Social Science

There are a lot of different perspectives on drugs as a whole. Most are in the general direction of horrid, but there are a few opinions in the media that sway towards the other end of the spectrum.  The movies,…
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People use drugs and alcohol as a means of escaping reality because sometimes reality isn’t that great; because sometimes reality is bitter or weak or doesn’t live up to their expectations or because sometimes it’s easy to fantasize about what…
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Human facial expressions are controlled by a series of paired muscles which can manipulate elastic features such as shape of the lips and the orientation of the eye balls and eye sockets. These features have become so much a part…
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Psychological effects refer to mental and emotional disturbances that are common to most children whose parents become divorced. Extreme depression and bottled up anger that’s often temporary and released in future are the most obvious psychological effects of divorce on…
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As Ronald Reagan said during his presidency from 1981-1989, “Government’s view of the economy can be summed up in a few short phrases.  If it moves, tax it.  If it keeps moving, regulate it.  If it stops moving, subsidize it.” …
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Religion is at its heart a cultural system.  It is a system of symbols formulating a concept of a general order of existence for mankind, which establish powerful motivations adding an aura of reality to those things beyond normal human…
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Have you ever tried going to another country and you cannot understand the language, there is a different taste in food, and different habits from yours, and other examples of what you might experience the first time you visit a…
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Indigenous and global economics operate on entirely different scales. Indigenous economics relate the economic decisions made by individuals within their social and cultural context; global economics relates the interactions of regional and national economic bodies on international markets. The fields…
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The “ambiguities” of Cultural Anthropology It is not easy to define the disciplinary scope of cultural anthropology, simply because its borders seem endless. C. Geerz, a great specialist of the matter, said that, however, even the experts don’t quite know…
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Keeping track of world population is probably one of the five or ten most important things developed societies can do in this age. It is as important as keeping track of nuclear weapons or measuring industrial productivity or measuring  and…
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