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Kasb (Livelihood), Faqr (Poverty), and Zuhd (Renunciation) in Islamic Economic Tradition

The Noise of Unheard Sounds : Donald D. Hoffman, Chetan Prakash, and Nick Bostrom on the Subjectivity of Being

This article examines the emergence of idealism in evolutionary cognitive science by analyzing the conscious realism of the cognitive theorist Donald D. Hoffman and the mathematician Chetan Prakash. Perception is for them not about veridical experience, but rather a mechanism for survival. It helps us survive but does not give us access to reality as such. By relating Hoffman and Prakash's conscio

Naturalism and Spirituality : The Need of Expanding the Concept of Sustainability

A naturalistic view should make us appreciate the rich possibilities of nature. This naturalistic point of departure, as formulated by Willem B. Drees, invites reflection on the relationship between nature and spirituality. Today, the concept of sustainability occupies a key role in what has come to be the greatest challenge ever that humankind has faced together at the same moment in history. Usu

The Evolution of International Environmental Bureaucracies : How the Climate Secretariat is Loosening Its Straitjacket

Focusing on three initiatives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat – the Momentum for Change Initiative, the Lima–Paris Action Agenda, and the Non-state Actor Zone for Climate Action – this chapter studies how an international environmental bureaucracy can evolve from a low-key and servant-like secretariat to an actor in its own right. It argues that in

A new analytical method for modeling network hydraulics in district systems with bidirectional mass and energy flows

Recent technologies of district heating and cooling (DHC) systems integrate renewable energy sources and connect multiple heat producers and consumers to the same network. The resulting interactions may therefore cause the fluid in the pipe, or the energy carried by the system, to flow in both directions. This article presents a newly developed analytical method for evaluating the hydraulic states

Detection of cancerous biological tissue areas by means of infrared absorption and SERS spectroscopy of intercellular fluid

Foundations and the new renewal of research

Retail CSR strategies and consumer buying decisions.

Are you indicating (for me)? The role of stimulus relations in pointing behaviours

Experiences from an IT department in Sweden: a practitioner's approach to waste reduction

The use of cases in entrepreneurial education

Modality packaging from a Japanese perspective

Enhancements of traffic micro simulation models using video analysis

Judging excellent university teaching – the importance of assessment standards

Value-driven vs market-driven purchasing of kitchen cabinets

In economic and management literature, the relationship between supplier and buyer can be more or less intimate. It can vary from market-driven with a constant change of suppliers to a value-driven relationship with one sole supplier. Purchasing strategies of construction companies have often been described as short-sighted, where price is the most considered aspect. Recent lean management literat

Att tänka kring ”svensk, vit maskulinitet” inom populärmusiken

Korta kjolar och exponerade ben : om 1920-talets uppstyckade kvinnokropp

Dimensions of Perspectivetaking

The Study of the Middle East in Sweden

Higher education and inclusion : A comparative study of immigrants’ challenges, opportunities and strategies in Sweden and South Africa

This study aims to analyse and compare the challenges and opportunities that refugees and asylum seekers experience in Sweden and South Africa along with the strategies they develop in relation to higher education. As both countries have undertaken a more restrictive refugee and asylum policy, this study hopes to contribute to the debate of inclusion and its challenges. The data-collection entails