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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

Daohua Xu
Yaoping Liu

Frontiers in Sociology

doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1701436

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

Huy P. Phan
Bing Hiong Ngu
Si-Chi Chen
Chao-Sheng Hsu

Frontiers in Sociology

doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1620016

1,192 views

Conceptual Analysis

Accepted on 03 Nov 2025

Social pathologies, recognition, and forms of life

in Sociological Theory

Aleksander Manterys

Frontiers in Sociology

143 views

Hypothesis and Theory

Published on 31 Oct 2025

Love, culture, rationality, and learning in repeated games

in Sociological Theory

Andrés Cendales
Luis Eduardo López-Montenegro
Hugo Guerrero-Sierra

Frontiers in Sociology

doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1515473

746 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

Sunit Agus Tri Cahyono
Eko Wahyono
Ikawati Ikawati
Akhmad Purnama
Tateki Yoga Tursilarini
Sri Yuni Murtiwidayanti
Andayani Listyawati
Trilaksmi Udiati
Suryani Suryani
Tri Gutomo

Frontiers in Sociology

doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1588593

1,096 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Sep 2025

Beyond recognition: gendered violence and the critique of political economy in Croatia

in Sociological Theory

Jana Kujundžić

Frontiers in Sociology

doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1656897

1,308 views

Original Research

Published on 09 Sep 2025

Beyond multiculturalism? Rethinking Japan's “tabunka-kyōsei” through Axel Honneth's theory of recognition

in Sociological Theory

Hiroyuki Ishimatsu

Frontiers in Sociology

doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1653520

2,059 views

Opinion

Published on 03 Sep 2025

Integrating Ubuntu: embedding African philosophy into disaster risk reduction and management

in Sociological Theory

Wilfred Lunga
Mkhokheli Sithole
Charles Musarurwa
Eugene Nawanti Kombaté
Tendayi Marovah

Frontiers in Sociology

doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1637051

1,790 views

Conceptual Analysis

Published on 02 Sep 2025

The postcolonial sociology of love in Gandhi’s non-violent political culture of Satyagraha

in Sociological Theory

Cristiano Gianolla

Frontiers in Sociology

doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1520969

1,851 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

Nick Gibbs
Daniel Briggs

Frontiers in Sociology

doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1631118

1,679 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

Gottfried Schweiger

Frontiers in Sociology

doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1601359

1,259 views

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

Max Visser

Frontiers in Sociology

doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1646745

1,158 views

Opinion

Published on 05 Aug 2025

Cambodia's disconnection from ASEAN: a social disorganization theory's interpretation

in Sociological Theory

Bama Andika Putra

Frontiers in Sociology

doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1529649

1,534 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Aug 2025

Reproductive capital: theoretical foundations and empirical evidence from the workplace

in Sociological Theory

Robin A. Hadley
Clare Mumford
Michael Carroll
Krystal Wilkinson

Frontiers in Sociology

doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1608368

4,896 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Jul 2025

The role of hope in bullying and cyberbullying prevention

in Sociological Theory

Sameer Hinduja
Justin W. Patchin

Frontiers in Sociology

doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1576372

2,512 views
1 citation

Conceptual Analysis

Published on 30 Jul 2025

Are we truly fighting ableism? Digressions for a complex society

in Sociological Theory

Lucas Teles da Silva
Dimitri Marques Abramov
Daniel de Freitas Quintanilha

Frontiers in Sociology

doi 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1575778

2,211 views