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The mimetic theory of desire, an explanation of human behavior and culture, originated with the French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social...

context of an arbitrary context when compared to a non-arbitrary one, and reached the same conclusions. The frustration–aggression theory has been studied...

In topology, knot theory is the study of mathematical knots. While inspired by knots which appear in daily life, such as those in shoelaces and rope, a...

lingering effects of colonialism, developing a critical theory analysis of the history, culture, literature, and discourse of (usually European) imperial...

is subjective and arbitrary, and that a different researcher would likely have come up with different criteria. Defenders of MI theory argue that the traditional...

natural world. Though the boundaries of societies and their cultures are indefinable and arbitrary, the subjectivity inherent in each one is palatable and...

to structuralism include his notion of the arbitrariness of the linguistic sign. There is also his theory of a two-tiered reality about language. The...

Social dominance theory (SDT) is a social psychological theory of intergroup relations that examines the caste-like features of group-based social hierarchies...

world. Fundamental semiotic theories take signs or sign systems as their object of study. Applied semiotics analyzes cultures and cultural artifacts according...

theory is a theory of behavioral economics, judgment and decision making that was developed by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in 1979. The theory was...

arts, religion, philosophy, science, and all of human culture sprang. McKenna's "stoned ape" theory has not received attention from the scientific community...

Color theory, or more specifically traditional color theory, is the historical body of knowledge describing the behavior of colors, namely in color mixing...

musical theory that might have been used by their makers. In ancient and living cultures around the world, the deep and long roots of music theory are visible...

identification". This theory was put forward by sociologist Robert E. Park in the 1920s. It is based on the notion of "culture". This theory was preceded by...

A Theory of Justice is a 1971 work of political philosophy and ethics by the philosopher John Rawls (1921–2002) in which the author attempts to provide...

missionaries as sinful, on the other, they were interpreted as sexual arbitrariness and taken advantage of, often leading to prostitution and sexual exploitation...

The great man theory is an approach to the study of history popularised in the 19th century according to which history can be largely explained by the...

identity theory was never intended to be a general theory of social categorization. It was awareness of the limited scope of social identity theory that led...

as being essentially arbitrary (the principle of semiotic arbitrariness), motivated only by social convention. Saussure's theory has been particularly...

activities associated with popular culture. The work rejected the universal adaptation of the cultural capital theory, especially in the 20th century in...