... done by shear use of power. Our society gets hierarchally structured that way. As Kleinman (2000:227) has said hierarchy and inequality normalize violence. Boundaries and structure create the difference between self and other. Violence as a concept is a cultural system of meaning, a communicative process about otherness .[Pandya ... gives us the tool to impose our internal perception on the natural environment. It also brings with itself another concept of dominance and political structures. Dominance and violence as they are encoded in the cosmology gets telescoped into the culture of ...

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... weaker female. Moreover, the dichotomy of the patriarchy over all else that threaten it must be maintained through continual reaffirmation and reinforcement. The reinforcement of gender roles and boundaries through societal constructs is shown in Woodhouse's discussion of transvestites or cross-dressers. Cross-dressing heterosexual men (dressing in women's clothing) pose a threat to traditional society ... a mental disease was put before the American Psychiatric Association in 1973. The subsequent decision to remove homosexuality from the DSM-IV list of disorders brought huge political ...

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... from his protests against conflict among nations, to lashing against the rising social conflict where "the land of the free," traps its people within boundaries of conformity and popular belief. Hoping to enlighten those who embrace the image of wealthy Americans, E.E. Cummings wrote "Buffalo Bill," to point out ... apart the government. He degraded the military. He even has made American's day-to-day life seem corrupt. However, he's more than a political analyst. In his later work, Cummings points into a lighter direction, but at the same time, sparks controversy over morality. Althoug...

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... structures. Such a cultural creation can transcend time and space, and, it could be argued, actually becomes increasingly revealing over time in this postmodern world. In post-modern society the boundaries between high culture and culture in the anthropological sense become increasingly blurred. It is essential that we realise that society is no longer defined by such a rigid duality, and that ... signifiers of taste become less obvious. Therefore other forms of distinction, such as taste, become increasingly significant. Commodities are, as Bourdieu asserts, as symbolic as they are econ...

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... aspects of penalty are interrelated with smaller and larger facets of social power and society in general. It is here where we need to take into account the history, biography, political sanctions and other aspects to let us think theoretically about such an institution. One cannot simply create a theory exclusively looking at the punishment aspect. One needs to further examine the ... to get hold of. To engage with social theories we need to acquire Mills' quality of mind, and Craibs idea of theory as a verb. We need to break down our boundaries that restrain us to think about criminol...

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... man who believed in supreme personal liberty and equal creating of all men, could express such ambivalence in his writings and actions toward slavery and that he would impose such boundaries and limitations on women. Eight, a noted psychologist and philosopher, Dostoevsky expounds upon the complexity of the human soul. Dostoevsky exhibits unconscious insight into the human mind and this ... consequences. Sartre's work served as a vehicle for the existentialism in our world. The existentialist themes have prevailed in his philosophical writings, novels, and plays. They permeate literatur...

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... him, not in the sense of no limitation, but rather that those whom are to be served in the name of the common good instigate these boundaries. Once realized, this brand of political association would be one which "will defend and protect with the whole common force the person and goods of each associate, and in which each, while ... on the behalf of the middle-class to help maintain their social benefits, while allowing the Victorians to uphold their economic stature. Administration was developing out of moral and political necessity, with little actual expansion in social legislation un...

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... libraries, greater food variety, and longer life spans for the average person. From a broader perspective, equality indicators were the abolition of slavery, and representative or democratic political systems replacing monarchies and dictatorships. Women and minorities also received greater rights. The fourth social revolution is moving us away from production and manufacturing toward service-oriented industries. This ... "inside" us by continuing to influence how we view the world. Secondary groups are larger, more anonymous, formal and impersonal. Examples are the company you work for...

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For Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the motivation behind creating films, as he did so prolifically between 1966 and 1982 , was essentially political. It was through this medium that he felt most able to contribute to the debate over the ever-changing internal politics of his nation, Germany, and to the universal debate ... against Gastarbeiter . In a country that he considered too conservative, conformist, spießerhaft' and charged with latent violence' (Elsaesser, 1996: 25), he also deals with the issues of ageism and crossing social boundaries. I would like to explore how Fassbinder effectively...

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... a concern for the lives and well-being of persons. If we do not value persons, including ourselves, there can be no point to valuing other things - - not property, possessions, national boundaries, the flag or anything else. (Holmes, 1989, p. 24) These things include art. Artists therefore have a moral duty to respect the moral rights of others and avoid artistic endeavors which exploit ... are many ways in which their works may be misinterpreted or distorted by others for their hidden agendas. "The education of artists provide the foundations necessary for such social and political eng...

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... Fabulation,"" Mark Twain was not really a novelist - he was more of a "new journalist,"" who spun yarns that reflected American life as well or better than any "realistic- novel or overt political propaganda. Early in his career he exhibited the humor that allowed for social commentary and criticism without attacking his subjects head on. By keeping his readers off balance and unsure ... of innocence or guilt, is both a set of comforting fictions fostering the illusion of social control and an imprisoning reality. The legal system depends on categorization, the creation of artificial bo...

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