IDEALIST VS MATERIALIST ’S CONCEPT OF CULTURE Culture is complex and can be defined in various ways. The difficulty in defining the term ‘culture’ can be seen from the problem and the interest of sociology of culture (Williams‚ 1981). Culture can be said as problematic as the term ‘culture’ cannot be used to define everything that the society do. The difficulty. Despite the complexity of the term‚ it can be most usefully seen from two positions; the idealist and materialist‚ which are the results
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Is class a zombie category? - by Daniel Byrne ‘Talent is 21st century wealth. … It is the nation’s only hope of salvation … Not equal incomes. Not uniform lifestyles or taste or culture. But true equality: equal worth‚ an equal chance of fulfillment‚ equal access to knowledge and opportunity. Equal rights. Equal responsibilities’ (BBC‚ 1999). This section of Tony Blair’s speech‚ given in 1999 during a Labour Party Conference‚ is one of many ways how one could have introduced this subject. However
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plan: Definition of rubbish Meaning of value Consumer society Thompson theory Stevengraph paintings Recycling Conclusion Rubbish is something that has no value or been disvalued (Making Social Lives p.105). Rubbish is something that nobody want or need. It appears simple but the term value is in fact quite a complex term. Value means how useful something is. An item has a value because it is valued by people who use them. If an item is regarded to as rubbish it is mainly because
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In countries like the Philippines and Malaysia‚ flash floods are known to happen during the rainy season due to drains clogged by rubbish that impede the flow of rainwater. These floods cause damage to infrastructure‚ agriculture‚ significantly decreases productivity as many businesses and workers are forced to stop operations to tend to their families and homes. The cost of aiding
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environmentally unsustainable. Disposing and recycling of rubbish is now huge international business and although there is great economic value in this for the companies involved the need to find ways to sustain the environment is also a major factor in this process (Brown 2009). Transporting rubbish around the world where it is recycled more cheaply and remanufactured into a usable commodity to be shipped back‚ highlights the new value of some of our rubbish. Waste plastics‚ paper‚ card and glass are now just
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that they were concerned because it looks bad for the environment and they didn’t want any further harm to happen to wildlife because of our mistakes. From these results it was surprising to see that 12 percent of the people didn’t even see much rubbish. The results from this question were what I expected it to be but when this was compared to the question “Are you concerned about the amount of waste in our school?”‚ 18 percent of the people said no‚ but in this question‚ no-one said no and 19
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The situation is getting worse in these years‚ as people have no improvement in their consumption style. They are not aware of their responsibility on reducing waste. Also‚ people cannot develop the routine on recycling‚ and send much unnecessary rubbish to the landfill. With the rare land resources in Hong Kong‚ we cannot offer any more land to extend or construct a new landfill. If we still do nothing and continue the trend‚ the problem on waste treatment will cause an enormous amount of cost for
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Food operators‚ importers‚ exporters and hypermarkets‚ among others‚ will be sitting with the government soon to plan methods that both the government and industry players can adopt in addressing the global food crisis. Deputy Domestic Trade‚ Consumerism and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Tan Lian Hoe said with the escalation in world food prices‚ it was also important for the people to learn to be self-sufficient. "Those who own small pieces of land or even a garden plot can start to learn how
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HOW CAN WE SAVE THE EARTH ? This is our earth‚ the only place we have to live on for now and in the future. World Environment day‚ established by the UNO in 1972‚ is celebrated on June 5. it has been established for all the countries of the world to create awareness among their people about how the environment‚ which is fast being degraded‚ can be saved. The chief cause of degradation are the use of forestland for agriculture and the access emission of CO2 into the atmosphere. Both these issues
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How I can make the world a better place. Imagine a world without rubbish. Imagine a world without homeless people and people that starve. Imagine a world that’s perfect. Most people wonder to themselves‚ how can I make this world a better place? It is very simple‚ every little thing that you do counts. Some things we do are very easy‚ like picking up rubbish‚ recycling‚ and not wasting energy. All sorts of things we do count. Even finishing your dinner! There are also things you can do that
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