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    McDonalidization McDonaldization‚ as stated by George Ritzer “is the process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as the rest of the world” this is the modern day version of Weber’s concept of rationalization. One of the fundamental aspects of McDonaldization is that almost any task can be rationalized. George Ritzer suggests that “later on in the twentieth century the socially structured form of the fast-food

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    Features of Indian Society Society is group of people interacting with each other due to similarities among them as well as differences among them. Our Indian society is said to have “Unity in diversity”. Our preamble recognizes India as a Union of States only because of the vast diversity. some of the features of Indian society are as follows: Hindu way of life: Hindu religion is the indigenous religion of India. And it is said that tolerance and non-violence of Hindu way of life shape the nation

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    parallel with American society such as‚ family‚ fiscal and social class‚ and religion. For example‚ Jackson demonstrates family hierarchy comparable to American culture when she writes‚ “Soon the women‚ standing by their husbands‚ began to call to their children‚ and the children came reluctantly‚ having to be called four or five times” (Jackson 133). Similar to American culture these families stand on traditions‚ in this case “the lottery”.

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    A Cashless Society A world with electronic banking Latisha N. Patterson J. Sargeant Reynolds Professor Anderson ECO 120-DL01 November 18‚ 2010 Abstract Electronic cash is a term becoming more acceptable as the world makes a shift towards a cashless society. Since the 1960’s governments and financial institutions have made steady but slow steps towards the goal of a society without cash. The cashless society is being sold as a more convenient method of payment‚ and a method of preventing

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    179 Many problems of modern society cannot be solved by laws and the legal system because moral behaviour cannot be legislated. The topic very well states that many of the problems faced by the modern world cannot be solved by laws and legal system for the reason that the moral behaviour responsible for these problems cannot be legalised. To start with the very usage of words like ’sorry’ ‚ ’please’ ‚ ’thanks’ cannot be forced by the law eventhough these words have a very high impact on the people

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    A utopian society that requires uniformity defies human nature by repressing the individual. Man is born alone‚ man dies alone‚ and the individual man faces decisions in life alone. No two humans are the same thus‚ no society can become one of perfect uniformity; if it refuses to accept this individuality. Man is an individual born with human nature to reason‚ inquire‚ and desire. In a utopian society‚ the individual is repressed to the extent in which man lives ignorantly. The individual has the

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    AN IDEAL SOCIETY The world is a complicated place and today’s standards of society make it even more difficult to live and act in one’s own way. I sometimes wonder what life would be like if we could start all over and build a brand new society - a society that guarantees social justice for all groups and full rights to every individual. Would there be a way to make everything and everyone equal? From the beginning society has been judgmental in one way or another‚ rather it is through racism

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    Science and Society Is life fact or fiction? One could look at science and society in the same manner. Meaning that there is an ideal subject‚ one subject could be the truth and one could be deception. Science‚ in my opinion‚ is the truth. For example‚ science is based on facts and numbers and figures‚ these never deter from the truth if correctly applied in their own fields of study. The term for society states that it is a group of people who shape their lives in aggregated and patterned ways

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    MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN SOCIETY AND CULTURE I. Identification. Correctly identify the following concepts. Wrong spelling will not be given any corresponding point(s). 1. It is a way of understanding that is based on science. 2. Spencer’s application of evolutionary notions and the concept of survival of the fittest to the social world. 3. A body of systematically arranged knowledge that shows the operation of general laws 4. Marx’s theory that development depends on the clash

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    of obstacles. While society throws many obstacles to the youth of today‚ the biggest ’monsters’ are the ones we as a person create ourselves. The anger that is projected from a person‚ greed‚ the pride‚ the jealousy‚ or even the constant need to be number one. Today’s society struggles with the thought of being left behind - exiled if you will‚ it’s even worse for the youth of society‚ fore they are the ones who are creating the future. Like the monsters in Beowulf we as society struggle with common

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