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“All of them believed that they had used scientific analysis (called ‘metanarrative’ by some post modern theorists) of human development. All thought they could outline the future direction of social change” Haralambos, M. Sociology: Theme

“All of them believed that they had used scientific analysis (called ‘metanarrative’ by some post modern theorists) of human development. All thought they could outline the future direction of social change”
Haralambos, M. Sociology: Themes and Perspectives, 1997; pp. 866

Fukasaku’s 1999 film Battle Royale allows the spectator to consider sociological commentaries like that of Haralambos above as it suggests ‘the future direction of social change’ in terms of Japanese cultural identity at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Haralambos’s statement refers to sociological theorists. What he explains here is that through the accumulation of data and knowledge concerning the nature of human societies, the theorists are able to make predictions by relating the current situation of a particular society to similar developments that have already occurred and have been witnessed in other societies. In order to demonstrate the above thesis more intricately, this ess...

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