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    Referring to the movie “The Lion King” a young prince was born in the Pride Lands of Africa by the name of Simba, he was a curious little one, which led to numerous problems for himself, his father and the land. Simba was the son of a prodigious King named Mufasa and together they made a wonderful team, nevertheless all does not follow well for Simba and Mufasa. King Mufasa had perished in a massive stampede and Simba was left to believe that he was the reason for his father’s death, thanks to his

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    13 Def.- Protestant ethic, in a sociological theory, the value attached to hard work, thrift, and efficiency in one’s calling, especially in the Calvinist view, were deemed signs of an individual’s election, or eternal salvation. German sociologist Max Weber, in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism held that the Protestant ethic was an important factor in the economic success of groups in the early stages of European capitalism because worldly success could be interpreted as a sign of

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    Is weber’s idea of economic traditionalism analysis relevant to the study of religion? Introduction The core of research on religion at present is of no doubt touching Max Weber’s ideas on economic traditionalism. Weber in Solimano (2012: 42) talked about “the importance of religion, especially the Protestant ethic” in economic life. By venturing into the field of sociology of religion, Weber further succeeded in arousing many scholars’ interest in the study of different religions in the contemporary

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    Feminism and Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller’s action packed film Mad Max: Fury Road, shines a new light on the role of women in contemporary culture. Mad Max takes place in what is called the “The Citadel”, a post apocalyptic wasteland, where an infamous tyrant by the name of Immortan Joe rules all women and war boys as servants. As the fourth installment in the Mad Max trilogy and an honorable rating of 8.1/10 (Imbd.com), what really makes the film one of a kind is that the movie, usually lead

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    Australia’s film and television industry has experienced drastic changes since the rise of national cinema. Leading the world film industry, Australia was home to the first film studio and feature film at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) toured England from 1908 as the longest film ever made, popularising a new genre of bushranger movies and epitomising the Ned Kelly legend as a significant aspect in Australian cultural identity (Juddery

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    The truth cannot be revealed from one perspective. In As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner uses a myriad of people to tell the story of the Bundren family as they journey to the town of Jefferson to bury the mother of the family, Addie. The Bundren 's low social class inhibits their ability to cope with the situation of Addie’s death and properly function as a family. Cash, the oldest of the Bundren children, must work to provide for family and therefore cannot even reflect on the death of his mother

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    Karl Marx And Max Weber

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    In the modern world, what are the sources of class struggle? Is there/are there class struggles and classes that are primary, and if so, what? Do these class struggles inevitably lead to revolution? Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Max Weber (1864-1920), both social scientists, dedicated much of their time and work towards the common goal of interpreting the causes and effects of capitalism. They did this by creating a sense of understanding (not only for themselves but for others as well)

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    Even so, the strength of Weber’s analysis of bureaucratization cannot be used as definitive proof to support the assertion of growing rationality. Although bureaucracies clearly do use principles of formal rationality through calculation (Ritzer, 2010, p. 47) and by “changing the material and social orders […] through a rational determination of means to ends” (Weber, 1922/1978, p. 1116), they do not necessarily represent a real shift to this form. Weber does convincingly establish bureaucracy as

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    The uneasy changing social dynamics in the south during the late 1960’s is a theme represented through the entirety of “Everything that Rises Must Converge”. The foremost areas of this can be seen through evaluating the changing social classes, generational difference on cultural views and acceptance, and significance of the penny in relation to slavery and desegregation in the story. Of the major themes in “Everything That Rises Must Converge” the social concerns of the 1960’s “particularly the

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    Patriarchal Capitalist Society: An Analysis of the Commodity Fetishism of the Female Slender Body This feminist study will define the commodity fetishism of the slender female body within the social relationships of patriarchal capitalism and sales marketing. In American society, the female body has a history of being exploited through patriarchal interpretations of the slender body as part of capitalist commoditization. In this manner, unrealistic expectations of the female body are enhanced

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