Societal collapse

Exam Short Answer Question # 1 Structural Functionalism is a theory that argues society is a sum of various parts or institutions, which are all unique yet play an important role in maintaining the stability of society. Theorist view each part of society as significant, and that all the parts are interdependent. Furthermore, if there is a disruption in a single institution, the result would cause society to be impacted and thrown off balance. Each part of society, for example the economy may…

Wharton depicts Julius Beaufort’s disconformity with societal norms and status within the social hierarchy to help convey the role of foreigners in the closed social structure of Old New York society. When introducing the Beauforts, Wharton’s suggestion that the Beauforts were “not exactly common; some people said they were even worse” displayed society’s discontent with the Julius and Regina Beaufort. Julius Beaufort’s character is viewed as relatively distasteful and inappropriate in Old New…

‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy and ‘Children of Men’ by Alfanso Cuaron are two texts which are set in an apocalyptic scenario with a prominent threat to the overall existence of the human race. In ‘Children of Men’ the threat of global infertility impends towards the extermination of humans whilst in ‘The Road’ the lack of resources and widespread cannibalism leaves everyone’s life at risk. Breaking the trend of infertility, “Children of Men’ tells of story of a ‘saviour child’ which becomes the…

After sixty-six days of a catastrophic global blackout, life in the suburbs is not what it used to be for Adam and his fortified neighborhood of Eden Mills. Although an explosive clash has minimized one threat from outside the walls, Adam's battle-hardened mentor, Herb, continues to make decisions in the name of security that are increasingly wrenching and questionable. Like his police chief mom and others, Adam will follow Herb's lead. But when the next threat comes from an unexpected direction…

A person or family’s socioeconomic class can affect achieving this goal. Barbara and John Ehrenreich discuss the collapse of the middle class during the Great Recession in their article The Making of the American 99% and The Collapse of the Middle Class. It is suggested that race and ethnicity played an even bigger role in the loss of homeownership during 2007-2008. “African-Americans and Latinos of all income levels disproportionately…

with the laws that we in civilized society have set forth. In Ernest Hemingway’s short story, “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”, he gives us a glimpse of how certain individuals would act if civilized society were to collapse around them. In this story there is no societal standards, only the laws that govern the natural world. Hemingway uses the jungle setting to expose the true nature of a few individuals who are no longer bounded by the proper behavior society expects out of them.…

A Tale of Two Theories: Political Philosophy and Humanism Philosophy “Are not the Confucians rites and the Legalist laws one and the same notion? One could think so, as these rites and laws have the same goal: to regulate the behavior of each individual so as to establish a social order.” China’s modern day success story can be traced back to 6th century B.C.E, when two of the most significant political philosophies began to shape the culture: Confucianism and Legalism. The two philosophical…

Romana, which was 200 years of Roman peace and prosperity. During this time, the Empire successfully conquered much territory, and new ideas emerged. The fall of the Roman Empire was caused by three major faults. First, the Roman Empire had several societal problems with religion and values/traditions. Next, the economy completely collapsed because of lack of money and high rates of unemployment. Finally, the Empire suffered from several issues with the military and invasions. Part of why the…

living beings on the planet, including humans, yet many have trouble understanding what it really means. Laurence Rothenberg’s article “Globalization 101: The Three Tensions of Globalization,” illustrates that three tensions, individual choice and societal choice, the free market and governmental intervention, and local authority and extra local authority, make up globalization. In another article written by Thomas L. Friedman “Globalization: The Super-Story,” he describes it as a system and…

This activation process relies on memory cues, or mental “tags,” created most effectively through emotional experience. For this reason, the power of advertising lies in the premeditated association of symbols with emotion, which serves to reflect societal values and link them to previously unrelated products. The efficacy of an advertisement is contingent upon the emotion it evokes that is then, in turn, linked with the product. These sentiments reflect both inherent and elicited human…