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Essays 121 - 150

A Dialogue between Historical Theorists

This essay begins by describing the moral and political philosophies of John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, Adam Smith, Benito Mussolini...

How Companies Treat Employees

In 1867, Karl Marx wrote that all capitalists exploit their employees, that employees were just another commodity to them. Sadly, ...

Differing Opinions about Society

Karl Marx is known for his arguments against capitalism and how the elite exploit the weak. Durkheim is known for considering the ...

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...

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...

Accurate History Model of the Historical Materialism Developed by Karl Marx

everywhere a complicated arrangement of society into various orders, a manifold gradation of social rank. In ancient Rome we have ...

Adam Smith and Karl Marx on Human Nature

living, they may be making a lot of money, but they are also spending a lot. Upon retirement, they can sell a home in the Northeas...

Religion According to Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx

The left wing, also known as Young Hegelians, emphasized the analysis of contradictions (Kamenka, 1983). The left looked at cont...

Capitalism and the Philosophy of Karl Marx

they realize that they may not be able to survive. They only have to come up with the money because an old, poor friend married a ...

Modern Society and Social Class

every occupation hitherto honored and looked up to with reverent awe. It has converted the physician, the lawyer, the priest, the...

Society and the Individual

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Behavior That is Rational vs. Irrational

Jason was only seeking his own gratification. He wanted to have it all. His intent was to gain both power and social standing by...

Communism, Federalism, and Freedom

In seven pages this paper examines the different perspectives of freedom expressed by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx in The Commun...

Plato and the Path to Happiness

In five pages this report examines 2 questions on happiness in a consideration of Plato's works regarding the relationship between...

The Lazy Poor

write off or simply looking good in front of others. Rather, the helper feels better about themselves. Helping feeds the ego. Howe...

Inequality Origins and the Philosophies of Jean Jacques Rousseau and Karl Marx

In five pages this paper discusses human nature and the origins of inequality as viewed by philosophers Karl Marx and Jean Jacques...

Arendt's The Human Condition

In sixteen pages this paper examines the concepts of capitalism, fascism, and liberalism as represented in the theories of Adam Sm...

'Corrupted' Man Political Theories

In three pages this paper discusses how the 'corrupted' man theories were viewed by John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Karl Marx a...

Values of the Enlightenment and Romanticism

In seven pages this paper discusses the Enlightenment and Romantic values in a consideration of 'The Tyger' by William Blake and '...

Social Domination and its Impact

In nine pages this paper discusses the impact of social domination in a consideration of such topics as Karl Marx and globalizatio...

Capitalism Perspectives of Samuel Smiles, Karl Marx, and Adam Smith

it was labor, the effort put into something by the worker, and not the land or the money itself that was the source and the final ...

Interactionist and Conflict Perspectives

In five pages Erving Goffman, Charles Horton Cooley, George Herbert Mead, C. Wright Mills, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Karl Marx are among...

Their Morals and Ours by Leon Trotsky

In six pages this paper discusses chapter one of Their Morals and Ours by Leon Trotsky with the work also compared with The Reflec...