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Obedience to Authority No human social organization can function without some degree of obedience to authority, as the alternative would be anarchy leading to total chaos. Hence we find some sort of a hierarchy in both the most underdeveloped and the most civilized societies where certain individuals exercise authority over others. Almost everyone will agree…

In the year 1625, Francis Bacon, a famous essayist and poet wrote about the influences of fear on everyday life. He stated, “Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other” (Essays Dedication of Death). Clearly, external surroundings…

Intersectionality involves the social characteristics of one‘s identity, which incorporate societal, community, individual, and global factors like ability, age, class, sexual orientation, gender, and ability among others. According to Patricia Hill Collins and Kimberle’ Williams, the people of color feminists who developed intersectional theory, it is specifically concerned with social identities formation. The kinds of…

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, gives you a look into what things were like back in that era. Some may say that racism is supported or condemned, in the book. What do you say? I say that it is neither supported or condemned. I think that racism is exposed in Twain’s The…

Company Strategy: Axeon acquired three foreign companies in Milan, London, and Sweden to leverage the geographical expertise present in these subsidiaries. The company places great emphasis on a high level of decentralization from top-level management. Issue 1: Organization structure – Is Axeon’s current organizational structure decentralized? While decentralization is indeed a part of Axeon’s current…

The Sensitive Periods in a child’s life was Dr. Maria Montessori’s greatest discovery. Though it was first discovered by a Dutch Scientist, Hugo de Vries, it was on animals, but Dr. Maria Montessori found the existence of this period in children too. The term “Sensitive Period” is used for a specific period of a child’s…

One of the women characters to who may show sympathy towards is Daisy. Daisy throughout the novel is oblivious to the fact that Tom, her husband, has an intimate relationship with the character Myrtle in a very public way. This is one of the ways in which we, the reader, sympathise towards Daisy, not only…

Throughout the 1920s, women witnessed considerable transformations in different realms of their lives. These encompassed politics, home life, the workplace, and education. Notably, many women embraced the belief that they had both the right and duty to engage actively in political affairs. The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 conferred upon women the right…

The Indian retail sector is a noteworthy industry that continues to attract investments from the private sector. It currently comprises approximately 12 million players in the retail distribution, mainly consisting of small retailers operating from tiny shops and handcarts (below 50 square feet). These retail outlets can be found throughout over 5,000 cities and 600,000…

More specifically, we want to understand our social identities and this can be achieved by acknowledging which groups we identify most with. Tajfel and Turner (1986) define this phenomenon of classification within a social context as the Social Identity Theory and it is comprised of three main parts. Zerubevel (as cited in Jenkins, 2004) states…