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During almost two thousand years, the historians hawked about a tale : the Jews were evicted from Egypt because they were affected by leprosy. The study of the Hansen's disease (present name of the leprosy) and the different researches, historical (on the texts of Antiquity's historians) and archaeological allow to object to some of written works and to proof that tale, who was carried on until half of 20th century, was wrong.However, the Hebraic Bible dedicate two chapters of the Leviticus to a disorder who can affect the human beings, the clothes and the houses, and the word used in Hebrew is always translated (against many contesting) by "leprosy". A reading of this text, improved by the explanations of the main commentators and completed by the study of the essential legislative texts as Mishnah, halakhic Midrash and (Jérusalem and Babylonian) Talmud, allow to know better the significance given to that disorder on the ritual subject.The study of characters that the Bible describe as affected by leprosy and of those elected by the talmudic and midrashic literature allow to understand the different explanations given by the Antiquity's Rabbis on the leprosy's origin, often deemed as the divine punishment of gossip and never as a disease.The impurity caused by leprosy will require, in case of "recovery", a purification witch process is quite clear, for human beings, clothes or houses.A question persist : why to give so much importance to a disorder so mild and temporary and impose to the carrier the terrible punishment, the expulsion of the community. ; Pendant plus de deux mille ans, les historiens ont colporté une légende : les Juifs ont été expulsés d'Egypte car ils étaient porteurs de la lèpre. L'étude de la maladie de Hansen (nom actuel de la lèpre) et les différentes recherches, historiques (sur les textes des historiens de l'Antiquité) et archéologiques permettent de contester certains écrits et de prouver que cette légende, qui s'est perpétuée jusqu'au milieu du XXème siècle, était fausse.Cependant, la ...

During almost two thousand years, the historians hawked about a tale : the Jews were evicted from Egypt because they were affected by leprosy. The study of the Hansen's disease (present name of the leprosy) and the different researches, historical (on the texts of Antiquity's historians) and archaeological allow to object to some of written works and to proof that tale, who was carried on until half of 20th century, was wrong.However, the Hebraic Bible dedicate two chapters of the Leviticus to a disorder who can affect the human beings, the clothes and the houses, and the word used in Hebrew is always translated (against many contesting) by "leprosy". A reading of this text, improved by the explanations of the main commentators and completed by the study of the essential legislative texts as Mishnah, halakhic Midrash and (Jérusalem and Babylonian) Talmud, allow to know better the significance given to that disorder on the ritual subject.The study of characters that the Bible describe as affected by leprosy and of those elected by the talmudic and midrashic literature allow to understand the different explanations given by the Antiquity's Rabbis on the leprosy's origin, often deemed as the divine punishment of gossip and never as a disease.The impurity caused by leprosy will require, in case of "recovery", a purification witch process is quite clear, for human beings, clothes or houses.A question persist : why to give so much importance to a disorder so mild and temporary and impose to the carrier the terrible punishment, the expulsion of the community. ; Pendant plus de deux mille ans, les historiens ont colporté une légende : les Juifs ont été expulsés d'Egypte car ils étaient porteurs de la lèpre. L'étude de la maladie de Hansen (nom actuel de la lèpre) et les différentes recherches, historiques (sur les textes des historiens de l'Antiquité) et archéologiques permettent de contester certains écrits et de prouver que cette légende, qui s'est perpétuée jusqu'au milieu du XXème siècle, était fausse.Cependant, la ...

Every day, small arms and light weapons (SALW) kill and maim, wound and threaten millions of adults and children, whether combatants and civilians in war zones or gangs and communities in degraded "peacetime" environments that are characterized by large-scale violence. Due to their widespread availability, mobility and ease of use prolific SALW have become central to maintaining social dislocation, destabilization, insecurity and crime in the build-up to war, in wartime and in the aftermath of violent conflict. Small arms are misused within domestic settings, as well as in public spaces, and they affect everyone in the community without regard to sex or age. Although the impacts of these weapons can be vastly different for women and men, girls and boys, a careful consideration of gender and age is rare in the formulation of small arms policy, of planning small arms collection or control, or even in small arms research. To counter the effects of prolific SALW, their role in reinforcing and maintaining gender- and age-specific violence must be more deeply analysed and the results applied at the policy and operational level. This work should be undertaken in war-afflicted contexts, in societies suffering from elevated levels of social violence and/or severe underdevelopment, and in those tolerant of the presence of individually owned firearms.Contributors to the book draw on experience and research from around the world on the nexus of gender, age, violence and small arms in developing and developed countries. Their findings feed into a number of recommendations for future policy formulation, programme implementation and research designed to further illuminate and counteract the firing of the "sexed pistol".

"This book examines, both theoretically and empirically, the impact of globalization and individualization on social solidarity. It focuses both on informal solidarity, such as volunteering, charitable giving, and informal care, and on formal solidarity, such as social benefits and development aid. It challenges the common belief that social solidarity is endangered by the increasing competition and capital flows between countries and by growing selfishness of modern citizens. The book scrutinizes the theoretical arguments that both informal solidarity and social solidarity organized through the welfare state are eroding. Empirically, it is the first thorough study of international comparative data on solidarity, globalization and individualization. The book concludes that, overall, solidarity is rising rather than declining. The impact of globalization and individualization is much more ambiguous than is often contended. While particular aspects of globalization and individualization might harm solidarity, other elements foster solidarity instead."--Publisher's description

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee -- Meeting my little -- Interview day -- Jermaine -- Na'Licia -- Tremaine -- Aaron -- Chastity - Speaking the same language -- Soul food -- The culture of politics -- Dress and success -- Social mobility and economic success -- Childhood development -- Nashville gang life -- The curse of Uncle Tom -- What's in a name? -- Program results and impressions.

Everybody Eats tells the story of food justice in Greensboro, North Carolina--a midsize city in the southern United States. The city's residents found themselves in the middle of conversations about food insecurity and justice when they reached the top of the Food Research and Action Center's list of major cities experiencing food hardship. Greensboro's local food communities chose to confront these high rates of food insecurity by engaging neighborhood voices, mobilizing creative resources at the community level, and sustaining conversations across the local food system. Within three years of reaching the peak of FRAC's list, Greensboro saw an 8 percent drop in its food hardship rate and moved from first to fourteenth in FRAC's list. Using eight case studies of food justice activism, from urban farms to mobile farmers markets, shared kitchens to food policy councils, Everybody Eats highlights the importance of communication--and communicating social justice specifically--in building the kinds of infrastructure needed to create secure and just food systems.

Because Islamism emerged as a local socio‐political movement in the Turkish modernisation history as an alternative solution to problems in addition to modern ideologies transferred from the West, Islamism has always been a subject of discussion as an important socio‐political movement in Turkish political life. However, this movement that emerged in the early periods of the Turkish modernisation history has gone through significant changes in the process to date. Domestic and foreign developments have had an important effect on these changes. Until recently, Islamism claimed to be an alternative to Western political understanding and civilisation, but as a result of being in power lately, it has sought to have a part in the system and to Islamise modernity. This situation constitutes the most important change the Islamic movement has gone through to date. This situation, that is, the transition from being an alternative to being within the system, has brought along debates about whether this can be considered as the end of the Islamic movement, or whether the emerging new situation represents a post‐Islamist period. The purpose of this article is to investigate whether the current era of Turkish Islamism indicates a post‐Islamist era considering the social and political changes it has undergone from its start to the present day, and to examine the main characteristics of this new era.

"Taking up the concept of vulnerability, this book examines the gendered impact of market-based procurement practices. In recent years, ideological shifts and real managerial constraints have forced states everywhere to rely on private resources to solve public problems. Focusing on instances where the state retains ownership of assets and rights, even if it temporarily devolves its authority to a private entity (profit or non-profit), this book uncovers the ways in which these private actors are not just suppliers of materials goods, but increasingly policy influencers. More specifically, the book focuses on the gendered dynamics within the law, policy and practice of public procurement and investigates how vulnerability is conceptualized and coded in the process of public acquisition of works, goods, and services from private suppliers. In this book, a series of rich case studies from Africa, the Middle East and Europe show how vulnerability theory can inform the design of public institutions that are more responsible and responsive to gender-informed demands for social justice. This first book to integrate vulnerability theory into public procurement studies in global and comparative perspectives will appeal to scholars and others with interests in gendered dynamics in law and society, international development, public policy, and international political economy"--

Gender ContestationsRisks: Addiction, Losses, and Debts; Traditional Norms, Values and Cultural Differences; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Consequences of Commercial Gambling for Indigenous Communities in New South Wales, Australia; Abstract; Introduction; Social Capital and Communities; Indigenous Australian Gambling; Method; Sample and Location; Data Collection; Analysis; Results; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: The Multidimensional Diagnostic Assessment in Gambling Disorder; Abstract; Introduction; The Multidimensional Diagnostic Assessment; Assessment Tools.

Forced Migration and Social Trauma addresses the topic of social trauma and migration by bringing together a broad range of interdisciplinary and international contributors, comprising refugee care practitioners, trauma researchers, sociologists and specialists in public policy from all along the Balkan refugee route into Europe. It gives the essence of a moderated dialogue between psychologists and psychoanalysts, sociologists, public policy and refugee care experts. Migration is connected to social trauma and cannot be handled without being aware of this context. The way refugees are treated in the transit or target countries is often determined by the socio-traumatic history of these countries. Social trauma can be collectively committed and perpetuated, leaving transgenerational traces in posttraumatic and attachment disorders, uprootedness and loss of social and political confidence. Media and cultural artefacts like press, TV and the internet influence collective coping as well as traumatic perpetuation. This book shows how xenophobia in the refugee receiving or transit countries can be caused by projection rather than by experience, and that the way refugees are received and regarded in a country may be connected to the country's culturaltraumatic history. Refugees, who are often individually and collectively traumatised, experience multiple re-enactments; however, such retraumatisations between refugees and receiving populations or institutions often remain unaddressed. The split between welcoming and hostile attitudes sometimes leads to unconscious institutional defences, such as lack of cooperation between medical, psychotherapeutic, humanitarian and legal institutions. An interdisciplinary and international exchange on migration and social trauma is necessary on all levels - this book gives convincing examples of this dialogue. Forced Migration and Social Trauma will be of great interest to all who are involved in the modern issues of refuge and migration.

Intro -- SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES IN SPORTS -- SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES IN SPORTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 CAN SPECTATORS' MOOD BE MANIPULATED AND MAINTAINED IN A LOSING GAME? INTERACTION BETWEEN TEAM IDENTIFICATION AND PRE-GAME MOOD -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY 1 -- Sport Consumers and Game Outcome -- Mood and Its Maintenance -- Negative Product Trial and Information Processing -- METHOD -- Participants -- Covariates -- Measurements -- Procedure -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- STUDY 2 -- Influence of the Mood in Different Levels of Personal Relevance -- Cognitive Elaboration by Different Mood State and Personal Relevance -- METHOD -- Participants, Material, and Procedures -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- Marketing Implications -- Limitation and Future Research -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 IDENTITY FORECLOSURE? A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF SELF-COMPLEXITY IN SPORT -- ABSTRACT -- METHODS -- Participants -- Measures -- Procedure -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- Data Screening and Internal Consistency Estimates -- Do Athletes and Non-Athletes Differ in Self-Complexity? -- Relationships between SC and Self-Presentation -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 THE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPORT TEAM IDENTIFICATION AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING: IDENTIFICATION WITH FAVORITE TEAMS VERSUS LOCAL TEAMS -- ABSTRACT -- METHOD -- Participants -- Materials and Procedure -- RESULTS -- Preliminary Analyses -- Favorite Teams, Team Identification, and Social Well-being -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 SOCIAL INTERACTION EFFECT ON INTERLEAGUE PLAY ATTENDANCE: THE CASE OF THE JAPAN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. REVIEW OF PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL IN JAPAN -- 2.1. Overview -- 2.2. Result of Interleague Play -- 2.3. Feature of the CL and PL -- 3. MODEL AND ESTIMATION