A Brief Introduction to Structuralism Zhu Gang The English word “structure” comes from structum‚ the past participle of the Latin struere‚ meaning “put in order.” There are two kinds of structuralism: structuralism as a mode of thinking‚ a general tendency of thought‚ or a philosophical view‚ and the narrower definition relating it to a method of inquiry‚ deriving chiefly from linguistics. Structuralism as a way of thinking can be traced back at least to Aristotle‚ whose Poetica is an
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introduce different views of what power is‚ how it is created and how it works. Below is an example of one such ideology‚ which was put forward by Michael Foucault‚ a French philosopher‚ whose concept of power has become well known and established amongst social scientists. Foucault’s concept of power is not a straightforward notion. According to Foucault‚ power is not simply something that is exercised over others‚ but instead it is passing indirectly through the hands of the powerful as well as the
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Part A Orientalism and the “others” This review examines the critique of Orientalism and how Orientalism affected the representation of various societies and its subjects during the Colonial encounters and in the historical present. In the case of my study‚ how Orientalism produced and are still producing the representations of minority non-Hans in China. This review explores Orientalism as a methodology of analysis that produced a certain biased views and representations of the Others‚ be they
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Kine 1000 Lecture Midterm Notes Toward a New Vision Patricia Hill Collins: - is a social theorist who research‚ scholarship‚ and activism have examined intersecting power relations of race‚ gender‚ social class‚ sexuality and/or nation. - was elected in 2007 as the 100th President of The American Sociological Association. -First African American woman this position in the ASA. Power Relations: - Who is oppressed in our society and by whom? How are power relations identified in today’s
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Fake essay for faking and things: Wikipedia helped Postmodernism From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article is about the movement. For the condition or state of being‚ see Postmodernity. For other uses‚ see Postmodernism (disambiguation). Postmodernism | preceded by Modernism | Postmodernity | * Hypermodernity * Hypermodernism in art * Metamodernism * Post-anarchism * Posthumanism * Postmodernist anthropology * Post-processual archaeology
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Understanding the Sociological Imagination From Chapter 1 of Sociology for Everyone‚ Canadian 1/e. Bruce Ravelli. Michelle Webber. John Patterson. Copyright © 2011 by Pearson Canada. All rights reserved. Understanding the Sociological Imagination module 1 THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION module 4 THEORIES CHARLES WRIGHT MILLS AND THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION WESTERN MARXISM AND GRAMSCI’S CONCEPT PETER BERGER’S VIEW OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
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Heteronormativity K 1NC A. Links: 1. The politics of space are profoundly gendered – the discourse of exploration‚ development‚ and colonization reproduce heteronormative hierarchies and ensure the continuation of patriarchy in space. Griffin 9 (Penny‚ Senior Lecturer - Convenor‚ MA International Relations‚ ‘The Spaces Between Us: The Gendered Politics of Outer Space’‚ in Bormann‚ N. and Sheehan‚ M. (eds)‚ Securing Outer Space. London and New York: Routledge‚ pp.59-75.) This chapter is about
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The Power of Superstition in Public Life in India Why are superstitions a part of public life in India? The modern mechanisms for risk-management or “disciplines” ranging from statistics to modern medicine exist side-by-side with superstitions in the country. The answer to why these disciplines have not penetrated into the pores of Indian society lies in the history of political power in India. It is difficult to use the word “superstition” without imagining quotation marks around it. For‚
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though they are the offspring of Foucault’s work (Hier 2003; Coleman & McCahill 2011; Haggerty et al. 2011; Welch 2011). Governmentality is also another neo-Foucauldian inspired workings. Although Foucault did not explicitly discuss governmentality‚ it is still something developed from the works of Foucault. Governmentality is a way analyzing the methods in which institutions manage and control people made to behave in a certain way in an efficient‚ subtle and more sophisticated manner (Newburn 2012
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Situated Knowledge and Power Essay #3 Michele Foucault said “modern forms of power are discursive and discreet.” He believed that power is crafted through language and the practices in which language is entrenched. Donna Haraway‚ like Foucault‚ thinks about power in a post-structuralist way‚ believing that it exist everywhere and shapes our reality. Both Foucault and Haraway see knowledge as a form of power‚ through knowledge institutions are able to control and define what truth is. Haraway
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