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"Xena" and Feminist Theorists, 1999.
Analyzes the TV shows's heroine and other female characters from the perspectives of Carol Gilligan, Nancy Chodorow and Bell Hooks.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, $ 71.95
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"Xena and the Feminist Theorists
Introduction
What Nancy Chodorow might make of Xena is hard to guess, but what Xena would think of Chodorow's theory is easy to imagine. She would snort, sneer, make a snide comment and go on with her busy, non mothering life. Yet, there are two main female characters in the syndicated television series, and a number of other important mortal and immortal female figures. The intent in this paper is to explore the nature of those female figures in terms of three feminist theorists - Carol Gilligan, Nancy Chodorow, and Bell Hooks.
It is important to remember from the beginning that television is fantasy, and Xena is even more fantastic than most television. It uses characters from both myth and history to ..."
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Feminist Theorists, 1999.
Evaluates the theories of Carol Gilligan according to Elsa Barkley Brown, Uma Narayan and Patricia Hill Collins. Discusses gender difference, Third World issues, race, morality and more.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 2 sources, $ 63.95
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It is always important to remember that there are many feminisms, despite bell hook's desire to have one simple definition of the movement. Each of the women represented in The Second Wave has a specific standpoint on many different questions in the field. What would three of these theorists have to say about Carol Gilligan's work if put on a panel to critique it? In the following pages, the intention is to explore the perspectives of Uma Narayan, Elsa Barkley Brown, and Patricia Hill Collins.
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"Gilligan and Other Theorists
Introduction
It is always important to remember that there are many feminisms, despite bell hook's desire to have one simple definition of the movement. Each of the women represented in The Second Wave has a specific standpoint on many different questions in the field. What would three of these theorists have to say about Carol Gilligan's work if put on a panel to critique it? In the following pages, the intention is to explore the perspectives of Uma Narayan, Elsa Barkley Brown, and Patricia Hill Collins.
Elsa Barkley Brown
Brown's emphasis is on the politics of difference which is certainly what Gilligan's work supports. While Brown is looking ..."
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Feminist and Anti-Feminist Films, 2005.
An analysis of the themes of male protection against male violence in the films, "Something Wild" and "Thelma and Louise".
742 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper examines how good outlaws who are on the run from the law are a typical theme of American cinema and how both "Something Wild," directed by Jonathan Demme, and "Thelma and Louise," directed by Ridley Scott, are of the 'road movie' genre, which features the American myth of the open road and free and easy access to changing one's life through motion.
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"Thus, both films deal with a problem-if feminism is about women's rights, what of women's rights if the law, for both men and women, is so often wrong. One reason both films provide different answers is that Something Wild involves a male and a female, while Thelma and Louise involves two females. Something Wild suggests that the female is only capable of full motion and movement on the open road in the presence of a male, while the plot of Thelma and Louise suggests that the road provides a potential means of escape for both men and women, and that the presence of men such as the cowboy/drifter of Brad Pitt can sunder female closeness."
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Management Theorists and Public Sector Management, 2002.
Discusses the contribution of management theorists to public sector management.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper discusses the contribution of management theorists to the public sector management today. That contribution is only partially positive, but is not the fault of the theorists.
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Theorists of Personality, 2005.
This essay outlines the prominent theories on personality and describes the theorists that created them.
2,892 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 85.95
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This paper explains that numerous theories on personality exist, and all serve a purpose to help understand the complexities of personality. Social workers, psychiatrists, therapists, psychologists, and many other professionals utilize the theories of personality to help understand their clients. This research outlines the predominant theories that exist and give an understanding of personality. While no one theory can be proven or disproved, thus giving it the title theory, all theories on personality have qualities that are similar to one another. The paper discusses the most predominant theories, which include the psychoanalytic perspective, the humanistic perspective, the trait perspective, and the social-cognitive perspective.
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"Sigmund Freud laid the foundation of the psychoanalytic theory of personality. ?Freud was born in Freiberg (now Pr?bor, Czech Republic), on May 6, 1856, and educated at Vienna University. When he was three years old his family, fleeing from the anti-Semitic riots then raging in Freiberg, moved to Leipzig. Shortly thereafter, the family settled in Vienna, where Freud remained for most of his life? (Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2002). Freud began to pursue his medical degree which led him to become very curious about neurological activities. Through his studies he began to believe that the cause of many behaviors was psychological as opposed to physiological. Thus, he began the creation of his psychoanalytic theory which would become well-known and respected by many."
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Critical Race and Post-colonial Theorists, 2006.
A comparison and contrast of the critical race and post-colonial theories of racial formation.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, $ 71.95
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Critical race theorists such as Anthony Appiah, Michael Omi, and Howard Winant differ with post-colonial theorists such as Edward Said and Homi Bhabha with respect to how they understand racial formation in a post-colonial context. Subsequently, while critical race theory and post-colonial theory both challenge the Eurocentrism of classical and contemporary social theory, they offer different interpretations regarding the process and impact of racial formation. This paper examines the differences in these two theories' approach to understanding racial formation in a post-colonial context.
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"Historically, critical race theory can be considered a product of the development of African-American thought in the post-civil rights era, and challenges the traditional philosophical tenets of the liberal civil rights movement, which promoted a colorblind approach to achieving social justice. "
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Social Theorists, 2004.
Three major perspectives on the impacts of social control as per
Marx, Durkheim, and Freud.
1,461 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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Social theorists have long discussed and analyzed the impacts of social change and the effects it has had through social and personal experiences. They focus on the strategies and techniques that help to explain human behavior, including the influences of family, beliefs, society, etc. This paper discusses the viewpoints on those social issues emphasized by Marx, Durkheim, and Freud. Their theories are not only unique from one another, but convincing in their own entities.
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"Marx believed that alienation revealed the human activity that lies behind impersonal forces that dominate society. Alternation isn?t rooted in the mind, but in fact something rooted from the material world. This would prove ones loss of control, especially the loss of control over labor. ?The alienation of the object of labor merely summarized the alienation in the work itself.? (pg. 124) Mans resources have been stripped from him; therefore, he cannot live freely. To alienate nature from man means his own existence is out of his hands. The loss of mans resources was the beginning of capitalism and social class struggles. These class struggles were the primary source of historical change and conflict. Class struggle would be considered the norm within a capitalist society, and brought about through the system. He believed that the working class (proletarians) must overcome false consciousness in order to be transformed from a class in itself to a class for itself because ?the more the worker produces the less he has to consume, the more the work manifests intelligence the more the worker declines in intelligence and becomes a slave in nature?. (pg. 124)"
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Nursing Theorists: Rosemarie Parse and Jean Watson, 2006.
An analysis and comparison of the nursing theories of Rosemarie Parse and Jean Watson.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 11 sources, $ 71.95
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Nursing theorists have been popular in nursing since the days of Florence Nightingale and have continued through to the present. This paper highlights Rosemarie Parse's theory of human becoming as well as Jean Watson's theory of human caring. This is then followed with a discussion of how their theories and philosophies are similar, how their theories are dissimilar and finally what other theories in nursing are related to each of these theories.
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"It is considered beyond the scope of the paper to discuss each theorist's theory in detail. Rosemarie Rizzo Parse's theory Rosemarie Parse's theory of human becoming is built on concepts that are considered inter-subjective, relying on an interpersonal environment from which to create meaning and allow for personal growth (Bjorklund, 2000). Parse offered this theory in 1981 as an alternative to the standard bio-medical model emphasized in the 1960s and 1970s (Cody, n.d.). "
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Personal Assessment with Reference to Different Theorists, 2008.
An assessment of the author's personality in reference to various psychological theories.
3,315 words (approx. 13.3 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 94.95
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This paper provides a personal account of the author's personality and the way that he was raised, in the context of personality theories from several different theorists, including Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, Carl Jung, Erik Erikson, and B. F. Skinner and Albert Bandura.
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Introduction
A Little about Me
Freud
Adler
Erikson
Skinner/Bandura
Conclusion
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"Human beings and their personalities have been the subject of psychological interest for hundreds of years. In this paper, I will talk about my personality and the way that I was raised, and I will do it in the context of personality theories from several different theorists. Many different theorists have been involved in the study of personality, and they have come up with theories as different and varied as the people that created them. These theories have some similarities, but also contain many differences. This is largely because all of the psychologists who have proposed these theories have some of the same ideas and opinions about personality. They also have personalities and opinions of their own, and these affect the way they look at things as well as the perceptions of their subjects and their personalities and attributes. There is no way to take a person's individual personality out of his or her thoughts, feelings, and opinions, and this is also true of psychologists."
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Social Contract Theorists, 2004.
Discusses the social contract theories of Locke and Rousseau.
1,166 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper outlines the social contract theories of John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau and compares both in the light of their arguments that human nature has an influence on political rights.
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"The development of political systems and laws directly depends on the beliefs of the people who endeavor to create a suitable system. The inclusion of beliefs in natural law and natural rights is something that people might choose to carry out or avoid. The belief in these rights and their application to social justice has come down to contemporary man through individuals such as John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau. Though the origin of their ideas vary considerably, they both end up creating a system for political structuring that is practical and aims at aiding all members of society. It is thanks to their beliefs in natural rights and natural law that the contemporary world has succeeded to a certain extent in making life for members of society better."
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Education Theorists and Standardized Tests, 2002.
A comparative analysis of the education theories of Dr. James Banks and Maxine Greene.
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This paper examines the theories of two education leaders, Dr. James Banks and Maxine Greene. While former is a staunch supporter of multiculturalism, Greene speaks for freedom of thinking in education. She is of the view that education should also work on the principles of democracy while Banks believes that the ultimate goal of education should be transformation of society.
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Post-Derridian Theorists, 2005.
Analyzes theories that were created post-Derrida.
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This paper examines whether it is justified for literary scholars to critique Derrida and post-structuralism as apolitical. It is evident that such criticism is accurate, for Derrida's theory of language holds that there is no inherent relationship between the linguistic signifier and the signified. The paper shows that this is broad implications, for accepting this denial of a relationship between signifier and signified requires acknowledgement that the meaning of a word issues from the structure of language itself.
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"In analyzing whether it is justified for literary scholars to critique Derrida and post-structuralism as apolitical, it is evident that such criticism is accurate, for Derrida's theory of language holds that there is no inherent relationship between the linguistic signifier and the signified. This is broad implications, for accepting this denial of a relationship between signifier and signified requires acknowledgement that the meaning of a word issues from the structure of language itself. Even more implications ensue because of Derrida's argument that words gain their meaning through the process of difference, which he described as a dual process involving differing and deferring. In this theoretical process, every element has to refer to the other element in order to define itself."
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Early Sociological Theorists, 2007.
A look at the views of sociological thinkers, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber.
1,786 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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The paper discusses the beliefs of Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber. The paper relates that Karl Marx was the founder of the conflict theory that proposed that competition among persons and groups for wealth and power is the basic process of a social structure. The paper looks at Emile Durkheim who developed the functionalist theory and established sociology as a quantitative, academic social science. Finally, the paper examines the works of Max Weber who contended that what was good for the bureaucracy was not always good for the society as a whole.
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"We are basically social beings in that most of our activities are interactions with other people (Jones 2003). What happens in those interactions is, therefore, of utmost importance to all who are interested in human life. Sociologists have endeavored to explain social facts according to theoretical frameworks, each with a particular way of viewing the world and the different aspects of society (Lambert 1998). These views explore the ways of society and provide a more universal grasp of social life. Sociologists have proposed to categorize these perspectives broadly into conflict, rational/utilitarian, and micro-interactionist thoughts (Lambert). Most of the early sociological commentators maintained a view, characterized by consensus."
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Nursing Theorists, 2005.
Compares and contrasts traditional nursing theories.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 23.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the traditional nursing theory of Dorothea Orem (Self-Care Deficit Theory)with the holistic theory of Martha Rogers (Science of Unitary Human Beings). It discusses self-care as a learned behavior.
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"Dorothea Orem and Martha Rogers are two prominent nursing theorists with distinct theories on nursing. Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory originated in and included three corollary theories ... "
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Humanistic Theorists Compared, 2002.
A comparison of the theories of Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 89.95
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This ten-page paper discusses and compares the two humanistic ideals of Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow. Following the ideals and notions of Maslow's pyramid of needs and Rogers continuance along similar lines.
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