Claude Lévi-Strauss (pronounced |/klod levi stʁos/) (born November 28, 1908) is a French anthropologist who became one of the twentieth century's greatest intellectuals by developing structuralism as a method of understanding human society and culture. Claude Lévi-Strauss - Biography. Claude Lévi-Strauss is an anthropologist best known for his development of structural anthropology. He was born in Brussels and studied law and philosophy at the Sorbon ...

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The expression "being in the closet" has been used to describe keeping secret one's sexual behavior or orientation, most commonly homosexuality or bisexuality, but also including transgender and transsexual people. In 1993, Michelangelo Signorile wrote Queer In America (re-released in 2003 by University of Wisconsin Press, ISBN 0299193748) in which he explored in depth the harm caused both to the closeted individual and to society in general by being in the closet. The closet - Related terminology. Including:

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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed is a 2004 English-language book by University of California, Los Angeles geography professor Jared M. Diamond, (ISBN 0143036556). The broad premise of Diamond's book is that it deals with "societal collapses involving an environmental component, and in some cases also contributions of climate change, hostile neighbors, and trade partners, plus questions of societal responses" (p. 15). In writing the book Diamond intended that its readers should learn from history (p. 23). ...

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William Makepeace Thackeray (July 18, 1811 – December 24, 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a portrait of middle-class English society. He was born in Calcutta, India, where his father worked for the British East India Company. In 1817 his family returned to England, where he was educated at the Charterhouse School, where he was a close friend of John Leech and Trinity College, Cambridge. His academic per ...

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A cooperative (also co-operative or co-op) is an association of persons who join together to carry on an economic activity of mutual benefit. The term may be used loosely to signify its members' ideology (as in 'jazz coop') but a mainstream cooperative comprises a legal entity owned and democratically controlled by its members, with no passive shareholders, unless they hold non-voting shares. It thus combines the equal control characteristic of many partnerships with the legal personality conferred on corporations ...

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• Cooperative - Social cooperative
• Cooperative - Consumers' cooperative
• Cooperative - Agricultural cooperative
• Cooperative - Cooperative banking Credit unions and Cooperative savings banks
• Cooperative - Car sharing
• Cooperative - History of the co-operative movement
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Childfree is a term used to describe those who do not have, and do not desire, children. A popular alternative description is "childless by choice". Childfree - Etymology and usage. The term stands in contrast to "childless", which some argue implies that children are "lacking" and desired; childfree persons would argue that their lives are no more or less complete without offspring. Some may like children, others may be indifferent, and still others may dislike children; but the commonality between childfr ...

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Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jerusalem · Tel Aviv · Haifa Zionism · Timeline ·Aliyah · Herzl Balfour · Mandate · 1947 UN Plan Independence · Austerity · Ma'abarot Lavon Affair · Eichmann Trial 1948 War · 1949 Armistice · Suez War Six-Day War · Attrition War Yom Kippur War · Lebanon War Peace treaties with: Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan Timeline · Peace process · Peace camp 1st Intifad ...

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• Culture of Israel - Jerusalem
• Culture of Israel - Tel Aviv
• Culture of Israel - Haifa
• Culture of Israel - Music
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• Culture of Israel - Repertory theater companies
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• Culture of Israel - Comedy and satire
• Culture of Israel - Animal rights in Israel

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Change, the quality of impermanence and flux, has had a chequered history as a concept. In ancient Greek philosophy, while Heraclitus saw change as ever-present and all-encompassing, Parmenides virtually denied its existence. Ovid produced a classic thematic handling of change as metamorphosis in his Metamorphoses. Ptolemaic astronomy envisioned a largely static universe, with erratic change confined to less worthy spheres. Medieval thought fostered great respect for authority and revelation, s ...

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A bylaw (sometimes also seen as by-law or Byelaw) was originally the Viking town law in the Danelaw. Contrary to popular etymology the element by has nothing to do with the preposition by. It is the Old Norse word for larger settlement as in Whitby and Derby. In modern days, a bylaw is a rule governing the internal management of an organization, such as a business corporation. ...

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Devo (pronounced either DEE-vo or de-VO, sometimes spelled Dev-O and often "DEVO") is a Midwestern music band originating from Akron, Ohio, generally associated with the Eighties despite being musically active since 1972 and having no popular '80s records after 1980's Freedom of Choice. Their style has been variously classified as punk, new wave, industrial and rock, but are most often considered to be the 70s/early 80s New Wave band that ushered in the synth pop of the 1980s, along with other acts such as Gary Numan and the B-52s. De ...

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Breast fetishism is a fetishistic sexual interest in the female breasts, especially their size, shape, display and movement. Particularly in American and Japanese culture, this fixation has increased cultural acceptance of female breast implants. The roots of this phenomenon date back to ancient history, are biologically and culturally driven, and reflect differences in each society. A bountiful bust is seen by some as a symbol of sexuality and attractiveness, especially in large portions of the Western world, although historic ...

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Bourgeoisie (RP [ˌbɔː.ʒwɑːˈzi], GA [ˌbuɹ.ʒwɑˈzi]) in modern use refers to the wealthy or propertied social class in a capitalist society. Bourgeoisie - Origin of the term. Bourgeoisie is a French word. The early Anglicization "burgess" is derived from the old French burgeis (Cf. Also middle English: burgeis, burges, borges and old Dutch: burgher = the inhabitant ...

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Bolesław Prus (pronounced: [bɔ'lεswaf 'prus]; August 20, 1847 – May 19, 1912), born Aleksander Głowacki, was a Polish journalist, short-story writer, and novelist of the Polish Positivist period. He is one of the most important figures in Polish letters, and one of the most distinctive voices in world literature. An indelible mark was left on Prus by his experiences as a 15-year-old soldier in Poland's 1863 Uprising, in which he suffered severe battle contusions and imprisonment by Tsarist Russian authorities. At age 25 he settled into a distinguished 40-year career in journ ...

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Cape Town (Afrikaans: Kaapstad; Xhosa: eKapa or SaseKapa) is the third most populous city in South Africa. As the oldest city in South Africa, it is known affectionately as the Mother City. It is the legislative capital of South Africa, as well as capital of the Western Cape province. Cape Town is famous for its natural harbour, as well as its location near the Cape of Good Hope. Its central area is dominated by Table Mountain, so named after its flat top ...

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Cynicism (Greek κυνισμός) was originally the philosophy of a group of ancient Greeks called the Cynics, founded by Antisthenes. Presently the word generally describes, somewhat pejoratively, the opinions of those inclined to disbelieve in human sincerity, in virtue, or in altruism: individuals who maintain that only self-interest motivates human behavior. A modern cynic typically has a highly contemptuous attitude towards social norms, especially those which serve more of a ritualistic purpose than a pract ...

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The Center for Inquiry is a transnational nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that encourages evidence-based inquiry into science, pseudoscience, medicine and health, religion, ethics, secularism, and society. Through education, research, publishing, and social services, it seeks to present affirmative alternatives based on scientific naturalism. The Center is also interested in providing rational ethical alternatives to the reigning paranormal and religious systems of belief, and in developing communities wher ...

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Censorship is the control of speech and other forms of human expression, often by government intervention. It is most commonly applied to acts which occur in public circumstances, and most formally involves suppression of ideas (by criminalizing or regulating expression). Discussion of censorship often further considers less formal means of controlling perceptions by excluding various ideas from mass communication. What is censored may range from specific words to entire concepts. The ostensible motive of censorship is to stabilize or improve t ...

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In Marxist theory, commodity fetishism is an inauthentic state of social relations, said to arise in complex capitalist market systems, where social relationships are confused with their medium, the commodity. The term is introduced in the opening chapter of Karl Marx's main work of political economy, Capital, (1867). Marx's use of the term fetish can be interpreted as an ironic comment on the 'rational', 'scientific' mindset of industrial capitalist societies. In Marx's day, the word was primarily used in the study of p ...

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A community is an amalgamation of living things that share an environment. The individual living beings can be plant or animal; any species; any size. What characterizes a community is sharing interaction in many ways. In human communities, intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs and a multitude of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the degree of adhesion within the mixture, but the definitive driver of community is that all individual subjects in the mix have something in common. This is ...

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David Joseph Bohm (December 20, 1917 Wilkes-Barre, PA–October 27, 1992 London, UK) was an American quantum physicist who made significant contributions in the fields of theoretical physics, philosophy and neuropsychology, and to scientists working on the Manhattan Project. David Bohm - Biography. David Bohm - Youth and college. Born at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Bohm attended Pennsylvania State College, graduating in 1939, and then heading west to work with theoretical physic ...

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A crime in a broad sense is an act that violates a political or moral law of any one person or social grouping. In the narrow sense, a crime is a violation of criminal law; in many nations, there are criminal standards of bad behaviour. However, not all violations of the law are considered crimes, for example most traffic violations or breaches of contract. In many langages, "crime" means "fel ...

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• Crime - Reasons
• Crime - Classification
• Crime - Aiding and abetting
• Crime - Study
• Crime - History
• Crime - Natural law theory
• Crime - Other uses of the word worldwide

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