Quarter 3- Journal 15: Conflict

So this week in IB Theory of Knowledge, we learned that there are three different types of conflict. No, Mrs. Hilston/Lindley, they are not man vs. man, man vs. society and man vs self. These three different kinds of conflicts are the functionalist theory, the conflict theory and the symbolic interaction theory. The functionalist theory states that groups will adjust to each other in a stable manner, and not have conflict. The conflict theory states that groups are inevitably organized to compete with each other. The symbolic interaction theory emphasizes the importance of culture and language for the development of society, groups and individuals. I think it's interesting that nearly anything debated can be fitted into at least one of these three categories. For instance, the Ku Klux Klan fits under both the conflict theory and the symbolic interaction theory, for they are based off of culture, but also inevitably compete with one group. I watched the movie Inglorious Bastards last night, and while I didn't think it was that great, I realize that it totally fits in with the conflict theory. Brad Pitt assembles a group of jewish people to disguise themselves and go into Nazi Germany and try and take down some Nazis. He purposefully creates a group of people in order to have conflict. I think it's definitely interesting to see a concept like that applied, considering the human race in general tends to avoid conflict when faced with adversity.