This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This study examines the functionalist approach to international relations, focusing on the proposed relationship between experience in ...

According to the functionalist theoretical perspective of sociology introduced by Emile Durkheim in the nineteenth century, society is held together by social consensus, or cohesion, in which members ...

This paper considers two issues raised by the claim that fictional characters are abstract artifacts. First, given that artifacts normally have functions, what is the function of a fictional character ...