Ferdinand Tönnies

What is a community? To many it is a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage. For many this is an abstract term. Many people don’t exactly know what a community is. It can be felt or touched and sure enough it can’t be seen. Society also plays a role in this relative and abstract term of community. Meaning, the body of human beings generally, associated or viewed as members of a community. Amitai

communication involving a feeling of membership and shared emotional connection (Tonnies, 1957). In this way, communities acted similarly to extended families and the likely result was members who remained united despite factors that might divide them, including distance (Tonnies, 1957). These early meanings partially explain why people often consider community in terms of geographic proximity (Jankowksi & Prehn, 2002; Tonnies, 1957). These early researchers understood that living in close proximity did

known for the amazing lectures he gave, he attracted the intellectual elite of Berlin as well of people from across the world. Simmel was a founding member of the German Sociological Society, along with German sociologists such as Max Weber and Ferdinand Tönnies. By 1900 Simmel 's work was well known throughout Europe, Russia, and the Americas and his goal was to formally attain a position at the university, which he was unsuccessful. In 1901 he was granted an honorary position that placed him above

Throughout my life, I have been privileged to know a strong sense of community. My understanding of community has been carved out and shaped by each community that I have been a part of and the subsequent life experiences that I have had by being a part of these communities. To me, community means a sense of belonging with people who have some capacity of like-mindedness. When you belong to a community, you feel like a piece of a larger puzzle that comes together to create a whole. Each community

What does Gemeinschaft to Gesellschaft mean? It basically is described as a community to society. A community is a group of people who come together to create a relationship amongst each other. This is considered to be the Gemeinschaft theory. Members of this community usually deal with emotionalism, traditionalism or may have a strong identity within the system. It is characterized by the community being more expressive such as the quality, diffuseness, affectivity, particularism, or collectively

Part A: What is the difference between normative and technical rationality? Moral dimension in leadership is depend on normative rationality. Normative rationality is a rationality based on what we believe and what we consider to be good. Technical rationality is a rationality based on what is effective and efficient. Both normative and technical rationality have value however when they are in conflict, normative rationality should always be used. Normative rationality is center of the moral dimension

“Pagsambang Bayan” is a theatrical presentation of martial law that still has implications today, particularly with the recent Congressional decision to allow President Obama an expansion of power through martial law during 2014. In September 1972 Ferdinand Marcos imposed martial law on the Philippines as the last defense against the anarchic chaos of the violent student demonstrations, the fear of communist insurgency by the newly formed Communist Party in the Philippines, and the Muslim separatist

that they are a car company that will not fall into this trap of cookie cutter but design beautiful crafted cars to stand out from the rest. Porsche AG (shortened) has proven to be unique and outstanding in their own way from the start ever since Ferdinand Porsche, the founder, started the company in 1931 in Stuttgart, Germany. Porsche has been a mainstay in Europe and undoubtedly in Germany since 1931 but started selling their cars to the United States in 1950. At the time, mostly men were

Manchester 's conception of the medieval mindset. The second chapter includes a lengthy discussion about how this mindset was continuously challenged by a number of individuals and movements. Finally, the last chapter explores in detail the adventure of Ferdinand Magellan whom Manchester believes shattered the medieval mind and heralded the coming of modernity. The Medieval Mind, is most focused on reviving the oft-scorned term "the Dark Ages." For a long time over the last several centuries, it was commonplace

The Law is Always Right: Frederick V vs Ferdinand II in the Thirty Years War The Thirty Years War that spanned most of the Holy Roman Empire drawing in most of the European superpowers of the time started off as a much smaller rebellion in the Kingdom of Bohemia in the east of the Empire. The Bohemian revolt started with the Defenestration of Prague where two Catholic regents and a secretary were thrown out of a window by a group of frustrated Protestants. The regents had been