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ZC_2_10 Verified Social Science

ZC_2_10 — Political Sociology and Power

Political sociology examines the social bases of political power — how authority is produced, maintained, legitimated, and contested. Max Weber (1864–1920) defined the state as the institution that successfully claims a

political sociology power state Weber Gramsci hegemony
ZC_2_09 Verified Social Science

ZC_2_09 — Sociology of Gender and Sexuality

The sociology of gender and sexuality examines how societies construct, enforce, and contest gender categories and sexual norms. The sex-gender distinction (introduced to sociology by Ann Oakley, Sex, Gender and Society,

gender sexuality feminism patriarchy gender roles social construction
ZC_2_04 Verified Social Science

ZC_2_04 — Sociology of Education

The sociology of education examines how educational institutions produce, reproduce, and sometimes challenge social inequalities — investigating the relationship between schooling, social class, race, gender, and economi

sociology of education cultural capital Bourdieu hidden curriculum tracking meritocracy
ZC_2_17 Credible Social Science

ZC_2_17 — Institutional Change Theory: How Organizations, States, and Systems Transform

Institutional change theory — the study of how formal and informal rules, norms, and organizations originate, persist, transform, and collapse — is central to understanding political, economic, and social development. Th

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ZC_2_13 Verified Social Science

ZC_2_13 — Economic Sociology and Markets

Economic sociology examines how social structures, institutions, and cultural meanings shape economic life — rejecting the neoclassical assumption that markets operate according to purely rational, self-interested calcul

economic sociology markets embeddedness Granovetter Polanyi moral economy
ZC_2_03 Verified Social Science

ZC_2_03 — Intergenerational & Collective Trauma

Intergenerational trauma refers to the transmission of traumatic effects from one generation to the next — a phenomenon observed across populations including Holocaust survivor families, Indigenous communities subjected

intergenerational trauma historical trauma epigenetic inheritance collective trauma van der Kolk Yehuda
ZC_2_08 Verified Social Science

ZC_2_08 — Demography and Population Studies

Demography is the scientific study of human population — its size, structure, distribution, and change through births, deaths, and migration. World population reached ~8 billion in November 2022 (UN), having grown from ~

demography population demographic transition fertility mortality aging
ZC_2_07 Verified Social Science

ZC_2_07 — Sociology of Health and Illness

Medical sociology (or the sociology of health and illness) examines how social structures, institutions, and relationships shape health outcomes, health behaviors, and the organization of healthcare. Foundational concept

medical sociology social determinants of health health disparities sick role Parsons medicalization
ZC_2_11 Verified Social Science

ZC_2_11 — Sociology of Religion

The sociology of religion examines religion as a social phenomenon — how religious beliefs, practices, and institutions shape and are shaped by social structures. Foundational approaches: Émile Durkheim (The Elementary F

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ZC_2_05 Verified Social Science

ZC_2_05 — Criminology and Deviance

Criminology studies the nature, causes, consequences, and control of criminal behavior, while deviance encompasses behavior that violates social norms, whether or not it is legally criminal. Classical theories: Émile Dur

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ZC_2_14 Verified Social Science

ZC_2_14 — Sociology of the Family

Sociology of the family examines how families are structured, how they function as social institutions, and how they have transformed historically. Talcott Parsons (1955) theorized the mid-20th-century American nuclear f

family marriage kinship divorce nuclear family extended family
G_4_18 Verified Modern Frameworks

G_4_18 — Biogeography and Ancient Distribution Patterns

Biogeography — the study of the spatial distribution of organisms across the planet, both present and past — is one of the most powerful frameworks for understanding Earth history, evolutionary processes, and the mechani

biogeography Wallace Line island biogeography MacArthur-Wilson vicariance dispersal
G_4_22 Verified Modern Frameworks

G_4_22 — Emergence and Self-Organization: From Physics to Biology

Emergence — the appearance of macroscopic properties that are not reducible to the behavior of individual components — is one of the most important and contested concepts in modern science and philosophy. From Bénard con

emergence self-organization complexity nonlinear dynamics dissipative structures autopoiesis
G_4_27 Verified Modern Frameworks

G_4_27 — Schumann Resonance and Human Physiology: Evidence Assessment

The Schumann resonance — a global electromagnetic phenomenon at ~7.83 Hz fundamental and harmonics ~14.3, 20.8, 27.3, 33.8 Hz — is real, well-measured, and physically explained by lightning-driven oscillations in the Ear

Schumann resonance ELF electromagnetic ionospheric cavity geomagnetic brain entrainment 7.83 Hz
G_4_21 Verified Modern Frameworks

G_4_21 — Archaeogenomics: Ancient DNA and the Reconstruction of Human History

Archaeogenomics — the extraction, sequencing, and analysis of DNA from ancient biological remains — has revolutionized understanding of human migration, admixture, and population history since Svante Pääbo's pioneering w

archaeogenomics ancient DNA aDNA Svante Pääbo David Reich paleogenomics
G_4_23 Credible Modern Frameworks

G_4_23 — Technological Singularity Theories

The technological singularity hypothesis proposes that the creation of artificial superintelligence (ASI) — defined as machine intelligence surpassing all human cognitive capabilities — will trigger an "intelligence expl

singularity superintelligence intelligence explosion Kurzweil Vinge exponential growth
G_4_06 Verified Modern Frameworks

G_4_06 — Sound Healing — Evidence, Pseudoscience, and Ancient Practice

Sound healing occupies a uniquely contested space where genuine medical science, ancient spiritual practice, and modern pseudoscience coexist and often blur together. On one end, music therapy is FDA-recognized for pain

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G_4_25 Verified Modern Frameworks

G_4_25 — Space Settlement and Interplanetary Civilization

Space settlement theory addresses the technical, biological, and sociological requirements for establishing permanent self-sustaining human communities beyond Earth. The modern framework was established by physicist Gera

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G_4_16 Verified Modern Frameworks

G_4_16 — Comparative Mythology as Science — Phylogenetic and Statistical Approaches

Comparative mythology — the systematic study of myths and folktales across cultures to identify shared elements, trace historical relationships, and understand the cognitive and social processes that generate mythologica

comparative mythology phylomythology phylogenetic analysis d'Huy Tehrani Witzel
G_4_24 Credible Modern Frameworks

G_4_24 — Post-Scarcity Economics and Resource-Based Models

Post-scarcity economics addresses the theoretical conditions under which advanced automation, AI, and energy abundance could eliminate material scarcity as the organizing principle of economic life. The concept has deep

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