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'Power Elite' and C. Wright Mills' The Structure of Power in America

remains powerful and persistent because of its overwhelming influence upon the smaller but dominant upper class elite, those whose...

Society and Technology

of political life" (1969, 55). Mesthene sees technology as detrimental and provides examples. For instance, cities have mass trans...

Comparing Utopian Societies

our own society. Consider how the general population views its government and the politicians who hold political office. What we...

Societal Conflict from Different Perspectives

In four pages society's conflict is examined with a contrast and comparison of Marx's and Coser's theories. Two sources are cited...

Information Age and Social 'Technophobia'

who created the buggy whip? Many believe that technophobia is a modern syndrome, but in fact, it is not. During the Indust...

The Crucible: Minority Opinion

and they are clearly the minority. In this story the majority is the ruling force, the political body which is essentially compr...

Humor, Sexuality and Aging

and we cant go to her house. Im married and we cant go to my house. The Holiday Inn charges $98. The Hilton charges $139. We do it...

The Social Reaction to Piercing and Tattooing

the University of Wisconsin at Madison explains that the present cultural phenomenon is simply a subsection of a much larger pheno...

Augustine, Aquinas and Luther/Role of Government

those who would do evil. Augustine couched his ideas on government within his concept of two cities, an earthly city and a city o...

THE CHALLENGES OF A MARKET SOCIETY

reliability of a free market. The concept of Smiths "invisible hand" is that markets are always seeking equilibrium when it comes ...

Jonathan Swift/Gulliver's Voyage to Lilliput

is ale to jump "the highest," succeeding to high office (Swift). As this suggests, Swift was lampooning the machinations require...

Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt" - Technology

is how science fiction portrays this futuristic idea. Indeed, the extent to which films and books have expounded upon the potenti...

Social Bias

particular group, ethnicity or other social connection by virtue of the behavior or situation of only some in that population. Bla...

Comparison of the Western World and the Renaissance

The "Black Death" first struck in 1347. At that time Europes population was just over 70 million. By 1400, the number of people...

Jerry Mander's In the Absence of the Scared Book Review

In three pages this essay reviews the text that blames all of society's ills upon technology. There are no other sources listed....

Sports and Gender Stratification

This paper consists of four pages and considers how studying sports reveals much about society's stereotypes, gender roles, and st...

Violence and How It is Defined by Society

In four pages this paper discusses Howard J. Ehrlich's argument that society's definition of violence should be expanded but ultim...

Critical Analysis: The Amish

the standards of natural application. The uncomplicated lifestyle the Amish lead is often subject to ridicule and contempt from o...

Policies of Birth Control in China

In eight pages the philosophical views of Pythagoras, Immanuel Kant, and John Stuart Mill are applied to an exploration of the bir...

Existentialism and Human Emotions by Jean Paul Sartre and The Future of an Illusion by Sigmund Freud

In six pages these works are contrasted and compared regarding the theorists' radical differences regarding the individual and rel...

Philosophical Views on Human History

In five pages this paper discusses society's development in relationship to humans in a consideration of the philosophical perspec...

Political Philosophy of Greece and Athens

much as they are in todays society. Therefore, the philosophies and laws created chaos, but democracy was enjoyed as a fact of ex...

Society and Gender Roles

Why is gender important in society? Why are men different from women? These issues and others are discussed inclusive of the fact ...

Ousmane Sembene's God's Bits of Wood and the Sociopolitical Redefinition of Women's Roles

In one page this paper examines the African society's redefining of women's social and political roles as represented in this nove...

Values and Research

question of whether research can be value-free requires a straightforward, unequivocal answer of "it depends." Research and Values...

Modern Russia and Capitalism

up and began laying the foundations of a more modern capitalist state. Of course, that type of capitalism was decimated by...

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this paper examines how war's realities and intrusions have cemented contemporary society's philosophical foundation...

Perfect Society Concept and Utopia by Thomas More

In 5 pages this paper discusses whether or not contemporary society would regard More's Utopia as perfect in a consideration that ...

Post Capitalist Society by Peter Drucker

In six pages this 1994 text is examined in a discussion of major concepts and the author's predictions regarding society's ideolog...

20th Century White Male Culture

In ten pages this paper discusses the impact of 'white male culture' upon 20th century society's politics, economics, and culture....