03Nov 2018 by Reese Bannister

Short Biography of Herbert Spencer

Career
Short Biography of Herbert Spencer – Herbert Spencer [1820-1903] was a prominent British social thinker of the 19th century. He is often called “the second founding father of sociology”. He is known to the world as a great social philosopher, a famous evolutionist, a strong defender of individualism and a prolific writer. It is said that Spencer undertook to create what Comte envisaged to do. He made sociology an all encompassing science.Spencer who is considered one of the most brilliant intellects of modern times was a British engineer and an editor, a philosopher and a sociologist. Spencer was a self- taught man and hence his learning was highly selective.Spencer was born on April 27, 1820, in Derby in England in a middle-class family. He was the oldest of the nine…
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03Nov 2018 by Reese Bannister

Essay on birthday celebration of my friend

Music
A sample essay on birthday celebration of my friend. Last week, it was my best friend’s birthday. So we all planned a nice birthday party. He asked all of us to come to his house three days before his birthday. It was supposed to be a small tea-party with a few friends and family members. As he is the eldest in the family, he asked me to come and help him with the preparations. A day before, we went to the market and brought the necessary decoration articles. We decided for a few minutes on the food and other things with my friend’s father. We also ordered for the cake from the bakery his father asked us to. We both were really excited, as my friend was turning 16 this…
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03Nov 2018 by Reese Bannister

Short Biography of Emile Durkheim

Career
Short Biography of Emile Durkheim – Emile Durkheim [1858-1917] was the most prominent French sociologist of the 19th century. He was an erudite scholar, a deep thinker, a progressive educationist, an effective writer and a strict disciplinarian.Unlike Spencer, Durkheim acknowledged Comte as his master. He borrowed from Comte the positivistic stress on empiricism. But he went far ahead of Comte to establish sociology as an empirical science. He insisted that sociology too should follow the scientific method for it to be considered a science.Durkheim was born in a Jewish family at Epinal in the eastern French province of Lorraine on 15th April, 1858. He studied Hebrew language, the Old Testament, and the Talmud at an early age. In spite of this background he re­mained an agnostic throughout his life. Image…
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03Nov 2018 by Reese Bannister

Short Biography of Auguste Comte

Career
Short Biography of Auguste Comte – Auguste Comte [1798-1857] was a great French thinker, a famous social philosopher and the first sociologist. It was he who laid the foundations of sociology and is acclaimed as the “father of sociology”. He insisted that the science of society, that is, sociology, should be treated on par with other sciences. Sociology has gone far ahead in the scientific tradition about which Comte had insisted. The community of soci­ologists remains ever grateful to Comte for his pioneer­ing works to make sociology a science.Comte was born at Montpellier, France, on 19th Jan. 1798, a decade after the French Revolution. His parents were very humble, law-abiding and highly re­ligious. His father was a government servant and a royalist and a traditionalist.From the very beginning, Comte exhibited…
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03Nov 2018 by Reese Bannister

1389 Words Essay on Terrorism: A Threat to Society

Architecture
Terrorism is one of gravest problems that society faces today. It is an issue of global concern. The presence of terrorism can be felt all across the globe. It is, today, a much debated issue in all the countries of the world-developing or developed.It is not a new phenomenon. Its presence can be traced back to the ancient society of the first century. But over the years ‘terrorism’ like other avenues of life, has undergone tremendous changes. It has now become more lethal, more widespread and more difficult to control. Today, it stands as a serious challenge before civil society.Terrorism has its presence everywhere ranging from Indonesia, Malaysia to Sudan, Somalia, Egypt and Nigeria and Peru, Chile, America to Ireland. Almost all the countries are directly or indirectly facing the…
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03Nov 2018 by Reese Bannister

653 Words Essay on Tourism in India

Industry
India is a beautiful country. A life-time would be short to view all the beautiful sights that this country has to offer. Families going to holidays or young people going just to freak out, if the location is appropriate having a fun time is totally within the reach of all. People going out to various places spend a lot of money, buying souvenirs, eating at restaurant or shopping for gift foe friends and relative. This whole process of buying or selling the things has giving birth to an entire industry. The whole process of buying or selling the things has given birth to an entire industry. The tourism industry can be a good source of earning revenue. If person is selling something that is attractive looking, it is very obvious…
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03Nov 2018 by Reese Bannister

Essay on Indian Cinema

Music
Cinema is in today’s world the most popular means of entertainment. Millions of people watch cinema everyday all over the world-not only as a means of entertainment but also as an escape from the monotony, boredom, anxiety and troubles of life. It is a restful, pleasurable and entertaining means of rewinding and relaxing after a long day’s work. All the senses are captivated while viewing cinema and the next two and a half or three hours are spent in a wink. Moreover, it is that means of entertainment which every class and section of society can afford at their will and convenience. Indian cinema-apart from world cinema-has a charm, flavor and magic of its own. It appeals not only to the film-crazy Indian public but also has enchanted a large…
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03Nov 2018 by Reese Bannister

Essay on Questionnaire Method of Data Collection

Construction
Questionnaires and schedules are very much used in gathering a variety of data.They have been used for the collection of personal preferences, social beliefs, attitudes, opinions, behaviour patterns, group practices, habits and other kinds of data. ADVERTISEMENTS: The increasing use of schedules and questionnaires is probably due to increased emphasis by social scientists on quantitative measure­ment of uniformly accumulated data.A questionnaire is a tool for data collection. It consists of a number of questions printed or typed in a definite order on a form or a set of forms. It is administered to a respondent either person­ally or through mail. The respondent answers the questions on his own without being aided. Image Source: phillj.files.wordpress.comQuestionnaires are now widely used collecting data, particularly when data are to be collected from a large…
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03Nov 2018 by Reese Bannister

Essay on the importance of Advertisements

Marketing
We come across the different types of advertisements in our day-to-day life. They have invaded every aspect of our day to day dealings, our conversations, our thoughts and to a certain extent control our behavior as customers and consumers of goods and services. Advertisements stare and scream at us from every street corner, every newspaper, every magazine, every hoarding, every stall or shop or showroom to walls of every public building, vehicle, radio and television. They don’t even spare our computer screens when all we are interested in is checking our mail or even simply browsing through. The world has suddenly become advertisement conscious so much so that at night the city lights up with thousands of neon glow signs proclaiming, capturing and demanding our attention. It seems that the…
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03Nov 2018 by Reese Bannister

My Best Friend – Essay (490 Words)

Family Members
“Man is a social animal” said Aristotle centuries ago and rightly so. We all need company and companionship. Life would be a burden-hard to bear-without good companions to share your joys and sorrows. Family is the first kind of companionship of his family members only. As he grows up he learns to differentiate between family and strangers. Away from his famil he feels unsafe. But when a child starts going to school, his social circle starts widening. He learns to find companions outside his family. He thus starts making friends as per his compatibility, likes, dislikes, interests, aptitudes and attitudes. ADVERTISEMENTS: I too have many friends in my class and also in my neighborhood. I like all of them and get along very well with all of them. But Ravi…
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