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Shaun Gallagher presents a ground-breaking interdisciplinary account of human action, bringing out its essentially social dimension. He explores and synthesizes the different approaches of action theory, social cognition, and critical social theory. He shows that in order to understand human agency and the aspects of mind that are associated with it, we need to grasp the crucial role of context or circumstance in action, and the normative constraints of social and cultural practices. He also investigates issues concerning social cognition and embodied intersubjective interaction, including direct social perception and the role of narrative and communicative practices from an interdisciplinary perspective. Gallagher thereby brings together embodied and enactive approaches to action for the first time in this book and, in developing an alternative to standard conceptions of understanding others, he bridges social cognition and critical social theory, drawing out the implications for recognition, autonomy, and justice.

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"L'importance accordée à l'observation de l'action est une tendance marquante des sciences sociales contemporaines. Mais comment observe-t-on ? Que capte l'oeil du sociologue ou de l'anthropologue quand il observe ? En réalité, le regard fait le partage entre ce qui est pertinent et ce qui ne l'est pas ou l'est moins, entre le nécessaire et l'accessoire. Toute observation comporte ainsi un reste, qui mérite cependant que l'on s'y arrête. Dans ce livre publié pour la première fois en 1996 et devenu un classique, Albert Piette interroge les différentes traditions sociologiques ou ethnologiques afin de dégager le principe de pertinence que chacune d'elles met en oeuvre pour séparer l'essentiel du détail. Développant une approche originale, il défend l'idée selon laquelle la réalité sociale se construit dans la tension, variable selon chaque situation et chaque acteur, entre le primordial et le superflu. Ce sont ces écarts, ces restes, qui contribuent à définir les individus dans ce qu'ils ont de proprement humain." -- [4ème de couverture]

Ethnology --- Action theory --- Perception --- Observation (psychologie) --- Ethnologie --- Théorie de l'action. --- Sociologie --- Observation (sciences sociales) --- Sociologie. --- Méthodologie. --- Goffman, Erving --- Observation (Psychology) --- Sociology --- Social sciences --- Methodology --- Goffman, Erving,

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This special issue provides a collection of 15 papers with modern theories and applications for circular economy, engineering projects, entrepreneurship models, and investor decisions. After the commencing review on Occupational Health and Safety Management-Systems Standards, follow papers which can be classified into four categories which cover the overall scope of special issue. The first category includes papers regarding the micro-level of circular economy. This means case studies in firm-level which implement different techniques to achieve sustainable development and circular economy goals. The findings reveal interesting achievements which are associated with cultural characteristics of the countries these case studies have been conducted. The second category of papers refers to the meso-level of circular economy where firms cooperate with each other by exchanging byproducts and organizing common operational procedures and routines to address environmental problems. The findings suggest assessment information technology tools to support industrial symbiosis among European firms. The next body of literature encompasses macro-level where circular economy techniques are implemented at a country level. Findings suggest methodologies for implementing and tracking circular economy in cities. Finally, a number of papers are included that focus on advanced engineering techniques. These techniques are useful tools for achieving circular economy and sustainability.

optimal project profitability --- social capital --- risk assessment --- Life cycle assessment (LCA) --- corporate philanthropy --- Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition --- steel production --- adaptation --- Value-at-Risk --- construction delay --- sustainable economy --- Project Definition Rating Index --- circular city --- piping construction --- transport planning --- rule-based systems --- resource competition --- traffic congestion --- smart governance --- Management Standards --- value of travel time savings --- climate change --- Fuzzy TOPSIS --- manufacturing firms --- construction safety --- action theory --- sustainable city --- SME --- stochastic simulation --- Theory of Inventive Problem Solving --- indicators --- sustainability --- urbanization --- prefabrication housing production --- pollution impact --- sustainable development --- cost prediction of substation project --- buffer management --- circular economy --- drivers --- Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) --- smart city --- CCPM --- research and innovation projects --- probabilistic alternative approach --- Industrial symbiosis --- cost benefit analysis --- investments --- solar thermal collectors --- Support Vector Machines --- social network --- emergy analysis --- IT tools --- China --- sources of funding --- Cuckoo Search --- strategic management --- photovoltaics --- material procurement management --- PRAT method --- PERT/CPM --- fuzzy logic --- renewable energy systems --- carbon footprint --- transport project evaluation --- framework --- planning and control --- political connections --- critical success factors --- information transfer --- social network centrality --- resource consumption