This paper considers the surprising, tentative emergence of London Metal Exchange as a quasi-labour regulator following persistent scandals over cobalt mined by child labour in Democratic Republic Congo (DRC). It argues that this case offers us useful window into limits to financialization. The ‘financialization’ here refers process which has come be traded speculative asset. Such processes hav...

the purpose of this study is to examine the meaning transformation of despotism signifier from safavid era to the rising of iranian despotism discourse in qajar era. the method is archaeology and the study is focused on the relations of the meaning transformation with discourse practices. pre-modern texts were investigated for the significance of despotism. the results suggested that these sign...

Abstract In this article, we focused on the nature of relationship between research evaluation systems that are based metrics and those a critical comprehensive judgment scientific content with researchers’ burnout work engagement. The was conducted sample 1,191 Polish researchers in context highly metricized system. Our contribution to field is fourfold. First, provide empirical support for re...

Most literature on sexual fetishes focuses maldevelopment, abnormality, and stigma. Benefits psychosocial aspects of practising are seldom documented. We aimed to explore the sensations, perceptions, socioemotional experiences involved in practicing fetishes. recruited 316 participants from various websites social media platforms geared specifically for people with Participants completed our on...

This paper draws on the work of Homi Bhabha to mount an explanation for a facet of (post)colonial racism, the “paradox of otherness” as exemplified in the racial stereotype. The paradox in question operates at the levels of discourse and identification alike. As a mode of discourse the stereotype functions to exaggerate difference of the other, whilst nevertheless attempting to produce them as ...

Results of a functional analysis indicated that a man diagnosed with autism engaged in bizarre sexual behavior in the presence of women wearing sandals. Several treatments proved to be ineffective or impractical. By contrast, a response-interruption/time-out procedure quickly eliminated the problem behavior in multiple settings.

This article examines the role of outer space technopolitics in post-Soviet Kazakhstan. It explores how space, technological artefact global relevance, works as a postcolonial fetish modernity that is called upon to produce what it represents, is, reality technologically advanced Kazakh nation. The shows its project becoming spacefaring nation country reiterates major incentives have motivated ...