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Beck, Wright, Sowell, Berger, and Courtwright Idea Connection

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which examines the history of the male species involving history, and his assessments essentially indicate that the violent and disorderly behavior we note today is perhaps nothing more than that  which was seen in the past. He indicates that the majority of violent men are young and single, just as they were in the past. He points to a sort  of frontier attitude that was seen in olden days as men pioneered the frontier. He indicates that what began back in bunkhouses and in various camps, is just continuing in  our modern urban society. His work is presented in primarily a sociological context which helps the reader to perhaps realize that the violence we see today is not that  much different than that of the past as it relates to young men fighting in their own frontier. He focuses on that brutality that was seen in the past pioneering  days, and illustrates that it is much the same today, only on a different level and in different surroundings. Interestingly enough, he also illustrates that this particular type of attitude,  or approach to our nation, is imbedded in our society. We love the notion that we are from frontiersmen and that experience still plays a powerful part in our social  attitudes and our approaches to society. With this simple illustration of Courtwrights work in mind we present similar ideas found with Peter Berger ("Invitation to Sociology"), Thomas Sowell ("Race and  Culture"), Robert Wright ("The Moral Animal"), and Sanderson Becks idea of materialism. The information presented is only offered as suggestive. Peter Berger In examining some ideas shared by  Peter Berger we look at chapter 4 of his book "Invitation to Sociology." "In this chapter, Berger is presenting Society as a Prison. He portrays the individual over against Society,