an in-depth analysis of society, specifically economic circumstances, and his unique interpretation of them. Marx offers what can only be considered as a broadminded perspective towards the two types of population in the social order, the workers and the owners, and defends his points well with metaphor and well-supported arguments. Of the many points he makes, however, one seems to take certain precedence, re-emerging thematically throughout the literature; the concept of alienation. Marx describes
does the academic literature on femininity and sexual objectification complicate everyday understandings of the gender issues involved? Sandra Lee Bartky’s chapter on the psychological oppression of women operates by employing a philosophical analysis from the feminist perspective that analyses and discusses the ‘feminine’ individual. Bartky examines the feminine subject, and thus female consciousness, as being one located in the patriarchy where one’s femininity is constructed and expressed as a
The distorted nature of the Invisible Man’s vision sparks the beginning of a smooth transition away from ideologically-restricted and ignorant man. Floating within the various hallucinatory states, a typical characteristic of Surrealism, the Invisible Man gains different dimensions and perspective. In turn, Surrealism allows the Invisible Man search for his true inner self. While it is right that Timothy Spaulding argues how “[u]nder the strain of the treatment the narrator descends into a dream
coparcenary property is understood to be a property in which the four generations from the last older of the property of the property have an innate right from the birth and therefore there are limitations imposed and other obligations that have to be taken care of while dealing with this coparcenary in terms of its alienation, disposition etc. The paper analyses the character of the property that is so received by the father from a partition of this coparcenary or joint family property in relation to that
An Analysis of the Male-Based Exploitation of Prostitution in The Goddess (1934) This film analysis will; define the underling problem of male-based exploitation of prostitution over women that occurs in the silent film The Goddess (1934) by Wu Yonggang. The male exploitation of prostitutes is a major part of the male-based control over women that is represented in the life of a woman that struggles to survive in Chinese society. This woman (Ruan Lingyu) must rely on prostitution to provide an
and psychological dysfunction as well as assessing treatment outcomes. David M. Garner designed the Eating Disorder Inventory-3 as a way to provide assistance in the diagnosis and assessment of individuals with eating disorders. Type The EDI-3 is a self-report questionnaire used in research and clinical settings as a way to evaluate the symptoms and psychological traits of those with eating disorders, specifically individuals between 13 and 53 years of age. The test is administered in written form
critic Edward Said declared that alienation or exile are both “unhealable rifts” and an “enriching experience”. These two statements are definitely a contradiction, yet they still somehow go together. In the novel the Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison describes this distressing and heartbreaking occurrence through the novel’s main character, who is identified as the narrator. Although exiled, the narrator experiences understanding his social identity and seeking approval from his social groups. Throughout
In this essay I will discuss the theories and accounts of freedom from the two perspectives of Karl Marx and John Stuart Mills and assess their propositions for the future societies to achieve the freedom of mind, rights, and decisions. The main source I will be referring to is by Paul Smart, “Mill and Marx: Individual liberty and the roads to freedom” (1991). John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx are undoubtedly two of the greatest thinkers throughout history and the philosophers are notably distinct and
The contradiction of political instability could be exclusively attributed to the way and manner the Nigeria state is structured along the colonial doctrine of exclusiveness, subjugation, alienation and humiliation that has continued to create tension and make ethnic competition inevitable as each group wants equal treatment. It has made the quest to grab and hold on to political power in order to accumulate wealth a yearstic for ethnic alignment
(1) From its inception, it adapted philosophical ideas, especially from German Idealism, in order to analyze society. Nonetheless, and following Lukács, (2) Critical Theory thought that some parts of some philosophies could be understood as unknowing reflection of social conditions. (3) Philosophy