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- 621: Fascism and its Political Ideas
- ... on one select group, or most often one supreme leader called El Duce, from whom all power proceeds downward. The two most recognized names that go along with Fascism are Italys Benito Mussolini and Germanys Adolf Hitler. The philosophy of Fascism can be traced to the philosophers who argue that the will is prior to and superior to the intellect or reason. George Sorel, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Georg Hegal ... importance, behind only racial purity for the nation. Hitler used his book Mein Kampf to establish a plan of action for creating this racially pure state. In January of 1933 Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany by Hindenburg. By the end of the year Hitler had concentrated his power as a fascist dictator and began a campaign for a racially pure nation that eventually led to the Holocaust. In order for ...
- 622: The Condition Of Postmodernity
- ... section, where he is careful to differentiate between various stages in the development of modernism. The placement of the onset of "modernism" in 1848 seems rather arbitrary; did not the early romantics in England and Germany develop the themes of fragmentation, irony, and non-linearity? How can Harvey account for the return of the linear temporal narrative as the structuring element of the late nineteenth century realist novel? Whereas Harvey fails ... in the West since 1893, and until the beginning of the first world war, capitalism seemed to be functioning better than ever. Even the majority of the world's largest socialist party, the SPD in Germany, were convinced that reform within, not revolution against capitalism was the best way to achieve their goals. Harvey does point to the development of Fordism during this period, but as he himself argues, Fordism did ...
- 623: Communism: Overview
- ... He even went as far as to help lead the Red Army in the Civil War (Brzezinski 25). The theory of communism was developed by Karl Marx. He was born in Trier of the Rhineland Germany to Jewish parents and spent his life in an effort to improve the life of the average working man (Foreman 6). Marx is probably best known for his masterpiece, the Communist Manifesto. In the Communist ... came back from Switzerland. In 1917, he announced his April Theses' to the public and changed the party's name to the All-Russian Communist Party. This party was modeled after the communist party of Germany (Laski 47). Lenin did agree with Marx on one principle; in a situation of devastation considerations, it would be necessary of the e lower class to rise up from their oppressing and overthrow the domination ...
- 624: The Rise of Communism in Russia
- ... struggle would end, according to Marx, in the socialist revolution and the attainment of full communism (Groiler's Encyclopedia). Socialism, of which "Marxism-Leninism" is a takeoff, originated in the West. Designed in France and Germany, it was brought into Russia in the middle of the nineteenth century and promptly attracted support among the country's educated, public-minded elite, who at that time were called intelligentsia (Pipes, 21). After Revolution ... including Stalin, were inclined to accept it for the time being on condition that it work for an end to the war. When Lenin reached Russia in April after his famous "sealed car" trip across Germany, he quickly denounced his Bolshevik colleagues for failing to take a sufficiently revolutionary stand (Daniels, 88). In August of 1917, while Lenin was in hiding and the party had been basically outlawed by the Provisional ...
- 625: Fairies
- ... others like to help them. Fairies come in all sizes and shapes as well. They might be ugly, humpbacked little creatures, like the trolls or gnomes that the people tell about in Denmark, Sweden, and Germany. Both trolls and gnomes are supposed to guard treasures. Trolls live in dark caves, and gnomes make their homes underground. Some fairies are handsome, for example, the pixies of Wales, or the goldenhaired white elves ... names are Oberon and Titania. Some people think that the ruler of Fairyland is Queen Mab. Not all fairies live in fairyland, however. Some live alone as the guardians of certain places. The Lorelei of Germany is a beautiful woman with long golden hair. She stays on a special rock on the right bank of the Rhine River. Many kinds of fairies like to play tricks on human beings. Sometimes they ...
- 626: An Analysis of The Term Actually Incurred In Section 11(a) of Income Tax Action Act No 58 of 1962
- ... Thus the expenditure could not have been actually incurred in the year in question. The appellant in ITC 1531, had received R360,000, on 1 August 1983, being the proceeds of a loan raised in Germany. The loan was repayable in Deutschemarks (DM)in the future. Between 1 August 1983 and 31 December 1983, the Rand had declined against the DM. The effect of the devaluation was that the indebtedness to the lender, expressed in SA Rands as at 31 December 1983, was R370,509.16. During 1984 a further loan was raised in Germany. The proceeds in SA Rands was R200,000. The further loan was also repayable in DM. On the last day of the 1984 year of assessment, the indebtedness of the appellant, based on the rate ...
- 627: Communism in the Soviet Union and Why it Failed
- ... and opposition. This became known as Stalinism. Communist rule was confined to the Soviet Union until the end of World War II. The Soviet Red Army liberated several countries in eastern Europe from the Nazi Germany control. The soviets sponsored and helped form the communist governments in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Poland, East Germany, and North Korea. Stalinism became the basic model for most of these new governments. After Stalin's death in 1953, Nikita Khrushchev began a rapid rise and in 1956 repudiated Stalin's "tyrannical excesses" in ...
- 628: 1984: A Political Statement Against Totalitarianism
- ... understand it" ("George Orwell"). George Orwell has been a major contributor to anticommunist literature around the World War II period. Orwell lived in England during World War II, a time when the totalitarianism state, Nazi Germany, was at war with England and destroyed the city of London. " I know that building' said Winston finally. Its a ruin now. It's in the middle of the street outside the Palace of Justice ... World War II. During that time Soviets gained six nations as satellites. England was helpless and had to worry about their own problems and had to watch the Soviet Union take control of half of Germany. The leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin, closely resembles Big Brother. They were both larger than life figures in there respective countries. In the Soviet Union you could easily have found large posters with Stalin ...
- 629: The Rise of Communism in Russia
- ... The struggle would end, according to Marx, in the socialist revolution and the attainment of full communism (Groilers Encyclopedia). Socialism, of which Marxism-Leninism is a takeoff, originated in the West. Designed in France and Germany, it was brought into Russia in the middle of the nineteenth century and promptly attracted support among the country's educated, public-minded elite, who at that time were called intelligentsia (Pipes, 21). After Revolution ... including Stalin, were inclined to accept it for the time being on condition that it work for an end to the war. When Lenin reached Russia in April after his famous sealed car trip across Germany, he quickly denounced his Bolshevik colleagues for failing to take a sufficiently revolutionary stand (Daniels, 88). In August of 1917, while Lenin was in hiding and the party had been basically outlawed by the Provisional ...
- 630: Talcott Parsons
- ... was converted to functionalism under the influence of the anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski" (1 of 2). Soon after Parsons began the London School of Economics, he was offered a place at the University of Heidelberg. In Germany, he was exposed to a new view of social thought, entailing Max Weber's beliefs. Parsons began his classes in economics and sociology and Marxian theory. In 1927, he was awarded his doctorate in economics ... on society. He was very controversial and had a broad view, however, he was still an extremely influential Sociologists and contributed a lot to the field. On May 8, 1979, Talcott Parsons died in Munich, Germany. Living a long life, Parsons achieved many goals and left his mark in Sociology. Historical Events While Parsons grew up, several historical events occurred. To begin, in 1903, the first working airplane was invented. Orville ...
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