social theorist

collocation in English

meaningsofsocialandtheorist

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social
adjective
uk
/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/
us
/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/
relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are ...
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theorist
noun[C]
uk
/ˈθɪə.rɪst/
us
/ˈθiː.ɚ.ɪst/
someone who develops ideas about the explanation ...
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(Definition ofsocialandtheoristfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Labels such as 'environmental archaeologist', 'socialtheorist', 'archaeological chemist' and 'pottery specialist' often divide archaeologists by interest and attitude, however necessary such specialisms are considered to be.
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It draws on international sources and extends its coverage to philosophers, social theorists, and linguists.
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Recent social theorists regard the process of "individualization" as characteristic of late or "second" modernity.
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As she explains, this image is one which some social theorists and psychoanalysts share with children.
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He is asocialtheoristworking the areas of social theory, culture, sexuality, comparative sociology, theory of democracy, nationalism and globalization.
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The elements of clinical governance described above are highly consistent with the main elements of modernity as described by social theorists.
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At the same time that social theorists were busy describing (or deploring) this process of presumed extinction, economic developments within the artisanal sector were proving them wrong.
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The first of these was the quest by social theorists for a convincing means to displace evolutionist ethnological and social paradigms.
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Mouzelis examines the approach of these three social theorists from just this perspective.
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This article draws on the theoretical contributions of specialists, that is risk analysts, rather than social theorists.
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The book is also challenging in that it introduces readers to a daunting number of social theorists.
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But before social theorists begin experimenting with society, they should consider taking the new rules of organization into the lab for a test drive.
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In the 1990s, 'place promotion' became a popular topic for discussion amongst academic geographers, sociologists and social theorists.
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Social theorists will already have considered this problem to be one that should involve social contact theory.
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Indeed, a number of social theorists and writers on music have shared this view of musicians' social rank, particularly in relation to performers of art or classical music.
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Empathy has long mystified social theorists, resisting simple description and explanation.
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Lip-service is paid to this by social theorists and indeed politicians, but in fact, when things go wrong, parents are quite frequently blamed for the failure.
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It is in the best interest of the media to do this; if they do not, social theorists warn, the public will demand that the government regulate the media.
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He has studied the influence of the media in the formation of modern societies, a subject on which he is one of the few social theorists to focus.
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