Browsing by Subject "Durkheim"
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)The role, basis for, and function of idealism in religion and religiosity are examined as both an individual and social phenomenon. Religion is divided into two manifestations of idealism that are described as conventional ...
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This study explores the political sociological theory of Emile Durkheim to demonstrate that political anomie has resurfaced in American society. Symptoms of anomie are identified by relating sudden regime changes affecting ...
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(2017-05-23)This dissertation might best be described as a discussion and analysis of the tendency towards excess at the heart of modern American culture. In studying excess, the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer—whose writings on the ...
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(2012-07-16)Exploring Puritanical cultural habits in the 21st century American military, the following study focuses on U.S. Army courts-martial in the Global War on Terrorism. The study uses Emile Durkheim's original sociological ...
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This analysis investigated the effects and implications of Hungary’s Communist legacy in the context of Hungarian socio-political landscapes during and after Communism. For this investigation, I relied upon Emile Durkheim’s ...
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(2012-02-14)This project seeks to address the recurring theme of revenge within war as exhibited in the recent upsurge of war crimes within the past ten years. To begin, I present an overview of Emile Durkheim’s perspective on punishment ...
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Literature Review: David Riesman conceptualized three distinct cultural groups called the Tradition-directed, Inner-directed, and Other-directed. These groups mark three distinct shifts in how humanity absorbed information ...