POWER: A capacity that A has to influence the behaviour of B so that B acts in accordance with A’s wishes. DEPENDENCY: B’s relationship to A when A possesses something that B requires. BASES OF POWER: Formal Power: Is established by an individual’s position in an organisation; conveys the ability to coerce or reward‚ from formal authority‚ or from control of information 1. Coercive Power • A power base dependent on fear 2. Reward Power • Compliance achieved based on the ability to distribute
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Sociological Imagnation The sociological imagination is the ability to look at the everyday world and understand how it operates in order to make sense of their lives. It is a state of mind‚ which enables us to think critically about and understand the society in which we live‚ and our place in that world as individuals and as a whole. C. Wright Mills‚ first wrote of the concept in 1959. His understanding of it being that it was "a quest for sociological understanding" involving "a form of consciousness
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With control comes power and power becomes a need for control. It is in our human nature that we feel a sense of individuality and in essence total self-empowerment of our own lives. No one is born with the aspiration to be submissive‚ though we are all born with the longing to lead our lives to our own fate. Though when all is lost‚ what is left? By exploring concepts and themes within the Shakespearean play “King Lear” and the film “The Truman Show”‚ we are able to comprehend a clearer understanding
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In 1964‚ the literary critic Northrop Frye published a book‚ titled The Educated Imagination‚ in which summarized his ideas on the relevance of literature to life and more specifically‚ the conventions that come with them. Frye establishes the literary forms through the exploration of traditional and modern forms of story telling. The foundation of conventional literature has been told many times throughout history‚ however it is at the discretion of the author to embellish it with minor outlying
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sociological imagination or the ability for an individual to look at their own experiences in terms of societal influences and vise versa. In order to grasp this concept and one’s own life‚ one must look upon themselves and critically analyze what may or has directly influenced their experiences. Once one understands their own experiences in terms of social influences or society‚ one can then have a perspective of how society functions. Through Mills’ (1959) Sociological Imagination my life can be
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The human imagination is a very powerful thing. It sets humanity apart from the rest of the creatures that roam the planet by giving them the ability to make creative choices. The imaginary world is unavoidably intertwined with the real world and there are many ways by which to illustrate this through literature‚ either realistically or exaggerated. Almost everything people surround themselves with is based on the unreal. Everything from the food we eat to the books we read had to have been thought
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that “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely”. Give an example to argue your answer. (more or less 500 words) 2. How does media coverage of communal conflict in Indonesia recently influence your views on power and how power may be used to attain political objectives? Give example for your answer. (more or less 1000 words) Answer : 1. “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely” is a famous statement of Lord Acton. Power can be
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‘Imagination is more important than knowledge’ The sum or range of what has been perceived‚ discovered or learned is what every dictionary or scientist would answer when one would ask them to define knowledge. Imagination‚ is what these scientists and dictionaries would answer when they were given the question to state one word on the following: ‘The faculty of imagining‚ or of forming mental images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses.’ In 1929‚ Albert Einstein was brave enough
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future. Already having projected itself over 30 years into the future‚ it would be safe to assume that this motion picture offers a wealth of imagery and futuristic vision. It does. It is towards the end of the film‚ however‚ that Kubrik offers this to us on a much greater scale. In these few minutes‚ we are presented with the dawn of a new era: a near incomprehensible evolution of humanity. Through many complex design devices‚ the set design successfully achieves a vision for the future that is neither
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of the flies essay Indeed power‚ justice‚ and greed are influencing factors that can alter the course of one’s life. These themes have been represented in the following texts‚ William Shakespeare Macbeth (play on stage) and William Golding’s lord of the flies (novel). The techniques employed are‚ symbolism‚ characterisation‚ language features‚ and violence/drama. Both authors employ a number of techniques to make both texts come to life vividly and more realistic and make the audience to consider
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