Marx, Weber, and Wallerstein: Theories on Social Change The twentieth century has been an age full of political and social change. From the turn of the century different groups have struggled to explain these changes through various belief systems and social theories. The first substantial t...
Response Both Friedrich Nietzsche and Karl Marx are considered to be philosophers of suspicion, despite the several differences between the two. ... Though both philosophers interpret the forces that drive humanity from different spectrums, they both critique and recognize how manmade morality and religion impede with one discovering their individual truth. ... The philosopher argues that Christianity gives value to universal truth but makes this external truth unobtainable or in-comprehensive (Nietzsche, 53). Moreover, both philosophers agree that religion has historically constructed vario...
Most philosophers try to talk about the politics, but for me the only ones interesting are those that talked about it a long time ago and who actually thought of the things they talked about, and not only remade someone else's thoughts. ... To compare the political theories of two great philosophers of politics is to first examine each theory in depth. ... He thinks that a state should be governed by a Philosopher-King. ... Plato, a political philosopher, was in the pursuit of philosophical truth. ...
The nature versus nurture controversy has been argued for centuries. Some of the earliest arguments posed for either side were posed by philosophers such as Plato, Renee Descartes and John Locke. These arguments have been continued by modern scientists and psychologists. Argum...
Humans are, by nature, social creatures. We interact, make friends, and form bonds with other humans on a daily basis. Our background, upbringing, values, and the bonds we form assist in subtly sorting us into groups. The word sociology is defined as the study of these social groups and the inter...
I. Derek Parfit argues for the Bundle Theory, which states that we cannot explain the unit of consciousness through people, but rather as a series of mental states and events. Each one of these series constitutes a life, denying the existence of a person to be existing separately from one's body. Pa...
The nineteenth century was a benchmark in the studying of mankind and of society. This era was the groundwork for a period labeled the Enlightenment. New ideas, concepts, endeavors and ambitions rose and fell within this era concerned with the "community". It is here that I wish to make my first res...
Karl Marx views on social inequality have been working for today's society for may years. The class struggle between the people who have known as the bourgeoisie and those that don't have called the proletariat is still a very important aspect in describing social inequality. Looking at Karl Marx's ...
For generations most American people believe that there is nothing better than Democracy. It is true Democracy is great, however why hasn't our government ever considered Socialism for a change. Why is that we never see a socialist running in the campaign for president? Maybe it is because we do...
The seminar, as part of the process of developing transcendent knowledge, will also examine the relationship between culture and religion in the light of Paul Tillich's (Philosopher & Theologian) claim that, "Religion is the substance of culture, and culture the form of religion." ...
One man who influenced the creation of the characters within Frankenstein was the philosopher and social critic, Jean Jaques Rousseau. Rousseau was a 19th Century philosopher who introduced theories concerning the irrepressible confinements of familial obligations. Shelley's disgust at the philosopher's cold-hearted abandonment of his five illegitimate children by Therese le Vasseur, an illiterate working class girl, had a significant impact on the construction of the novel's main character, Frankenstein. ... The fate of Rousseau's children was determined by the philosopher...
Philosophers were the first to realize what the aristocratic society, the bourgeois, and the bourgeoisie failed to understand. ... The foundations of knowledge and reason influenced writers, philosophers, and citizens alike to question the legitimacy of such rule. Along with advances in science and technology, philosophers began to see the world as governed by natural laws such as gravity and motion. Mimicking the scientists" curiosity, philosophers questioned the basic workings of government and society and in doing so gave rise to the Age of Enlightment. ... The philosophers were elite membe...
Crashed by powerful Western values and technology in an increasing globalized world, a modern China cannot keep practicing the rigid doctrine taught by Confucius, a philosopher lived in more than two thousand year ago, but to think independently. ...
As previously mentioned, the law aims to create the greatest good to the greatest amount of people, this ideology is known as Utilitarianism; to maximise utility. 18th Century philosopher Jeremy Bentham described the law's importance as 'providing the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right or wrong'. ...
The freedom to think for oneself is an essential quality of human nature. To lack this freedom is to lack morality, individuality, and overall humanity. Today, our ability to be freethinkers is constantly being tested; our lives are assaulted on a daily basis by relentless advertising and shameles...
Postmodernism and Modernism Postmodernism is a complicated term, or set of ideas, that has only emerged as an area of academic study since the mid-1980s. Postmodernism is hard to define because it is a concept that appears in a wide variety of areas of study such as art, architecture, music, film...
A. Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) was a French sociologist who initially started out as a philosopher. He was one of the last modern theorists whose work was path breaking. Hailing from Algeria, his work was somehow closely related to his place of origin. Bourdieu pioneered investigative frameworks and...
In the same vein, in his essay "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses," (Notes Towards an Investigation, 1972) the French philosopher Louis Althusser uses a Marxist perspective to study the relationship, in the modern context, between the governed and the governor. ...
Today's society is one that is shaped and molded by the mass media. It seems that television and other forms of media tell Americans what to wear, what to look like, and who to vote for in elections. Basically, American culture is nothing more than a product of the mass media. The media is infamo...
An Integration of Mathematical and Multicultural Viewpoints Flatland, a novel written in the early 1900s by mathematician, social philosopher and head of the City of London School Edwin Abbot Abbot, is a wonderful novel that, on the surface, is a cute little story about some geometric shapes who live in a two dimensional world called Flatland, but underneath is full of strong statements about racism and social structure - gender equity in particular. ...
Emile Durkheim 1858-1917 Emile Durkheim can be recognized as one of the top sociologists in history. Emile's studies on suicide are not only interesting, but factual when debating the topic of suicide rates. Durkheim was a sociologist who devoted his life to the human society to figure...
