http://www.shvoong.com/tags/society/rss.xml Summaries, Abstracts, Synopses Reviews, Notes & Short Essays on Society Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:30:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - How Society Created a Monster, The author of this paper surmises that there may be a deliberate intent in the popular portrayal of the Frankenstein tale as a simplistic, entertainin http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/429184-society-created-monster/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/429184-society-created-monster/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:09:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Society and Competition in Sports, The following paper begins by describing the link between sport and society. It then moves on to discuss competition as essential to sport. This is fo http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/429503-society-competition-sports/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/429503-society-competition-sports/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:09:00 GMT This paper discusses the views of political philosophers Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Edmund Burke. The author explores their beliefs regarding governmen http://www.shvoong.com/f/law-and-politics/politics/contemporary-theory/429820-civil-society-rights-individuals/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/law-and-politics/politics/contemporary-theory/429820-civil-society-rights-individuals/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:09:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Critique Of Society In The Novel "Moll Flanders", Analysis of the character of Moll in Daniel Defoe's novel as shaped by social forces of the 18th Century. Social and economic problems of Britain rev http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/435415-critique-society-novel-moll-flanders/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/435415-critique-society-novel-moll-flanders/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:14:00 GMT An examination of the theories of three of the "classical social theorists" - Frederich Nietzsche, Emil Durkheim, and Max Weber. It discusse http://www.shvoong.com/f/social-sciences/sociology/436732-society-religion/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/social-sciences/sociology/436732-society-religion/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:15:00 GMT The writer shows that Pierce feels that a responsibility of higher education is "to train a skilled, intelligent, creative, and responsible workf http://www.shvoong.com/f/social-sciences/education/435969-society-needs-higher-education/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/social-sciences/education/435969-society-needs-higher-education/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:15:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Race and Society in Early American Film, Films that were made prior to the Civil Rights Era tend to display the views of the day within them, not simply the status of race in the time represe http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/film-and-theater-studies/441184-race-society-early-american-film/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/film-and-theater-studies/441184-race-society-early-american-film/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:18:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Society and Behavior, This paper examines how society influences behavior in the novels, "The Great Gatsby" and "The Catcher in the Rye". The author dis http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/442702-society-behavior/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/442702-society-behavior/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:19:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - The Society of Jesus in the United States, This paper will examine the role of the Jesuits in American Catholic history. In a nation that is predominantly Protestant, the basis of much of the J http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/445175-society-jesus-united-states/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/445175-society-jesus-united-states/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:22:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Plato's Closed Society vs. Popper's Open Society, This paper discusses how an open society, as Karl Popper defines it, at its core is simply envisioned as a civilization in which the government progre http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/h_philosophy/458973-plato-closed-society-vs-popper/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/h_philosophy/458973-plato-closed-society-vs-popper/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:30:00 GMT