pub Date : 2025-07-18 DOI: 10.1111/johs.70008

Taner Akpınar, Aslı Kılınç, Servet Akyol

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Charitable Activities: Periodization, Types, Examples (Based on the Materials of the United State Archive of the Orenburg Region) 慈善活动：分期、类型、实例（基于美国奥伦堡地区档案馆资料）

Sociology Lens Pub Date : 2025-07-05 DOI: 10.1111/johs.70006

Ganizhamal Kushenova, Gulfairus Zhapekova, Maxot Janguzhiyev, Samat Kurmanalin, Roman Drozd

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