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Behold Humanity! A Sociological Perspective
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From the eVideo
Purpose of Education (2:11)
From Talking to Schooling (3:43)
Early Egyptian and Greek Education (3:07)
Early Roman Education (2:35)
School, Church, and State (4:01)
Education: Thirteenth Through the Seventeenth Centuries (3:41)
Education: Eighteenth Century (2:50)
Public Education and Industrialization (3:11)
School and Life in Underdeveloped Countries (4:35)
Education in Third World Countries (3:55)
Questioning School (2:19)
Problems Facing Today's Schools (3:30)
Life-Long Education (2:45)
Tomorrow's Schools (2:52)
Education for Tomorrow (4:08)
From the eVideo
Clothes Reveal Who We Are (2:53)
Using Clothes to Cover or Seduce (2:27)
Ancient Egyptian and Roman Clothes (3:17)
Invention of Fashion and Style (2:50)
Clothing and the Sumptuary Law (2:32)
Renaissance and French Fashion (4:29)
Nineteenth Century Fashion (3:16)
Early Twentieth Century Fashion (2:15)
Fashion: Rebellion and Identity (7:01)
Fashion: Variety and Choice (3:13)
Ethnic Fashions and Gender Fashions (3:05)
Erotic Clothes and Western Influences (2:30)
World Dress: Suits and Jeans (2:48)
Fashion Explosion (2:53)
High Fashion and Multicultural Fashion (4:07)
From the eVideo
Human Population Explosion (2:30)
Man Versus Nature (3:35)
Man Explores Nature (3:14)
Early Environmentalists (3:32)
Ecological Awareness Begins (4:15)
Birth of the Modern Ecological Movement (2:49)
Environmental Awareness Turns to Action (3:36)
Environmental Action (2:18)
A Planet in Danger (7:35)
Endangered Species (1:51)
Environmental Challenges (7:05)
A Question of Survival (4:36)
Keys to Humankind's Survival (2:25)
From the eVideo
Redefinition of the Sexes (2:36)
Mother Goddess (3:56)
Father God (1:49)
Women in Middle Ages (4:55)
Women's Rights (6:19)
Women's Suffrage (3:58)
Women's Movements (3:43)
Exaggerated Images of Sexual Identity (4:02)
Changing Gender Roles (4:38)
Gender Behavior: Inborn or Learned (6:43)
Gender Roles: A New Equilibrium (7:01)
From the eVideo
Universal Emotion: Love (3:04)
Attraction and Desire (4:41)
Domestication of Love (2:43)
Platonic Love (4:13)
Courtly Love (3:34)
Era of Libertinism (3:30)
Romanticism (2:50)
Romantic Love (3:39)
Gestures of Love (3:02)
Views of Love (2:37)
Chemistry of Love (4:21)
Role of the Unconscious in Relationships (3:37)
Forever Love (6:52)
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The Institution of Marriage (4:41)
The Couple: Evolutionary Development (3:48)
The Couple: Monogamy and Polygamy (2:35)
The Couple: Rules of Marriage (3:29)
Civil Marriage and Religious Marriage: The Church Takes on Polygamy (3:04)
Civil Marriage and Religious Marriage: Divorce (5:50)
The Ceremony: Marriage Alliances (3:40)
The Ceremony: Wedding Rituals, Traditions, and Celebrations (5:19)
Divorce Rules (1:42)
New Forms of Cohabitation: The Wedding Industry (1:46)
New Forms of Cohabitation: Contracts and Commitments (2:42)
New Forms of Cohabitation: Same Sex Marriages (3:22)
The Future of Marriage: The Changing Nature of Marriage (3:31)
The Future of Marriage: An Evolving Institution (4:06)
From the eVideo
Changing Family (3:42)
Ancient Human Family (1:53)
Ancient Egyptian Family (3:48)
Ancient Chinese Family (1:11)
Ancient Roman Family (2:39)
Medieval Family and Vendetta (3:58)
Pre-Industrial Era Families (3:44)
Families in Industrialized Europe (2:27)
Post-WWII Baby Boom (1:57)
Meaning of Family (3:54)
China's Family Policy (1:44)
Machismo and Family Instability (1:20)
American Family Ideal (1:54)
Family Crisis (4:33)
Disconnected Teens (2:44)
Role of Grandparents (1:07)
Ideal Family Image (4:01)
Family (2:59)
From the eVideo
Prehistoric and Modern Death Rituals (4:51)
Tombs and Mummification (3:25)
Greek and Roman Beliefs About Death (4:20)
Fears About Death (5:03)
Attitudes About Death from the Black Death to Humanism (3:42)
Death in the Twentieth Century (2:04)
Death Rituals (4:52)
Death and Beyond: From Heaven to Reincarnation (4:56)
American Denial of Death (6:22)
Value of Mourning the Dead (3:03)
Why Do Humans Age and Die? (3:09)
Achieving Immortality (3:56)
From the eVideo
Increasing World Population (2:17)
In the Beginning (1:54)
Plant Preparation (1:56)
Gender Division of Labor (2:26)
Birth of Agriculture (2:38)
Rise of Civilization (2:45)
Food Preservation (4:00)
Advances in Food Preservation (3:01)
You Are What You Eat (3:11)
Symbolic Qualities of Food (2:53)
Cultural Dietary Laws (2:33)
Role of Taste (2:48)
The Omnivore at Meal Time (3:51)
Symbolims of Food (2:15)
Feeding the World (2:59)
Adaptation and Eating for Pleasure (4:09)
Credits: The Omnivore: Satisfying Humanity's Hunger (1:24)
From the eVideo
The Transportation Revolution (2:34)
Transportation, Cities, and Empires (2:28)
New Roads and Public Transportation (2:47)
Steam Powered Transportation (5:10)
City Traffic (1:43)
The Motorized Society (4:48)
Milestones in Aviation History (2:14)
Commercial Aviation (2:01)
Automobiles, Airplanes, and the American Dream (2:53)
The Social Costs of Cars (3:49)
Age of the Sport Utility Vehicle (2:17)
Traffic Congestion (1:34)
Transportation in Developing Countries (2:56)
Oil and Environmental Issues (2:03)
High Speed Trains (3:27)
Transportation: The Path of the Future (4:12)
To Travel Faster and Further (2:49)
From the eVideo
Art in Evolution: Changing Values (2:20)
Early Art Forms: Cave Paintings and Egyptian Art (4:42)
Greco-Roman Art (2:17)
Medieval Christian Art (1:48)
Giotto: Master of the First Renaissance (1:53)
Artists in Their Times (2:26)
What is Beauty in Art? (2:26)
Manet's Paintings (2:17)
Impressionism (0:59)
Art as Protest (2:30)
Abstract and Modern Art (1:47)
Pop Art and Andy Warhol (1:04)
World Art (3:55)
Art as Merchandise (4:12)
Modern Art (3:55)
What is Beautiful in Art? (3:48)
Mystery of Artistic Creation (1:13)
What Is Art? (5:40)
From the eVideo
Curious Minds (3:05)
The Egyptians (2:24)
The Phoenicians (3:17)
The Ancient Greeks (3:07)
Ibn Battuta's Journey (2:26)
The Chinese Treasure Fleet (2:26)
Columbus Discovers America (1:46)
Magellan Circumnavigates the Globe (3:04)
Stanley and Livingstone (2:17)
Europeans in Africa (1:58)
Natural Resources: Exploration and Exploitation (2:37)
Oceans and Climate (1:36)
The Ocean Floor (3:37)
Space Exploration: Mysteries and Answers (2:06)
Space Exploration: Costs and Benefits (3:05)
The Drive to Explore (3:33)
Imagination and Exploration (1:57)
A Global Village (3:31)
The Future of Exploration (1:31)
From the eVideo
A Warlike People (3:15)
Fighting at the Dawn of Humanity (1:31)
The Assyrians (2:47)
Ancient Greece (1:37)
Great Military Leaders (1:32)
Stirrups, Knights, and the Crusades (1:30)
Firearms and the Thirty Years War (1:51)
Total War (3:00)
World War I (3:00)
World War II (4:20)
The Cold War (2:09)
New Nuclear Threats (2:59)
Internal Conflicts (4:21)
The Plague of Landmines (1:45)
High Tech Armies (1:53)
War, Democracy, and Peace (1:41)
The Evolution of War (1:57)
The United Nations (2:22)
War or Peace? (2:49)
The Future of War (4:08)
From the eVideo
Revolution Defined (3:26)
Hunter Gatherer Societies (4:07)
First Recorded Revolution (2:33)
Democracy in Ancient Greece (4:18)
American Revolution (2:11)
French Revolution (3:13)
Conditions for Revolution (3:05)
France's Bloody Coup (2:54)
Industrial Revolution (4:02)
Marxism (1:44)
Sexual Revolution, Feminism, Ecology (3:37)
Global Village (2:43)
Information Revolution (4:48)
Do We Need Revolution? (4:13)
Consequences of Democracy (2:42)
From the eVideo
Communication Within Species (2:31)
Searching for the First Language (4:09)
Indo-European Language: The Root of a Common Language System (3:07)
Language in the Greco-Roman World (3:17)
How Languages Evolved: Romance Languages (3:12)
How Languages Evolved: English (3:18)
England's Influence Around the World (3:46)
Languages of the World (2:47)
Languages in India (2:19)
Tribal, State, and International Languages (4:43)
Language: Innate or Learned? (3:58)
Social Functions of Language (2:16)
Levels of Language (3:11)
How Languages Die (3:17)
Need for a Universal Language? (3:45)
From the eVideo
Overview of Writing (2:19)
Writing: Drawings and Characters (3:01)
Sumerian Writing (3:26)
Historical Development of Writing (4:25)
Illuminated Manuscripts and Printing Press (4:18)
Writing, Censorship, and Style (2:37)
Industrial Revolution Influences Writing (3:24)
World Alphabets (3:21)
Chinese Writing (3:05)
Indigenous Languages and Ancient Cultures (5:03)
Writing and Illiteracy Today (3:48)
Writing: Computer and Hypertexts (3:45)
Essential Nature of Writing (6:57)
From the eVideo
Definition of Mythology (3:03)
A New Mythology: Greek Philosophy and Monotheism (4:37)
A New Mythology: Science, Technology, and Progress (4:08)
Science as Myth (3:49)
Progress: The Myth of Unfulfilled Promises (3:27)
Myths of Extraterrestrials (3:29)
Threats and Skepticism of Science (1:33)
Myths: The American Dream (2:44)
American Mythical Icons (3:05)
American Myths of Conquest and Excess (4:18)
Mythology Today: The Individual and Eternal Youth (2:48)
Mythology Today: Consumerism and Communication (5:30)
The Myth Explodes (3:39)
Need for Myths in Modern Times (3:25)
From the eVideo
Why Humans Laugh (5:24)
Comedy in Ancient Greece and Rome (2:58)
Christian Church Against Laughter (4:30)
Revival of Theater and Comedy (1:24)
Moliere: Comedy as Social Critique (2:24)
Origin of Circus Clowns (4:32)
Film: Tradition of Sight Gags and Charlie Chaplin (3:30)
Universal Humor (2:50)
Laughter: Exclusive to Humans (5:39)
Laughter and Good Health (3:09)
Laughter as a Social Function (6:20)
Commercialization of Laughter (6:59)
From the eVideo
Definition and Purposes of the State (3:18)
From City State to Empire: First City States (3:17)
Ancient Egyptian City States and Empire (1:39)
Ancient Greek City States (2:20)
Ancient Roman City States (4:02)
Medieval City States (4:10)
From Absolute Monarchy to Republic (2:38)
Nation States and Democracy (1:49)
Birth of Totalitarianism and Collapse of Communism (2:48)
States of the World: India and China (2:33)
States of the World: Africa (4:23)
Future of the Nation State (1:36)
State Intervention: Globalization (3:12)
State Intervention: Control of the State (4:51)
One World, One State (4:47)
Benefits of the State (2:16)
From the eVideo
Dynamic Nature of the Law (2:09)
Gods, Man, and the Law: The Code of Hammurabi (2:11)
Gods, Man, and the Law: Greek Trials (2:05)
Gods, Man, and the Law: Influence of Roman Law (2:57)
Gods, Man, and the Law: Trial by Ordeal and the Corpus Juris Civilis (3:47)
Gods, Man, and the Law: Magna Carta (2:00)
The Acquisition of Rights: Slavery and the Declaration of Independence (3:45)
The Acquisition of Rights: The French Revolution (2:54)
The Acquisition of Rights: Ending European and American Slavery (1:16)
The Acquisition of Rights: Universal Human Rights (5:27)
Rights Around the World: Human Suffering (1:50)
Rights Around the World: The United Nations (2:34)
Rights Around the World: Economic Disparities (1:34)
Law and Ethics (8:06)
The Rule of Rights (7:02)
From the eVideo
Cities: Places of Hope and Possibilities (1:37)
Birth of Civilization (3:26)
Ancient Athens (1:47)
Ancient Rome (5:25)
From Fortress to Suburbs (4:31)
Birth of American Cities (2:10)
Industrial Revolution and the City (2:04)
American Cities and the Birth of the Suburb (2:35)
To Choose a City (4:03)
French Cities: 1950s to 1980s (3:41)
From City to Metropolis (2:09)
To Live in the City (3:28)
Urban Explosions (5:18)
The Evolving City (3:14)
Urban Phenomenon (3:47)
From the eVideo
What is Sacred? (2:26)
Personification of Divine Forces (2:20)
Finding Irrefutable Meaning (1:28)
Fire from Heaven (2:27)
Fire from Heaven: the Divine (2:02)
Fire from Heaven: Stages (2:40)
Fire from Heaven: the Great Apprehension (1:56)
Universal Fire (3:15)
Universal Fire: Coming to Terms (2:13)
Universal Fire: Recreating the Divine (3:07)
Universal Fire: Established Order (1:44)
Backdraft (1:36)
Backdraft: Sacred Order (2:18)
Backdraft: Shaking the Foundation (1:55)
Backdraft: Doubting Sacred Values (2:31)
Stoking the Fire of Progress (2:46)
Stoking the Fire of Progress: Dark Side (2:11)
Fireworks (3:28)
Fireworks: Animism (2:38)
Credits: The Sacred (1:22)
From the eVideo
Changes in Work (2:39)
Advent of the Tool (4:44)
Evolution of Work in Egypt and Greece (5:07)
Human Machine (4:24)
Industrial Revolution (4:48)
Work Management and Assembly Lines (2:43)
Working Today (3:13)
Illegal Immigrants and Child Labor (4:07)
Japanese Values and Businesses (3:23)
Work Crisis (7:19)
Work Revisited (6:59)
From the eVideo
Societal and Cultural Value of Commerce (2:06)
Commerce, Merchants, and Written Records (3:24)
Standard Weights and Coins for Commercial Transactions (2:25)
Roman Empire and Collapse of Monetary System (2:40)
Banking Revolutionizes Commercial Trade (3:05)
Explorations for Spices (3:31)
Slaves, Pirates, and Paper Money (5:14)
Mass Consumption, Market Crash, and Post WWII Consumerism (4:06)
Democratization of Buying Power (4:04)
Time, Efficiency, and Credit Cards (3:30)
World Financial Markets (3:53)
Globalization and the World Market (4:07)
Electronic Money and the Global Market (4:29)
Consumption and Consumer Awareness Today (2:24)
From the eVideo
Crime and Punishment (3:06)
Fair Price of Blood (3:51)
Punishment in Greece and Rome (2:39)
Cruel and Unusual Punishments (4:03)
Executioner (4:13)
Prison: Punishment and Reform (6:00)
Balance Between Offense and Punishment (3:25)
Overcrowded Prisons and Inequities (5:17)
Death Row/Capital Punishment (4:21)
Controversy Over Capital Punishment (5:43)
Future of Punishments (3:15)
Punishment and Its Alternatives (3:45)
HIstory (0:02)
From the eVideo
Social Class Influences (2:54)
Masters and Slaves: Sumeria and Egypt (4:03)
Masters and Slaves: Greece and Rome (2:38)
Masters and Slaves: Feudal Europe and the French Revolution (6:08)
The Class Struggle: Industrial Revolution (2:42)
The Class Struggle: Karl Marx (2:58)
The Class Struggle: Russia and China (2:06)
The Class Struggle: Europe and North America (1:18)
A World of Exclusion: India's Caste System (3:32)
A World of Exclusion: Western Society's Class Divisions (5:45)
The Rise of Individualism: The Diverse Middle Class (5:26)
The Rise of Individualism: Employability, Crime, and Drugs (3:05)
Choosing One's Destiny: Polarized Societies (2:54)
Choosing One's Destiny: Changing Class Systems (4:05)
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Subjects
Subjects
Age discrimination
Ageism
Architecture, Modern
Art
Art -- History
Art -- Vocational guidance
Beauty, Personal
Beauty, Personal -- Psychological aspects
Clothing and dress
Communication
Composition (Language arts)
Counseling of
Couples
Crime
Crime -- Prevention
Culture
Deviant behavior
Diet
Drama
Drama -- Technique
Economic aspects
Education
Educational films
Educational sociology
Effect of human beings on
Equality
Evolution
Families
Fashion design
Food habits
Gender identity
History
Human beings
Human beings -- Origin
Human ecology
Institutionalism (Religion)
Internet videos
Interpersonal attraction
Interpersonal communication
Interpersonal relations
Intimacy (Psychology)
Language and languages
Linguistics
Literature
Literature -- Study and teaching
Man-woman relationships
Nature
Nature -- Effect of human beings on
Older people
Older people -- Counseling of
Origin
Philosophy
Playwriting
Political planning
Political science
Political science -- Philosophy
Population
Population policy
Power (Social sciences)
Prevention
Primates
Primates -- Evolution
Psychological aspects
Public schools
Religion and sociology
Religions
Religious institutions
Rural-urban migration
Sex discrimination
Sexism
Sexual behavior
Social change
Social classes
Social control
Social ecology
Social institutions
Social institutions -- Economic aspects
Social structure
Social work with older people
Sociology
Study and teaching
Teaching
Technique
Urbanization
Videorecording
Vocational guidance
Wealth
Women
Women -- Sexual behavior
World history
World history -- Study and teaching
Writing
Ageism
Architecture, Modern
Art
Art -- History
Art -- Vocational guidance
Beauty, Personal
Beauty, Personal -- Psychological aspects
Clothing and dress
Communication
Composition (Language arts)
Counseling of
Couples
Crime
Crime -- Prevention
Culture
Deviant behavior
Diet
Drama
Drama -- Technique
Economic aspects
Education
Educational films
Educational sociology
Effect of human beings on
Equality
Evolution
Families
Fashion design
Food habits
Gender identity
History
Human beings
Human beings -- Origin
Human ecology
Institutionalism (Religion)
Internet videos
Interpersonal attraction
Interpersonal communication
Interpersonal relations
Intimacy (Psychology)
Language and languages
Linguistics
Literature
Literature -- Study and teaching
Man-woman relationships
Nature
Nature -- Effect of human beings on
Older people
Older people -- Counseling of
Origin
Philosophy
Playwriting
Political planning
Political science
Political science -- Philosophy
Population
Population policy
Power (Social sciences)
Prevention
Primates
Primates -- Evolution
Psychological aspects
Public schools
Religion and sociology
Religions
Religious institutions
Rural-urban migration
Sex discrimination
Sexism
Sexual behavior
Social change
Social classes
Social control
Social ecology
Social institutions
Social institutions -- Economic aspects
Social structure
Social work with older people
Sociology
Study and teaching
Teaching
Technique
Urbanization
Videorecording
Vocational guidance
Wealth
Women
Women -- Sexual behavior
World history
World history -- Study and teaching
Writing