In 1959 he published Words and Things, an ethnography which criticized and angered his philosophy teachers at Oxford. ... According to Gellner, the transformation of the "closed, intimate community" in which most people once lived into open, large-scale market systems produce "the central problem facing contemporary societies," the seemingly irresolvable conflict between an individualistic mode of thought and a desire for the spiritual comfort of community."... Thomas Nairn said: "I am one of many researchers in this area who feel the loss of Gellner deeply and personally. ...

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The first method he refers to as "classic ethnography,"" which, as Riesman says, "seeks to record the life of a society by fitting its practices, artifacts, and beliefs into a set of rubrics (e.g., "kinship,"" "religion,"" "economy-) established in the traditions of the discipline- (Reisman, 1). ... The problem we encounter with digging deeper into a people's mind is that our data becomes less factual and more hypothetical, considering we will never be able to know the exact thoughts and views a person or culture entertains. In Part One: The Tawaangal of the Jelgobe, Ri...

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Problem Statement Sepsis is a syndrome caused by systemic inflammatory response of the individual in an uncontrolled way with an infection. ... Purpose and Research Questions: Sepsis is a condition that could potentially be prevented if a nurse was equipped with the knowledge and science in order to recognize and prevent its development, and addressing the condition appropriately upon the first signs of symptoms of sepsis. ... Multiple research articles were included that ranged from quantitative to qualitative studies in the past. ... By understanding potential strengths or deficiencies nurs...

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