Communitarianism

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This paper discsses the communitarian vision of the way that a society should be run and describes the philosophy and beliefs of communitarianism. The paper then looks at Lenin's communitarianism and how it related to his Marxist beliefs. The paper also looks at symbolic interactionism as a theory of the individual and relates this to Lenin's views of communitarianism.

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"Symbolic interactionism is a theory of the individual while functionalism is a theory of structure. Efforts have been made to create some middle theory that brings the two together. Giddens is one who has proposed such a theory, one he calls Duality of Structure and which involves both structure and individual agency. When we ask about the structure of social practices, we are seeking to explain how structures are constituted through actions and how actions are constituted structurally at the same time. Giddens suggests that the global dimension of thought and action so prominent in the modern world capitalist system ought to shape theoretical discourse in profound ways.
"He notes the dimensions of modernity as we enter the period of post-modernity, and he finds that sociology will more and more shed the residue of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century thought as we move into this post-modern phase."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bork, Robert H. "Original Intent." The Judges' Journal (Summer 1987), 13-17.
• Bork, Robert H. Neutral Principles and Some First Amendment Problems, 47 IND. L.J. 1 (1971).
• Giddens, Anthony. Social Theory and Modern Sociology. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1987.
• Thompson, John M. Revolutionary Russia, 1917. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981.
• Vlachoutsicos, Charalambos. Russian Collectivism An Invisible Fist in the Transformation Process of Russia. 2007. http://www.eliamep.gr/eliamep/files/op9708.PDF.

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