Introduction to literary theory Theory Kind of speculation‚ it’s analytical Interdisciplinary discourse (debate) with effects outside an original discipline (Culler) Critique of common sense‚ of concept taken as natural What is literature? Elusive term (always changing) Modern sense – 200 yrs old Prior to 1800 literature was „memorized“ not interpreted In fiction the relation of what speaker say to what authors think is always a mater of interpretation Dictionary: imaginative or creative
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Manuel Castells Materials for an explorator y theory of the network society1 ABSTRACT This article aims at proposing some elements for a grounded theor y of the network society. The network society is the social structure characteristic of the Information Age‚ as tentatively identi ed by empirical‚ cross-cultural investigation. It permeates most societies in the world‚ in various cultural and institutional manifestations‚ as the industrial society characterized the social structure of
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VIDEO HOMEWORK – CULTURE PSYCHOLOGY MELTING POT IN SCHOOL The term “melting pot” is believed to have been introduced by the Jewish play writer Israel Zangwill in his Pre-World War I play about the convergence of people and cultures in a single community. The phrase became a cultural and scholarly idiom to signify the belief that different culture/ racial/ ethnic groups can form one homogenous group; each culture is viewed as equally contributing and equally represented. The “melting pot”
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http://www.iep.utm.edu/fem-stan/ Feminist Standpoint Theory Feminist standpoint theorists make three principal claims: (1) Knowledge is socially situated. (2) Marginalized groups are socially situated in ways that make it more possible for them to be aware of things and ask questions than it is for the non-marginalized. (3) Research‚ particularly that focused on power relations‚ should begin with the lives of the marginalized. Feminist standpoint theory‚ then‚ makes a contribution to epistemology‚ to
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Module 2. Organisation Theory and Change Management STUDY GUIDE Organisation Theory and Change Management is the second of four modules which form the BSc (Hons) Business Management top-up degree: • • • • Module 1. Managing into the future Module 2. Organisation Theory and Change Management Module 3. Strategic Management Module 4. Leadership: Theory and Practice © 2012‚ Management Development Partnership Page 1 STRUCTURE OF THE MODULE The Organisation Theory and Change Management module
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Lecture 10 Conflict theory of Karl Marx Sociology developed in Europe in the 19th century‚ primarily as an attempt to understand the massive social and economic changes that had been sweeping across Western Europe in the 17th-19th centuries. These changes were later described as ‘the great transition’ from ‘pre-modern’ to ‘modern’ societies. [pic] Ontological assumptions of Marxist Theory: • structuralism‚ • conflict‚ • materialism Epistemology of realism Marx counts
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Behavioral Theory The behavioral theory suggests that people with OCD associate certain objects or situations with fear‚ and that they learn to avoid the things they fear or to perform rituals that help reduce the fear. This pattern of fear and avoidance/ritual may begin when people are under periods of high emotional stress‚ such as starting a new job or ending a relationship. At such times‚ we are more vulnerable to fear and anxiety. Often things once regarded as "neutral" may begin to bring
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it. Further information might be found on the talk page. (July 2007) | Socialist law is the official name of the legal system used in Communist states. It is based on the civil law system‚ with major modifications and additions from Marxist-Leninist ideology. There is controversy as to whether socialist law ever constituted a separate legal system or not.[1] If so‚ prior to the end of the Cold War‚ Socialist Law would be ranked among the major legal systems of the world. Many contemporary
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CHAPTER 4 - ARISTOTLE Chapter 4 79 ARISTOTLE’S PHILOSOPHY OF LAW by Fred D. Miller‚ Jr.1 4.1. Life and Writings of Aristotle Aristotle was born in 384 B.C. at Stagira in northern Greece‚ the son of Nicomachus‚ a physician of King Amyntas II of Macedonia. At age seventeen he entered Plato’s Academy in Athens‚ where he studied for nineteen years. In addition to composing a number of dialogues now lost‚ he may have then begun work on his Rhetoric. After Plato’s death (348) Aristotle grew
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Describe a range of sociological theories with specific reference to Marxism‚ Feminism and Functionalism and explain the differences between these theories. The sole purpose of this essay is to explain the three main theories in sociology and the many differences that there is between them making a reference to Marxism‚ Functionalism and Feminism. Marxism known as a conflict theory is the theory founded by Karl Marx‚ he was a German philosopher who believed that all the way throughout history
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