are the real wealth of a nation. Students play a vital role in the society. They are the guardians of freedom‚ justice‚ equality‚ ethics and social equilibrium. They have tremendous responsibility to see that injustice‚ inequality‚ oppression; exploitation‚ corruption‚ misuse of public money etc. are done away with. Communalism‚ religious strife‚ regionalism‚ militancy‚ criminalisation of politics‚ indiscipline in society etc. which characterise the Indian horizon and throttle our national
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Asses the view that gender roles and relationships have become more equal in modern family life Gender roles in modern family life have undergone colossal changes throughout the last 55 years or so; rights for women‚ divorce laws‚ and many other changes in the law that are constantly shifting the female position from homemaker to breadwinner. There are many things that are starting to balance these conjugal roles between men and women‚ but there are some people‚ such as radical
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The way people were taught and raised in the medieval times depended on their social background. Houses were different from a lord to a laborer. Their material good such as clothing‚ drink‚ and food depended on their social stature as well. The duties of the medieval person were different at some points‚ and varied greatly. However‚ a dominant force in the medieval times was the church. It played a large part in their days. The lives of the medieval English were different from one class to the
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Liturgical Dramas During this time period in Europe the Catholic Church became the preeminent authoritative power. Many local ordinaries (Bishops‚ Cardinals‚ and Abbotts) had the opinion that this form of entertainment was inappropriate. They felt that drama lead the people away from what should be important to them mainly‚ God and the Church. They viewed this as unholy in nature. Latin was the universal language of the church. Throughout the western world‚ many of the laity had a hard time connecting
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The Roles of Identity in Society Many would argue that social justice is being served when someone says “we are all the same under the skin”. We are not all the same under the skin. Within us are our own senses of identity‚ constructed by our familiar discourses‚ the physical environment and its embedded culture‚ and our individual differences. Our sense of identity accounts for our perceptions of ourselves and how we are positioned by others in terms of culture‚ tradition‚ rituals‚ race‚ family
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Roles of Individuals and Societies The early twentieth century marked a period of rapid industrial and technological change in a society which began to redefine the roles of the individual and society. Max Weber and Sigmund Freud were two revolutionary thinkers of the time who recognized the importance of this relationship and tried to determine whether the power balance between society and the individual was tilted in one particular direction or the other. A world becoming an increasingly complex
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The Status of Engineers in Society Since the mid 1800s the government has debated the perennial question ‘what is the status of engineers in society?’ Even as recently as 5 years ago an new report was commissioned by the government to ask the very same question as almost their fellow MPs asked almost 150 years ago. The question itself is problematic as the very definition of an engineer is still hotly debated. It must be understood however that engineers vitally contribute to global challenges;
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There were nuns‚ monks‚ and prioresses in the Medieval period. They had very important roles during this time. These people gave their lives to prayer and their community. They all had different jobs and duties they had to do. With all the different jobs they had‚ it impacted the society around them. Nuns were women who gave their lives to religion. The religion they followed gave them services for them to do in the convents or monasteries. The nuns followed a religion that had specific rules they
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Medieval literature is a very diverse subject. The term covers the literature of Europe during the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginnings of the Renaissance in the 15th century‚ spanning a period of roughly 1‚000 years. As a result‚ it is difficult to make generalizations about medieval literature. It is‚ nonetheless‚ possible to identify a few general trends. Allegory and symbolism are common in medieval literature‚ perhaps more so than in modern writing. Religious and philosophical
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Outline and evaluate the view that the role of religion in society is to promote stability and consensus? The title is arguing clearly form a functionalist perspective on religion. Religion is a secondary agent of socialisation‚ it plays a major part in many people’s lives‚ even though we may not be as religious as we used to be‚ religion still features strongly in our word as many of our laws and moral codes‚ which are targeted at maintaining a stable society stem from the bible. Such as ‘thou shall
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