This chapter explores the notion of knowledge intensification in terms of the worldviews, the manifest the thematic knowledge that is being intensified, and the application of this knowledge. Knowledge intensification has both intrinsic and extrinsic processes, and can be connected with a theory of sociality traits, where the knowledge properties of an organisation affect the way it interacts w...

The various and multifaceted wars in the Middle East have brought about weird complications in the already challenging multifarious international relations and interactions. The media coverage of terroristic threats in the Middle East and the European countries as well as United States has often targeted Muslim identity. The present study is aimed at analyzing Barack Obama's speech at Baltimore...

Across 6 studies, Whites expressed more negative attitudes toward strongly identified racial minorities than toward weakly identified minorities. Whites who personally endorsed worldviews that legitimize the status hierarchy were particularly likely to express negative attitudes toward strongly identified minorities relative to weakly identified minorities, whereas Whites who personally rejecte...

Nowadays much emphasis is given to innovative procurement in the road construction sector. However, typical discussions about it do not focus on all the stakeholders involved in the process and all aspects. However, one cannot forget that procurement is a complex system, and everyone’s perspective is important for success. This paper looks at the worldviews of stakeholders in the road construct...

Is there something like a philosophical method? It seems that there are as many methods as there are philosophies. A method is any procedure employed to attain a certain end. So, before going to a method, we have to ask: what is the aim of philosophy? At the origin of philosophy, there is a questioning about the world. Leo Apostel and Jan Van der Veken made more precise and explicit those funda...

Many ecologists and experts on sustainable development have long recognized that traditional worldviews and practices are more earth-friendly and consistent with biodiversity than modern or western ways of life. They also recognize that biodiversity is not just an important component of sound ecology, but a necessary condition for both sound ecology and sustainable development. While the expert...

This paper offers a discussion of the usefulness of the ontology editor Protégé 5.0 as a tool for working with qualitative data. As an illustration we focus on an ongoing research project on the worldviews and beliefs of three groups of religious and spiritual professionals in Denmark. It is argued that the use of Protégé in this case can provide important new insights. It is also argued that P...

Islamic Finance is more than an asset class – it is a way of life lived by 1.6 billion Muslims around the world. But its reach goes even further – non-Islamic countries, governments, and businesses, have all invested in or issued Islamic securities for one reason or another. With the ongoing push of globalization of trade and finance, Islamic financial flows, long a localized phenomenon, have b...