is illustrated in the production and reproduction of identity as power relations in anime; (3) cyberspace is a domain of power and resistance; and (4) violence is a form of is misalignment of sexuality‚ power‚ and resistance. Keywords: Michel Foucault‚ Japanese Anime‚ Identity‚ Sexuality‚ Power‚ Resistance‚ Social Apparatus‚ Cyberspace INTRODUCTION Japanese Anime‚ especially films and videos‚ has been a dominant social interest in cyber media for nearly a decade. The term Anime is popularly
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CONSTITUTIONAL RULES HAVE A SPECIAL STATUS? (b) DO CONSTITUTIONS CONFER VALIDITY ON THE LEGAL SYSTEM? 5. Constitutions and the Relationship between Law and Politics (a) THE THEORY OF CONSTITUTIONALISM (b) GOVERNMENTALITY and the work of Michel Foucault (c) GOVERNANCE 6. Forms of Constitutions (a) WRITTEN AND UNWRITTEN (or Codified and Uncodified) (b) UNITARY AND FEDERAL (c) MONARCHICAL AND REPUBLICAN (d) PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY (e) DEMOCRATIC AND DICTATORIAL (f) BILLS OF
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P1 Explain the principal sociological principles Functionalism: Functionalism (or structural functionalism) is the perspective in sociology according to which society consists of different but related parts‚ each of which serves a particular purpose. According to functionalism‚ sociologists can explain social structures and social behaviour in terms of the components
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One take-away from Native American Perspectives that helped me understand Native American history more was the idea of regimes of truth from French philosopher Michel Foucault. This idea was vital in understanding Native American and settler colonial relations. Foucault said‚ “Truth is a thing of this world: it is produced only by a virtue of multiple forms of constraint. And it induces regular effects of power. Each society has its regime of truth‚ its “general politics” of truth: that is‚ the types
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DISCOURSE ANALYSIS To truly understand what discourse analysis is‚ it is important to first understand what discourse is. There are three ways in which we can describe discourse; each of which are of equal importance: Firstly‚ discourse can be described as language beyond the level of the sentence. By this we mean that it is a type of language that extends past features such as sounds (phonetics)‚ structures (syntax) and the parts that make up words (morphology). The second description
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AllPsych Journal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Homosexuality: Nature or Nurture Ryan D. Johnson April 30‚ 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In recent decades‚ many hotly debated topics have come under the scrutiny of sociobiologists‚ trying to determine their causation and origins. One such topic is homosexuality. Originally thought by the American Psychological Association (hereafter
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Homosexuality: A Case of Nature versus Nurture By Idette Adams Instructor: Mr. Simbarashe Chiduma A RESEARCH PAPER Submitted to Baker College in partial fulfillment of requirements For class: Soc 201 Winter 2012 Homosexual is defined as: “of‚ relating to‚ or characterized by a tendency to direct sexual desire toward another of the same sex” (Webster’s Dictionary‚ 4th ed.‚ 2003) The nature approach is based on a chance that humans are born with a specific gene that determines
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“external objects do not produce the same impression on the sufferer’s mind as on that of a healthy man; these impressions are weak‚ and the sufferer rarely heeds them” (Foucault‚ p.130). The mental illness causes “‘these have such a degree of vivacity that the sufferer believes the represent real objects‚ and judges accordingly.’” (Foucault‚ p.130) Gulliver is so fixated with the slender notions of the Houyhnhnms that he becomes ignorant concerning any truths that reveal otherwise. The hospitality which
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AELS 348 – CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS KIRSTIN CONRADIE 16107306 TASK 3 1. Social practice: Raising children 2. In contemporary society the discourse regarding the raising of children is primarily focused on developmental appropriateness‚ meaning that there exists a general awareness of the developmental sensitivity of children (childhood being a developmentally sensitive period). Contrasting this with the sentiment of “children must be seen and not heard” of a few decades ago‚ it becomes
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order in public spaces it discusses theories by Erving Goffman and Michel Foucault respectively. It then goes on to look at the engineers Colin Buchanan & Hans Monderman respective views of how social order is produced in public spaces. Then the essay compares and contrasts the views of Buchanan and Monderman on how social order is produced in public spaces. It then looks at the links between the views of Buchanan and Foucault and those of Monderman and Goffman. The essay then summarises what these
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