The End of History? – A Reconstruction of Fukuyama’s Thesis. In the closing stages of the Cold War in 1989‚ Francis Fukuyama declared that we were witnessing the end of history. This did not mean the end of events; rather the end of mankind’s ideological evolution. In other words‚ the search for the optimal political and economic system. Fukuyama draws largely on G.W.F. Hegel‚ as interpreted by Alexandre Kojève. For Hegel‚ ‘history’ culminated in an “absolute moment” in which a final‚ rational
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INTL 1101 Final Exam Study Guide Americanization - Consumerism‚ individualism - American products and values - Cultural imperialism? Trying to homogenize world? McDonaldization - Fast-food principles dominant in American and other societies - Uniform standards - Lack of human creativity - Dehumanization of social relations Infantilization - Benjamin Barber “consumed” - Against “ethos of infantilization” that sustains global capitalism - Turning of adults into children
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Theories Functionalist The family has a function in society just like everything else in society Society benefits from the family and it’s the heart of it Murdock Sampled 250 families Nuclear family is universal Serves four functions: SEXUAL REPRODUCTION ECONOMIC EDUCATIONAL Parsons Nuclear family is stripped to just two basic functions: SOCIALISATION OF CHILDREN AND STABILISATION OF ADULT PERSONALITIES (warm bath theory - Steele and Kidd) Evaluation - Family functions are
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Assess the sociological explanations for the increasing number of religions and spiritual organisations and movements in society today There are many different definitions and types of religious organisations including church‚ sects‚ denominations‚ cults and New Religious Movements. Since the 1960s the number of religious and spiritual organisations and movements in society have increased. Troeltsch defines church and sects as distinctly different organisations. He says churches are large universalistic
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Axia College Material Appendix C HUM 130 Week 1 Vocabulary Quiz | |Define these terms in your own words. | |1. Immanent |Being a part of something at that moment | |2. Religion |To have a belief in God in your own way; to worship | |3. Theistic
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Examine some of the changes that have taken place in the family structure over the last 50 years There are 15.8 million families in Britain. The family in Britain is very diverse; diversity means that there is a wide range of different ‘things’‚ in terms of family it means lots of different family types. There has been diversity in the family structure in Britain‚ an example of this is ‘lone parents’‚ lone parents have always been part of Britain’s family structure but even more so during the World
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Neoclassical Period The age of reason What was life like in this period? * Religious fundamentalism * Newspapers * Concerts * Public parks * Insurance * Post office * Shopkeepers * Respected politeness and restraint * Feared enthusiasm * England was about to become Great Britain (1707) * Imperial grandeur * Wealthy‚ powerful‚ scientific development * considered themselves the new leading country (the new roman empire) *
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for understanding modern criminology today. In the late eighteenth century Britain went through an Enlightenment period‚ which is also referred to as ’The Age of Reason’ (Paine‚ 1794) and this is because reason was emphasised over religion‚ secularisation transformed society‚ new ways of thinking were introduced which influenced the ’Classicalism’ theory. This approach was first developed by the Italian scholar Cesare Beccaria‚ who argued that it is very natural for humans to engage in deviant
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The Alevilik constitute the second biggest religious group‚ alongside Sunnis‚ in Turkey‚ and number somewhere in the range of 15 million individuals‚ equivalent to roughly 25 per cent of the nation’s aggregate populace. Alevilik is a religious and conviction. In Alevilik‚ it is basic to have confidence in God’s presence‚ solidarity and prophet Muhammad’s prophedhood. Alevilik is a method for love and Religious on the affection. Prophet Ali‚ 12 imams and love of Ehlibeyt in light of the fact that
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The Western Culture is more of an open-minded mentality. Over the years‚ specifically the American Land had welcomed different people from different nationalities‚ they all lived together on the same territory‚ coexisting; that explains the tolerance its people have towards foreigners. The Arab Culture is found to be realistically less impartial than the Western. Particularly in Iran‚ the citizens are fanatics of their religion‚ especially since the 80’s‚ after the Iranian Revolution and the establishment
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