Sentence examples for intellectual interpretations from inspiring English sources

PAGE A19 CHARLES TILLY, 78 A social scientist, he combined historical interpretation and quantitative analysis in a voluminous outpouring of work to forge often-novel intellectual interpretations -- as when he compared nation-states to protection rackets.

Charles Tilly, a social scientist who combined historical interpretation and quantitative analysis in a voluminous outpouring of work to forge often novel intellectual interpretations — as when he compared nation states to protection rackets — died on Tuesday in the Bronx.

Insofar as feminist philosophy of religion studies the strictly intellectual interpretations of any religious tradition, it will encounter beliefs, symbols, and ideas that are embedded in specific socio-cultural power relations.

A report by RAND Corporation, an American think-tank, recommended bolstering Sufism, as an "open, intellectual interpretation of Islam .On the face of it, this makes sense.

A 2007 study by the RAND Corporation found that Sufis' open, intellectual interpretation of Islam makes them ideal "partners in the effort to combat Islamist extremism".

Many have searched for meaning in Magritte's logic up-ending works but the new museum does not ram an intellectual interpretation down its visitors' throats, preferring to play up the fun the artist had, for example with videos of him horsing around with a Prussian helmet and a tuba.

Most Malians practise a popular form of Sufi Islam, often described as an open and intellectual interpretation of the religion - it involves mysticism, chanting and hypnotic prayers.

Purists can argue that Duchamp was attempting to shift the focus of art-making from craft towards intellectual interpretation, but it also seems fair that he carefully considered the power of controversy as a means of becoming known.

All authors took part in preparation of the manuscript and provided critical intellectual interpretation and manuscript revision.

VLS contributed in the definition of intellectual content, interpretation of the results and edited the manuscript.

In the 1880's notebooks — those his sister collected together after his death under the title, The Will to Power: Attempt at a Revaluation of all Values — Nietzsche adopts a more metaphysical orientation towards the doctrines of Eternal Recurrence and the Will to Power, speculating upon their intellectual strength as interpretations of reality itself.