We may think of them as useful models or abstractions; reality behaves more like them only in controlled settings, the outcome of engineering, of planned design and construction, that is, the materialized form of abstraction.
The embodied state is the capital situated in peoples' minds and bodies, for example taste, "bildung," and actions (i.e., habitus), whereas the objectified state has to do with the materialized form of capital as possessions of art, instruments, and books, for example.
This article taps into the question of the materialized forms of theorizing in strategy: the strategy tools presented in publications over the past 25 years.
" Capital is accumulated labor (in its materialized form or its 'incorporated', embodied form) which, when appropriated on a private, i.e., exclusive, basis by agents or groups of agents, enables them to appropriate social energy in the form of reified or living labor".
The last straw materialized in the form of a sharpened stick.
On the night of May 25, Denzel materialized, in the form of a dirty, gaunt boy, at his aunt's front door in the Bronx.
Like a good poem, Mr. Collins, 60, seems to have materialized, fully formed, out of nowhere.
Even though virtually unknown in the US or Europe, Sony's Felica technology, mainly materialized in the form of a contactless RFID smart card or a chip built into cell phones), is used for electronic payment by millions of people on a daily basis.
"However, such hope has not materialized in the form of a new policy toward the [Middle East].
The support will materialize in the form of tools, offering software to support the creation of innovative applications and solutions, as well as training, offering e-learning on technical and business topics.
Our guest list, in living form, materialized at the doorstep.
