To account, in a proper epidemiological way, for the nation’s births and deaths as well as cases of cancer has, until recently, been a hallmark of our Nordic civilization, if we can use such a term. Today, I have an increasing feeling that this is not the case any more. Unfortunately, we have seen examples in our countries that would support such a feeling. The title represents a challenge to t...

this article seeks to reveal the theoretical basics of islabmic fundamentalism. precedence of religion over reason in epistemology, emphasize on human being duties in anthropology, government on the base of jurisprudence in political approach, and criticizing the western civilization, are the theoretical indicators of islamic fundamentalism. the devotees of islam (fada'iyan-e islam) as an ...

This article approaches the topic of civilizations and economies through a discussion of two key texts that appeared during the first wave of interest among social scientists for the phenomenon of civilization: ‘Note on the Notion of Civilization’ ([1913] 1998) by Emile Durkheim and Marcel Mauss, and ‘Author’s Introduction’ ([1920a] 1930) by Max Weber. Durkheim and Mauss were of the opinion tha...