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The Changing Meaning of Community, 2008.
An analysis of the effect of virtual communities on the meaning and definition of traditional communities.
1,701 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 55.95
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This paper discusses the changing meaning and nature of community. It particularly focuses on the effect that virtual communities are having on our traditional concept of community. The paper defines community and discusses the complexities of community. It then looks at the example of communities in Toronto. Lastly, the paper defines and analyzes virtual communities and looks at their advantages and disadvantages.
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"The overall argument appears to be balanced because Native communities in remote areas of Canada are using the Internet. Furthermore, they are receiving support from all over Canada and other countries in their land claims and demands for self-government. The Internet is also creating new virtual communities in countries such as Nigeria and Mexico which are learning to use the technology to overcome their poverty. Inequality and the rise of urban societies have damaged community. Globalization in particular has created far worse social and economic inequality than has ever been experienced before. The Internet has the potential to create a new type of community, although there are new challenges at the present time than ever before (Hiller, 2005). This is because the Internet has the possibility of giving rise to interactions that never were possible in the urban environment. Community depends most of all on interests, and the Internet has been able to create new interests as well as new types of connections that were not available in the past. As Peck (1987) pointed out, the future of community and especially for virtual communities depends on how seriously we take the concept of community. Related to that, the priorities for the future have to be such goals as commitment, freedom, equality, and concern for authentic community."
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How Words Change Meaning, 2005.
Discusses how the meanings of words change due to cultural and historical beliefs.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This analysis discusses how the meanings of words change due to cultural and historical beliefs. It also addresses the way words like "nigger," "fag? and "dyke" have the power to oppress when used by dominant cultures against subcultures but they can also be empowering when appropriated by the subcultures they are used against. It also includes five noun phrase appositives and four adjective clauses.
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"Changes in the meaning of words often empower or oppress others. We might look to Naylor's depiction of the word nigger to see how words can serve to empower or impress. Racial slurs are often used to wound or shame ..."
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The Evolving Meaning and Nature of Work, 2001.
A look at how the meaning of work has changed over the ages, and where it is going in the future.
3,761 words (approx. 15.0 pages), 18 sources, $ 103.95
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This essay discusses the evolving meaning and nature of work over the ages, with an emphasis on current and future trends in this regard. It does this by first demonstrating how the meaning and nature that work played in ancient human societies changed over time. It then looks at some of the current trends in this regard. In doing this, it includes issues related to the global economy and e-commerce.
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"Like most other complex constructs found in psychology, there is no one, all-encompassing definition of work. Drummond and Ryan (1995) claim that, historically, work has had a variety of meanings to people of different times and places. For this reason no formal definition of work can be provided. Let it suffice to say that, when one thinks of work, it is important to realise that work can occur outside of jobs (ie: housewives work, as do volunteers of all kinds). In fact, Isaacson and Brown (1997) put it well when they say that ?when thinking about work, it is not just the exertion of energy or effort, but it is the exertion aimed at the attainment of various objectives other than those pursued solely for pleasure or sport? (Isaacson & Brown, 1997, p6)"
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The Meaning of Work, 2006.
This in-depth paper analyzes the definition regarding the true meaning of work and its impact on business, as perceived by various social scientists.
3,992 words (approx. 16.0 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 108.95
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The writer of this paper attempts to define the true meaning of work while questioning whether or not people actually value their work or if they're in fact averse to it. The writer contends and explains why the concept of 'meaning of work' refers to the effectiveness of an enterprise as well as a sense of significance in a larger structure. This paper analyzes the pivotal role of work in comparison to leisure, community, religion and family activities. This paper details the views and perceptions of various social scientists, in American and around the world, regarding this specific topic. This paper delves into the elaborate research of William Whitely regarding work values in England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Yugoslavia, the U.S., Japan and Israel. This paper discusses an analysis by Alexandre Ardichvili which indicates one of the first attempts to explore the meaning of working in countries that move from centrally planned to market driven economies. This paper also examines the Meaning of Work (MOW) Study as well as its results, which gathered proof relating to the manner in which cultural, societal and individual factors form the work ethic. The MOW International Research Team has created a work centrality index that prioritizes the responses from people in different nations in terms of their commitment to work and the magnitude of their identity with their work, which is detailed in this paper.
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"Allocating responsibility, building a varied and interesting work environment and particularly permitting autonomy all supplemented considerably to enhanced level of work centrality. Neither, positive work incidents like enhancement in salary and working environment along with developed interpersonal associations not negative work incidents like elimination of employment and extended unemployment result in individual work centrality. The life incident of marriage did not influence work centrality of men or women. The pregnancy and birth gives rise to the decline of absolute work centrality among women like that in 1993 work centrality was considerably lower among women those experienced childbirth, in contrast to those who did not."
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"The Meaning of Being", 2002.
An analysis of the work "The Meaning of Being" by Heidegger.
1,390 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 46.95
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An examination of the work "The Meaning of Being" by Heidegger and his philosophies on the question of being and the meaning of being. The author examines the works of Dasein and analyzes Heidegger?s meaning of fundamental ontology and existential analytic and his distinction between existential analysis and ontological inquiry.
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?Heidegger begins his magisterial work, Being and Time, with the claim that the question of Being, and specifically the questioning of and into the "meaning of Being" that his philosophical work seeks to inaugurate in the form of an existential hermeneutics, must begin from Dasein. "Fundamental ontology, from which alone all other ontologies can take their rise, must be sought in the existential analytic of Dasein"
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The Meaning of Life, 2008.
A discussion of the different views of the meaning of life.
764 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper examines the different views--scientific, philosophical, religious--on how to tackle and how to best answer questions regarding the meaning of life. The paper explains that science contends that the meaning of life is centered on the origin of life, both in terms of biological life and the universe itself. The paper then points out that, it is uncertain whether science can really tell us what is most significant in life in a philosophical sense. The paper also looks at how the meaning of life is said to be the question which was at the very heart of the classical moral philosophy initiated by Socrates. The writer believes that the only important thing is that you live your life in a way that you don't have regrets or you don't step on other people's feelings or rights.
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"Another philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard, argued that life is full of absurdity and the individual must make his or her own values in an indifferent world. For Kierkegaard, an individual can have a meaningful life if the individual relates the self in an unconditional commitment to something finite, and devotes his or her life to the commitment despite the inherent vulnerability of doing so.
"These are but instances of how different people give different answers to the most-asked question about life. There are a million other contentions and concepts, may they be philosophical, religious or scientific in nature. These contentions and ideas depend on how one's beliefs are patterned or how one's experiences have shaped this belief system, or, maybe, his or her set of goals."
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Logic and Meaning for a Missionary, 2006.
An analysis of the applications of logic and meaning in the course of a missionary's work.
2,500 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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This paper discusses the importance of a missionary employing logic and meaning. The paper begins by defining meaning and logic. It then looks specifically at inductive and deductive logic and Eastern and Western logic. The paper discusses how each of these can be applied to daily life and how they should be employed by a missionary in the course of his work.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Meaning
Deductive Logic
Inductive Logic
Western Logic
Eastern Logic
Life Application
Conclusion
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"Inductive preaching is the reverse of deductive preaching. With this method, the preacher moves from context to text. They lead into the truth after interacting with the people. It is most effective with people towards the middle of the Engel Scale - those all the way at the negative end don't respond well to this, but those heading towards salvation and shortly after it seem to benefit most from these sorts of sermons. Done properly, it should expose the text of the Bible in the world of the listeners. Windsor compares it to watching a Polaroid develop. It generally feels less like a sermon. A Biblical example of this can be found in Acts 17 (Paul at Athens)."
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The Meaning of Life, 2008.
A research study on the meaning of life.
1,969 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 20 sources, APA, $ 62.95
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This paper provides an adequate research methodology to outline how age and different characteristics or measurement criteria affect the general notion of how an individual accounts for his existence. The paper explains that the meaning of life ,in this study, is analyzed outside the realm of philosophy. The paper then points out that psychology is one of the few social sciences that provides the necessary objective rather than subjective analysis of such a loaded question. The paper then explains the research design and all the variables.
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Research Questions
Literature Review (Background Research)
Study Design: Variables
Results: VAR Frequencies: Analyzing Meaning of Life Categories for Age Cohorts; Non-Parametric Test (Spearman's Correlation); Independent Samples Test (t-test for Equality of Means)
Discussion
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"As it relates to the idea that specific sources of meaning in life are different in younger compared to older persons; this study proves that this is not the case, in fact, there is a great degree of consistency across age cohorts, as it relates to the categorizations of meaning of life between the two groups (see figure 1 above). What is even more interesting is the similarities between the relative VAR frequencies between the two groups.
"Commitment to meaning in life and the degree of meaning did not have a strong linear relationship; this shows that irrespective of age criterions, individuals associated the relative meaning in life independently from commitment."
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"Migrant Women: Crossing Boundaries and Changing Identities", 2005.
A review of the book "Migrant Women: Crossing Boundaries and Changing Identities" by Gina Buijs.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper comments on the introduction written by Gina Buijs to the book "Migrant Women: Crossing Boundaries and Changing Identities" and specifically on the subject of gender differences among migrants showing that the different experiences of women have been ignored and that this new research means to correct this failure, noting some of the different ways women experience migration.
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"Gina Buijs in the Introduction to the book Migrant Women: Crossing Boundaries and Changing Identities, makes several comments about how discussions of migration leave women out of the equation or only include them as dependents of the males. This is clearly an overstatement, for much of the discussion of migration simply refers to the number of people migrating and does not make any distinction for gender or even age. Buijs's discussion is actually more focused than this and refers to the women featured in the book that follows, and for that particular population her comments have resonance. When extended to the entire world of migrants, though, many of her comments are questionable."
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Armistice Day has Lost its Meaning, 2002.
A look at why Armistice Day has currently lost meaning for American society.
1,760 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This is an argumentative paper that deals with the lost meaning of Armistice Day, or as it is better known, Veteran's Day. The author argues that this American holiday has lost significance and meaning as a memorial day.
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"With 500,000 cheering, flag-waving spectators lining the way, and thundering drums flanked by nostalgic Glenn Miller swing music on the autumn air, tens of thousands of proud American warriors marched out of the past and up Fifth Avenue in New York's largest Veterans Day Parade since the end of World War II. This 1995 parade was a victory of sorts due to the fact that, in recent years, Veterans Day observations have become, as Robert McFadden says, "desultory at best, with spectators often limited to passers-by walking their dogs or heading out for a quart of milk"("On Parade"). This parade was evidence of a revival in veteran appreciation, and a renewal of Veterans Day as a much celebrated American holiday. But while this parade can be used to model a renewal in ceremony and enthusiasm, the true meaning of Veterans Day, or Armistice Day as it was originally called, has been lost."
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Meaning of Death, 2002.
This paper discusses the meaning of life and death, using the Bible and Greek mythology to explain and support the argument that there is life after death.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 3 sources, $ 69.95
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This paper discusses the meaning of life and death, using the Bible and Greek mythology to explain and support the argument that there is life after death. The author examines the meaning of God, and spirituality, and how God has put us on earth for a purpose, and that purpose does not just end when we die.
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"Another reason that I believe that we are supposed to end up in union with God is all the instances in literature that say the same thing. For instance, in Genesis, man is originally depicted as living in union with God while living in the Garden of Eden, and eventually man would be transformed into an even more unified being with God. However, this original union is broken by Eve?s eating of the apple and Adam doing the same. This resulted in mankind being banished from the Garden, and having to live a life of struggle and pain. However, the possibility remains that man can once again be reunited with God in Heaven."
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A Search for Meaning and Identity, 2006.
An examination of meaning and identity in the eyes of literature.
3,299 words (approx. 13.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 94.95
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In this paper the author philosophizes on the search for meaning and identity. He identifies how meaning is searched for under the influence of power, reality and religion and the search for power is a common human concern. He then discusses identity as a consideration of the Other, gender, race, the grotesque and the self. The paper concludes with the joining of these two theories.
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"Foucault (1977) sheds interesting light upon the issue of power through a discussion of the plague and how it was handled. He mentions the elements of the constant "gaze" as well as space restriction. The plague, seen as chaos, was met with order, control and power. People were restricted to their homes, and the enclosed, segmented space, was observed at every point. The function of this order is to eradicate all confusion. Confusion was brought about by the disease, transmitted from body to body. The confusion of the evil increased when fear, disease and death "
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The Meaning of Song, 2006.
A review of Victor Zuckerkandl's exploration into the meaning of song.
1,480 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper takes a look at the exploration of Victor Zuckerkandl into the meaning of song. According to this paper, Zuckerkandl makes it clear he is not seeking a physical explanation involving muscles and voice box, but a spiritual explanation for the human activity of singing.
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The Meaning of Song
Words and Tones in Song
"High Time" and Ambiguous Harmonic Function
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"Zuckerkandl's explanation immediately brought to my mind an experience I had a few years ago. I was driving on a road through a thick Michigan forest at night when my car broke down. I had to walk back to a nearby town about three miles in the dark. There was no moon or stars to shed light; in fact, I couldn't even see the road beneath my feet or where I was stepping. I began to sing (like the soldiers Zuckerkandl mentions who sing to overcome their fear). As I walked along singing, I became aware of an animal in the woods only a few feet to my left. It seemed a large animal and made quite a noise with each movement it made. It began to walk alongside me, crashing and crunching the brush under its feet and snorting. I continued singing, this time a hymn, and hoped the creature was not a bear or an aggressive animal that might attack. Suddenly, as I sang "Lead Kindly Light amid the encircling gloom, lead Thou me on..." I connected to the animal's consciousness! It was most extraordinary. I believe it was a deer. Its consciousness was very innocent, and it wondered curiously what I was (but not what I was doing there in the middle of the night). I tried to convey the message mentally that I was harmless. Then it realized I was a human being and thought better of coming so close."
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Robert Monk's "Exploring Religious Meaning", 2005.
This paper is a detailed criticism of Robert Monk's "Exploring Religious Meaning", a study of comparative religions.
6,450 words (approx. 25.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 149.95
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This paper evaluates Robert Monk's book "Exploring Religious Meaning" as being a succinct appraisal of how other religions assess suffering, glossing over most philosophical or religious thought prior to 300 B.C., totally ignoring the majority of the eastern religions and jumping immediately to Christianity to illustrate his world-view of suffering. The author points out that Monk writes that many Christians who struggle with the logical problem of how evil can exist when everything has been created by a good and all powerful God, have accepted the position that evil comes from a real but inferior source of power created by God. The paper concludes that the greatest philosophers and theologians from every culture, religion and belief system cannot agree on the causation or the meaning of the concepts of good and evil.
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"The earliest animistic religions (prehistory or ancient history) had a theology based on the movement of the sun, the moon and the planets. Early Norse, Greek and Roman, Mid Eastern (Babylon, Mesopotamia and Chaldea) as well as Egyptian and the Celtic and Druidic religions of the British Isles based their beliefs on their observations of the passing of the seasons and the movement of the lights. Human characteristics with super human powers were projected on these celestial beings. Thus were formed the earliest pantheons of gods and goddesses. Because these godlets were more human than godlike in character, they were portrayed as either indifferent (as privileged humans are often indifferent to those of the lower classes), or malicious (demonstrating how the worst of human behavior is magnified when given godlike powers.) In either case, the people who worshipped them felt they had to propitiate these gods with various sacrifices in order to beg them to end various personal or universal disasters or to grant them luck in day to day living."
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