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If Pilman represents homo cognitivus , estranged from technology and the affective life , Red represents homo affectivus , a man whose whole life is driven by uncontrolled feelings , fidelity , and a desire to be free of the social ...
If Pilman represents homo cognitivus , estranged from technology and the affective life , Red represents homo affectivus , a man whose whole life is driven by uncontrolled feelings , fidelity , and a desire to be free of the social ...
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If the Visitation represents impersonal instrumental rationality devoid of intention , Red represents the opposite . He has no tools to achieve what he wants , not even the words for articulating it .
If the Visitation represents impersonal instrumental rationality devoid of intention , Red represents the opposite . He has no tools to achieve what he wants , not even the words for articulating it .
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“ Insect " represents the principle of scrutiny of the natural world ( Ada collects and intensively studies insects ) ; " scient " represents the power of human imagination which orders the world of insects ( " Dr Entsic was scient in ...
“ Insect " represents the principle of scrutiny of the natural world ( Ada collects and intensively studies insects ) ; " scient " represents the power of human imagination which orders the world of insects ( " Dr Entsic was scient in ...
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Nachman BenYehuda Sociological Reflections | 64 |
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