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The Tiring Struggle to Transcend Form
Since 1922, Egypt has been struggling with freedom. Hamed Oweis’ painting, Fellah, represents the constant feeling of being contained within certain parameters in Egypt ranging from pre-revolutionary...
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Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club describes a Nietzsche influenced reaction to modern materialist culture. In Fight Club, the narrator Joe is trapped by consumerism and all the flaws of materialism and...
View ArticleLoss of Emotions in a Profane Society
I’ve known quite a few “emo” kids, but in reality, I believe they characterize more post-emotional traits. “Emo” kids usually listen to music that talks about how life comes at you and you have no...
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The Use of Twitter as a Mobilization Tactic in the 2009 Iranian Election...
There has been increasing research on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the social movement field (Earl & Kimport 2008; Earl 2006; Earl & Schussman 2003; Garrett 2006;...
View ArticleWeber’s Liberalism
Throughout his work, Weber was committed to liberalism. Weber believed that liberalization is a path to truth (Weber 1958:120). Liberalization is obtaining truth by becoming free of the values...
View ArticlePredicting Social Action
Weber believed that the understanding of ideal types makes it possible to predict social action at a specific time and place. Generalization and the use of concepts contribute toward causal...
View ArticleWeber’s Conception of Social Stratification
Weber’s concept of social stratification consisted of multiple dimensions which establish one’s life chances. Unlike Marx, Weber did not believe that stratification is monolithically established by...
View ArticleDurkheim’s concept of morality
Durkheim believed that altruism is the basis of morality. He was critical of modern society because of the rise of individualism. Durkheim believed that the social structure of society is build upon...
View ArticleMead and Symbolic Interactionism
Mead’s theory of symbolic interaction is based off the assumption that the social structure is developed at both the individual level and societal level. Symbolic interactionism is a theoretical...
View ArticlePresentation Announcement
This Tuesday, I will be making a presentation about the use of Twitter throughout the Iranian Election Protests and the value of Twitter as a tactic to sustain contentious activity. You are welcome to...
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