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Student Questions on Theory and History Answered

A paper consisting of ten pages and 3 sections answers various questions on French history, Karl Marx, and Jean Paul Sartre's hist...

Weber and Marx on Capitalism

hand, focuses on theories surrounding labor and alienation. Both have much to do with capitalism but each theorist treats the subj...

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...

Society, the Individual, and Sociology

themselves. It is in adjusting to change that people lose their ground. Meaning and purpose in life is lost. Thus, clinical depres...

Marxist Views on Continued Existence of the Prison System

the long haul. And while there is one way of viewing prisons, at least by the majority, there is another way of looking at it. The...

Marxist Perspective on Workplace Conflict

middle class can now drive BMWs through inexpensive leasing options, but the divide is still there. The middle class and lower cla...

Utopian Sociologists and the Concepts of Karl Marx

argue that such public officials will do good things once they get the money, but the ultimate goal is for fame and fortune. The n...

Oppression and What It Means

that different groups may be oppressed. For instance, WEB DuBois fought for the oppression of African Americans whereas Marx and E...

The Reasons Why the Predictions of Karl Marx Never Materialized

such as the labor theory of value and economic determinism. Economic determinism, above all, embraces the concept that economic fa...

Society and the Individual

diet preference and sexual activity. Two classic works are extremely useful in allowing us to understand the role of societ...

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...

Human Existence, Civilization, and Philosophy According to Sigmund Freud and Karl Marx

would be no hope of redemption or change. Frankl supports this position by contending that mans search for meaning "is the primar...

Classical Sociology Concepts

everyone is unhappy in society and to look at the world as one composed of boxes or cages or bureaucracy seems rather hopeless. In...

U.S. Economic Stratification

in the power structure of the time to allow rule by the previously exploited working class (the proletariat,) and the termination ...

Personal Perspective on Social Stratification

old stereotype that the only way to get out of the ghetto is through basketball or rap has some truth. People are born into a cert...

Analyzing Bowling for Columbine from a Sociological Perspective

Marx). In other words, Marx saw societies as being composed of classes in constant conflict. Differing markedly from his predecess...

Relationship Between Labor and Capital According to Karl Marx

- namely the raw materials, the tools and equipment necessary to produce commodities, and the finished product itself. There was a...

Labor Relations and Industrialization in North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

In five pages this paper examines the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell and also includes the labor theories of Karl Marx. Two sources a...

TV Viewing's Pros and Cons

and other shows have introduced a world of learning to toddlers and the preschool set. There are educational shows for adults and ...

Law and the Views of Karl Marx

company that told them to merely come to work and trust in them. Before their stock plummeted, the executives took their money and...

Authors Embracing Marxis

respects ethics. Of course, that is not always apparent on the surface, but like much of his writings, Marx expresses a profound i...

Karl Marx and Class Stratification

and continue the cycle while those in the "other class" consume these items, usually by placing them on credit cards. The idea tha...

Karl Marx and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Creature

predicted in his Communist Manifesto that the inevitable overthrow of the bourgeoisie by the proletariat would first succeed in a ...

Religion and Sociological Theory

merit. Indeed, religion is used to control the masses to some extent and people use religion for functional reasons. It helps them...

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....

Economic Determinism and its Relevance

Historical materialism, or dialectical material, as described by Marx and Engels, involves the notion that there is a progression ...

Feminism, Economics, and Karl Marx

In nine pages this report examines the relationship between capitalism, feminism, and Marxism and how each is determined by forces...

Marxist and Keynesian Economic Forms

In six pages the economic developmental impacts of the theories of Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes are examined, compared, and c...

Comparative Analysis of the Theories of Karl Marx and Jean Jacques Rousseau

at the essential nature of man. The nature of man is such that it is a favorite subject of philosophers. Hobbes for example sees t...

Society and Religion

of the people" (Fay, 1996, p. 24). While Fays comment may ring true today, the truth is that at the time in...