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Spontaneous order and relational sociology: from the Scottish Enlightenment to human figurations 自发秩序与关系社会学:从苏格兰启蒙运动到人物形象

The Russian Sociological Review Pub Date : 2017-12-21 DOI: 10.17323/1728-192X-2017-4-14-36

A. Law

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Defining the Russian Diasporic Home and Its Atmospheres: Theoretical Challenges and the Methodological Implications 界定俄罗斯流散家庭及其氛围:理论挑战和方法论意义

The Russian Sociological Review Pub Date : 2016-07-01 DOI: 10.17323/1728-192X-2016-2-26-41

Anna Pechurina

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The Emergence of Borders: Moral Questions Mapped Out 边界的出现:绘制出的道德问题

The Russian Sociological Review Pub Date : 2014-12-01 DOI: 10.17323/1728-192X-2014-4-42-59

Joel Walmsley, Cara Nine

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The dualism of human nature and its social conditions 人性及其社会条件的二元论

The Russian Sociological Review Pub Date : 2005-12-01 DOI: 10.3167/175223005783472211

E. Durkheim

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Art as a Cultural System 艺术作为一种文化系统

The Russian Sociological Review Pub Date : 1976-12-01 DOI: 10.2307/2907147

C. Geertz

引用次数: 215

Community Organization and the Romantic Temper 社区组织与浪漫气质

The Russian Sociological Review Pub Date : 1925-05-01 DOI: 10.2307/3005069

R. Park

引用次数: 32

Russian Generation of Millennials 俄罗斯的千禧一代

The Russian Sociological Review Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.17323/1728-192x-2020-1-328-338

A. Subbotin

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“Missing Link”: The Embryological Interpretation of the State of Nature by Pieter De la Court and Johan De la Court “缺失的一环”:胚胎学对自然状态的解释，作者:Pieter De la Court和Johan De la Court

The Russian Sociological Review Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.17323/1728-192X-2017-1-83-100

P. Sokolov

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Mortal God—Dying God? 凡人的上帝，垂死的上帝?

The Russian Sociological Review Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.17323/1728-192X-2015-4-199-203

A. Marey

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Big Data in Sociology: New Data, New Sociology? 社会学中的大数据:新数据，新社会学?

The Russian Sociological Review Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.17323/1728-192X-2018-1-213-236

K. Guba

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