The Body as Design Project in an‘Order of Pure Decision’. Transformable Bodies in Makeover Shows and Steven Meisel’s Fashion Photography
In a brief but suggestive article about risk and morality from 1993, French political scientist Francois Ewald coins what he somewhat catchy, but also illuminatingly, calls a contemporary order of
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2016
• #Ethical Culture
Body and Soul. Notes on Challenges to Freedom
It is probably a good thing that the theme of this conference has puzzled me. I see this as a sign that there is research going on and that frontiers are being moved – although I have not been part
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2016
• #Awareness
Utopia and Torture in the Hollywood War Film
I want to show how an unpleasant element – the torture scene in the Hollywood war film – may be read as a site of Utopia. Viewed in a larger perspective, I claim that Hollywood can envision a
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2016
• #Disinformation
Mission Impossible? Neoliberal Subjects and Empowerment
My contribution today has two immediate contexts. First, in an ongoing multidisciplinary research project “The Power of Culture in Producing Common Sense (POWCULT)”, funded by the Academy of
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2016
• #Movement: Human Rights
Body, Soul and Society. Rethinking Media and Communication Ontologies
It is a common discernment that modern Western societies entail a problematic division between the conceptual realms of “body” and “soul”, and that the ideal of rational thinking and progress
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2016
• #Discrimination
THE ROLE OF ETHICAL BUSINESS BEHAVIOUR AWARENESS IN CONSUMER SPORTS SUPPLEMENT PURCHASE INTENTIONS
The gap between ethical purchase intentions and ethical purchase behaviour is well-documented. Although this gap can be bridged by increasing the level of awareness among consumers with regards to
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05/02/2011
• #CSR Practice
Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth
The dominant approach to the fight against poverty relies on increasing the aggregate output of the economy (measured as the gross domestic product), combined with post-market redistribution through
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06/18/2024
• #Public Welfare
Impact of customers’ perceptions regarding corporate social responsibility and irresponsibility in the grocery retailing industry: The role of corporate reputation
Grocery retailers are making significant investments in their corporate marketing through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Yet, this sector has witnessed some of the greatest cases of corporate
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05/24/2023
• #Corporate Social Responsibility