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Norm Circles and the Limitations of European Union Normative Projection in Afghanistan 规范圈与欧盟在阿富汗规范投射的局限性

IF 1.7 3区心理学

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2026-09-27 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70067

Oz Hassan

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The Moralisation of Stigma: Moral Foundations, Moral Exclusion and Prejudice Towards Marginalised Groups 污名化：道德基础、道德排斥和对边缘群体的偏见

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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2026-09-24 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70066

Cristian Catena-Fernández

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Towards a Materialist Ontology of Consciousness: An Autopoietic Alternative to Wendt's Quantum Consciousness Theory 走向唯物主义的意识本体论：对温特量子意识理论的自创生替代

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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2026-09-23 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70065

Yiyan Jiang

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Editorial Note 编辑注意

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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2026-09-12 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70062

Alex Gillespie

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Interruptive Collective Action: Temporality, Spatiality and Affectivity of Change 中断集体行动：变化的时代性、空间性和情感性

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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2026-08-29 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70061

İlayda Üstel, Ana Đorđević

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Constructing Normality: Social Representations, Symbolic Power and the Vague Legal Concept of Public Order 建构常态：社会表征、象征权力与公共秩序的模糊法律概念

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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2026-08-12 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70060

Terezie Smejkalová

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The Power of Heritage Norms: Bridging Critical Heritage Theory and Norm Circle Theory 遗产规范的力量：连接批判遗产理论与规范圈理论

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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2026-08-01 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70054

Joar Skrede, Alexis Thouki

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The Limits of Sociological Practice: On the Analytical Function of Sociology 社会学实践的极限：论社会学的分析功能

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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2026-07-31 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70059

Rubén Tamboleo García

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The Multiple Realities of Action: A Phenomenological Answer to the Question of Unsettled Contexts 行动的多重现实：对未确定语境问题的现象学回答

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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2026-07-31 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70055

Galit Ailon

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A Constructivist Approach to Continuous Variables in Macroscopic Social Research 宏观社会研究中连续变量的建构主义方法

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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2026-07-29 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70056

James Mahoney

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