Essays on Sociological Theory

Intersectionality refers to a framework for hypothesizing an individual, social issue, or a group of people that are affected by a number of discrimination or even disadvantages. Therefore, the theory of intersectionality asserts that individuals in the society are often faced with challenges related to…

What is Black Culture? This is a colloquial term we hear a lot in media. As we know, it is used in reference to African Americans creativity, representing principles, desires, and orientations link to black individuals globally. Culture is not something we have at birth,…

Of all the tons of topics to be technical about, the history of dreadlocks arguably tops them all, as pinning down the origins of dreadlock to a particular culture or race, is one topic that has wrought a lot of confusion and issues, amongst a…

What does intersectional feminism mean to you? In this modern world guide for a large amount of prejudice there are thousands of words that describe all the oppression and discrimination that people of minority class for the society have been submerged, and one of this…

Gender equality is a conversation that has been tabled since the late 18th century with the rise of the feminist movement which was on focused on political power (Dorey-Stein, 2016). It has become a more prominent conversation after its inclusion in the sustainable development goals…

How we wear our hair has come to be seen as a way to express ourselves in a society where we must constantly try to differentiate ourselves from the masses, and identify as individuals. Hair is one of the most powerful symbols of individuality, both…

As Picasso once said, ‘Good artists borrow, great artists steal,’ and pop culture has been built on the foundation of inspiration from the past. In a sense, just about any song imaginable is a collection of ideas that preceded it. In 2013 the music industry…

A wealth of theoretical and empirical research has been devoted to causal explanations of youth offending, and to identifying risk factors that lead to delinquent criminal behaviour. Through the lens of risk factors, researchers have viewed youth offenders as those who are living in poverty…

There are different reasons why people commit crime, some of them are caused by inner factors like psychology and emotion, however, on the other hand, some others may become crime due to outside factors like the label given by the society or authority. And that’s…

Throughout history, there have been many influential individuals producing ideologies for and against those afflicted by mental health. Meaning that societal views have changed the way in which people perceive mental illness in general. This is extremely important to note because it applies the foundation…

Crimes based on general understanding, are the illegal activities and a deviant behaviour of an individual or a group of people which disobey and break the rules and laws that have been implemented by the state government. Although it is illegal in the society, but…

Introduction Within the field of criminology, it is crucial to view events and the world through various criminological lenses in order to understand any given situation and criminal behavior. In order to do so, we must analyze and compare a variety of criminological theories to…

As I walked out of the nursing station I noticed Waker sitting alone at the corner of the hallway just peering out the window to the courtyard, he noticed the nursing students entering the common area and waived us over. My fear and anxiety of…

Social learning theory is an important part of our understanding of both criminal and non-criminal behavior. Social learning theory is a general theory used in research to explain different kinds of criminal behavior. This theory precisely emphasizes the interaction between cognitive, behavioral, and environmental determinants…

The works of Dr. Sigmund Freud marks as the cradle for the psychoanalytic literary criticism. The fundamental belief of Freud work was the interlinkage between reading, extraction of text meaning emotional, personal and psychological processes. Within each genre of literature, there exist pointers that provide…

As was all know there are various forms of discrimination, including things like prejudice based on race, age, and gender to name a few. We often consider these things in isolation. However, intersectionality looks at these multiple forms of inequality or disadvantage and how they…

As we have seen, now it could be said that it is unmistakable clear how much paradoxical can be the discourse about cultural exchanges, especially if established within a deep-seated Western system. It is also now evident which are those hidden dynamics that still allow…

The critical social theory clearly begins with the revival of the left Hegelianism. Requiring the ideological and creative recovery under the new conditions of the roots of Marx’s thought in German idealism. They incorporated the rigidization of Marxism into the scientism and ideological systems, a…

Now that we know what critical theory means we can look at what Professor Jansen had stated that we cannot agree with a person about everything and that it conveys the truth that we cannot think for ourselves. So I believe that people should not…

All of the identifiable factors that make up an individual interconnect together to form an overall perception of them as a whole. Whether this social categorization effects somebody in a positive or negative light is linked to the systemic oppression and discrimination of certain targeted…

Jens Kastner, born 1970, sociologist and art historian, lives as a freelance author in Vienna where he teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts. He has published texts on social movements, cultural studies and contemporary art in various newspapers and magazines. Since 2005 he is…

The following essay explores the notion of adaptation theory in a theatrical context by engaging with Emily Jade Whitehouse’s On Reflection of Titus (2018) as a primary case study. In particular, I shall engage directly with Whitehouse’s process of adapting Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus and the…

The systems theory  is the transformation of raw materials into a finished product . The coffee shop has maximized its products with differentiation and diversification from selling coffee to different breakfast menu ideas (Kelso, 2018). The contribution of the systems theory has created an effective…

The article “Ethnographies of Race, Crime, and Justice: Toward a Sociological Double-Consciousness” aims to introduce double-consciousness thinking into ethnographic studies of race, crime, and justice (RCJ) in order to “redefine what it means to study practices, structures, and cultural processes within the field” (Rios, Carney,…

We can see that Darwinism was used significantly to encourage human competition to oppose intervention in the natural human order and was the idea that humans compete for the struggle of existence Charles Darwin came up with the theory of natural selection called survival of…

Peter Higgins offers ways in which men can be just as oppressed as women in Three Hypotheses for Explaining the So-Called Oppression of Men. By doing so, Higgins’ goal is to explain how the expectations imposed on men being directly linked to their masculinity is…

Introduction The concept of intersectionality intended to mild up dynamics that have frequently been ignored by using feminist actions and principle. The emergence of intersectionality challenged the notion that gender became the primary thing identifying a woman’s destiny. This essay will be focusing on showing…

The term intersection was originally coined by Kimberly Crenshaw; which was to do with the identities of black women. This essay aims to unpack the definition of intersectionality and then further explain how it works with ideas and differences. Another aspect that will be tackled…

W.E.B Du Bois was born Feb 23, 1868, Great Barrington, MA. He was an influential African American rights activists. One of the first African American sociologist, to earn a PH.D. from Harvard University in 1895. He mostly grew up in a white American neighborhood where…

Conflict has been a crucial element in society and human relationship and coexistence. America is a multicultural nation, which made it a fertile space for interracial conflicts. The greater one was the African Americans conflict. According to Du Bois, “the problem of the 20th century…

Cultural appropriation, a term that makes people uncomfortable and qualmish when mentioned. We hear about it and see it, on the internet , outside , and even on the headlines of our big newspapers. The definition of “cultural appropriation” is ‘the adoption or use of…

In 1859, Charles Darwin had published On the Origins of Species, which talked about the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. Thinkers at the time had applied Darwin’s discoveries to human society; one of them…

It’s the beginning of sophomore year and my whole life flashed before my eyes. I’m all alone with nobody for guidance. This was it, I was really going to have a record, and it’s not for the music industry. A couple of weeks into sophomore…

Social constructivism is a communicative theory that emphasizes that each one psychological feature functions as well as learning are obsessed on interactions with others. Thus, learning is critically obsessed on the qualities of a cooperative method at intervals an academic community, that is state of…

Growing up on what is considered as the “bad side” of town has its own repercussions. Colin was a young man who grew up on the bad side of town; however, he had friends who were from the “right side” of town. The town saw…

A multidisciplinary emphasizes as the primary unit of social analysis also refers to the interregional and transnational division of labor. Also divides world into core countries, semi- periphery countries and periphery countries, core countries focuses on higher skill, capital- intensive product and the rest of…

The impact of media including video games on moral development in adolescence. I wanted to focus this topic on a specific event that happened on the 20th April 1999. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, aged 18 and 17 respectively, carried out the fifth deadliest school…

There is no doubt that the late Steve Jobs have led not just a fruitful life, but a very interesting life. He lived a life that has touched all of ours and would be touching those of the generations to come long after he has…

The concept of Leadership dates again to historical time period. Just to co-ordinate the efforts of all individuals, a leader is required and his behavior towards his fellow participants is his leadership style. Every leader has his personal style of co-ordinating the contributors in an…

Seligman, Steel, Park, and Peterson (2005) focused on positive psychological interventions that aim to increase happiness. A vital fact that has surfaced in the past few years is that happiness brings about many valuable effects in addition to feeling good (Seligman et al., 2005). Past…

How much freedom can a person in a society have? How much freedom is too much? When can society step in and intervene with a person’s freedom? John Stuart Mill attempts to answer these questions and more in his book, On Liberty. This essay will…

To come to the conclusion whether or not San Antonio is a good city, we must first look at what a good city truly means to us. We all have separate beliefs and values, but of course we must all have a few similar essential…

The term nationalism is used to describe two phenomena: The thoughts that the members of a nation have when they care about their national identity, The actions that the members of a nation have take when seeking to achieve (or sustain) self determination. Nationalism on…

Plato’s Theory of Learning in Meno The Greek philosopher Plato is considered one of the greatest thinkers, as his teachings regarding politics, mathematics, and education are still highly influential today. One of the core ideas of Platonic epistemology is the belief that knowledge is innate…

The Addams Family “They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re altogether ooky, the Addams Family.” America’s favorite macabre family made their way to television in 1964. Morticia Addams, husband Gomez, two children Pugsley and Wednesday, and close family members Cousin Itt, Uncle Fester,…

Development refers to the biological, psychological, and emotional changes that occur in humans between birth and death. There is a wide variety of influences in a person’s life as they age, whether they’re the same throughout life or different. There are many different theories in…

Development theories are integrated vision of theories with regards to how venerable change in society is best achieved. Among these theories of development include; modernization theory, dependency theory and world system theory. This purpose of the paper is to review difference between Modernization Theory, Dependency…

The rapid changes in the fashion industry are influencing fashion consumerism in innumerable ways and the findings are supporting the point of influence of culture on fashion in today’s world is more than compared to previous decades and is increasing more and more for various…

Why were the social construction of Jim Crow and Social Darwinism, as ideologies so significant to the social, economic and political landscape of the United States into the 20th Century? Be Exhaustive in your answer. The Social Darwinism is theory at the time that strongest…

In this essay, I will be focusing on the existence of an international society with idealism’s assumptions and link it with the 1996 movie Independence Day, directed and co-written by Roland Emmerich. Firstly, I will discuss idealism briefly. After a short summary of the movie,…

Learning occurs through a process that results in a long-term change in knowledge or behaviour, resulting from experience and interaction with the immediate environment. This has been concluded through research and experimentation by various theorists trying to understand what it is that leads to this…

History of the concept of ideology Idea-ology, a science of ideas The word ideology is a child of the Enlightenment and would have been used for the first time by Antoine Destutt de Tracy (Knight, 2006, p. 619), in a lecture on April 21, 1796…

Here, the film has been analysed on the basis of intersectionality that can be seen in the film. The term intersectionality was first coined by Kimberle Crenshaw in 1989 in her seminal paper named “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique…

Renato Constantino’s The Philippines: A Past Revisited contains a specific chapter on the American expansionism, Social Darwinism and the clash of the industrial north versus the agricultural in the United States that swept beyond just its thirteen colonies. The slaughtering and enslaving of “inferior races”…

Subversive Uses of Social Darwinism in Howards End The persistent theme of social Darwinism in Howards End suggests England belongs not to those plucky, sensitive types that Forster himself idealizes in his essay “What I Believe,” but to a more practical type that Forster acknowledges…

The Role of Darwinism in America Darwinism has been a factor in American society since around 1859, although at that early time Charles Darwin had only addressed animal and plant-based evolution. In 1871, with The Descent of Man, he brought to the public’s attention his…

Learning theories give a description on how a person absorbs information, processes it, and retains it for future use. During the learning process, many things such as the environment, cognitive ability, emotions and experience help in the understanding of worldviews, and retaining of knowledge and…

The Double Consciousness of Grandison From a young age, one is self-aware. That is, one is aware of the separation of oneself from one’s environment as a unique individual. One forms an identity with this awareness at its foundation. However, as the mind develops, one…

Gender Roles in Advertising Little Sally, 6, and Billy, 8, are sitting down in front of the family television for an afternoon of enjoyable programming. Suddenly an advertisement interrupts their favorite show. The advertisement features a young woman cleaning a kitchen with a product that…

Response Paper 3 Sociological theory has been criticized for many years for its exclusion of women and people of color. At a time when white males were dominant, sexism and racism were common discriminatory practices in previous centuries. There were many structural obstacles to conducting…

This paper aims to elucidate the impact of parents and family on cognitive development and the theory that supports that is Social Theory of Leraning. Social learning is a process where in the mind of an individual absorbs and imbibes the environment as it perceives…

A significant part of life is defining who one is and discovering one’s identity. Identity is often explored through the questioning of the biological or philosophical consciousness of society. Discovering the complexities of one’s identity is, therefore, also apart of this task. This semester in…

In contrast to psychodynamic theory, learning theory concentrates on how learning influences a person’s behavior.This perspective emphasizes the role of experience, examining whether a person’s behavior is rewarded or punished.This perspective also emphasizes that people learn from watching others around them.Two influential theories in this…

Intersectionality in Media: Representation is not Optional As an underclassman in high school, I was an avid Netflix watcher. The majority of my free time was spent watching the latest episode of a show, and then creating art about it or discussing the characters with…

Intersectionality of Race and Gender in Women of Color Many feminists such as Friedan criticize the sexist institutions that keep women in their homes and away from the workforce but fail to see that this is not the only form of sexist oppression that exists….

Migration, Marriage and Sexuality – An exploration into the reasoning behind, and the contextualisation of Xenophilia. Discourse surrounding migration tends to focus on the negatives of migration, a trend which is particularly prevalent in international media, foreign policies being enacted and discussed, as well as…

Cultural Appropriation is the adoption or use of elements of one culture from members of a different culture. There are many advantages and disadvantages of cultural appropriation and they vary depending on if you’re having your culture imitated or if you are the one imitating…

Ignorance Fueling the Flame That is Cultural Appropriation There happens to be a wide misunderstanding of what cultural appropriation actually is. Nadra Kareem Nittle from the race relations section of About.com defines cultural appropriation as, “…typically [involving] members of a dominant group exploiting the culture…

In Our Hands: An Essay on Appropriation Appropriation is a tricky subject to navigate because opinions on it’s morality, artistry and ethics are so widely varied. Many artists use appropriation in their work to appreciate a specific culture or to enhance and influence their creations….

We have seen that critical thinking has represented a critical part for getting good results in the last few decades. The manufacturing-based economy has evolved into a knowledge-based economy. In ancient times, it was significant to collect and analyze all the information and data. But…