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What is the difference between structural and interactionist perspectives?

Structural perspectives, like Marxism, Functionalism and Feminism, focus on the idea that social interactions are generated from the top down. The individual is controlled by the institutions (such as the la...
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'Ist er ein Tier, da Musik ihm so ergriff'. In Kafka's 'die Verwandlung' is Gregor really an animal?

The question of Gregor Samsa's metamorphosis in Kafka's Die Verwandlung is one that has perplexed scholar's for decades. The first page of the novel details Gregor awakening 'aus unruhigen Träumen' to find h...
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Account for the success of the First Crusade.

[Note the dates of the First Crusade and its success] The First Crusade (1095-99) accomplished its stated aim of recapturing Jerusalem from its Muslim rulers in 1099, placing it, and considerable parts of Pa...
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What's the difference between Potential Difference and Electromotive Force

Although both are measured in volts, there is a subtle difference in their respective definition. Electromotive Force is the transfer of chemical energy in a battery (multiple single cells) into electrical e...
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Why does Lenz's law have a minus sign?

The minus sign shows that the direction of induced current always opposes the change that created it. So when certain metals are cropped through say a copper tube they slow down. Show video of Lenz's law in ...
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