Category: Free Essays

Sri Lanka is the 53rd most populated nation in the world. By the year 2010 population is 21.3 million. Comparing with some most populated nations in the world Sri Lankan population can be considered as a less number. Sri Lanka is a multi lingual, multi religious and a multi cultural country. The different ethnic groups…

“In no way should I dedicate myself to the revival of an unjustly unrecognised Negro civilisation” Explain and assess this statement by Fanon at the end of Black Skin, White Masks Introduction We understand the world, ourselves, and other people through language (Foucault, 1977). For Foucault everything in life is determined by what he calls…

From the moment we born, people have already been attributed as male or female, which is classified by our biological differences of body. However, there are other characteristic, e.g. mental, social definitions of sexes, for dividing us into masculine or feminine. From the past to present, gender difference has long been a debatable topic in…

Abstract Death is a natural process experienced by every being. Yet, society’s attitude towards death and dying has become one of fear and avoidance. The intention of this essay was to consider factors that account for the gradual shift in social perceptions of death. The exploration of historical experiences of death identified the link between…

The death process is permanent and predictable and it is known as the personal event that the person can never think. The history of deaths has been looked upon events of social importance and each and every culture has defined some rules and regulations to define death as an extraordinary passage and the way to…

Most families in today’s society will have to deal with a wide range of conflicts and issues concerning the sociology of the family. The purpose of this is essay is to evaluate the consensus and conflict theories of the family and to analyse the concept of gender roles within the family. It will also focus…

What C. Wright Mills called the ‘sociological imagination’ is the recognition that what happens in an individual’s life and may appear purely personal has social consequences that actually reflect much wider public issues. Human behaviour and biography shapes society, and vise-versa and one cannot be properly understood without the other. If a sociologist was trying…

The Ibos are one of the largest and most influential ethnic groups in Nigeria, who live mainly in the South-Eastern part of the country. [1] Several historical accounts traced Igbo ancestral heritage to the proto-Benue group, who migrated from the great lakes and mountains of East and Central Africa around 5000 BCE. The Ibos speak…

Interculturele Pedagogiek Extra opdracht Beoordeling ‘Cultuur en opvoeding’ Cultuur en Opvoeding. Een recensie over het boek van Lotty Eldering. De discussie over het multiculturele karakter van de Nederlandse samenleving keert herhaaldelijk terug. Een van de redenen hiervoor is de toename van immigranten en vluchtelingen uit niet-westerse landen naar Nederland. Prof. dr. Lotty Eldering, emeritus hoogleraar…

Culture is the essential part of the humans society. Every person is spending his or her life within a certain cultural community. It frequently defines what kinds of person a man or woman is and what values will they have. Does the cultural environment have a direct effect on the values within a community for…