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    The Road to Serfdom Chapter Summaries Chapter 1 The first chapter begins by explaining the relevance of the economic stand points that people are unaware of. F.A. Hayek points out a key aspect that relates to society sharing a Totalitarianism view; which is simply one person or a government being the absolute power. However‚ all people really want is their freedom. Over time I believe that Hayek feels that the people are losing their freedom. Totalitarianism is different and the people did not

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    philosopher. For him‚ common sense and the obvious would not suffice; he wanted to build scientific theories based on critical awareness of society. The two main stems of sociological concepts are Positivism and Phenomenology. Both Functionalism and Marxism are Positivist theories. This means that philosophies are built by using scientific research methods to create structural perspectives. Positivism is called macro sociology because it looks at society holistically; it also emphasises the power of

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    Marxism. Marx can be thought of as having offered two sets of ideas‚ the first of which we can accept if we wish to‚ without accepting the second. 1. Marx gave us a theory of society‚ i.e ‚ an explanation of how society works‚ of how and why history has unfolded‚ and especially an account of the nature of capitalism. These are of great value for the task of describing what is going on in the world and for understanding the problems and directions of our society today. 2. But Marx also regarded

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    Assess the usefulness of Marxist approaches in explaining crime (21 Marks) Marxists see society as divided into two opposed classes; a small capitalist ruling class and a majority working class. Marxists do not agree with perspectives such as Functionalism‚ and see the law as a reflection of a value consensus among society’s members; instead they see law and crime as arising out of the structure of capitalism and reflecting the values of ruling class ideology. In their view the structure of the capitalist

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    archetypal characters/objects in the novel. 6) Lord of the Flies – a psycho-analytical approach. Which are the three characters that could represent the ID‚ the EGO and the SUPER-EGO‚ as understood by Freud? 7) Lord of the Flies or Marxism revisited. How would you apply a Marxist approach to this novel? 8) Deconstructing meaning in Waiting for Godot. Who is Godot ? Why are they waiting for him? 9) A Clockwork Orange from a Marxist perspective. Which society is

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    than international history. He was born on November 7‚ 1879‚ Ukraine (Yanovka) and later changed his name to Leon Trotsky‚ the name of his prison guard at Odessa prison whilst in exile in Siberia. Trotsky was introduced to Marxism at a young age of 17 at a school in Nikolayev. Marxism is a political ideology crated by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that presents the idea of having a revolution involving violence in order to obtain a classless society. The rise of Trotsky’s political power starts during

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    origin‚ nature‚ role‚ purpose and functions of the State. These are the Liberal and Marxist perspectives‚ which seek to describe the State as an institution / apparatus grounded firmly in two major ideologies with the same name that is‚ Liberalism and Marxism. The discussion on these ideologies reflects on certain basic questions pertaining to the relationship between the human beings and the State; what is/what ought to be the nature of this relationship‚ what is/ought to be the relationship between State

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    INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY CHAPTER 10 The Meaning of Crime: Social Conflict Perspective Learning Outcomes ∞Recognize the ways in which power conflict between social groups contributes to crime and criminal activity. ∞Understand the distinctions between a number of social conflict theories. ∞Identify those policy initiatives that reflect the social conflict approach. ∞Assess the shortcomings of the social conflict perspective. Marx’s Contributions -Not a sociologist‚ and

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    A retreat from core values and goals has been a continuing feature of the history of socialism’ The core values and goals of traditional socialism have transitioned from its previously radical and revolutionary roots founded by socialist figures like Marx and Engels to a more evolutionary vision that believes in gradualism. Traditional socialism is arguably entirely distinct from today’s notion of socialism; it previously sought to create absolute social equality through a workers revolution that

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    Mao and the rest of his family. As soon as an occasion came along‚ the opportunistic Mao left home and joined the Nationalist army when in 1911 the Revolution began. In a training college located in Changsha‚ Mao was introduced to the philosophy of Marxism (Hoobler 140). The future leader of China had an enormous amount of intelligence that was going to be used in the next couple of years. The father of Communism came to command in 1935 as chairman of the Party’s Politburo during the Long March

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