The Age of Heroes vs. The Age of Humanity The notion of alienation is a very unusual one yet it is a widespread feeling—a very subjective‚ somewhat indefinable feeling—and a critique of the nature of any society that exists today. This theme of a sense of estrangement from one’s surroundings‚ oneself‚ and other people‚ appears to be as old as history itself. Depicted in a new verse translation of “Beowulf”‚ by Seamus Heaney‚ as a man’s fight in a hostile world‚ much like an alien spirit‚ engaged
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Alienation and anomie It is interesting to compare Durkheim and Marx on their ideas about modern consciousness. Durkheim focused on social solidarity as one of the important functions of a social order: individuals had a defined place in the world that was created and reinforced by the social values of morality‚ religion‚ and patriotism. He observed that these strands of solidarity are stronger or weaker in different societies‚ and he also observed that some modern social forces tend to break down
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During Okonkwo’s years of exile‚ he is compelled to recognize the meaning of cowardice and the alteration of tradition. While Okonkwo desires respect and reputation‚ he eventually is ostracized by his own tribe‚ which gives the character a sense of alienation‚ and leaves the character suffering from abandonment‚ but can also provide an enriching experience. Okonkwo’s abhorrence of cowardly acts‚ leads him to believe that courage is the most important attribute of a man. Anyone who does not illustrate
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Alienation and Awareness Corinth‚ where the events of The Medea unravel in‚ is a society that regards the atypical as threatening and gives hardly any rights to women and foreigners – a common characteristic of Athenian societies during the play’s publication. Since Medea is part of the two groups in Athenian society that are treated discriminatorily and her cleverness is seen as menacing‚ the rulers of Corinth want to exile her almost immediately upon Jason’s betrothal to the princess of Corinth
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The Preludes poem‚ Jennifer Strauss’ Migrant Woman on a Melbourne Tram poem and the short story The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury‚ provide an insight into each individual’s relationship with the urban landscape through the underlying motif of urban alienation. The writers explore the alienating effect of city life as people are forced to suppress and hide their individual identity by conforming to societal expectations‚ as well as the idea of examining the universal nature of human despair and isolation
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Isolation and alienation are two recurring factors that have occurred throughout history and are ongoing aspects which materialize in contemporary society. These forms of isolation and alienation are caused and influenced by the power of language‚ discriminating against individuals and groups due to a myriad of reasons including religion‚ culture‚ values‚ beliefs‚ appearance‚ and gender. The knowledge and understanding towards particular minority groups have been drastically affected by segregation
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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN QUALITY OF WORKLIFE‚JOB SATISFACTION AND EMPLOYEE TURNOVER IN ARMADA HOTEL PETALING JAYA SARIDA BT SALLEH NUR SHAHIRA BT ISMAIL NABILA BT MOHD JOHAN MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION NOVEMBER 2010 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First and foremost‚ we would like to thank Allah SWT for His Grace and Blessings which has enable us to complete the research. We wish to convey our sincere gratitude
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OF LITERATURE 6 ORGAN’S MODEL OF ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOUR 7 CHAPTER: NO: 3 9 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 9 LOGICAL REASON 10 CHAPTER: NO: 4 11 HYPOTHESIS 11 OPERATIONALIZATION OF CONCEPTS 12 DIMENSIONS OF JOB SATISFACTION 13 DIMENSIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOUR 14 CHAPTER: NO: 5 16 RESEARCH DESIGN 16 SURVEY RESEARCH 16 POPULATION 16 SAMPLING DESIGN 16 SAMPLING FRAME 17 TOOLS OF DATA COLLECTION 18 DATA PROCESSING
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1993-8233 ©2011 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper Work motivation and job satisfaction dynamics of textile employees Yasemin Oraman Department of Agricultural Economics‚ Faculty of Agricultural‚ Namik Kemal University‚ Turkey. E-mail: yoraman@nku.edu.tr. Accepted 25 February‚ 2011 The main objective of the research is to evaluate the effective dynamics of work motivation and job satisfaction of textile employees. It analyzes the effectiveness of psycho-social‚ economic‚ organizational
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An instrument to measure job satisfaction of nursing home administrators Nicholas G Castle [pic] A649 Crabtree Hall‚ Graduate School of Public Health‚ 130 DeSoto Street‚ Pittsburgh‚ PA 15261‚ USA BMC Medical Research Methodology 2006‚ 6:47doi:10.1186/1471-2288-6-47 The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/6/47 | | | | | | | | | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
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