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- 4571: The Future Of The Race
- ... respect the masses from reading Marx. Nonetheless, he still cherished a hope that a new, self-sacrificing Talented Tenth of internationally minded men still men would ally African Americans to the peoples of the Third World and uplift the colored masses universally. Gates and West, who teach at Du Bois s own Harvard University, accept his challenge with all its Victorian mission of uplift. Although they announce their essays as the ... patriarchy, his ideal of the Talented Tenth s mission now requires complete reformulation. Du Bois also failed intellectually by not engaging Russian pre-Revolutionary thinkers and the writing of Central European Jews between the two world wars. Tolstoy, Chekhov and Kafka new better than to place their faith in Enlightenment or Victorian values. They resisted the temptation of optimism. Despite all his failings, says West, Du Bois is still the best ... tone. Where Gates turns to the New Testament book of Matthew, West shares the imagery of the Old Testament book of Daniel and borrows the title of a lecture delivered on the eve of the World War II. He finds our times, too, full of portent: Public life deteriorates due to class polarization, racial balkanization, and especially a predatory market culture. With the vase erosion of civil networks that nurture ...
- 4572: A Black Cloud
- ... displayed through forms which include: prejudices towards large groups of people, crimes of hatred being committed, and indirect hatred which involves hurting others as an act of rebellion against someone or something. Throughout history, the world has been afflicted by the prejudices of powerful leaders who in turn took their animosity out on large masses of people. Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany during World War II, is a prime example of this. He took his hatred out on the Jews, forcing them into concentration camps. Another group that is a target of hatred are the blacks. The Ku Klux ...
- 4573: Censorship
- ... are also being brought against the educational system, films, radio, television, and against the graphic and theatre arts. However or whenever these attacks occur, they usually fall at least one of the following categories: Religion War & Peace (Violence) Sociology & Race Language Drugs Sex Inappropriate Adolescent Behaviour What is Obscenity? Clearly something hard to talk about constructively. "Obscenity" is difficult to discuss honestly. After all, what makes a thing obscene? It is ... have people outraged. In school libraries, the most frequent complaints come from parents about the school's selections. And in public libraries, parents were once again the single greatest source of challenges to materials. The world is filled with "obscene" things. And it would seem that those parents are just trying to protect their children from the outside world. But does it really help? These day, an average elementary school student knows many things. They are influenced by a wide range of sources, from television and other forms of media, their environment at ...
- 4574: Orientalism And Colonialism
- ... the land. In addition, once a new culture is introduced to one generation, the possibility of successful reinstatement of the past culture is nill. In my opinion, the entire destruction of the majority of the world's nations was caused by Western influence. Before European intervention, ways of life were individualistic. In fact, the third world as we know it would not have been so if they were simply left alone. There are still clans of people in the world that live a perfectly natural and healthy life with their indigenous ways. Greed and competition for raw materials caused Europe to branch out and destroy the ways of life for millions of people around ...
- 4575: Richard III
- ... this news, Richard chose to proceed with caution, only telling chief political players and asking their advice. Richard was wise for these actions. He had been known for his prudence in the past in the war with Scotland. When Edward IV wanted a crushing blow to the Scots, Richard realized that it would be too costly and at the same time England had already accomplished a great feat. Richard pushed for ... the English equivalent. This was done to gain the support of the middle class and gain their support, as well as improve England's economy. Richard was determined to bring England to the forefront of world power, but he also realized that England needed time to heal from the situation they we in. The country was divided due to wars and his usurpation of the throne. In meeting with representatives from Spain, he solidified peace between the two nations by signing a treaty. He passed the opportunity to join with them in a war against France because he did not want to throw England into a war they were not prepared for. Richard worked for internal stability as well as he worked for an armistice with Scotland to ...
- 4576: Michael Collins and Eamon De Velera
- ... Army, (5) Minister of Finance in the 1919 Provisional Government of the RoI, and (6) Cabinet member in the first post-treaty government. He is best know for his brilliant work during the Anglo-Irish war in setting up the IRA's extremely effective intelligence and counter-intelligence unit that time and time again saved the IRA forces to fight another day. He and Griffith were the leaders of the team that negotiated the treaty that gave near independence to the 26 counties, while partitioning off 6 counties. During the post-treaty war, he was ambushed and killed by anti-treaty guerillas. Had he lived, he certainly would have competed with de Valera for political dominance in the Irish state. Eamon De Valera De Valera, Eamon (1882-1975 ... 1938 as president of its assembly. At home, his policies were consistently characterised by nationalism and isolationism, both political and economic. In 1938 he approved the appeasement policy of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain; during World War II De Valera successfully advocated a policy of neutrality for Ireland. He lost the premiership in 1948, but occupied the post twice again until 1959, when he was elected president of Ireland. He ...
- 4577: Image of Child Heros
- ... that a child will make everything right again. Whether the story comes from before Christ or after, the one uniform aspect about these stories is that they are present in every culture, all around the world. The image of the trickster is also very prevalent in the different cultures. It is seen in many different fables and moral-based stories. You cannot go against the Philistine, you are but a youth, and he has long been a man of war(Metzger 145). This is what King Saul of Israel said to David when he proposed that he fight the Philistine warrior Goliath. The story of David and Goliath is quite possibly one of the oldest ... still shows us that the ancient Hebrews believed in the fact that a child, or in this case teen, has the will and motivation to do the impossible. Staying on the eastern side of the world, we will next see examples of Russian stories. In the former Soviet Union, a lot of the time stories, books and other types of art were hard to come by. In a broader sense, ...
- 4578: Sociopolitical Philosophy in the Works of Stoker and Yeats
- ... vampires strike, they are tainting the blood of the pure and innocent, causing them to degenerate into undead savages who will take over and colonize until their race makes up the condition of the whole world. This was the fear the Protestants had of the rising Catholic class. They were seen as a lowly people and the fear was that they too would colonize and degenerate Ireland, and perhaps the rest ... words, for there were many nationalities in the crowd (13). Harker's inability to understand the language is one of the ways in which he loses control as he travels east. Back in the modern world of the West, even in foreign countries, Jonathan can understand what is being spoken and therefore has a sense of control over his situation. In the East, however, he has lost this control. If he ... westward into modern civilization. The modern, civilized group of people are the only ones who can stop Dracula from infecting their society. They all have qualities that show they are participants in the enlightened modern world. Harker is a rational and well-organized stenographer, Lucy is an assistant schoolmistress, Seward is a doctor, Morris is from the rapidly growing United States, and Dr. Van Helsing has an M.D., a ...
- 4579: Sweetness And Power
- ... is clearly shown throughout the entire book. In chapters two and three, he gives many examples of production and consumption data. For example, Mintz states: By 1830, before beet sugar had begun to reach the world market, total production had risen to 572,000 tons, an increase of more than 233 percent in thirty years. Another thirty years later, in 1860 (Pg. 73) and he goes on to give more figures ... Journal are used throughout the book. Mintz s variety of sources is great, but their originations are also just as impressive. They come from all over including India, England, France, Germany, the Caribbean, the Arab world, Puerto Rico, and the United States. They also span vast lengths of time: from way back in 327 BCE to very recently in 1985. Illustrations are also interspersed throughout the text to give a varying ... and their conquest, some being in Europe. He also says that wherever they went, the Arabs brought with them sugar, the product and the technology of its production; sugar, we are told, followed the Koran. War seems to have been how Europe learned more about sugar, also. During the crusades, crusaders discovered sugar-producing areas and soon after, began producing their own sugar in those conquered lands. Sugar was becoming ...
- 4580: Voltaire's Candide: "All is Not for the Best"
- Voltaire's Candide: "All is Not for the Best" Voltaire's Candide is the story of an innocent man's experiences in a mad and evil world, his struggle to survive in that world, and his need to ultimately come to terms with it. All people experience the turmoil of life and must overcome obstacles, both natural and man-made, in order to eventually achieve happiness. In life, "man ... Voltaire believes that people should not allow themselves to be victims. He sneers at naive, accepting types, informing us that people must work to reach their utopia (Bottiglia 93). In Candide, reality and "the real world" are portrayed as being disappointing. Within the Baron's castle, Candide is able to lead a Utopian life. After his banishment, though, he recognizes the evil of the world, seeing man's sufferings. The ...
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