From a functionalist perspective, Durkheim identified several key social benefits of criminal behavior. Arguably, the most important is that the identification, apprehension, ...

Even "matters of the heart" aren't exempt in functionalism. Should a robot analyze our words and facial expressions and generate output that looks like love or empathy, then it is in fact offering ...

From a functionalist perspective, the social construction of the serial killer identity is symbolic and it helps to clarify the moral boundary that separates good and evil in society.

Just as you open up your PowerPoint and nestle into your seat to ramp up to peak productivity, your document is obscured by a nagging reminder: Weekly Departmental Meeting in 15 minutes.

The concern with shapes was put aside, at least in theory, ... engineer Cecil O'Gorman. This is how the first functionalist construction in Latin America, which is now 90 years old, emerged.

Two important writers on education from a functionalist perspective have been Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) and American functionalist Talcott Parsons. They identified four basic functions of education: ...

Social reproduction feminism has been accused in the past of being functionalist, and of being grounded on a more or less hidden economic and biological determinism. The aim of the paper is to refute ...