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  2. Herbert Spencer - Wikipedia

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    Writing after various developments in biology, however, Spencer rejected what he regarded as the ideological aspects of Comte's positivism, attempting to reformulate social science in terms of his principle of evolution, which he applied to the biological, psychological and sociological aspects of the universe.

  3. List of sociologists - Wikipedia

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    Amartya Sen, Indian economist influential in the sociology of development; Richard Sennett (born 1943), American sociologist and public figure; Perla Serfaty (born 1944), Moroccan-born French and Canadian academic, sociologist, psychosociologist, writer; William H. Sewell, American sociologist; Steven Shapin, American sociologist

  4. Speechwriter - Wikipedia

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    Writing a speech involves several steps. A speechwriter has to meet with the executive and the executive's senior staff to determine the broad framework of points or messages that the executive wants to cover in the speech. Then, the speechwriter does his or her own research on the topic to flesh out this framework with anecdotes and examples.

  5. Peter L. Berger - Wikipedia

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    The connection between Berger's analysis of the sociology of religion in modern society and Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism aligns. Weber saw capitalism as a result of the Protestant secularization of work ethic and morality in amassing wealth, which Berger integrates into his analysis about the effects of losing ...

  6. Religious studies - Wikipedia

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    Religious studies, also known as religiology or the study of religion, is the scientific study of religion. There is no consensus on what qualifies as religion and its definition is highly contested. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing empirical, historically based, and cross-cultural perspectives

  7. Oswald Spengler - Wikipedia

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    Spengler declined an appointment as Professor of Philosophy at the University of Göttingen, saying he needed time to focus on writing. [citation needed] The book was widely discussed, even by those who had not read it. Historians took umbrage at his unapologetically non-scientific approach.

  8. Gillian Rose - Wikipedia

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    Gillian Rosemary Rose (née Stone; 20 September 1947 – 9 December 1995) was a British philosopher and writer. Rose held the chair of social and political thought at the University of Warwick until 1995. Rose began her teaching career at the University of Sussex. She worked in the fields of philosophy and sociology.

  9. Sociology of Religion (book) - Wikipedia

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    Sociology of Religion is a 1920 book by Max Weber, a German economist and sociologist.The original edition was in German. Max Weber studied the effects of religious action and inaction. He categorized different religions in order to fully understand religion's subjective meaning to the individu