Social Science

With the release of his work, “The Myth of Mental Illness,” in 1961, Thomas Szasz immediately received international fame, along with inciting international controversy. In this book he declared that mental illness was not actual disease, but rather “problems in…
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Strabo (64 BC to 23 AD) was a Greek geographer and historian. Birth Strabo was born in Amasya, Pontus, in Greece to a rich family. His mother’s relatives were important members of the regime of King Mithridates VI of Pontus….
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A society is a large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory, shares a common culture and social structure, and is expected to abide by the same laws. Two primary components of a society are its culture and its…
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Binchester in County Durham, which is on the north-eastern side of England, was the site of a large Roman fort. A little more than a mile from the present-day town of Bishop Auckland, it was known as Vinovia to the…
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Talk is cheap – but if you’re an extrovert, it’s worth its weight in gold. The meek don’t really get an opportunity to inherit the earth – the extroverts won’t let them get a word in edgewise. And extroverts are…
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A Psychological Profile of Ted Bundy and What it Means Ted Bundy is a serial killer who killed at least 30 women over a span of 5 years. The last few killings he committed after escaping during his trial for…
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Are you inner or outer directed? The inner-directed person listens to their own heart. The outer-directed person follows advice and instructions from outside sources. They conform. They relinquish their control over their own life to another source. Most of us…
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The division of labour among people results in cities. With the division of labour an economic interdependence arises among individuals. People rely on each other for what they need, and it makes sense to be in close proximity to each…
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The Ecological Lessons of the Past: Case Study: Easter Island- Introduction: Studies of the relationship between ecology and society have long been part of the discipline of anthropology. This is true not only of contemporary ethnographies, but of archaeological studies…
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I have actually taken an anthropology course entitled “Magic, Religion and Science,” which did a great job of introducing primary topics in the anthropology of religion. It is important to first understand that today’s meaning of “religion” is a very…
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