Introduction to modernity - Study guides, Study notes & Summaries

Globalization has led to the rapid interaction of different cultures and people and the exchange of ideas, norms, and beliefs. It has also resulted in the spread of segregation of members of the society into different cultural tastes and preferences giving rise to hierarchies. The main way that modernity is globalized throughout the world is through dismantling the existing societies and rebuilding new ones with new concepts (Cicchelli & October 2017). The introduction of a new culture in a new ...

Seminar notes to week 1 of the module Understanding Social Change. This is a Sociology degree module. Topics covered: Introduction to theory, The Enlightenment, Structure/Agency, Jogging in the park - is that structure or agency? Person in a suit queuing for the bus to work - is that structure or agency? ‘Conflict’ & ‘Consensus’ Models of Order, What is the Source of Social Order (who’s in charge)? How is Social Order (Modernity) characterised? How do we explain culture & shared values...

Lecture notes on week 1, 2 and 3 of the module Understanding Social Change. This is a Sociology degree module. Lecture 1 gives an introduction to sociological theory: What is theory? What is sociological theory? Key Terms, What is theory for? How is theory created? Modernity, The racialisation of capitalism. Lecture 2 notes contains a summary of Karl Marx, Capitalism, False Consciousness, Marxist class analysis. Lecture 3 notes contains a summary of Du Bois, Double Consciousness and Racism.

Family Experiments: Professional, Middle-Class Families in Australia and New Zealand c.1880-1920 Shelley Ann Richardson February 2013 A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of The Australian National University. This thesis is my own original work. Shelley Ann Richardson Acknowledgements No thesis is produced without a great deal of assi stance. Ind eed, I have many people to thank for their help and support over the course of thi s study. Firstly, I am extremely grateful to T...

INTRODUCTION In the eighteenth century Egypt was under the control of the Ottoman Empire, after being conquered in 1517. 1 Before the Ottoman rule Egypt had been ruled by the Mamluks, a dynasty of slave warriors, who had themselves seized control in 1250. Napoleon Bonaparte a French statesman and military leader who had risen to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns saw an opportunity in the weakened control of Egypt by the Ottoman Empire. In 1798,...