Symbolic anthropology

The term Race and class consist of structured inequalities that organize and shape our society. By structured inequalities, I mean, that both the concepts of race and class have biased conditions where groups of individuals I to unequal distributions of opportunities concerning employment, healthcare, housing, and education. Nevertheless race and class intersect in many ways. Firstly, both race and class are forms of social stratification that feed on group-based inequalities in society.…

The culture of every individual is expressed not only in good breeding, in the way of dressing or level of intelligence quotient, but also in the manner we speak. The “Tu (singular you) – Vous (plural you)” distinction in speech helps to differentiate “familiar” and “polite” forms. In ancient times T/V symbolized class difference, now it is mostly used for asymmetrical relationship, to show solidarity. Nowadays, the use of T/V also depends on the country and its traditions and norms of…

Communication can be defined as exchanging information, thoughts, and feeling among people who using speech or other means. It also means a transaction and message creation where the entire process occurs in a situation consisting physical space, cultural and social values and psychological conditions (Verderber, 1998). Other researchers define it as an intrinsic characteristic of human nature (Moussas, Karkanias & Papadopoulou, 2010). The failure to accomplish the two-way communication will…

Secondly, globalization should be encouraged because it leads to cultural diversity. Cultural diversity basically can be viewed when the dissimilarities in race, ethnicity, language, nationality, religion, and sexual orientation are denoted within a community (Amadeo, 2013). We now live in a world in which markets, media, law, corporation, labor, scientific research and advocacy groups are international, multinational, and multicultural. It is true that there many people are doubtful of this new…

If one is to understand contemporary social life, then one has to study the history of social theory in order to make sense of today’s world. Gramsci and Habermas are both sociologists, and they both help to explain how society works and functions through power. Gramsci’s power relations of civil/ political societies and hegemony and Habermas’ model of system and lifeworld both affect social change. I will be examining how the power of civil and political societies create active consent and…

“Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both” (Mills, 1959) - This is what C. Wright Mills mentioned in The Sociological Imagination. It is true that if we would like to understand our own life, we have to obtain sociological imagination which enable us to understand how history and institutions shapes our own biography and personal choice. Therefore, I would like to discuss how my own biography and history within society intersects…

Does communism work? Most people would answer no to this question. However it's still being used in today's world. Communism is about everybody being equal, but that rarely happens. The government owns everything; therefore they have more than all the common people. Many people living in a communist country are oblivious to the fact the people in their government are prospering and they're living off abundance less. Animal Farm by George Orwell goes into the ideas of communism. A group of…

What is society? Is it the people we surround ourselves with? Or the those who know next to nothing about us, yet judge? It is human nature to judge people on first impressions. First impressions are very basic and many times biased or totally false because you have yet to “scratch the iceberg of their personality”. That is where social standings come in, most people believe that the more people you surround yourself with, the more social you are, but it’s a mixture of that and also what random…

Conclusion The primary purpose of this study is to examine Judith Butler theory of gender performativity. In her work Gender Trouble, she argues that gender identity cannot be biologically determined. She challenges the belief that certain behaviors are natural. Her argument is that gender and sex are not natural but they are constructed through the working of power in societies such as institutions, discourse, and practices. Consequently, gender is prompted by obligatory norms to be one…

Mahasweta Devi, a proficient Bengali writer and activist who puts a question mark on the democratic and civilized nation, India. It is imperative to have a clear understanding of “marginalised “in order to understand and appreciate the writings of Mahasweta. According to the Oxford Dictionary, the concept “marginalize” means “to make somebody feel as if they are not important and cannot influence decisions or events; or to put somebody in a powerless position”. Mahasweta empathetically restates…