Plummer uses an approach in which he juxtaposes Ophelia syndrome and students in college. Plummer recognizes the similarities in Ophelia’s self-oppression and the easily impressionable minds of college students to state the problem and come up with solutions. Though Plummer’s specific audience is college
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Elias‚ Norbert. The Civilising Process. Edmund Jephcott‚ trans. Oxford: Blackwell‚ 1978a; orig. 1939. Giddens‚ Anthony et al. Sociology 4th Edition. Cambridge: Polity Press‚ 2001. Lupton‚ Deborah. The Emotional Self. London: Sage‚ 1998. Macionis‚ John J. & Plummer‚ Ken. Sociology: A Global Introduction 3rd Edition . Harlow: Pearson Education Limited‚ 2005. Shilling‚ Chris. The Body And Social Theory 2nd Edition (CH 2; Afterward). London: Sage‚ 2003. Skeggs‚ Beverly. Formation Of Class And Gender:
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The Usefulness of “The Sociological Imagination” in Relation to Gender‚ Social Inequality and Suicide Sociological imagination is the “quality of mind” (Mills‚ 1959: p. 4) that enables us to look outside our everyday life and see the entire society as we were an outsider with the benefit of acknowledge of human and social behaviour. It allows us to see how society shapes and influences our life experiences. Is the ability to see the general in the particular and to “defamiliarise the familiar”
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but those days are over. Political control‚ unequal income and unequal status changed the way American families had to break away for economic independency due to the massive industrialization. Jobs and careers are a core value in American society (Macionis 2008). Two revolutions‚ Industrial and Information‚ changed the workplace for most Americans‚ creating a new status quo for them and their families. With the new modern economy‚ the quality of life can only be improved. Structural-functional‚ social
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and personal relationships became more impersonal as people became more self-absorbed (Gesellschaft). Ferdinand Tönnies theory suggests that … modernity turns society inside out so that people are essentially separated in spite of uniting factors (Macionis‚ J.‚ 2006‚ page 457). Large cities provide an excellent example of Ferdinand Tönnies theory of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft. People pass one another by the hundreds on busy city streets every day; yet‚ they remain strangers because they ignore each
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extended family providing all means of socialization and economic production‚ became nuclear‚ still having some of its socialization functions‚ but up to a point‚ and finally considered more as a unit of consumption rather than a unit of production (Macionis: 460-461). Furthermore‚ education changed. Pre-industrial societies addressed education only to the elite and the rich. Being educated at that time was considered a privilege. In modern societies‚ however‚ basic education is open for everyone‚
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experience? Would the child still develop and become a normal functioning adult? Although scientists have never actually experimented with isolating humans‚ there have been cases of abuse in which children were socially isolated for long periods of time(Macionis J. & Gerber L. 2002‚ p.111-112). With these cases to study and with social scientists theories on development we have begun to understand the significance of social interaction to the human development. When social scientists studied cases of severe
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The Future of Modernization Paper SOC/120 Norman Ames Modernization is something we have hall been through. Modernization is the process of social change begun by industrialization (Macionis‚ 2011). Modernization is a way for things to move up. With new technology always coming we have to learn these things to keep up with times. Modernization is the key to keep with the new trends of today. Countries all over the world are changing. Modernization makes everything easier
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deterrence means that it is the attempt to discourage criminality through the use of punishment. (Macionis‚ 2006) one example of deterrence is that you know the outcome of the punishment before you decide to break any sort of law. It is believe that this concept was based on the thought that citizens will not break the law if they think that the pain of the punishment will outweigh the pleasure of the crime. (Macionis‚ 2006) one example that I thought of for deterrence was that if you have any choice to leave
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scientific or technical forces‚ religious or even economical forces. There are a few features about social change that include unplanned events‚ and this complex process has four major characteristics: 1. “Social change happens all the time.” (Macionis‚ J. J. 2006). As the old saying goes “Nothing is certain in life except death and taxes.” This is one thing I have believed in all my life. I cannot even believe that people paid little to no taxes back in the early 1900’s and look at the taxes now
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