Much of the important individual and social action has been owing to religious incentives.

Much more than shelter, housing symbolizes social status, a sense of `` belonging '', acceptance within a given group or neighborhood, identification with particular cultural values and social institutions, feelings of pride and worth, aspirations and hopes basic to human well-being.

Much of the social interaction of amateur astronomy occurs on mailing lists or discussion groups.

Much emphasis was given to quantitative data, seen as the key to unlocking all of social history.

Much as 19th century science is often treated as the inventor of conceptions of evolution and race which had serious negative political and social consequences, many 19th century historians pursued what they intended as reasonably objective research projects in the history of their own and other regions either to end by themselves using the results to support nationalistic goals or to see their work used that way by others.

Much notable Chicago fiction focuses on the city itself, with social criticism keeping exultation in check.

Much of Dorothy L. Sayers ' writings on social and economic matters has affinity with distributism, although she nowhere identifies herself as a distributist.

Much of Durkheim's work was concerned with how societies could maintain their integrity and coherence in modernity ; an era in which traditional social and religious ties are no longer assumed, and in which new social institutions have come into being.

Much of his work was dedicated to demonstrating that religious phenomena stemmed from social rather than divine factors.

Much of the resistance to social and economic imbalances in French hip-hop relate to this historically unequal situation.

Much like Tony Blair in the United Kingdom, Clark decided on a compromise solution, combining advocacy of the open economy and free trade with greater emphasis on fighting the New Right consequences of social exclusion.

Much of the College's social and sporting life is coordinated through the Common Room, of which all students, fellows and staff are members.

Much of Zapotec social life is strongly segregated by gender.

Much of this debate is related to the works of the French philosopher Michel Foucault ( 1926 – 1984 ), who, following the Italian political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli ( 1469 – 1527 ), sees power as " a complex strategic situation in a given society social setting ".

He said this about Macaulay's determination to inspect physically the places mentioned in his History: " Much of the success of the famous third chapter of the History which may be said to have introduced the study of social history, and even ... local history, was due to the intense local knowledge acquired on the spot.

Much attention was also given to improve social and economic conditions in the countryside.

Much of the general philosophy of nonviolence has ' active ' or ' activist ' elements, in that they accept the need for a means of struggle to achieve political and social change.

Much of the work of the Conference is done in committees which cover issues such as laity, liturgy, family, social justice, with each committee having a chairman who is a bishop, though not always an ordinary.

Much of anarchist discourse consists of comparing human behavior to that of other pack or social animals, and focuses on the ' collective stupidity ' such habits imply-also known in psychology as groupthink.

Free Press 1976 p. 123-153 </ ref > Much less attention has been paid to the more ubiquitous and universal social behaviors that do not clearly demonstrate one or more of the five necessary elements described by Sherif.

Much of this was due to the influence of Maurras, an agnostic whose advocacy of Catholicism was due to his belief that it was a factor of social cohesion and stability and to its importance in French history.

Much of the area, particularly Hutchesontown, has now been comprehensively redeveloped for the third time, providing a mix of private and social housing.

Much of contemporary Indian law shows substantial European and American influence.

Much of his theological work continues to influence modern theologians, especially in regard to the relationship among the three Persons of the Trinity.

Much Christian literature was produced in the vernacular Old Saxon, the notable ones being a result of the literary output and wide influence of Saxon monasteries such as Fulda, Corvey, and Verden ; and the theological controversy between the Augustinian Gottschalk and the semipelagian Rabanus Maurus.

Much of the modern perception of Queen Tamar was shaped under the influence of 19th-century Romanticism and growing nationalism among Georgian intellectuals of that time.

Much of the influence of Poland on the development of the Ukrainian language has been attributed to this period and is reflected in multiple words and constructions used in everyday Ukrainian speech that were taken from Polish or Latin.

Much of this thesis consisted of Foucault's discussion of textual dating – an " archaeology of the Kantian text " – although he rounded off the work with an evocation of Nietzche, who had become his biggest philosophical influence.

Much of Bacchylides's poetry was commissioned by proud and ambitious aristocrats, a dominant force in Greek political and cultural life in the 6th and early part of the 5th centuries, yet such patrons were gradually losing influence in an increasingly democratic Greek world.

Much discussion also centered on the nature of high school cliques, subcultures and bullying, in addition to the influence of violent movies and video games in American society.

Franz Ferdinand cited Beefheart's Doc At The Radar Station as a strong influence on their second LP, You Could Have It So Much Better.

Much of Spain's economy was put under worker control ; in anarchist strongholds like Catalonia, the figure was as high as 75 %, but lower in areas with heavy Communist Party influence, as the Soviet-allied party actively resisted attempts at collectivization enactment.

Much of this Greek art was taken to Rome, where it was one of the first major impacts of Greek influence on Roman culture.

Much of the growth can be attributed to the increased military influence during the 1940s and 1950s, in which Beaufort's population doubled as a result of new military personnel and families moving to the area.

On 10 December 1405, through Arundel's influence, Walden was elected Bishop of London, and he died at Much Hadham in Hertfordshire on 6 January 1406.

Much evidence indicates that, because her closest friends, including Count von Fersen ( who had organized the flight from Paris ), were absent, Marie Antoinette was attempting to influence Barnave and his fellow Feuillants as a way to ensure her family ’ s safety.

Much of the novel is told in direct speech, revealing the importance of oratory and rhetorical display ( as in the presentation before the King of Persia ) and perhaps as well the influence of New Comedy.

Much of his material had a distinct jazzy jump blues feel, an influence that would characterize much of the most influential blues to emerge from California in the 1940s and 1950s.

Much of these gains would be lost during the Third Period but influence was developed in certain areas that would continue until the party's demise decades later.

* Much of the so-called near-field of radio antennas, where the magnetic and electric effects of the changing current in the antenna wire and the charge effects of the wire's capacitive charge may be ( and usually are ) important contributors to the total EM field close to the source, but both of which effects are dipole effects that decay with increasing distance from the antenna much more quickly than do the influence of " conventional " electromagnetic waves that are " far " from the source.

Much of the development of the style occurred in Italy, and it probably spread north of the Alps to influence France partly through the colony of Italian artists attached to the Papal Court at Avignon, and the works displayed from the residence there in the 1330s and 1340s of Simone Martini, a Sienese precursor of the style.

Much of the diplomacy since in eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia has revolved around which countries are in whose sphere of influence.

Much of Brainerd's influence on future generations can be attributed to the biography compiled by Jonathan Edwards and first published in 1749 under the title of An Account of the Life of the Late Reverend Mr. David Brainerd.

Much of this coast is a monotonous stretch of huge sand deserts, a common denominator in all Peruvian coastal regions because of the influence of the Humboldt Current.

Much of his work in 1938 possessed emotional intensity ; the subject matter ranged from interacting couples to women in despair and showed a considerably stronger African influence, seen in the figures ’ angular outlines and the synthesis of their bodies.