However, in recent years, there has been a movement toward the modern frameworks of analysis: cultural approaches, rational choice theory, ideological rationality, and the theory of perspective. ... Modernization argues that there is a linear process that replaces traditional values and systems with modern Western ones and that all societies are ultimately headed toward democracy and free-market economies. ... It also overlooks the extent to which the traditional and modern coexist in many poorer countries - according to modernization there is a complete transformation from the traditional t...

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On the other hand, in the modern era where there has been a complete reversal of values and labour is glorified, "as the source of all values," one might feel pressured into being more and more productive, becoming a hero of labour by default. In this case, the modern hero is carried, determined by principles that are beyond him. ... This way he can fulfil his fate as a hero, since no one has the power to limit his action and he can exercise his perfect liberty essential for the ideal within him. ... This is the reason why, according to Hegel, there is no more place for heroes in the modern a...

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"A woman," Caroline Bingley of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice affirms, "must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing and the modern languages.... Austen's treatment of these concepts has unarguably contributed to the resonance of her novels in modern society. Examining the popularity of Pride and Prejudice today, it is clear that the ideas Austen raised then are, though found in different contexts, still greatly relevant to the modern world. ...

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An article from 1873 about the sanitary conditions of New York City and its effects on children quoted Spencer saying "that the savage habit of exposing superfluous to parish from starvation, repulsive as it seems to the modern mind, was one method by which the human race was perfected....

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Pretty Woman is an appropriation of the play by Bernard Shaw called Pygmalion, because it's characters, plot and central theme can all be closely linked. Both Vivian Ward's and Eliza Doolittle's transformation into society's "ideal women" undertakes the same central journey, with pivotal moments in character development similar to each other. Both women come from disadvantaged backgrounds, and through the help of their male counterparts, in the text, achieve confidence and self worth. Through the women's evolution of self, the narrative also enables the reader to see t...

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