Curated category
Social systems
- Social equalityA pro-marriage equality rally in San Francisco, USA, stands as a visual marker of the struggle for equal rights. This state of affairs requires that all…
- Value (ethics)In 1992, a philosopher named Stanley Riukas published an article titled Inherent and Instrumental Values in Ethics. He argued that some objects are both good…
- PatriarchyThe Greek word patriarkhēs literally means the rule of the father. It combines patria for lineage and arkhē for domination or authority.
- Welfare spendingIn 134 CE, Emperor Trajan expanded the grain dole system initiated by Augustus to feed citizens who could not afford food.
- FeudalismIn 1944, François Louis Ganshof published a book titled Qu'est-ce que la féodalité that would become the standard reference for understanding medieval Europe.
- Social networkIn the late 1890s, Émile Durkheim and Ferdinand Tönnies began laying the theoretical groundwork for what would become social network analysis.