The heart of the emancipatory theory of Marxism is the idea that the full realization of human freedom‚ potential‚ and dignity can only be achieved uner conditions of “classlessness – the vision of a radically egalitarian society in terms of power and material welfare within which exploitation has been eliminated‚ distribution is based on the principle “to each according to need‚ from each according to ability” and the control over societ’ys basic productive resources is vested in the community rather
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According to Wikipedia‚ structuralism is an intellectual movement that was developed in France in the 1950s and 1960s‚ in which human culture is analyzed as a system of signs. Structuralism argues that a specific area of culture may be understood by means of a structure modeled of languages which come from reality and ideas of one’s imagination. Structuralism also emerged as one of the first school of thought and some of the ideas came from this school that was founded by Wilhelm Wundt. It focused
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Critically analyse one theoretical tradition Marxist theory is a tradition which was established in the mid 19th century. Marxism is a sociology of exploitation‚ it is a theory that believes that exploitation is at the heart of social system. Exploitation does not only happen ’economically’ as the entire social system‚ culture‚ belief systems‚ politics and states are organised around the principle of exploitation. This essay will critically analyse Marxist and the political economy which has become
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Structuralism vs. Functionalism Jessica A. Brooks Psychology 426 August 14‚ 2009 Structuralism vs. Functionalism Structuralism and functionalism investigate the human mind and use the mind as the subject of every study. They are also both are concerned with the conscious self. While they share some similarities‚ they also show some variation. Structuralism focuses on “revealing the most basic structures or components of the mind” (Zimbardo‚ 2006). Functionalism
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The Marxist Perspective on Education Marxists such as Louis Althusser‚ Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis refute the Functionalist view that industrial capitalist societies are meritocracies and that every ones’ position in society is based on talent and hard work. They suggest ideas for why this is the case. Althusser bases his theory around the idea of education being an ideological state apparatus. Bowles and Gintis’ theory is based on the ’long shadow of work’ and the legitimation of inequality
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Explain what is meant by the term structuralism‚ and assess both the strengths and weaknesses of structuralism as a theoretical perspective “Structuralism is often said to be hard to define because it has taken too many different forms for a common denominator to be in evidence”‚ (Piaget 1971 p3)‚ there are however 5 main thinkers that are strongly associated with the term despite its ambiguity. Of these 5 perhaps only one would proudly refer to themselves as such. This one would be Levi-Strauss
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Post-Structuralism Post-structuralism is a continuation and simultaneous rejection of structuralism – not only literary structuralism but even more so the anthropological structuralism of Levi-Strauss (Bertens‚ 2008: 93). * Post-structuralist thought has discovered the essentially unstable nature of signification. The sign is not so much a unit with two sides as a momentary ‘fix’ between two moving layers. Saussure had recognized that signifier and signified are two separate systems‚ but he
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Unbroken In Americas history people are raised with a central idea on freedom. This however is not the case‚ man time’s people have these freedoms ripped from them. There are many examples so support this idea however; I think one of the best examples is from a novel called Unbroken. In this novel there is an Olympian named Louis Hampering. Louis was born in New York City and was an Italian and very poor. Because of this Louis grew up stealing almost none stop and everyone knew that he did so.
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* The first premise of all human history is‚ of course‚ the existence of living human individuals. Thus the first fact to be established is the physical organization of these individuals and their consequent relation to the rest of nature. * Men can be distinguished from animals by consciousness‚ or by religion. They begin to distinguish themselves from animals as soon as they begin to produce their means of subsistence‚ a step which is conditioned by their physical organization. By producing
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WHAT IS RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY? An economic principle that assumes that individuals always make prudent and logical decisions that provide them with the greatest benefit or satisfaction and that are in their highest self-interest. Most mainstream economic assumptions and theories are based on rational choice theory . Or Rational choice theory is the idea that people tend to make choices in a way that maximizes their advantage while minimizing the cost. Using this theory‚ economists‚ political scientists
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