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Dante the Sociologist.

the founders of modern sociology; his interests were wide ranging, including the sociology of politics and the sociology of religi...

Marx, Weber and Durkheim and Classical Sociology

dubbed in the classical school, but of course, that would be too easy. There must be something about the work of these theorists t...

Sociology Topics

biology for example. The reason why this is the case, is because one cannot conclusively prove that a trend exists or not because ...

Religious Theories of Emile Durkheim in The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life

premises the concept that religion is rooted in the nature of things and that any system of belief which dos not have this groundi...

Emile Durkheim and the Social Theory of Lyotard

only give rise to institutions in patches--local determinism" (Lyotard PG). II. EXPOSING POSTMODERNISM Postmodernism was t...

Education, Religion, and Theories of Emile Durkheim and August Comte

forces replace supernatural beings as the explanation for "original causes and purposes of things in the world" (Ritzer 90). The...

Theorists and Theories of Management

achieving efficient operation. In his well known example of the operation of the pin factory, Smith (1776) describes the division...

Political Ideology and Management Style

pointed out in the article itself--to embrace typical customers service ideology, which is not to complain. The author asks if the...

The Baseball 'Business' from a Sociological Perspective

makes more money for the team, so while a player may command a million dollar salary, the team owners profit much more than he doe...

Karl Marx and the Criticism of Karl Popper

with the use of a random sample, one can say that a conclusion may be drawn. If it is found that children will think like their pa...

Lewis Coser and Karl Marx on the Conflict Between Freedom of Choice and 'Right to Life'

In five pages this paper applies the theories of Lewis Coser and Karl Marx to the ongoing conflict between 'Right to Life' and fre...

Horton's Seeds of Fire

grandfather, a devout Christian who taught Horton "a strong biblical sense of the differences between rich and poor... and that ed...

History and the Philosophies of Karl Marx

used to understand present and future situations. Interestingly, the author points out that when taking the models of socialism an...

Marxism Lives On

his theory, there is more than just home ownership that is valuable. After all, a critic might contend that Marx was bent on provi...

Man's Spirit Destruction and the Alienation Theory of Karl Marx

cashier or general store worker. It is an alienation that has seemingly persisted throughout the ages in a variety of settings. W...

Property Rights and the Political Philosophy of John Locke

In order to explore his general theory, it pays to look at his Second Treatise of Civil Government. It is rather compelling and ...

Comparing Socialism and Liberalism

to public hands which would be the beginning of communism. The Communist Manifesto was a statement on how capitalist society exis...

Exchange Value and Use Value Differences

get $500 for it on the market as automobiles depreciate and this car is about 15 years old. However, the use value is much greater...

Karl Marx's 1844 Manuscripts Ideas

while in society today, the concept is well accepted, Marx prompts one to question the ethics of capitalism. When all is said and ...

Motivating Factors of Greed, Free Trade, and Profit

that people can earn money while being frugal at the same time. Webers argument concerning the origin of capitalism in his classic...

Karl Marx on the Importance of the State

In ten pages this paper discusses capitalism in an overview of Karl Marx's views on the importance of the state. Five sources are...

Human Nature and Comparing Mill and Marx

his time, and advocated many changes which he thought would make the world a better place but which were certainly not in keeping ...

Accounts of Marxism's 'Death' Are Highly Exaggerated

In eight pages Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto and its continued relevance are discussed. Five sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Capitalism and its Destruction

are therefore not revolutionary, but conservative." It does seem to be the case that for example the Republican party in the Unit...

Demise of the 'Grand Narratives' like The Communist Manifesto

to exist because we cannot fathom them? This is the postmodernist reality. We have come to believe that we have no story to tell...

Metropolis Film's Social Importance

notions of the division between the "haves" and "have nots" and in fact supported his ideas with the theory of alienation. Further...

Karl Marx's Power Concept and Max Weber's Definition of Authority

but traditional authority is something that was existent in the pre-modern era (1977). That sort of authority is welded in the be...

Worldwide Prison System Ineffectiveness

it seems that police pursue black people more often. The old "driving while black" mentality seems to be present in America today....

Economism and Marxism's Vulnerability

own economic well being as their primary goal. Political reform unrelated to this goal should not be their concern. By loo...

Aesthetics and Marxism

understood. He goes on to call it a queer thing that abounds in metaphysical subtleties as well as theological niceties (1887). A...