may be culturally framed. Addiction as a Historically and Culturally Specific Concept In 1978‚ Harry Levine published his landmark paper on “The discovery of addiction.”3 Applying to alcohol an analysis parallel to the analyses by Foucault and Rothman for mental disorders‚ Levine argued that the idea of addiction emerged at a specific point in history and in a specific cultural context. The time was the early part of the nineteenth century‚ and the place was the Jacksonian United States
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Nietzsche’s views run along similar lines. Not only morals do pervade life spheres‚ but‚ they derive their normative force values with which they are associated . However‚ this values are not the “ground zero” of morality: as Schacht puts is ’[…] for Nietzsche […] all normativity is ultimately of extra-moral origin. For Nietzsche that ultimate origin – the Ur-source of all normativity – is to be found in the basic disposition he takes to be operative in all that transpires in this world‚ which he
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Take a walk through New York’s A‚C‚E-Chamber Street train station. As you walk or wait for the train you will notice rectangular motifs of eyes‚ some of the eyes are in pairs some are not. (Fig 1.) Nevertheless‚ you cannot help but wonder if they eye are staring at you as you wait for the train or if the eyes are looking over the station like a camera? Sight is a wondrous sense that can also give us insight into more than just what we see. If you were a god that made no physical contact with humanity
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1. Classical Marxist theories have served as a springboard of inspiration for a variety of contemporary theorists challenging the existing state of society and seeking social justice and a fair society. Consequently‚ feminist standpoint theories‚ theories that represent a specific disposition‚ align with common themes found throughout Marxist interpretations of society‚ with an emphasis on the development of individual schemas dependent upon the relationship between the individual and their
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Sex and Social Problems Related to Sexuality I. How Do Americans view Issues of Sex and Sexuality? A. Sex and Gender 1. Sex (p.172) a. Sex refers strictly to biological makeup. It refers to whether you have male or female reproductive organs. b. Sex also refers to activities that lead to sexual gratification and the possibility of reproduction. 2. Gender (p.172) a. Gender is the personal traits and position in society connected with being a male or female. 3. Gender identify (p.172-173)
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change in post –modern society is our understanding of what crime is has had to change. How has our conception of what crime is has changed? One key post-modernist thinker is Foucault‚ his work on social control and surveillance seems really important to our understanding of post-modernism and crime. What has Foucault say about surveillance and crime and how is it relevant to today’s society? Other sociologists have suggested one of the key features of post-modern society is globalisation
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Gary Kinsman contends that our attraction is influenced by society and the primary factors on why individuals are the way they are and the material world is evolving benefiting society’s growth. Factors of why individuals are the way is that the attraction we develop for other people is controlled by ourselves not by our genes. Social constructionism is created by individuals in society who have particular opinions on how society should be. In regards‚ to the work of Kinsman he states “Common-sense
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definition has developed and changed from time to time. To find an exact definition of what is literature‚ it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. There have been several attempts to decipher this puzzle‚ in “What Is an Author” written by Michael Foucault‚ he emphasizes on the idea that an author exists only as a function of a written work. The author’s name holds considerable power and serves as an anchor for interpreting a text. And “On the Sublime” written by Longinus‚ the writer states that the
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11‚ 2008. Dalrymple‚ William. City of Djinns. New Delhi: Penguin Books‚ 2004. —. The Last Mughal. Breat Britain: Bloomsbury Publishing‚ 2006. Dr. William Koehle‚ Professor Madhu C. Dutta. "The Raj versus the Republic: The Legacy of Lutyens." 2001. Foucault‚ Michel. "Of Other Spaces‚ Heterotopias." 1967. Frykenberg‚ R.E. Delhi Through the Ages. Oxford University Press: USA‚ February 3‚ 1994. Gupta‚ Narayani. Delhi between two empires‚ 1803-1931. Delhi: Oxford University Press ‚ 1981. Krafft‚ E. Ehler
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couldn’t be done in the center of the city because the streets were overcrowding. Therefore‚ the idea of separate confinement‚ that was invisible from society‚ was thought of. The observing apparatus-the panoptic design of prison- as described by Foucault in Panopticism‚ enables prison administration to observe and monitor the
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