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The emotions are natural reactions in all the human beings. But although the emotions often have irrational characteristic expressions, it is necessary that they respect the parameters of the functional behavior. This article offers an approach about the relationship between emotion and rationality, looking for the possibility of conceiving a notion of rational love. In this approach, we used the theory of rationality of emotions of Jon Elster, concluding that the possibility of a rational love is based on the evaluation of causal lines and beliefs that support our conception of love.

As part of the HSR Supplement 26 "Historical Social Research: An International Journal for the Application of Formal Methods to History, 2004-2014" this document contains abstracts of all 671 contributions published in Historical Social Research from 2004 to 2014 inclusive. Furthermore, this collection contains an author index.

Finally published 34 years after his death, Foucault's book Confessions of the Flesh sheds new light on the debate about freedom and power that shaped the reception of his works. Many contributors to this debate argue that Foucault's theory of power did not allow for freedom in the 'genealogical phase,' but that he corrected himself and presented a solution to the problem of freedom in his later works, especially through his reflection on ancient ethics and technologies of the self in volumes two and three of History of Sexuality, as well as the concept of parrhesia. In contrast to this view, I argue that Confessions of the Flesh shows that a concept of freedom as self-critical hermeneutics that aims at identifying a foreign power within the subject was only developed in Foucault's analysis of Christian practices of penance and confession. This interpretation of Confessions of the Flesh opens a new field of inquiry into the genealogy of critique and both the repressive and emancipative effects of truth-telling and juridification.

In the recent publications on St. Jakov Arsović, there are many claims that he earned a double doctorate in France. However, in literature written in Serbian, there is no clear reference on his postgraduate studies, his research, or his thesis or theses. In the present article, we will offer a short review of known facts regarding Arsović, and we will try to find traces of his education and life in France in his writings. We will also pose certain questions regarding his opus. As the main goal, we will try to present known information regarding the issue of his postgraduate studies and to offer a review of relevant sources and literature.

This article discusses human free will from the perspective of three Jewish thinkers of the Middle-ages: Maimonides, Gersonides and Solomon Ben Adret. We commence with understanding the parameters of free will in Jewish thought and then discuss the theological problem of all religionists in the middle-ages, namely, God's prescience and the possibility of human free will. We discuss as well the idea of Divine knowledge of the present and the future from the perspective of the rationalist and kabbalist.

In this introduction to HSR Supplement 26, the findings of the journal Historical Social Research from 2004 to 2014 are presented. With the journal being in its 40th year of existence, one could split the journal's history into three phases: First, the constitutional period (1976-1988), then, second, the establishing period (1988-2000). The third period consists of the last 10-14 years. It may be characterized by processes of focusing, digitalization and internationalization, and it is this third period which is the subject of this article. In a short overview, some developments with respect to the contents are highlighted. Afterward, some structural changes in HSR publication formats and journal management are given. Finally, the article presents some bibliometric analyses, particularly concerning download and citation statistics.

The current report presents results of the qualitative analysis of the usage of the key math terms in the content of the reviewed websites in the current sample, with emphasis on the necessary distinctions for the word and concept of 'odds'. Patterns, motivations, conceptual and contextual aspects of the usage are discussed. The theoretical norms of adequacy of this usage in the context of gambling are briefly presented. Technical report of the research project 'Reflection of the mathematical dimension of gambling in iGaming online content - A qualitative analysis'.

Apparently, epistemological realism has been largely overcome in the course of the cultural turn. Yet the essential problem of dualism between theory and practice remains. Grounded Theory research directly aims at this problem. Nevertheless, this research style has not yet been incorporated substantially into the academic field of Human Geography, although it is more popular in other social sciences. Especially for Geography which is a deeply empirical discipline there is a necessity for reflected and integrated methodologies. In this article we will outline the basic concepts of Grounded Theory Methodology. Based on these outlines we will point out some problems researchers might face, but also show benefits and implications. We argue that the Grounded Theory Methodology can be one important way of bridging the gap between theory and practice and that it can give an additional value to geographic research after the Cultural Turn.

This study deals with the borrowing of Pentecostal practices by mainstream churches in the town of Buea in Cameroon. Contrary to the impression given by the conceptualizers of 'Pentecost' who consider it as a de-territorialized place or a space characterized by the only presence of Pentecostals and their culture, this reflection which relies on diffusion theory, postulates that 'Pentecost' is not solely a matter of Pentecostals. It is a heterogeneous sphere shared by mainstream and Pentecostal churches. This sharing has led to the borrowing of Pentecostal religious forms by the former notably through proximity and media used to diffuse Pentecostal culture. By focusing on Buea which religious setting is a mosaic of Christian Churches with more than one hundred Pentecostal groups and about only six mainstream churches, the paper states that the latter are progressively becoming part of 'Pentecost' by adopting Pentecostal style. Pentecostal forms are usually expressed in mainstream churches activities principally through the way of preaching and praying. In some cases Pentecostal songs are even performed by church members. In the Catholic Church precisely, these forms are highly noticed in charismatic renewal groups where healings, glossolalia and crusades which are key features of 'Pentecost' are also practiced. The work relies on qualitative data collected in Buea through interviews, participant observation and media.

The text is part of a doctoral research process in education, and dialogues, in an essayistic manner, with themes such as the city, images, body and everyday affective crossings. These dialogues tension with education, history, daily life and other ways of thinking about the urban tangle, anchored in the cartographic method. Through formative processes experienced by the author, seek to evidence issues, concerns and discomforts that are still unstable, rehearsed in everyday life and outlined in thought and inventions. It argues that the power of creation and wandering in the city are insurgent ways of ruptures in the face of current conservative advances, paying attention to the exercise of otherness, inventiveness and experimentation, having as main references authors such as Michel Foucault, Suely Rolnik, Félix Guattari , Peter Pelbart, among others.

Una de las confusiones más presentes en el ámbito de la ciencia geográfica se refiere a la diferenciación de los conceptos de espacio y territorio; otra, también muy presente, es la que se refiere a la noción de territorialidad. Son cuestiones que se intentan esclarecer en el transcurso de este texto, recorriendo
obras relativamente recientes ya consideradas clásicas en el pensamiento geográfico, y otras tal vez menos expresivas a nivel nacional, pero también muy importantes para la constitución de las perspectivas actuales de abordaje del territorio y la territorialidad. Se estudia la territorialidad humana, teniendo en cuenta simultáneamente nuestra sociabilidad, animalidad y espiritualidad, destacando la
primera dimensión sin dejar de considerar las otras. El texto se refiere, por lo tanto, a las territorialidades del animal-hombre-social-espiritual, y no a los demás animales. Otra observación inicial importante se refiere a los niveles escalares y temporales con los cuales se trabaja. Cuando el texto se refiere a las escalas espaciales de análisis, se conciben de manera trans-multiescalar, o sea, a nivel local (calle, barrio, "comunidad" rural, etc.); a nivel municipal, estatal, regional, nacional, internacional y global; y al mencionar las escalas temporales, se entienden como tiempos instantáneos, períodos, fases, y
como ritmos lentos y rápidos sincrónicos, en una perspectiva transtemporal histórica y coexistente. Uno de los objetivos es destacar la necesidad de comprensión de los ritmos y las desigualdades, en especial los más lentos, normalmente dejados de lado en los estudios de geografía (humana).