1. mht914 2. Anger as a Private Company Takes Over Libraries 3. David Streitfield 4. BBC news 5. Sept. 26, 2010 6. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/business/27libraries.html?_r=1
The most wretched of happenings results from an established social group alienating another. For on the premise it is clear that the Library Systems & Services company seeks to monopolize libraries across the nation. The privatization of such a municipal service therefore threatens the individual's relationship with the libraries already in existence. Such workers in place shall fear for the loss of their jobs, having it not be lost that those who stay shall enter into forced labour from an estranged source. The anger of the workers becomes most successful as the workers' consciousness of this alienation comes into existence. This consciousness shall ensue action from the workers, whereas the Mayor and city council will lose ability to deny the workers their true labour desires.
1. Pena 2. Teacher's suicide shocks students, teachers and parents 3. Alexandra Zavis and Tony Barboza 4. Los Angeles Times 5. September 28, 2010 6. http://www.latimes.com/health/mentalhealth/la-me-south-gate-teacher-20100928,0,1608610.story
Why does suicide occur? Suicide is a social phenomenon influenced by the amount of integration and regulation in society. The suicide of Rigoberto Ruelas, a fifth-grade elementary school teacher further proves my analysis of suicide as having social causes. Although Ruelas was cited as a good teacher, he took ratings that came out recently labeling him as “less effective” to heart. He took his own life as a form of altruistic suicide. Since the ratings made him believe that he was an ineffective teacher, he no longer wanted to be a burden on his students or fellow teachers. He perhaps believed that if he were no longer in the picture, it would make room for more effective teachers to take his place. This would then eliminate the burden on his students and allow them to succeed much more than they did before. He no longer wanted his existence to hold the students back that he cared so much about. Though this is only one example of a type of suicide, its occurrence solidifies the social nature of suicide. Viewing suicide through social eyes helps us understand the phenomena better than if we ignored social connections. Suicide does not occur for individual reasons, but rather a combination of social forces (integration and regulation). - Durkheim
gmoney Police alert: 6 adults, 8 children plan mass suicide MSNBC, 9/19/2010 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39251083/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts
Upon hearing of this mass suicide, I questioned those involved. They seemed to be integrated in society by their "close-knit organization" which was involved within their church, yet they were in a completely different mindset. Instead of the integration aspect balancing them out, they were going to the extreme of suicide. From careful observation, most of my research has shown that integration within a group makes suicide less plausible, yet this case is different.
Upon reviewing my four types of suicide, I've declared that these individuals seem to be most like my altruistic group. They have too much integration in society and are sacrificing themselves for the greater good. It's quite possible they may have been brainwashed, but I'm assuming that they feel they are doing this to better humanity.
They also seem to resemble the anomic aspect of suicide because they clearly don't understand what's right or wrong in this situation, especially if they are bringing children along. Children don't have the capacity to think in long-term effects, and they are not being given a fair chance for survival against the group. The group has successfully closed itself off from the church and has developed a cult-like state of mind that has thus resulted in social disintegration among their peers and loved ones. In this case, I feel it's safe to say that they have too much integration, and too little regulation.
1. Barca 2. Suicides rise as Chinese workers feel the pressure 3. Andreas Landwehr 4. May 25, 2010 5. german press 6. http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/business/features/article_1558277.php/Suicides-rise-as-Chinese-workers-feel-the-pressure-News-Feature
What is happening is a classic case of Durkehim sucides. It states in the article that the people committing sucide are young mirgrants from rural areas with little other opportuthenities for work. They live under strict rules and work long hours. They live on large campuses run by the companies in tiny apartments and there is little activities to do. They live isolated from each other because of the long hours and the constant turnover of workers. Quoted in the article “'We spend our free time mostly sleeping and surfing the net,' one female worker was quoted by the China Daily as saying. 'We don't go out much.'”. These rashes of suicides are of a combination of over regulation and under integration. The fatalistic suicide is because of the harsh rules imposed on by FoxComm and there are really no other options for these workers. This is all they have in their lives. There is also a factor of egoistic suicide. The long hours, isolated apartments, no places to socialize, and high turnover in the factory have led to too little integration of people. This lack of socialization makes it very hard for people to feel integrated into society and this loneliness and over regulation leads to suicide.
Aurora Gone too soon: 13 year old year Gay Texas boy driven to Suicide by Bullying. The team 9/28/10 Autostraddle http://www.autostraddle.com/13-year-old-gay-suicide-60960/ On September 28 Ashen brown took his own life. He was a thirteen year old stright A sudent. HE was bullied for the better part of 18 months at his middle school. He was outcasted from the society the middle school set up. I believe that durkheim would aruge that Brown lacked intergration in his society as well as regulation. Brown lacked a large social circle in which to gather support. He was ostrasized from the “normal” people. He was constantly put down and even physically assulted. The day before he killed himself one fo his classmates pushed him down the stairs and another kicked his books across the floor. Brown must of felt extreamly lonealy and had a sense that he did not belong anywhere. Brown also was affected with too little regulation. He doesn’t know where he belongs in middle school. All the other children closing off to him causing a feeling that he doesn’t matter. These two egoistic and anomic blended together for brown.
At the top of each post you must list the following information: 1. Your Codeword 2. Title of the news article you choose (see suggestions below) 3. Author of the news article 4. Source of the news article 5. Date of the news article 6. Link (url) to the news article
Those six lines should be followed by your reflection from the perspective of the social theorist you choose from the list of options for each due date. A reflection is not a summary. Instead, what you are expected to do is to thoroughly read the news article of your choice and reflect on it from the perspective of one of the assigned Social Theorists. Note that your reflection may include a bit of summary, but it must not consist entirely of summarizing the article. Good reflections will analyze the issue discussed in the article from the perspective of one of the assigned Social Theorists; outstanding posts will even take the voice (write in the tone and style of) the Social Theorist. Reflections should be a minimum of one paragraph. They must be posted no later than 4pm on the due date below and the article you choose must have been published within two weeks of the due date. There are 3 points possible of Extra Credit for each post.
1. mht914
ReplyDelete2. Anger as a Private Company Takes Over Libraries
3. David Streitfield
4. BBC news
5. Sept. 26, 2010
6. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/business/27libraries.html?_r=1
The most wretched of happenings results from an established social group alienating another. For on the premise it is clear that the Library Systems & Services company seeks to monopolize libraries across the nation. The privatization of such a municipal service therefore threatens the individual's relationship with the libraries already in existence. Such workers in place shall fear for the loss of their jobs, having it not be lost that those who stay shall enter into forced labour from an estranged source. The anger of the workers becomes most successful as the workers' consciousness of this alienation comes into existence. This consciousness shall ensue action from the workers, whereas the Mayor and city council will lose ability to deny the workers their true labour desires.
-Karl Marx
1. Pena
ReplyDelete2. Teacher's suicide shocks students, teachers and parents
3. Alexandra Zavis and Tony Barboza
4. Los Angeles Times
5. September 28, 2010
6. http://www.latimes.com/health/mentalhealth/la-me-south-gate-teacher-20100928,0,1608610.story
Why does suicide occur? Suicide is a social phenomenon influenced by the amount of integration and regulation in society. The suicide of Rigoberto Ruelas, a fifth-grade elementary school teacher further proves my analysis of suicide as having social causes. Although Ruelas was cited as a good teacher, he took ratings that came out recently labeling him as “less effective” to heart. He took his own life as a form of altruistic suicide.
Since the ratings made him believe that he was an ineffective teacher, he no longer wanted to be a burden on his students or fellow teachers. He perhaps believed that if he were no longer in the picture, it would make room for more effective teachers to take his place. This would then eliminate the burden on his students and allow them to succeed much more than they did before. He no longer wanted his existence to hold the students back that he cared so much about.
Though this is only one example of a type of suicide, its occurrence solidifies the social nature of suicide. Viewing suicide through social eyes helps us understand the phenomena better than if we ignored social connections. Suicide does not occur for individual reasons, but rather a combination of social forces (integration and regulation).
- Durkheim
gmoney
ReplyDeletePolice alert: 6 adults, 8 children plan mass suicide
MSNBC, 9/19/2010
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39251083/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts
Upon hearing of this mass suicide, I questioned those involved. They seemed to be integrated in society by their "close-knit organization" which was involved within their church, yet they were in a completely different mindset. Instead of the integration aspect balancing them out, they were going to the extreme of suicide. From careful observation, most of my research has shown that integration within a group makes suicide less plausible, yet this case is different.
Upon reviewing my four types of suicide, I've declared that these individuals seem to be most like my altruistic group. They have too much integration in society and are sacrificing themselves for the greater good. It's quite possible they may have been brainwashed, but I'm assuming that they feel they are doing this to better humanity.
They also seem to resemble the anomic aspect of suicide because they clearly don't understand what's right or wrong in this situation, especially if they are bringing children along. Children don't have the capacity to think in long-term effects, and they are not being given a fair chance for survival against the group. The group has successfully closed itself off from the church and has developed a cult-like state of mind that has thus resulted in social disintegration among their peers and loved ones. In this case, I feel it's safe to say that they have too much integration, and too little regulation.
-- Emile Durkheim
1. Barca
ReplyDelete2. Suicides rise as Chinese workers feel the pressure
3. Andreas Landwehr
4. May 25, 2010
5. german press
6. http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/business/features/article_1558277.php/Suicides-rise-as-Chinese-workers-feel-the-pressure-News-Feature
What is happening is a classic case of Durkehim sucides. It states in the article that the people committing sucide are young mirgrants from rural areas with little other opportuthenities for work. They live under strict rules and work long hours. They live on large campuses run by the companies in tiny apartments and there is little activities to do. They live isolated from each other because of the long hours and the constant turnover of workers. Quoted in the article “'We spend our free time mostly sleeping and surfing the net,' one female worker was quoted by the China Daily as saying. 'We don't go out much.'”. These rashes of suicides are of a combination of over regulation and under integration. The fatalistic suicide is because of the harsh rules imposed on by FoxComm and there are really no other options for these workers. This is all they have in their lives. There is also a factor of egoistic suicide. The long hours, isolated apartments, no places to socialize, and high turnover in the factory have led to too little integration of people. This lack of socialization makes it very hard for people to feel integrated into society and this loneliness and over regulation leads to suicide.
Aurora
ReplyDeleteGone too soon: 13 year old year Gay Texas boy driven to Suicide by Bullying.
The team
9/28/10
Autostraddle
http://www.autostraddle.com/13-year-old-gay-suicide-60960/
On September 28 Ashen brown took his own life. He was a thirteen year old stright A sudent. HE was bullied for the better part of 18 months at his middle school. He was outcasted from the society the middle school set up. I believe that durkheim would aruge that Brown lacked intergration in his society as well as regulation. Brown lacked a large social circle in which to gather support. He was ostrasized from the “normal” people. He was constantly put down and even physically assulted. The day before he killed himself one fo his classmates pushed him down the stairs and another kicked his books across the floor. Brown must of felt extreamly lonealy and had a sense that he did not belong anywhere. Brown also was affected with too little regulation. He doesn’t know where he belongs in middle school. All the other children closing off to him causing a feeling that he doesn’t matter. These two egoistic and anomic blended together for brown.