Question No. 2: Functionalism and Structuralism A theory is a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, esp. one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained (Definition of Theory in English). ... Unlike, Radcliffe-Brown's proposal which focused on the functioning of society as a system, Levi-Strauss emphasized on systems and how they originated. ... Levi-Strauss uses structuralism to explain moiety systems. ... Levi-Strauss believed moiety systems was a human's way of thinking and behaving in terms of binary opposition. Binary opposition...

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The western understanding of gender is based on set of culturally determined binary distinctions, such as public versus private, objective versus subjective, self versus other, reason versus emotion, autonomy versus relatedness, and culture versus nature; the first of each pair of characteristics is typically associated with masculinity, the second with femininity. ... But since the demise of socialist system in 1991 and then the triumph of liberal capitalism as well as the western-style democracy, the post-Cold War claimed that liberal democracy lays foundation for a new world order led by t...

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What this definition claims is that, regardless background everyone has the right as well as the prospect to be treat equally to another, despite the prejudice a person may have for another. ... Although the Labor governments definition is to ensure that full potential is reached, in society today there are still prejudice and inequalities which does not allow people to accomplish their potential. ...

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