Karl Landsteiner

The individualism of a person is defined within his/her social class. In the book Brave New World, Aldous Huxley creates a utopian society that is constructed within social classes that gives an individual all the power or none at all. Huxley then presents the theory of Marxism, where the class struggle is nothing less, but the backbone of an individual’s social status and where they stand in society. Huxley’s text clearly is based on the realism of social class structure and ideology where the…

This paper will argue that Karl Marx and Jean-Luc Nancy have distinct theories about religion and god. I will be examining the text, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 by Karl Marx, and God, Justice, Love, Beauty by Jean-Luc Nancy. First of all, I will be defining the three types of alienation theorized by Karl Marx, object alienation, subject alienation, and species alienation. Moreover I will expound Marx’s argument about religion and how it connects to alienation. In addition to…

a consequence of the rearrangement of anything that was formerly quasi-monopolies from central districts, manufacturing progressions to semiperipheral manufacturing developments which encourage a pseudo-dominations on the marketplace (Scott and Edles, 2008: 764-765). They are capable to yield wide-ranging money, which can point to rising occupation, greater incomes, and a universal increase of a world-economy (Scott and Edles, 2008: 764-765). Additional businesses enter the marketplace and…

Iguala Student Protests and Socialism in Mexico Kanon Hewitt POLI100-228 Introduction to Politics Chris Erickson Miaofeng Zhang  The student protest of discriminatory hiring practices in the Mexican education system was inspired by revolutionist socialist ideology seen during the Cuban Revolution. The subsequent massacre of the protesting students serves as a chilling reminder that socialism has not yet succeeded in the state. The corruption of the local government as well as recent Mexican…

In the collection of essays, In Search of a Better World, Karl Popper, in which he is most know for rejecting the scientific method, embraces the idea of empirical science. His disagreement stemmed from the notion that science can never be proven, but it may be falsified. These ideas are reflection of previous noted philosophers such as Plato and Socrates with respect to academics, which are expanded upon and are implemented in today’s science society. Popper also explains the concept of an…

What is the purpose of government? Is there an ideal organizational structure that a country could employ to ensure that a government serves its people to the best of its ability? Karl Marx and Max Weber, like others before and after them, both strove to help answer these questions. Although one could argue that we may never find a “perfect” system of government, both men presented new ways of thinking that continue to influence society today. Before one can begin analyzing the details of…

Sociological concepts are portrayed throughout many films of the American culture today, as they may be analyzed to view social theories that are included in them as the societies in the movie comes to a common goal. Many theories can be seen in the movie The Hunger Games: Catching Fire exceptionally clear in many ways as the whole society lives with scarce supplies as the government lives in supreme wealth and comfort. Specifically the sociological theory of conflict can be viewed as the plot…

Winners and losers A capitalist society is based on the idea that you can’t get ahead in life without stepping on someone else’s back. In Ursula Le Guin’s story “The ones who walk away from Omelas”, written in 1973, show a society where everyone is happy and full of life. This town is an almost utopian society when the story begins. Children are running and playing, and the narrator talks about how great the city is. However, the city is not as good as it seems. This is because the source of…

In the early 19th century, the Industrial Revolution began in England to improve the living standards of people, which quickly spread to western Europe, North America, Russia and Japan. New machines, such as the steam engine and the cotton gin, and factories transformed the agricultural societies into industrial societies. With the development of new technologies, economic production increased as high-quality goods and services were produced quickly, cheaply and more efficiently. In addition to…

The main economic strategies are based on the market and include more government control than socialism. This is the best advantages of socialism because when the economic crisis was coming, the government could adjust the macro-control policies and introduced a series of initiatives to expand domestic demand and promote economic development. It achieved success quickly and efficiency. But, socialism is easy to establish monopoly enterprise. These companies are controlled by government and…