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The State in Southeast Asia

such as Marx and Weber each falsely attributed many Asian characteristics as reasons for the growing gap between the continents ("...

Philosophers on International Relations

donor for their present child in need of a transplant (1990). To Kant, that was wrong and while other segments of society would be...

Marx Brothers' Duck Soup and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In five pages this report compares Groucho Marx' character Rufus T. Firefly in the 1933 film Duck Soup with William Shakespeare's ...

Article Criticism and Rebuttal of Marxism

Louis Blanc (1811-1882) gets the credit for the Marxist line about "from each according to his abilities; to each according to his...

Overview of Historical Materialism

In six pages this paper considers historical materialism according to Engels and Marx in this philosophical overview. Eight sourc...

Theories Regarding Power and Knowledge

In nine pages this paper examines several theoretical perspectives regarding power and knowledge including 'Discipline and Punish'...

Combination of Economic and Political Themes in 'The Communist Manifesto'

in 5 pages, this essay combines the very themes that were considered within the contexts of the Industrial Revolution and the Fre...

Work According to Pieper, Marx, and Tocqueville

In five pages this paper examines work from the theoretical perspectives of Pieper, Marx, and Tocqueville. Four sources are cited...

Does Believing in God's Existence Make Any Sense?

In five pages this paper discusses the grounds for believing in God's existence by discussing philosophical interpretations of fou...

'Souls of Black Folk' and 'The Communist Manifesto'

This paper consists of a 7 page comparative analysis of the texts by DuBois and Marx and Engels, and specifically considers the lo...

Overview of Important Sociological Theories

In eight pages sociological theories by Becker, Marx, and Weber are discussed in terms of how they relate to issues including soci...

Theorists on a Governing Upper Class II

In seven pages this paper examines the assertion by Adolf Berle that upper middle class management governs large corporations with...

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...

Ideology and Law

In eleven pages European and American societies are considered regarding how their laws were developed in a discussion of the Comm...

Society, Power, and Theory

In five pages this paper discusses how society is influenced by power and how it is balanced in a consideration of theories by Spe...

Comedy in Cinema, From Charlie Chaplin To Woody Allen

This paper addresses the growth of cinematic comedy. The author covers major works by Charlie Chaplin, The Three Stooges, Buster ...

Conflict Theory and the Analysis of Contemporary Song Lyrics

In five pages this paper examines the 1994 'Machinehead' song by the British band Bush in a consideration of conflict theory and t...

The Worldly Philosophers by Robert Heilbroner

someone unfamiliar with the field of economics. The works which are introduced range from the earliest economic thought found in...

Louis Dumont and Economic Ideology

In eight pages Louis Dumont's From Mandeville to Marx The Genesis and Triumph of Economic Ideology is examined through an applic...

Philosophers Compared

if it is taken outside of the context of societal situations. For Nozick, justice is more clearly a function of societal roles a...

Different Thoughts About Capitalism

property, and divine or eternal laws (Gasser, 2007). They did not necessarily agree but they both offered views on what we can ref...

Dante the Sociologist.

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

German Philosophy: Family, Society and Government

family, and how the state gets into the picture. II. German Political Theory When it comes to German political theory, there...

An Analysis of Frederick Douglass' Narrative

criticized. People like others to agree with them, and so, disagreement is disheartening. In the end, people conform in order to b...

Conflict in Society: An Analysis of the Writers' Strike

writers strike as an area of focus. This is a classic fight and something that may be equated with what Karl Marx (1998) expresses...

Freedom and The Handmaid's Tale

in the United States. The people recognize the failure of capitalism and see socialism as a solution. Within Marxs paradigm, there...

Capitalism: The Views of Marx and Weber

instinct (Marx as cited in Tucker, 1978). Here, the point of alienation is emphasized. The drive which is within man is truly rema...

The Significance of the Division of Labor

into their own with a new wave of feminism. That said, it should be noted that when World War II would begin, women would then beg...

Choice Theory from a Marxist Perspective

really not obvious in violent scenarios as it appears that everyone involved loses. The more obvious reasons that crime is committ...

Briefly, The Foundations of Sociology

is also interesting in light of todays social interaction theories. Both of the above are functionalist theories and from t...