Essays on Karl Marx

The Everyman Play is a morality play that became popular after the Corpus Christi Plays were banned in the 15th century. The play was written by an unknown author, but many Historians believe that the author was probably a priest or monk as they were the people who usually wrote religious and moral dramas. It is also likely that the play is a conglomeration of numerous authors due to several rewrites throughout history. The play was originally written in Middle English. The play uses allegory to look at “Everyman” who is the representation of mankind. The play looks at ...

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The writing of Karl Marx are often maligned in the Western world because of their significant political aspects. The ideas, thoughts, and conclusions about humanity that Marx wrote were not spurious, or random ideas from a frustrated, and underpaid writer; he was a learned man and collaborated with others to become was the principal designers of what is referred to in the 21st Century as social science. As with any other writer and thinker, each person is free to agree, or disagree with Marx’s ideas, what cannot be ignored however, is the impact Marx has ...

As military veterans return back to the United States from the wars in Iraq and Afganistan, the public has become for aware of the medical condition of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). As many as 13 percent of the men and women who are inflicted with combat positions demonstrate the symptoms of the mental disability, but the general population of America has more than 6 percent struggling with the illness (Friedman, 2014). The large number of patients that exist both inside and outside the ranks of military personnel makes PTSD a major public health issue (Keane, Marx & Sloan, 2009). Soldiers ...

INTRODUCTION

This paper outlines Marxian concepts in Workfare Street Cleaner, Crime Scene Cleaner, Poultry Factory Worker, and Stripper as in Bowe J Bowe’s book Gig: Americans talk about their jobs. The paper will use case studies drawn from Bowe’s book to explain the concepts. The study shows how Americans feel about their jobs and then relates their opinions to the concepts of Marxist theory.

CRIME SCENE CLEANER

Neal Smither is the owner of Crime Scene Cleaners. Their work involves cleaning up death scenes like homicides, accidental deaths, and suicide. He started the job after he lost his job at a mortgage-banking ...

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Problem Definition 3 Economic Theories 3 Analysis 6 Conclusion and Recommendations 12

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Are the Rich Getting Richer and the Poor Getting Poorer Still Today Introduction Nowadays there is a lot of discussion whether the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer in the modern world. The answer to this question lies in the very understanding of poverty. Various economic schools employ different approaches when describing the causes of poverty. Therefore, they give different answers to the question mentioned above. Some of them think that the statement about the enrichment of the rich and the impoverishment of ...

Good Bye, Lenin

“Everything begins with Marx, continues on with Lenin, and ends with the refrain, Welcome, Mr. Brezhnev”, says the classics of critical theory. How come socialist revolutions begin with bright slogans and promises of the emancipation of every social group but soon end up with Stasi, KGB, Gulags, economic stagnation and deep coma? Why does it need the Wall to be built to prevent the people not from the intervention but from escaping if, by theory, everything is made in sake of people’s happiness? The destinies of the characters of Good Bye Lenin movie (like many of people from ...

The first chapter of Leo Marx’s book ‘The Machine in the Garden. Technology and the Pastoral Idea in America’ is named Sleepy Hollow. This name is derived from one of Nathaniel’s Hawthorne’s writings whereby he describes a small space scooped out among the woods which is used for farming Indian corn and which according to Hawthorne “is like the lap of a bounteous Nature, filed with bread stuff”(Marx 12). Hawthorn observes various elements of nature and appreciates the ability of nature to provide a calm and serene environment to think and be imaginative. The nature ...

Elements of poetry discussed

Setting Persona Themes Analysis The poem is an expression of the dilemma. The speaker is a person whose world is conflicted, who is reexamining the world and trying to decide on what to do; whether to buy a ‘goddamn big car’ or to pay attention to the needs of the moment(Creely, 1991). The theme of the poem is the turmoil put on the world by the capitalistic nature of things, which puts the speaker in ‘darkness’. The poem uses minimal words to put across its ideas but from the little spoken we learn a lot about the desperation ...

RACE-MAKING AND THE NATION-STATE

Anthony W. Marx article looks into the phenomenon of race-making and the nation-state using three nations that were most involved in the slave trade that occurred in the earliest part of the European colonization into new territories. These countries included the United States, South Africa, and Brazil. The focus of Marx’s article emphasizes the difference in how Brazil had less issues of racial divide than the United States and South Africa. What appears to be the problem in the way that each nation handled racial segregation and division had to do with the policies of the nation-states. Marx ...

1(a) Weber

Max Weber was a widely acclaimed philosopher of German descent. He is the brainchild behind the Weberian theory. The work of Max Weber, a prominent sociologist, and political economist, the Weberian theory had a profound effect on social theory research and the discipline of sociology. A classic sociologist, Weber subscribed to Marxist ideas but nevertheless was critical to the viability of the idea of communism formulated by Karl Marx. The Weberian theory places a lot of emphasis on societal social stratification. According to Max Weber, Class, status and power are the fundamental components of the theory. Class according to ...

Relation to neo-Marxism

Introduction The Cuban missile crisis marked one of the most turbulent times in our history. It was sparked by the deployment of nuclear missiles by the Soviet Union, in Cuba, in 1962. The world was on the brink of nuclear disaster. This paper seeks to analyze the underlying reasons, the influence of neo-Marxism and its role in the development and exacerbation of the Cuban missile crisis.

What is neo-Marxism

Before we embark on the underlying causes of the Cuban missile crisis, it is important to understand the basic differences between tenets of old school Marxism and neo-Marxism – its evolution, historical impact and ...

When one reads a tale, he or she hardly takes it seriously. No surprise! First of all, everyone expects a fairy tale to entertain describing an unreal world with where happens an unreal story. Secondly, nobody seeks for a deep sense in a fair tale, especially if it is a pure nonsense like in case with “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Caroll. However, there’s definitely a certain sense in this nonsense. It won't be the exaggeration to say that this tale is full of sense, symbols, allusions or metaphors. The world described in “Alice in Wonderland” tale reflects ...

Eliminative materialism represents perhaps the most radical complex of ideas within the philosophy of mind. The arguments which it holds may seem absurd at the first blush. Eliminativists have 'accelerated' physicalist/materialist views concerning mental states so that the concepts we usually use to describe our experience with (e.g. love, hate, desire) arrive as the aberrations and results of our long-term misconceptions and ignorance (in other words, 'mental states' never actually existed). Eliminativism main thesis is that common sense psychology shows outrageous poverty in descriptive capacity, facing the innovations of nowadays science (in particular, neurobiology). And while the theory of ...

Introduction

Unsustainable corporations simply do not last when they encounter economic, social, and ecological boundaries that dictate what is acceptable or possible. However, switching or creating the sustainable enterprises is quite difficult. Therefore, it is fascinating to witness how new company policies, unrestrained by old habits and vested interests, perform under the challenging circumstances. The incoherent changes in the society today are termed as the New Economy that has risen since the late 90s. The high employment, low inflation, and high growth introduced by the period have led to flawed business plans and excessively optimistic forecasts. This article structures an ...

Introduction

There can be no denial of the fact that globalization has come to become the most influential phenomenon in the modern day world. Globalization has come to influence many aspects of human life and existence. In a world that is greatly diversified, globalization has emerged as the omnipotent and omniscient force that has come to exercise its influence on societies, cultures, identities and communication. A close introspection of the intertwined relationship of culture, communication and globalization would enable one to have a better comprehension of the occurrence and the dynamics of the various spheres. There can be an extensive ...

Introduction

The notion of social class, and its function within the various societies throughout the global community, has been well documented throughout time. In fact, this very concept is the very basis of the exhaustive work carried out by Karl Marx throughout his professional endeavors, and continues to be the basis for much conflict throughout society. Many make the effective argument, however, that class is a human construct and, as such, is not necessarily an institution that is endeared to human civilization for all time. Postmodernists, for example, make the content that class is actually dead, giving deference to a ...

Proposed the presence of a steady clash between proprietors of the method for creation and those men and ladies who were subordinate upon the specific first class for wages and advantages, Karl Marx and Frederick Engles were the ones who are responsible for contributing that perspective in our world history. Different scholars have different opinions and ideas about the proper evaluation of world history before or after the change in the production process because of the Industrial Revolution. At issue in this is a rundown of the perspectives given by Marx and Engels, an examination of that view to ...

Philosophy final

- What are Descartes’ arguments for Cartesian dualism? Do you find them persuasive? If you do not, do you endorse monism, or not? Explain your answer.

In the dualism, Descartes attempts to solve the problem of mind and body. Descartes contrast the mind and the body that the two exist separately. He believes that human beings have two properties, the physical and the mental properties (Stanford encyclopedias of philosophy, all). The physical properties are those that can be attributed to the physical sciences. For examples, size, height and weight, color, shape, and motion in space, among others. On ...

Question 1: Gramsci: Some Preliminary Points of Reference

Philosophy has had a long history in which it has been viewed as an ‘ivory tower’ pursuit – a subject which is to be studied by those who have either too much time or money on their hands. Through this view philosophy had no practical applicability and was simply a pass time for those who could afford it. Contrary to this view, Gramsci argued that not only is philosophy a practical subject of study – one which embodies the idea of ‘praxis’ but that every individual is a philosopher. This (somewhat deterministic) standpoint claims that all people are, in ...

Is Evolution True?

Is Evolution True? Development can be defined as the fundamental process whereby species that are new develop from earlier species through accumulated changes. Sometimes an evolution is described as "descent with modification". As this process of speciation continues to take place, many species start to appear thus becoming increasingly different, and this continues over time and becomes a pattern. Through many observations of the changes in life forms over time, these models have been developed. Charles Darwin explains that the mechanism on hoe evolution occurs is by natural selection. Having constantly been observed, natural selection role in being the ...

Ideology and ideograph commonly in political discourse are concepts that are mostly used to have support for political positions. The words used in such cases do not have meanings that are clear but then they are used to bring out the impression of clear meaning.

Michael Calvin McGee used this term in a more clear way. He claimed that many people used the term without knowing its meaning clearly as a synonym for doctrine in political organizations. When human beings are put together they think and behave differently than when they are separated from each other (Mc Gee p.120). Collective ...

Peggy Little

PHI 445 Ashford University The two competing economic systems are capitalism and socialism. In Adam Smith’s Capitalism, there are three vital concepts; the economy is driven by selfish desire for luxury goods, economic balance is achieved through a self-regulating invisible hand, and the government’s role in a nation’s economic system should be limited . In Karl Marx’s socialism, there are three main features; in a capitalist system, workers are alienated from their labor, in capitalism, there is a class struggle between the working class and the business owners, and workers must improve their situation by revolting against capitalist ...

Undisputedly, social identity has a psychological dimension. However, in the sociological imagination, Wright Mills explains that ‘neither the life of an individual nor the history of society can be understood without understanding both’ (Mills, 1959). Therefore, when exploring social identity it is vital to assess the social and cultural factors that shape an individual in the milieu that it is fashioned in the contemporary society. This means that, we must look at both the power the individual has to exercise agency and the structure, or society into which they are born; the society, which already exist. Sociologist Emile Durkheim ...

For primary research, an online questionnaire was prepared that was forwarded to Chinese Students in West and Western friends and from them, it was further forwarded to their friends. This research strategy was time saving but Questionnaire was made by first analyzing how different researchers, researching in similar field, do their research. After that, they were compared with our research objectives and purposes. Highlighted differences made it clear as to how should a new questionnaire were made which could bring reliable results after analysis. Survey questions were kept as unbiased as possible. The questionnaire has three parts, first in which ...

Abstract

Pop culture of the 60s that originated in Britain and spread to US followed a string of philosophical and theoretical movement turning into mass culture. Pop culture has had many proponents in fashion, music and literature as well as numerous characteristic features. Studying the 60’s fashion design trends in ...

Advertisement is playing as an inseparable part of media, and the impact of this has been such that, that many times people are more interested in advertisement rather than any other things main purpose of media. These promotion campaigns have been dominating the mind of people, and it has been affecting the people directly as well as indirectly by hitting in their subconscious.

The promotion has now become an inseparable part of society, its root deeply under rooted in the society no matter which nation the society belongs to. The impact in the society is in many ways ...

W.E.B. Du Bois’ Contribution to the Sociological Theory

Having read some of Du Bois’ works I realized that he had definitely made a huge contribution to the sociological theory by creating a completely new approach to sociological study. It was based not only on the objective empirical knowledge but also on his own subjective reflections and impressions, which tend to make his words more reliable in the eyes of popular readers than dry facts. Thus in this work I want to explore Du Bois’ contribution to sociology as well as to point out the differences between his concepts and those ...

Introduction

In this presentation, I will talk about Antonio Agostinho Neto, the first president of Angola. I would briefly discuss his biography and I would also discuss his philosophy.

Biography

Antonio Agostinho Neto was born in Icolo, e-Bengo, Angola on September 17, 1922 (Boddy-Evans, 2013). With his father being a pastor of the Methodist church and his mother a kindergarten teacher (BookRags, 2006), Neto was one of the few Africans who was able to complete secondary school. He later worked for the Portuguese Colonial Health Service until 1947 when he received funding to study medicine in Portugal.

While in Lisbon, Neto met ...

The recent global financial crisis has called for a re-invention and re-definition of the relationship between the market and the state. This relationship has pre-occupied economic and political arguments for centuries. Political economists have constantly grappled with the question of the state’s role in the economy, of whether it should or should not intervene with the self-regulated market. Karl Polanyi, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Rousseau and John Locke are five theorists who hold disparate views on the role of the economy in the economy. Marx and Polanyi argue for a more active government while Smith, Rousseau and Locke thought that ...

Introduction

Philosophy aims at creating a better understanding of life, nature, matter, God, and whole universe to us. The paper discusses the three aspects of philosophy such as metaphysics, epistemology, and political philosophy in terms of the theoretical framework laid down by prominent philosophers. The paper includes my own ideas regarding these aspects and also critically evaluates my ideals and the ideals of the philosophers so as to understand the distinction between both forms of ideas.

1. Metaphysics

Metaphysics aims at exploring the reality of everything in this universe and countless theories and sub-categories have developed over the ...

Today, many scholars want to know if the ideas proposed by Karl Marx during the nineteenth century about social organization and labor bear any relevance in today´s environment.

According to Marx, the starting point of capitalist mode of production was when a higher number of workers gathered all in one place at the same time to produce only one type of merchandise for a capitalist. He then pays each for their individual effort, but he ends up gaining more than that .

The first stage of this manufacture process takes a lot from artisanship. However it becomes something else as ...

1 Post-modern American society is an affluent economy-driven world of disconnected individuals who work long hours to consume more and more. TV-shows, Facebook, American Dream, “Messiah complex” on the level of external policy are the realities that are consciously or instinctively accepted by a vast majority of big city population. These theses are somewhat subjective and harsh, however they have been in the air for quite a long time to dismiss them. The counterweight to the utter materialism was the hippy subculture in the sixties and simultaneous interest in oriental spiritual practices that has been developing ever since. One of ...

The history of Unions in the U.S. and the role they play in today’s society

Labor unions have been around in the United State of America since the Industrial Revolution but they did not become a force in this nation until the early 1900s. The major labor unions did not appear until the early 1930s but the earliest recorded labor dispute occurred in 1768 in New York.

A good place to start when discussing the history labor unions in the United States is to first explain what exactly a labor union is. A labor union is a “democratic organization ...

In my essay I would like to talk about and discuss two controversial sociological theories – functional theory developed by Emile Durkheim and conflict theory suggested by Marx and Weber. Both these theories are related to society and education, though they are quiet opposite. In order to understand these theories better, I will also provide examples of real-world situation in the world nowadays.

The first theory was suggested and developed by the French philosopher Emile Durkheim more than 100 years ago. This theory consists two main basic elements – role differentiation and social solidarity. Role differentiation means that there are ...

Is Deng Xiaoping’s economic reform from 1978-992 responsible for the progress of China today?

Deng Xiaoping was the China’s leader from 1978-1992 who had a Marxism political ideology but adapted and encouraged market economy and capitalist-like enterprises. His 1990’s reforms were credited for uplifting the lives of 170 million peasants in China and removing them from the poverty level (CNN 1999, par.2-3). This paper will analyze if Deng Xiaoping was responsible for China’s economic progress today. Today (2015), China is now dubbed as one of the fastest growing economies and the second largest economy in ...

Business for the Glory of God: The Bible’s Teaching on the Moral Goodness of Business portends a concept of holistic entrepreneurial by emphasizing on the perception of the business as a calling. The implication of this understanding promotes the view that business people must engage in activities that represent the will of God. Grudem demonstrates the extent to which the business activities fall into the widespread Christian paradigm that are pegged on the opportunity to enhance the glory of God. Accordingly, the profit spectrum, private ownership, competition, employment as well as commercial transactions must portray the sovereignty ...

Part one

A cyborg manifesto is a brilliant article authored by Donna Haraway. It is solely aimed at criticizing the traditional notions of feminism, especially through putting greater emphasis on the issue of identity rather than affinity. In this article, Haraway uses the image or metaphor of a cyborg to urge feminists to move beyond the retrogressive limitations of traditional feminism, gender and politics. The idea of Haraway’s Cyborg calls for a non-essentialized and material-semiotic metaphor that is considered capable of uniting diffuse political coalitions through the notion of affinity (Haraway, 1991, p.153). She clearly addresses the rift between a feminist discourse ...

1) Is Al-Kindi a fatalist? Can his position be reconciled with Islam (and if so how)? Based on his writings and teachings, the essential message of Al-Kindi (the earliest known Islamic philosopher) is that of fatalism – in essence, that our lives are conditioned in detail by a series of facts that are immutable and unchangeable. Al-Kindi’s perspective, which he outlines in his teachings, is that we can do nothing to change these circumstances and events, even when they are uncomfortable and painful to us. However, he also argues that we have the capability of joyfully affirming these circumstances and ...

Francis Fukuyama wrote a very bold essay in the summer of 1988 where he stated that history had come to a stop, and the west had finally triumphed as the dominant civilization. As the world witnessed the fall of communism and a democratization wave that swept through many countries, especially in Latin America, it seemed to the author that liberal democracy had proven to be the highest form of human society. He declared that history, as a constant struggle between ideologies, had ended. This, of course, did not mean that nothing interesting was going to happen anymore. Fukuyama stated that it only meant ...

Eighteenth century how to become an icon in the history of fashion and influence our life

Embellishment, poise, elegance are some of the adjectives that can be used to describe the trend in art and architecture of 18th century. The age witnessed the most elegant and stylish way of fashion. It can also be called as a fashionable era. 18th Century era is generally known as the Age of Enlightenment. The beginning of this century experienced a significant change in culture, art and architecture. Fashion industry also was on its peak. The fashion centre in this era shifted from Versailles to Paris. The educated Aristocratic class was called bourgeoisie class. They settled down in Paris. The new ...

1) Explain the Systems of Stratification beginning with SLAVERY; be thorough, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CLASS SYSTEM.

When social inequality prevails in the society then stratification arises. Stratification paves the way to the unequal power, authority and rewards. Poverty is the biggest cause of stratification, and it arises because of the class system prevailing in the society that paves the way to the ascribed and achieved statuses. On the ascribed status, the individual does not have any control. Examples are the race and sex. The achieved status is acquired by an individual on the basis of efforts, abilities and ...

- Definitions of the four perspectives

Functionalist looks at the society as parts that are interconnected and are able to work in harmony with each other to attain equilibrium and social balance. The state educates children whose parents are paying tax to maintain the same government.

Conflict perspective looks at society as having different interest and groups, which are competing for power and the scarce resources. This perspective is according to works of Karl Marx.

Symbolic Integrationist tends explore dynamics of the psychology of the individuals that interact in various small groups. It tries to explain ...

Abstract:

Karl Mannheim and Jean Baudrillard are two highly respected sociologists. They reigned in two very different periods of time and their views were inevitably shaped by the events and cultural realities of their days. Mannheim “spent his active life in the first half of the twentieth century, in the darkest years of Modern Europe”. (Karacsony, 2008) Mannheim observed and wrote about the self-serving separation of classes and how people behaved towards one another based on their economic status. Ironically, the same is evident in today’s times. He also believed that there is a relationship between human thought and the ...

Sexism and Classism were seen majorly in the communist China during the period lasting from the year 1949 to the year 1979. Sexism which refers to discrimination and prejudices that is not based on race but on the sex of the individual. This usually is channeled towards the female sex due to some ancient cultural, religious or social beliefs. This can surprisingly be seen till date in our present day society. Classism on the other hand refers to this same practice but with the tendency of being based on the race and ...

Social justice existed in a society when the people of that community had an equal share in the way they were treated. That is, and everyone had a fair share of the resource allocation to the citizens. For instance, every region is equally developed in terms of hospitals, schools, social amenities, and road networks. It was not just the presence of these facilities, but the provision of quality services equitably to all the citizens is what made social justice a good practice (Chaffee, 2013). Quality housing, education and in addition, quality primary health care were considered a prerogative ...

Humor in E.M. Forster’s “My Wood” E. M. Forster in his essay “My Wood” writes about a serious subject that it is clear from his writing he believes strongly in—he is writing about the negative affect of materialism on society and on the individual. Yet instead of decrying materialism, as bad and making people with a lot of material processions feel bad, he writes humorously. The whole essay is enjoyable to read, which is a compelling way to make a point. He uses a variety of humorous techniques that make his essay enjoyable to read. These techniques will be pointed ...

Question 1

Nowherelandians can utilize the concepts proposed by Locke, Marx, and Plato to establish an ideal state that represents and serves the will of the people. Initially, the Nowherelandians should struggle to establish a democratic state that fosters Liberty, Equality, and Justice. Locke noted that the government represented the will of the citizens, which means that it is obliged to serve and focus on satisfying demands and desires of “the governed.” In this respect, the government should always seek the consent of the citizens before endorsing any governing policy. I advise the Nowherelandians to establish a state in which citizens assumes ...

History plays a very important role in the development and progress of humanity. Social, cultural and political religious factors play a crucial role in shaping a society. All these factors evolve in a particular way throughout the history to give the society or world a particular shape. The world of today has also experienced such historical evolution. The economy is becoming increasingly global, in which an idea of uniformity and global culture is embedded. But on the other hand, despite the increasing move or evolution towards uniformity, the extremism in the world is also increasing. The reason for that is hidden in the past ...

Questions for Women and Cinema

Part I

1. Transgender It is a state in which an individual’s gender is not matching his or her assigned sex responsibility. It refers to the trans-genders, such as homosexual, bisexuals, heterosexual. In the Paris burning film, the issue of Transgender is explored using various characters men and women. For instance, Trans women used as members of the club to show realness. The women are sued to enhance transgender in the film, this shows that as much as they are women they can also compete men and become real (Besnier and Kalissa 34).

2. Monstrous-feminine The female ...

The USA is a Classless Society The myth of America is a classless society as identified by Karl Max can be supported by the elements of reality in the country. The ruling of the capitalist class in the American society prescribes the control and ownership of the class. Mark refers to this as means of production that mentions the factories, forms of transport and mines that produces goods and services. However, the working class does not control, or individual production means and sells their ability to labour for wages to pay for rent food and so on (Leondar-Wright & Yeskel, 2007). ...

Introduction

As modern contemporary society draws its attention to labor-intensive approach to production, business analyst has become interested in determining what could constitute to increasing workforce efficiency. This was when the concept of motivation came into place, and intellectual leaders in the likes of Frederick Winslow Taylor began formulating a model or framework that would suffice for economic efficiency alongside work productivity. It is not a surprise that economic institutions began extending its resources to help power the thriving and yet promising business economy. Frederick Winslow Taylor initiated the application of blending in the principles of science to the engineering of ...

1. Agents of Socialization

An individual’s socialization process is generally affected by a plethora of issues. However, the profoundness of the impact of each of such varied factors always depends on the individual’s circumstance, personal experiences of the individual, and the stage of life of that particular individual. The various such agents of socialization are family, church, school, hospitals, media, workplace, social forums, among others.

Socialization with the members of the various social agents, as listed above, helps individuals to learn successful functioning in their social world. Social agents facilitate the much needed social learning which basically happens with the help of ...

Spontaneous philosophy is the belief system colloquially known as “folklore”, consisting of language, “common sense”, “good sense” and opinions and beliefs based on knowledge based on religion and superstition. Language in itself has strong cognitive potential, and carries semantic knowledge as well, as opposed to just being a system of grammar. Accordingly, spontaneous philosophy is carried out by everyone; it is not just the specialty of a specific group of scholars or intellectuals. “Common sense” refers to the assumptions and beliefs generally held by most people in any society. “Good sense” refers to experiential common sense.

The ...

Prevention strategies prevent crimes. Crime prevention is a concept applied to combat criminal activities through the development of crime prevention programs and strategies. For example, in cases where there are lower levels of crime in communities, lower offending laws and in reoffending by individuals. In crime prevention, researchers examine the influence of formal and informal social mechanisms of control focusing on the influence of family, peers, school and work. In addition, crime prevention strategies target different levels and needs for individuals, parochial and public action in preventing crime. But for any of these strategies to have a long effect, it should ...

Introduction

Characterized by an impressive history and dynamic foreign relations focused on controlling the resources of this area, Gulf region is an interesting case study for understanding the international relations (IR) theories. This essay aims to identify how IR theories explain the situation in Gulf countries and to decipher the Arab Spring and its foreign relations.

Body

Gulf countries have built a self-constructed image of being different because of their common Islamic religion, shared same history, common language and experiences (Gelvin 2). Shimko (37) observes that collective egoism is enrooted in the belief that the members of certain groups are better than ...

Application

Marx’s theory of alienation has been applied even in modern colleges. In colleges and universities, there are accumulating debts for the students. The money given to students is like a vehicle that depreciates with time. These debts are accumulating with interests that must be repaid at the end of graduation. Paying back the loans over a long period and out of low income can rule out possibilities of making other financial investments. Students leave these schools in worse financial shape than they were before they enrolled. This makes them financially alienated and they suffer alienation from the society. This debt ...

There is a common misconception fostered by many Britons that with the growing diversity and the growing influence of globalization in the country Great Britain has become a classless society. This myth is further reinforced by the proclamations made by different political dignitaries like former British Prime Minister John Major who expressed the desire to create a 'classless society of opportunity' after he came into power back in 1990s (Lewis, 2013). Not only John Major, another Prime Minister of Great Britain Tony Blair also proclaimed in his speech in 1999 that "the class war is over" (Marsden, 1999). But in ...

Ideology

For centuries, the word ‘ideology’ has undergone revolutions and dynamism that have changed the context of its usage and understanding. Given the special position of the word in today’s life of radicalism and revolutionary attempts, it has become increasingly imperative to give a precise comprehension of the term to create boundaries of its usage. Several ideas and concepts about beliefs in religions and political systems have cropped in all corners of the world, prompting people to develop different ideologies concerning culture, economy and politics. For this reason, the term ‘ideology’ has been used more widely now than ...

The book Communist Manifesto, written by the controversial Karl Marx in the year 1848 was also helped by Friedrich Engels in the writing and editing, become a political manuscript that was very influential. The book’s main argument is on an advanced analytical approach that focuses on capitalism problems and class struggle in the general society and also politics. The manifesto includes four sections that are comprehensive. In the very first, the relationship involving bourgeoisie and proletariats is discussed and also Communists’ theory involving history. The second subsequent section, the connection is explained between Communists and proletarians. Third section then ...

Discuss some of the key ideas, people, and consequences associated with theories of evolution (focusing on Darwin).I. Intro and Background Darwin started researching on the evolution of animals and plants and was motivated by the fact that other creatures were able to survive while others could not. For this reason, competition for various elements that are specific to the growth and expansion of the population are the basis for evolution. This article will therefore try and establish the facts behind Darwin’s findings.

Malthus and competition

Malthus fronts the fact that, in every system that contains living organism, evolution in ...