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    basic level of incorporation‚ social conditioning is actually essential to making any society work. In our own society‚ it is done organically through human interaction‚ as we are taught to act like those around us and follow a certain set of social expectations. However‚ social conditioning often has to be taken to an extreme level in literary utopian societies. In fact‚ it would not be possible for a utopian society to exist without social conditioning of some sort. This is because Utopias are an

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    individual’s behaviour in order to be uniform and consistent with the expectations of a social system. Conformity provides order and stability in a society as well as a sense of equality‚ a sense of belonging and identity and the freedom to achieve their full potential. These positive aspects of conformity are explored through the visual text‚ Dead Poets Society. Conformity is vital in the promotion of equality. Through conformity individuals can gain a sense of impartiality since there are no outliers

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    One of the essential themes of the Tempest is the duality between nature and society. This is made evident through the character of Caliban: the disfigured fish-like creature that inhabits the island at which the play takes place. Caliban lacks civilized influence due to the fact that he was born on the island deprived of any social or spiritual morality other than nature and instinct. He is literally man untamed. Caliban is not monstrous simply for the sake of being frightening‚ his ghastly

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    There will always will be a power or a government with a society. Whether it be as small as a group or as large as a country. According to multiple sources‚ government has been around since the first city-state was created. Just by this source alone we demonstrate how society has always needed an order and power: Government. Dystopian: An imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad‚ typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. Lord of the Flies‚ a novel that is realistic

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    enhance lives and shape society worldwide. Programs have emerged‚ along with the technology that supports‚ that can assist with many different things such as correcting grammatical or spelling errors with spell check or tearing down international language barriers with Google translate. Society would have never been the same without all the tech people have grown to know and love. Technology has changed society by revolutionising medical care and treatments‚ enhancing the way society learns‚ and have assisted

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    mean "impossible‚" or "unrealistic‚" or "planned;" it just means "deliberate." Utopians want to improve society with a deliberate and conscious change. A society is utopian if some parts of it have been consciously created according to true ideals‚ even if it sometimes fails to live up to its ideals. Thus‚ the Netherlands‚ the US‚ the UK and France are all utopian societies‚ as are all societies which succeed in emulating one or another of these utopias. The USSR was a dystopia‚ not a utopia‚

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    Essay Plan To what extent is “Global Civil Society” a force for good in the world? This essay is asking to thoroughly examine the evidence that supports my argument. I am going to argue that the statement is partially accurate. * What is global civil society * How did it come about * What are its theoretical approaches * How does it impact the world * Is this good or bad 1. What is global civil society "Global Civil Society" refers to the vast assemblage of groups operating

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    In "Characteristics of Traditional Societies"‚ the writer describes eight characteristics of values and beliefs for traditional societies. The beliefs that they have are different than modern societies. Some are the exact opposite. It shows how different these societies are and why they behave in some ways. An example of the difference between modern society and traditional society is that traditional societies do not believe in progress. "What is missing is the idea that progress is usually (or

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    Thomas More believe in a perfect world in which everybody lived in harmony and peace‚ such as Utopia. He wrote about Utopia to identify the dystopian issues he saw and wanted to fix. Dystopia is the complete opposite of utopia; bad and unpleasant. “It is true that I am not one of those who laugh at utopias. The utopia of today can become the reality of tomorrow. Utopias are conceived by optimistic logic‚ which regards constant social and political progress as the ultimate goal of human endeavor;

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    Ulrich beck :world risk society What is "risk society" and how did it emerge? "Risk society" means that we live in a world out of control. There is nothing certain but uncertainty. But let’s go into details. The term "risk" has two radically different meanings. It applies in the first place to a world governed entirely by the laws of probability‚ in which everything is measurable and calculable. But the word is also commonly used to refer to non-quantitative uncertainties‚ to "risks that cannot

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