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... action has unintended consequences is the common intellectual property of both Marxism and the best of academic social science . 4 But there is more to be said . The transition from feudalism to capitalism is , in fact , neither an ...
... action has unintended consequences is the common intellectual property of both Marxism and the best of academic social science . 4 But there is more to be said . The transition from feudalism to capitalism is , in fact , neither an ...
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... action as the sole prerogative of the ruling elite and thereby denies any capacity for initiative to the revolutionaries . And secondly , the functionalist emphasis on social structure as integrative leads to a disjuncture between the ...
... action as the sole prerogative of the ruling elite and thereby denies any capacity for initiative to the revolutionaries . And secondly , the functionalist emphasis on social structure as integrative leads to a disjuncture between the ...
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... action , all endeavour and desire to do right'.8 The problem is nonetheless a serious one : in the face of an omnipotent and omniscient God , there would appear to be very little room for human freedom . Milton's solution is contained ...
... action , all endeavour and desire to do right'.8 The problem is nonetheless a serious one : in the face of an omnipotent and omniscient God , there would appear to be very little room for human freedom . Milton's solution is contained ...
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Goldmanns Genetic Structuralism | 8 |
A Note on the Problem of Aesthetics | 18 |
Lukács and Socialist Realism | 24 |
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