Opinion
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THE FALLACY OF MERITOCRACY IN THE REAL-LIFE SOCIAL ORDER
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Conceptual Analysis
Published on 12 Feb 2026
Ambivalence, universality, and collectives—Three questions for recognition theory
in Sociological Theory
Frontiers in Sociology
doi 10.3389/fsoc.2026.1686451
- 438 views
Original Research
Accepted on 03 Feb 2026
Innovation in Developing Isolated Coastal Villages into Sustainable Marine Tourism Villages in West Sumatra, Indonesia: Adaptive Capacity, Social Capital, and Transformation
in Sociological Theory
Frontiers in Sociology
- 225 views
Original Research
Accepted on 02 Feb 2026
Lessons from the Khanom Nuclear Power Plant Conflict: Community Resistance, Discursive Strategies, and Sustainable Development in Southern Thailand
in Sociological Theory
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- 189 views
Original Research
Accepted on 30 Jan 2026
Freedom, Conflict, and the Eclipse of Emancipation: A Positional Sociology Perspective
in Sociological Theory
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- 230 views
Conceptual Analysis
Published on 30 Jan 2026
Honneth’s dialectical shortcoming: understanding Honneth’s problem with power
in Sociological Theory
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doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1686743
- 599 views
Original Research
Published on 30 Jan 2026
Workplace bullying as the erosion of recognition: ethnographic insights from a Schutzian perspective
in Sociological Theory
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doi 10.3389/fsoc.2026.1735370
- 765 views
Conceptual Analysis
Accepted on 19 Jan 2026
Controlling Control: Toward a Reflexive Concept of Officer Safety
in Sociological Theory
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- 153 views
Conceptual Analysis
Published on 14 Jan 2026
Struggling over recognition: Honneth, political resistance, and violence
in Sociological Theory
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doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1693721
- 950 views
Conceptual Analysis
Published on 20 Nov 2025
Social pathologies, recognition, and forms of life
in Sociological Theory
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doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1677696
- 1,491 views
Original Research
Published on 12 Nov 2025
Legitimation, transmission, and continuity: exploring the heart-of-mind esoteric Buddhist tradition in contemporary China
in Sociological Theory
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doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1701436
- 1,463 views
Conceptual Analysis
Published on 07 Nov 2025
How cultural beliefs and rituals may help alleviate grief and despair: a four-dimensional framework
in Sociological Theory
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doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1620016
- 7,232 views
- 2 citations
Hypothesis and Theory
Published on 31 Oct 2025
Love, culture, rationality, and learning in repeated games
in Sociological Theory
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doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1515473
- 1,337 views
Original Research
Published on 17 Oct 2025
Suicide in rural agrarian culture: revealing the micro dimensions of suicidal behavior in Gunungkidul Regency, Indonesia
in Sociological Theory
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doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1588593
- 2,023 views
- 1 citation
Original Research
Published on 24 Sep 2025
Beyond recognition: gendered violence and the critique of political economy in Croatia
in Sociological Theory
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doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1656897
- 2,044 views
Original Research
Published on 09 Sep 2025
Beyond multiculturalism? Rethinking Japan's “tabunka-kyosei” through Axel Honneth's theory of recognition
in Sociological Theory
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doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1653520
- 3,721 views
Opinion
Published on 03 Sep 2025
Integrating Ubuntu: embedding African philosophy into disaster risk reduction and management
in Sociological Theory
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doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1637051
- 2,939 views
- 1 citation
Conceptual Analysis
Published on 02 Sep 2025
The postcolonial sociology of love in Gandhi’s non-violent political culture of Satyagraha
in Sociological Theory
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doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1520969
- 2,906 views
Original Research
Published on 25 Aug 2025
The school of hard knocks: systemic violence and the motivation to harm in boys’ youth academy football
in Sociological Theory
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doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1631118
- 2,577 views
Conceptual Analysis
Published on 14 Aug 2025
The time of recognition: a time-critical theory of social misrecognition in welfare societies
in Sociological Theory
Frontiers in Sociology
doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1601359
- 2,149 views
- 1 citation
Conceptual Analysis
Published on 08 Aug 2025
New ways in critical management and organization studies: Honneth and the method of normative reconstruction
in Sociological Theory
Frontiers in Sociology
doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1646745
- 1,712 views
- 2 citations
Opinion
Published on 05 Aug 2025
Cambodia's disconnection from ASEAN: a social disorganization theory's interpretation
in Sociological Theory
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doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1529649
- 2,117 views
Original Research
Published on 04 Aug 2025
Reproductive capital: theoretical foundations and empirical evidence from the workplace
in Sociological Theory
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doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1608368
- 6,657 views
- 1 citation
Original Research
Published on 30 Jul 2025
The role of hope in bullying and cyberbullying prevention
in Sociological Theory
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doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1576372
- 3,677 views
- 2 citations