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The regional survey movement and popular autoethnography in early 20th-century Britain 20世纪初英国地区调查运动与流行的自我民族志

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History of the Human Sciences Pub Date : 2023-05-25 DOI: 10.1177/09526951231167038

Harry Parker

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The crisis of modern society: Richard Titmuss and Emile Durkheim 现代社会的危机：理查德·蒂特穆斯与涂尔干

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History of the Human Sciences Pub Date : 2023-05-17 DOI: 10.1177/09526951231169399

John Stewart

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The moral economy of diversity: How the epistemic value of diversity transforms late modern knowledge cultures 多样性的道德经济：多样性的认识价值如何转变现代晚期的知识文化

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History of the Human Sciences Pub Date : 2023-05-09 DOI: 10.1177/09526951231166533

N. Langlitz, Clemente de Althaus

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The pincer movement of The Idea of a Social Science: Winch, Collingwood, and philosophy as a human science 社会科学思想的钳形运动：温奇、科林伍德与哲学作为一门人文科学

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History of the Human Sciences Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.1177/09526951231159225

J. Ahlskog, Olli Lagerspetz

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Mental recovery, citizenship roles, and the Mental After-Care Association, 1879–1928 1879-1928年，精神康复、公民角色和精神护理协会

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History of the Human Sciences Pub Date : 2023-04-20 DOI: 10.1177/09526951231164266

Hannah Blythe

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The critique of social reason in the Popper–Adorno debate 波普尔-阿多诺论战中的社会理性批判

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History of the Human Sciences Pub Date : 2023-04-19 DOI: 10.1177/09526951221146657

Iaan Reynolds

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Was Thomas Hobbes the first biopolitical thinker? 托马斯·霍布斯是第一位生命政治思想家吗?

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History of the Human Sciences Pub Date : 2023-04-19 DOI: 10.1177/09526951231159260

Samuel Lindholm

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Archiving the COVID-19 pandemic in Mass Observation and Middletown. 在大众观察站和米德尔敦存档COVID-19大流行。

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History of the Human Sciences Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/09526951231152139

Nick Clarke, Clive Barnett

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Seeing like an epidemiologist? Mobilising people against COVID-19. 像流行病学家一样看待问题?动员人民抗击COVID-19。

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History of the Human Sciences Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/09526951231170574

Nick Clarke, Clive Barnett

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Rupture, repetition, and new rhythms for pandemic times: Mass Observation, everyday life, and COVID-19. 大流行时期的断裂、重复和新节奏:群众观察、日常生活和COVID-19。

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History of the Human Sciences Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/09526951221133983

Dawn Lyon, Rebecca Coleman

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