Social Science

Investigating the origins of language and culture is quite a challenge due to miniscule amount of evidence that is available. In fact in the latter part of the 19th century the royal linguistic society of London banned debate on the…
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Biography: Max Weber Maximillian Carl Emil Weber was born on April 21st 1864 at Erfurt, Thuringia, East Germany. The eldest of seven children born to – Max Weber senior, a prominent and wealthy civil servant and politician and – Helene…
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THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF SOCIOLOGY Sociology is the study of society of human social life, groups and societies. Plato and Socrates argued about their thoughts and views on social behaviour, but they did not make systematic observations to test their…
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Language and culture intertwines and it is not possible to accurately say which comes first, but Language seems to be necessary for a culture to develop. Culture means a way of life and this could not develop unless a group…
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It is a well established fact that people of higher IQ are having less children than those with lower IQ’s. This was humorously explored in the movie Idiocrocy in which a completely average man from our time is put to…
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Yes, it is. In fact, it is its sole function. The dictionary tells us that manipulation means, “exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one’s own advantage.” “Shrewd” being, in this context, “tricky”. The advantage being whatever the pseudo-politician has…
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There is little room for debate in the statistics that those who are poorer are more likely to be arrested and go to jail. This connection is one that has been well established and make logical sense to most of…
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Culture is clearly the predecessor to language as illustrated by the following definition. “The system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that the members of society use to cope with their world and with one another, and that…
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I was twenty-four years old when I was diagnosed with a mental illness, bipolar disorder. What preceded those few normal looking words, was a year of hellish trauma that involved a trip over the edge of sanity into a black…
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How are values linked to crime? What constitutes a crime really does come down to what kind of values that we have, and what is a crime now might not have been a crime in a previous generation. The laws…
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