Territorial mobility in traditional societies of Bhojpur, Majhkirant

Territorial Approaches to Conflict Resolution in Divided Societies

The Significance of Traditional Islamic Art for the Life of Muslim Societies in the Modern World

A Comparative Study on the Status of Elderly In the Traditional and Modern Societies

Over the past two centuries, the rapid socio-economic transformations along with substantial advances in medicine have resulted in decrease of mortality rate, the significant increase of life expectancy, and the growth of the population aging. In despite of the increased proportion of elderly in the recent periods, their status has significantly decreased. Elderly in the traditional societies h...

At issue: are traditional societies schizophrenogenic?

Schizophrenia is apparently less common in traditional than in nontraditional societies, and the course of illness in these cultural settings may also be more benign. Viral, political, economic, social labeling, and other explanations have been offered over the years for these differences. In contrast to those ideas that suggest the presence of a schizophrenogenic stress in urbanized, Westerniz...

Variation in the frequency of left-handedness in traditional societies

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