Kyle Dickinson PE 100 Midterm #2 Essay Outline Topic: "The only freedom which deserves the name‚ is that of pursuing our own good in our own way‚ so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs‚ or impede their efforts to obtain it” (John Stuart Mill‚ On Liberty). Pick two or three of the following authors‚ and discuss how they challenge/complicate this classical liberal view‚ with reference to their political economic thought: Hegel‚ Marx‚ Tocqueville‚ Veblen. • Freedom is only pursuing
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OUTLINE AND ASSESS MARX’S CONCEPT OF ALIENATION When considering the concept of sociology and its definition‚ one immediately thinks of trying to understand the world in which we live. However‚ for Karl Marx we should not only understand the world‚ but also seek to actively change it (Macintosh‚ 1997). The concept of alienation differs in terms of its sociological meaning in relation to that of the psychological definition and has been used to describe many other phenomena’s over the last four
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The small but ever growing social movement‚ fair trade‚ attempts to oppose commodity fetishism and provide another option for the capitalist society is obstructed by the differences among all the participants of fairtrade in terms of their perceptions‚ intentions and interpretations of what constitutes “fair”. According to Kharel and Middendorf (2015) There are many differences among all the participants of fair trade at all levels in terms of their perceptions and interpretations of fair trade”
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interconnected and helping each other while realists have a more Machiavellian view of nation states which is that all nations act out of self-interest and greed. One form of globalisation is cultural globalisation which is the process whereby information‚ commodities and images that have been produced in one part of world enter a different part of the world. This is via the theory of time-space compression where the world is “shrinking” and is the world is getting closer together. An example of this is branding
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Electability is the ability to be elected to office through some kind of vote. The basis of this ability is to exemplify the characteristics voters find appealing and relevant to the position they are running for. What are the favorable characteristics‚ who exemplifies them‚ and why does that get people elected. With those ideas in mind I want to focus on if the ideal electable character changes with age or stay constant‚ to do so I will look at the qualities of an elementary school election verse
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in Zimbabwe in the last two centuries and an attempt to understand the ways that "political economy‚ cultural studies‚ and critical theory" may be brought "into productive dialogue with each other." (5) He contends that to understand postwar commodity culture and "African" identities in Zimbabwe‚ it is necessary to study the prior social and cultural history of "hygiene‚" the development of merchant capital and manufacturing in the colonial period‚ and the use of advertising in the post-World
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The article “In Defense of Liz Lemon” by Emily Nussbaum is an opinionated article on the character development of Liz Lemon from the popular tv series “30 Rock”. The article “Black Friday: Consumerism Minus Civilization” is an opinionated article on the holiday that has become Black Friday. Although the two articles are about completely different in content and tone and written on unrelated subjects‚ there are many similarities within the two shown through their passion and proof that things that
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ECONOMIC SYSTEM Socialism Socialism is an economic system where all the economic decisions are made by the government or a central authority. There will be no private property rights since the government officially owns all resources. It is also known as a command economy or a planned system. Socialist economics refers to the economic theories‚ practices‚ and norms of hypothetical and existing socialist economic systems. A socialist economy is based on some form of social
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Karl Marx‚ selections from Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 ("Estranged Labour‚" "Private Property and Communism‚" "The Meaning of Human Requirements‚" and "The Power of Money in Bourgeois Society"). pp. Karl Marx‚ "Commodities: The Fetishism of Commodities and the Secret Thereof” in Capital‚ Volume 1‚ Part 1. pp. 46-56. George Ritzer‚ “The ‘McDonaldization’ of Society” Journal of American Culture (Spring 1983). Pp. 100-107. Max Weber‚ "The Spirit of Capitalism and the Iron Cage‚" "The
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Abstract Podophilia is a disorder that sends a signal to the brain and stimulates arousal. This disorder is one of the most common forms of fetishism that does not involve a sexual organ. Podophilia refers to a sexual obsession with feet or anything pertaining to feet. Some symptoms of this disorder include a sexual attraction to feet‚ excessive amounts of time spent thinking about feet and sexual fantasies involving feet. Many fetishists are aroused by painted toenails‚ bare feet‚ the smell
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