Essays Tagged: "Social Organization"

"Symbolic Space: French Enlightenment Architecture and Its Legacy" by Richard A. Etlin.

ht into the integral relationship architecture has within the activities of man. Politics, science, social organization, and religion, all have spaces unique to their own functional character. Beyond ... ree types, which form Etlin's "unifying thread" of his book: primal space, organized space based on social codes, and the multi-layered space of meaning within a particular place. Using this framework ...

(8 pages) 165 0 4.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Design Arts

Roots of Russian Revolution

itted the people. By the end of the nineteenth century, Russia's economy, government, military, and social organization was at an extreme decline. Russia had become the least advanced of the major Eur ... cline. Russia had become the least advanced of the major European nations in terms of political and social development. There was no parliament, and no middle class. The Church, officers, and other im ...

(3 pages) 185 0 3.2 Mar/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Fraternity Life

ways struck me as being an organization of guys who spend their timedrinking beer and having their 'social gatherings' (parties). Just moving to Austin recently(which is by no doubt a 'college city') ... I chose to select this culture for my essay.The definition of a fraternity is defined as ' chiefly social organization of male collegestudents, usually designated by Greek letters'. (Morris 1982:523) ...

(5 pages) 74 0 5.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

The Evolution of Primate Intelligence

nvolves the development of offspring both before and after birth and their integration into complex social systems. Another trend in primate evolution has been toward a more elaborate brain. In additi ... evolution has been toward a more elaborate brain. In addition to brain size and gestation periods, social organization also demonstrates and plays an important role in primate evolution due to its co ...

(7 pages) 223 0 3.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Five basic components of human societies

There are five basic components of the human societies: population, culture, material products, social organization, and social institutions. These components may either deter or promote social ch ... omponents may either deter or promote social change. The size of population will greatly affect the social change. If the population is large, chances are social changes will be promoted. More people ...

(2 pages) 51 0 4.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Compare and contrast the concepts of hostility, love and the source of power (God in the Song of Roland and magic in the Tempest) in the books of "Song of Roland" and "Tempest".

y because of their religions. It is shown in the poem as Saracens a mirror image of the Christians, socially and religiously, The Moslems become the evil mirror image of the Christians, in every aspec ... Moslems become the evil mirror image of the Christians, in every aspect of their beliefs and their social organization. This is a struggle between good and evil, with the Saracens evil, while maintai ...

(4 pages) 78 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Sociobiology in Primates Relative to Evolutionary Anthropology. How did the earliest primates evolve into humans?

aller groups in confrontations over resources, but it does not take into account tradeoffs, explain social organization, or offer evidence that females would benefit from living in larger groups. Carl ... s of predation are rarely witnessed so it cannot be said for sure. Also, the model doesn't hold for social organization, habitat use, and predation pressure. Group size varies from specie to specie, s ...

(5 pages) 80 0 1.8 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Social change.

There are five basic components of the human societies: population, culture, material products, social organization, and social institutions. These components may either deter or promote social ch ... omponents may either deter or promote social change. The size of population will greatly affect the social change. If the population is large, chances are social changes will be promoted. More people ...

(4 pages) 251 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

The collectivism and individualism.

Throughout history there have been two basic forms of social organization: collectivism and individualism. The collectivism has taken many forms: socialis ... aken many forms: socialism, welfare-statism and communism are its more notable variations. The only social system commensurate with individualism is laissez-faire capitalism. In the simplest terms, ca ... ich then becomes available for investment in financial or industrial enterprises).Capitalism is the social system based upon private ownership of the means of production, which entails a completely un ...

(2 pages) 112 1 2.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

The Maya Culture

time. The important aspects of the Mayas are their physical characteristics, how they dress, their social organization, the agriculture, art and techniques, religion, god and goddesses, architecture, ... te the ability of manpower and the organization of the government and its people (Brainerd 15). The social organization of the Mayas was very important for human interaction in the lowland Maya sites ...

(12 pages) 168 2 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

Television Violence: A Dilemma

opinion - but we should regret that the liberty granted does not care for the hue and cry raised by social organization which go unheard, especially with respect to the violence shown on our televisio ... demand, as it induces hostile behavior in the younger generation.It is encouraging to note that the social and medical associations, such as the National Parents and Teacher Association (PTA) and the ...

(4 pages) 52 1 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

ople of the distant future are part of a radical new society. the planners of this utopic system of social organization seek to abolish inequalities among humans, social unrest, war, unhappiness, and ... that the brave new world has a good side because there is no war or poverty, and little disease or social unrest, but this comes at the cost of freedom and the sacrifice of the pleasures of life. Hux ...

(3 pages) 75 1 3.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Comparison of Socialism and Communism

To compare socialism and communism you must first understand the terms and some of their goals. Socialism is a ... is a system of social organization in which property and the distribution of income are subject to social control rather than individual determination or market forces. The government owns most of th ... are owned by the government. It's the same for much of Africa as well as the rest of the world. In socialism, private businesses and individuals are taxed steeply to pay for social programs.These eco ...

(4 pages) 139 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Are four basic service components necessary for a healthcare system to be considered complete.

ominant "targets" of the health system at the time.Technology to handle predominant health problems.Social organization for health care.Involvement of people in their health care.In the following para ... into medicine, which gave it a good base in becoming meticulous and without a doubt a definite art.Social organization for health carePhase three was the turn around point at which insurance plans we ...

(1 pages) 109 0 3.7 Oct/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Comparing the North American colonies

nt differences in religion, land tenure, relations with natives, political organization, as well as social organization distinguished the colonial experience of the colonies in the seventeenth and eig ... impendence in the colony such as choosing their own government officials such as a governor.Lastly Social Organization often controlled many aspect of daily life. There are numerous reasons why colon ...

(5 pages) 201 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Karl Marx

A famous propagandist and theoretician, Karl Marx, was both a social thinker and a political leader during the 1800's. Marx is one of the most influential sociali ... is one of the most influential socialist thinkers to appear in the 19th century. Marx's theories of socialism made a great impact on the middle management and labor classes in the 19th century. Social ... impact on the middle management and labor classes in the 19th century. Socialism is a philosophy of social organization by which the major incomes of production and distribution are controlled by the ...

(2 pages) 83 2 4.3 Feb/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

Domus

evolved from amanor system of living. The manor was the fundamental unit of economic, political andsocial organization for a society. Under this rule, peasants were able to attain economic,political, ... ify the lord when they were leavingthe premises. Manorialism and feudalism provided a stable social order where everybody knewtheir place. People believed that society functioned when they knew ...

(1 pages) 14 0 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Quapaw Indians.

The Quapaw Indians had many aspects for their tribes such as a political and social organization, religion, tools, and weapons. They were a very religious group.The Quapaw polit ... his only daughter performed the rituals as well as performed some of the traditional duties. Their social organization was based on patrilineal, which means that the chief's traced ancestry through t ... s that the chief's traced ancestry through their fathers, and adopted their father's clan. In their social organization, there were two major divisions: the earth and the sky people. The earth people ...

(1 pages) 21 0 1.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Avant-garde cultures.

the bohemian avant-garde, which tends to be alienated from all rational and utilitarian aspects of social organization and cultural tradition and aims to create a new kind of exaggeratedly irrational ... on of art, and, like the mediumistic trances of traditional cultures, its efforts may prove to be a socially innocuous (or conserving) ritual that is perhaps psychologically refreshing.

(2 pages) 32 0 3.4 Sep/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Design Arts

KKK (Klu Klux Klan).

a name adapted from the Greek word kuklos ("circle"). Although the Ku Klux Klan began as a prankish social organization, its activities soon were directed against the Republican Reconstruction governm ... ter hundreds of Klansmen were arrested. The remaining klaverns gradually faded as the political and social subordination of blacks was reestablished.III INVISIBLE EMPIRE, KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN.T ...

(6 pages) 64 2 4.8 Nov/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers