According to the sociologist Ferdinand Tonnies there is two main types of societies. There is Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft. Both are German words. Gemeinschaft means commune or community. Gesellscaft means association. Overall‚ gemeinschaft relates to a small community were everyone knows one another by a first name basis. Gesellschaft relates to a more urban society were relationships are more impersonal. In a gemeinschaft society everyone knows everyone else. All the people play a role
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Modernization is the process of social change that was begun by industrialization (Macionis‚ 2006). The process of modernization occurs when a society transforms from a rural and agrarian condition to an urban‚ secular‚ and industrial condition (Britannica Concise Encyclopedia‚ 2008). Modernization manifests itself in the United States in many different ways and concepts. Some of the ways that it is manifested in the U.S. is summarized by Peter Berger. According to Peter Berger there are four
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In the two articles Social Change Among the Amish‚ and The McDonaldization of Society we can plainly comprehend the distinction between a Gemeinschaft and a Gesellschaft. The term Gemeinschaft what’s more‚ Gesellschaft is utilized by Ferdinand Tonnies to dissect the two noteworthy terms in the public arena. A Gemeinschaft is also called a "personal group." It is utilized to portray the conventional sort of society in which everybody knows every other person. While a Gesellschaft is what
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shown up in Thomas Hobbes’s Behemoth and Elements of Law‚ Natural and Polotic. In the community‚ people share common bonds with traditions‚ objectives‚ or beliefs. “A good example of Gemeinschaft would be a church or other religious institution” (Ferdinand Toennies Theory: Overview and Explanation). The people that attend this church are all there because of a bond‚ in this case their religion and other beliefs. In the Gesellschaft relationships are more formal and impersonal. The people will not know
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Does "community" refer to democracy? If not‚ could it or is it too deeply embedded in the conceptual lexicon of the Romantic‚ authoritarian and racist Right? This is the question‚ one already asked by American neo-communitarianism‚ that is emerging again in Europe at the precise moment when‚ some‚ especially in France and in Italy‚ are risking thinking community anew. At issue is not only a legitimate question‚ but in some ways even an inevitable one‚ in which democractic culture deeply examines
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distinct types of social relations‚ “gemeinschaft” and “gesellschaft” and argues for the necessity of both to maintain the social foundations of morality. The German words “gemeinschaft” and “gesellschaft”‚ are terms used by German sociologist Ferdinand Tonnies‚ refer to “community” and “society” respectively. Gesellschaft is the first and for most important part of this ideal utopia. This idea concept is originated from big cities. Etzioni talks about the differences from moving from small towns
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The term nation has been envisioned variously by primordialists and modernists and is enmeshed in bewildering contradictions. In this paper it has been used to mean “ . . . not so much a cultural artifact . . . but a web of material relations and practices‚ which rests on classes‚ caste structures‚ gendered systems of production and reproduction‚ armies‚ laws‚ territories and yes‚ signifying practices as well.” (Ahmad 2007:40) The establishment of India as a nation-state upon Indian sub-continent
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Lapu-Lapu (floruit-1521) was a ruler of Mactan‚ an island in the Visayas‚ Philippines‚ who is known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted the Spanish colonization. He was also responsible for the death of Portuguese Explorer Ferdinand Magellan.[1] He is now regarded‚ retroactively‚ as the first Filipino hero.[2][3] He is also known under the names Çilapulapu‚[4] Si Lapulapu‚[5] Salip Pulaka‚[6][note 1] and Kali Pulako (alternatively spelled as Cali Pulaco)‚[7] though the historicity
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Running head: FERDINAND MAGELLAN Ferdinand Magellan Conni Wisdom University of Phoenix Online January 25‚ 2010 HIS/458 - History of Human Discovery Martha Kirchmer Ferdinand Magellan Since the time of Christopher Columbus’ voyages in 1492 through 1503‚ many explorers were
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Ferdinand Edralin Marcos (September 11‚ 1917 – September 28‚ 1989) was the tenth (10th) President of the Republic of the Philippines and the only president to stay in office for more than twenty years (1965 to 1986). Dubbed as the country ’s "strongman‚" he holds the distinction of being the first and only Philippine President to be re-elected in office and the last Philippine Senate President to be elected to the highest office of the land – the Philippine Presidency. He served as president from
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