Y'tes B.
asked • 11/28/20Social Theories course
From Marxian cultural theory, Structuralists analyses of culture, Feminist critiques of
patriarchal culture, Post structural deconstructions of dominant discourses, and micro-
level group analyses of breakdowns in interactions. All of these perspectives are teasing
out different aspects of what maintains and what dissolves social bonds. Taking into
consideration each of the readings over the past two weeks, what social forces cause
societies to stay together? What social forces cause societies to fall apart? (Your
answer should be according to the social theories, not what you personally think)
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Chelsea B. answered • 11/28/20
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Hi Y'tes, this sounds like it is a question from your homework. I'm not sure what your readings say, but I would suggest looking back over them. As Wyzant policy states, tutors cannot directly answer students homework problems. I would make sure that you understand all the theories that your teacher mentioned would be important to answer the question. Also make sure to go over your readings again. Think about the social issues in our country today. Some examples of these are racial inequality, human rights, poverty, healthcare, education, etc.
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April D.
For Marxists theory, society is bonded into groups related to class. The rich stay together, the working class stays together. They rarely intermingle even though we coexist in the same country(ies). A structuralist theory sees how society maintains certain structures to keep order, such as schools, family dynamics, cultural norms such as foreign languages, and social order like religions. Post structuralists would acknowledge that people don't necessarily follow in a straight line. A family wouldn't be identified totally as one identity since grandparents who may have migrated think differently than their grandchildren who face different perspectives. Some people marry outside of their religion, many people identify with different social groups and speak more than one language. The deconstruction of dominant societies has long challenged the patriarchy as being the only dominant group, for example. That struggle for power is only at the top because of violence in many cases. Certain countries and societies dominate others because of the abuse of power, and is therefore nothing more than a delusion of power held together by force. Once people realize how many systems are held together illegitimately, they start to question them. Once there is reasonable doubt in a structure, it begins to fall apart, albeit slowly and with great resistance for the bigger structures. Deconstruction says liberation is how to see the true nature of power; if we would stop forcing things to be. There are misconceptions though. One might think change has happened but really the power has shifted from one dominant structure to another and there was no actual liberation.08/07/24