In the essay, "Panopticism," by Michel Foucault, he makes the argument that we live in a society of "surveillance". ... Foucault gives support to the basic argument concerning the panopticon, that communication is key to knowledge. ... His understanding of technology moves from common cultural interpretations to the Internet networks. ... The mechanisms or forces behind Panopticon is that "it aims to strengthen the social forces," (Foucault 607) such as raising the whole human community into a better civilized community. ... Michel Foucault's essay, Panopticism demonst...

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ESSAY ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF FEMINIST ONTOLOGY AND EPISTEMOLOGY AND SOCIAL RESEARCH Feminist theory, it should be mentioned from the beginning of the paper, is not a unified theory. ... In this essay we will attempt to define what is meant by "conventional epistemologies" (focussing primarily upon Sociology), suggesting also that different feminist epistemologies offer different approaches regarding conventional epistemologies. ... However, feminist challenges reveal that the questions that are asked in social research, and most significantly those that are not asked, are at least as determ...

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In this essay I shall first briefly outline the history of the concept of 'class' and then evaluate this concept in modern terms with specific reference to two key papers, by Pahl (1989) and Goldthorpe and Marshall (1992). ... True inequality is an ideal, by the very nature of natural selection there are always to be winners and losers, an inequality is inextricably linked to human nature. ... Marx was a major proponent of this view, seeing class struggle as the major motive force in human history. ... Rights are being extended beyond human adults, to include their children and an...

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