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Utilitarian moral agents are perceived as braver and more moral when judged in a foreign language: Evidence from Tanzania
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 2026. No. 29. P. 1078–1083.
We examined how language affects moral judgments in a non-WEIRD population. Tanzanian
participants (N = 103) evaluated utilitarian agents in moral dilemmas, either in native Chagga or
foreign Swahili. Agents were rated significantly more moral and braver when evaluated in a
foreign language. Bravery predicted morality more strongly in the foreign language than in the
native language. Indirect sacrifices were judged more moral than direct ones, but equally brave.
These findings extend the moral foreign language effect to informally acquired languages and
highlight methodological implications for cross-cultural research.
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Polarization of opinions in the group: a modeling algorithm considering the dynamics of social bonds
Chebotarev V., Andreyuk D., Elizarova Anastasiya et al., Procedia Computer Science 2022 Vol. 213 No. C P. 596–601
The dynamics of opinion in a group are of interest for a number of practical purposes. In particular, consensus helps and polarization of opinions hinders cohesive teamwork. Existing approaches for modeling opinion dynamics mostly do not take into account the dynamism of social relations in a group. This paper proposes an algorithm and a program ...
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Вестник Санкт-Петербургского университета. Серия 12: Социология 2025 Vol. 18 No. 4 P. 494–505
Global educational paradigms are increasingly shifting towards inclusive models, demanding committed participation and collaboration from a diverse range of stakeholders to ensure equitable access and quality for all learners. This article provides a comprehensive review of the current state of inclusive education in Nigeria, synthesizing existing literature to analyze its progress, persistent challenges, and future ...
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Sorokin P., Mironenko I. A., Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Society, 2026.
Social reality is undergoing rapid transformations, giving rise to new challenges for both social theory and practice. One of these much-discussed challenges is the so-called replicability crisis, a notion that describes the failure of the social sciences and humanities to verify established research findings with new empirical investigations. In the related debates, it is argued ...
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Sorokin P., Социологические исследования 2026 Т. 6 № 6 С. 145–147
Статья предлагает обзор междисциплинарной дискуссии, которая состоялась на секции «Будущее наук о человеке» в рамках XVI международной Грушинской социологической конференции и была посвящена перспективам выработки междисциплинарного взгляда на трансформации социально-гуманитарного знания в условиях современных кризисов и контурам возможного образа науки будущего, включая место в ней отдельных дисциплин. Это дискуссия может иметь особое значение для социологического ...
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Sorokin P., Психологический журнал 2026 Т. 47 № 4 С. 124–129
In the context of the discussion initiated by A. L. Zhuravlev and Yu. N. Oleinik on the challenges and prospects of studying scientific traditions in psychology, this commentary examines the importance of viewing such traditions as a tool that enables the research community to respond effectively to radical changes in socio-psychological reality. Such responses must ...
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Tikhonova N. E., Karavay A., Социологическая наука и социальная практика 2026 Т. 14 № 3 С. 12–36
Drawing on data from the 2024 RLMS-HSE, the article shows that employmentrelated risks are increasingly being shifted onto workers in Russia, while employment differentiation already affects more than 40% of employed Russians, even without taking into account deviations from standard working hours, which are typical of most representatives of the mass social strata. Employment differentiation in Russia is characterized, ...
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Kim A., Журнал социологии и социальной антропологии 2026 Т. XXIX. № 29(1).149
Статья посвящена изучению транзита к родительству молодых матерей в миграции с фокусом на особенности социальных взаимодействий. Поскольку обстоятельство миграции усложняет период транзита к родительству, то основной проблемой молодых матерей становится адаптация к новой жизни в качестве и родителя, и мигранта одновременно. Важными аспектами адаптации в миграции и в родительстве — поддержание привычных социальных взаимодействий и ...
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Kazun A. D., Полития: Анализ. Хроника. Прогноз 2026 № 3 С. 80–98
The article analyzes media skepticism and media cynicism as two forms of critical attitudes toward news. The empirical basis of the study is a nationwide population survey (N = 6,007) conducted in late 2023 and early 2024. The analysis shows that both media skepticism and media cynicism are pronounced in Russian society: while a substantial ...
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Vakhrukova K., Петербургская социология сегодня 2025 № 30 С. 28–51
The digital age has radically changed the landscape of the humanities, introducing new methodologies, tools, and challenges. This has also been reflected in the field of oral history. This transformation has been particularly evident in the UK, where long-standing oral history archives and recent digitization projects have come together to redefine how scholars collect, preserve, ...
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Katchanov Y. L., Социологическое обозрение 2026 Т. 25 № 3 С. 36–61
В статье предлагается теоретическая рамка анализа научной элиты, исходящая из понимания производства знания как динамической структуры, формируемой внутренними противоречиями. Научная элита рассматривается не как совокупность выдающихся исследователей, а как структурный эффект производства знания — позиция в пространстве науки, концентрирующая максимальный объем научного капитала и задающая смысловой горизонт для всех агентов. Пространство науки трактуется как многомерное ...
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Khestanov R., Социологическое обозрение 2026 Т. 25 № 3 С. 12–35
The article proposes a syntagmatic analysis of three historically constituted regimes for working with the future: linear determination, statistical branching, and loop reconfiguration. A syntagm is understood as an event-operation that exists only in its performance and simultaneously binds material, semiotic, and pragmatic registers. The analysis proceeds not as an intellectual history but as an ...
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Nazarova A. G., Журнал Новой экономической ассоциации 2026 № 3(72) С. 87–104
The article explores how results of constructing aggregate national transfer accounts’ (NTA) estimates can be used for macroeconomic analysis and forecasts of current transfers in home economy. It presents the findings of the author’s study of their transfer modules over retrospective period of more than 10 years. The emphasis in the paper is focused on ...
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Mersiyanova I. V., Брюхно А. С., Pallium: паллиативная и хосписная помощь 2026 Т. 1 № 30 С. 26–33
The aim of this study is to identify key features of public perceptions of palliative care, including levels of awareness, attitudes toward the possibility of receiving palliative care, experiences of interaction with the palliative care system, as well as perceptions of the roles of various institutional actors involved in its provision. The empirical basis of ...
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Grigoreva M., Balakina Y. V., Научный результат. Серия: Социальные и гуманитарные исследования 2026 Т. 12 № 3 С. 100–112
In the context of intense international migration and increasing ethnocultural diversity, the integration of migrants has become an important issue for public policy. While existing research primarily focuses on the socio-economic and legal dimensions of integration, less attention has been paid to the mechanisms through which migrants develop a sense of belonging to the host ...
Added: September 30, 2026
Shvetsova E., Журнал институциональных исследований 2026 Т. 18 № 3 С. 116–130
This article analyzes the philanthropic activity of Russian billionaires as a mechanism for the
institutional legitimization of capital, aimed at its preservation and the transformation of economic
capital into symbolic capital. The empirical analysis is based on a self-contained database containing
information from public sources on the philanthropic activity of 146 Russian billionaires included in
the 2025 Forbes list, ...
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Deviatko I. F., Bykov A., Philosophical Psychology 2022 Vol. 35 No. 1 P. 95–121
In this article, we consider the problem of a discrepancy between, on the one hand, lay prescriptive judgments on the necessity of altruistic actions and, on the other, attributing moral worth to these actions. Based on Kantian theory of morality, we hypothesized that lay attributions of the moral worth of altruistic actions would be inversely ...
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Starostina A., Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics 2021 Vol. 15 No. 1 P. 154–169
The article aims to clarify the relations between the early versions of tale type ATU 575. Examining the range of Chinese accounts concerning various wooden birds, the author concludes that two groups can be distinguished. The first consists of stories about flying wooden kite-like birds that are not used as vehicles, while in the second, we ...
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Starostina A., Живая старина 2021 Т. 109 № 1 С. 9–12
The story "The Secretary's Wife" from the medieval Chinese collection "Extensive Writings About Strange Things" ("Guang yi ji", 8th century) contains several motifs included in the group "Witches' customs" in S. Thompson's index. These motifs are not typical for medieval Chinese narrative prose, but they can coexist in a similar combination in much later European ...
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Arutyunova K., Alexandrov Y., Hauser M., Frontiers in Psychology 2016 No. 7
Gender, age and culturally-specific beliefs are often considered relevant to observed variation in social interactions. At present, however, the scientific literature is mixed with respect to the significance of these factors in guiding moral judgments. In this study, we explore the role of each of these factors in moral judgment by presenting the results of a web-based study ...
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Litvina A., Uspenskij F., The Silk Road, USA 2014 Vol. 12 P. 65–75
The description of Polovtsian-Russian contacts― embodied not only in constant lesser and greater military conflicts but also in peace treaties, military-political alliances, inter-dynastic marriages, family ties, and finally, simply in personal relations― occupies in the oldest Russian chronicles devoted to the pre-Mongol period a significant place.The breadth of coverage is barely less than that devoted ...
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The Prince and His Names in the 12th Century (A Philological Approach to Medieval Political History)
Litvina A., Uspenskij F., Die Welt der Slaven. Internationale Halbjahresschrift für Slavistik 2015 Vol. 60 No. 2 P. 346–364
Dynastic life in medieval Europe was subject to a complex network ofnorms, rules, and prohibitions. Some of these were recorded in writing,although, as a rule, with a signiÞcant delay, when the rules themselveswere about to fall out of use. Others, despite remaining unwritten, regu-lated many aspects of everyday dynastic life, which repeatedly conÞrmedtheir existence. This ...
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