If there is one thing that social scientists have learned since the 1960s and then succeeded in passing on to the wider society, it is the importance of the mundane, informal relations of daily life for the healthy functioning of our neighborhoods and institutions. Back in 1961, when urban planners were still buoyed by a professional hubris sustained by the arrogant abstractions of postwar mode...

In physics, we use the same laws to explain why airplanes fly, and why they crash. In psychiatry, we use one set of laws to explain sane behaviour, which we attribute to reasons (choices), and another set of laws to explain insane behaviour, which we attribute to causes (diseases). God, man's idea of moral perfection, judges human deeds without distinguishing between sane persons responsible fo...

In this article the basic principles of belief-importance (belimp) theory are described, according to which it is hypothesized that personality traits confer a propensity to perceive convergences and divergences between an individual’s belief that he/she can attain certain goals and the importance that he/she places on these goals. Belief and importance are conceptualized as 2 coordinates, toge...

This paper explores the voices of resistance against Dakar Rally's decade-long operation in South America. Drawing upon three-prong framework environmental justice (EJ), analysis showcases how less powerful stakeholders hosting countries articulated deleterious consequences caused by event to local communities and ecologies. Moreover, situating expeditions America within global capitalist econo...

In this essay, I propose both a definition and pragmatic reclamation of the dated text—and specifically film—not as endorsement or nostalgia camp, but embodied temporal revelation. particular, seek to reappropriate (now) racist, sexist, homophobic, otherwise ethically compromised film means seeing ideology, perceiving societal change, re-cognizing contingency every historical moment, including ...

a r t i c l e i n f o We posit that pride and arrogance are tolerated for high-status group members but are repudiated for low-status group members. Thus, we predict that Blacks, but not Whites, who behave arrogantly will be penalized. Specifically , we investigated the context of penalties against football players for " celebrating " after touchdowns. We propose that such celebrations reflect ...

Heralded as the first stage in the regeneration of Heathrow Airport leading up to the 2012 Olympics, the construction of Terminal 5 had bucked the trend. In a world where most mega infrastructure projects fail, the T5 project was not only on schedule, it was on budget. At its official opening by the Queen it was being trumpeted as the 21st century gateway to Britain. But multiple problems emerg...

Do frequent acquirers learn from their experience in serial mergers? A recent stream of literature has proposed that the generally observed declining investor response (cumulative abnormal returns) to successive acquisitions by may be evidence learning, rather than result commonly attributed causes such as managerial hubris or empire building. We examine learning hypothesis on a global scale, u...

Abstract The myth of Babel (Genesis 11, Old Testament) is an early and pure example using urbanity globality as evidence hubris. accurate analysis this short text shows that rejection not the effect a vague metaphor; rather, it based on observation city-making represents perfect expression humanity’s capability for carrying out modest yet ambitious autonomous plans. statement urbanisation coope...