deal of inquiries into the “Western” society were attempted by other disciplines‚ including but not limited to sociology‚ political science and philosophy. In this paper‚ building on Gayle Rubin’s essay “The Traffic in Women” and on the chapter from Judith Butler’s book “Undoing Gender” titled “Is Kinship Always Already Heterosexual?”‚ I will briefly explore the category of kinship‚ its relation and significance for the contemporary societies. Trying to envision “genderless but not sexless society”
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Utopia and Gender: Short reflection on Queer(ing) Hetero-normativity ‘I think that when the unreal lays claim to reality‚ or enters into its domain‚ something other than a simple assimilation into prevailing norms can and does take place.’ (Butler‚ 2004‚ p.27) ‘The queer is the taboo-breaker‚ the monstrous‚ the uncanny.’ (Castle‚ 1995‚ p.383) Raphael‚ a well travelled and enlightened sailor‚ is the main protagonist in Thomas Moore’s Utopia. In Raphael’s opinion‚ Utopia was the only commonwealth
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We All Have Voices Men and women are both humans‚ but they’re not the same. They communicate in extremely opposite ways‚ and don’t always comprehend each other. The problem in between male and female communication is that the men are more directly and women re more complex and emotional than men. In “ His politeness is her powerlessness” by Deborah Tannen‚ an american academic wrote‚ “ The women does not feel she has the right to ask directly.” (50). This is saying that in today’s society women
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5 Discipline and Punish A L A N D. S C H R I F T Michel Foucault published Surveiller et punir: Naissance de la prison in February 1975 in the Éditions Gallimard series “Bibliothèque des Histoires.” It was his first major work since The Archaeology of Knowledge (1969) and the first since his election to the Chair in the History of Systems of Thought at the Collège de France in 1970. When it appeared‚ it confirmed Foucault’s position as a major force on the French intellectual scene and to
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References: 36 Burrell‚ Gibson (1992) 40 Gordon‚ Colin (1991) ‘Governmental rationality: An introduction’ in The Foucault Effect: Studies of Governmentality‚ G 41 Hearn‚ Jeff and Wendy Parkin (1995) 44 Ranson‚ Stewart‚ Bob Hinings and Royston Greenwood (1980) ‘The Structuring of Organizational Structures’‚ Administrative Science Quarterly‚ 25(1): 1-17
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In light of a multitude of minority deaths at the hands of police officers in America‚ a new movement has sprung up: Black Lives Matter‚ and with it comes controversy. Some individuals view this political movement as disregarding other lives. Thus‚ the term “all lives matter” has become a phrase used by those opposed to this group. However‚ the phrase‚ “all lives matter” is problematic because it pushes aside the issues people of color face everyday with police and diminishes the meaning of the
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of the game which involved a human (of any gender) and a computer on the side. The judge’s main goal is to decide which contestant is human and which is the machine (Peters 235). Peters connects the Turning Test to Judith Butler claiming that this game is an example of what Judith butler would call gender trouble. Within the game‚ the idea of gender seems more prominent than the actual difference between a machine and a
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Sociology of Medicine (Health and Illness) Words are inadequate… “Medical sociology centers on the social construction of health and illness –that is‚ a construction shaped by many elements of the social order and often independent from biomedical phenomena. In this perspective‚ medical sociology links together and makes sense of the varied manifestations of health and illness: biomedical data‚ professional practice‚ institutional structures‚ social policy‚ economics and financing
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wiping my face clean of emotions and I do this now‚" (Collins 40). Now according to social norms females are very sensitive and emotional‚ yet Katniss manages to seem emotionless while stepping on stage and standing in front of every district. Judith Butler said that gender is nothing but imitation of an ideal‚ Katniss’ character totally different from any other girl in this story or in reality. Therefore Katniss
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Bibliography: Palmer Stephen‚ McMahon Gladeana‚ (1997)‚ “Handbook of Counselling” page 272‚ Routledge. New York. Hyde‚ J. S. (2005). The gender similarities hypothesis. American Psychologist‚ 60(6)‚ 581-92. And 590. Butler Judith (1999) “Gender Trouble” p 25. Routledge New York
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