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An article on the Taliban rule in Afghanistan and how it has oppressed women is discussed through an application of Joan Scott's f...
approaches the question from the other end of the spectrum. Broeckx begins with a brief description of the average, ordinary Canad...
Theravada Buddhism was the original form, which was based on lengthy meditation and required...
and inextricably a branch of religion. Beginning with the radical Copernicus, who taught that the earth revolved around the sun, E...
the society has been "dumbed down." It does seem true that the masses rarely think for themselves. They vote by sound bite and for...
freedom of speech as well as to be able to use reason publicly in all matters without fear of retribution, is very important. It i...
In a paper of fifteen pages an examination of European history includes the Middle Ages, Baroque period, and The Enlightenment in ...
Indeed, it seems that within the context of philosophy, there is a wrestling with religious thought, because it is from the rejec...
a very different civil war, which ended in liberty. It was this event alone that may be seen as most significant by Voltaire. He...
to have this freedom of religion; when ones religious practices are not allowed by choice but are instead dictated by an omnipoten...
and war, which he portrays as contrary to all reason. In the eighteenth century, war was presented to the ordinary citizens as an ...
Have you had any experience in helping a friend or family member manage diabetes? The patient replied that she was not aware of...
in Modern Thought points to two cataclysmic moments in history that were responsible for altering the contemporary perceptions of ...
science fiction, the reality is that the problem of labeling and drugging children in the world is growing. Of course, Freud wrote...
from one epoch to another. The title symbolized customs of the past, but it could also be adapted to whatever future social or ec...
is he doesnt necessarily find much of anything on the final journey. Though he finally adapts himself back to humanity following h...
Roman feel to Michelangelos "Creation of Adam" that almost speaks of ancient Roman statues. In Medieval times such a piece of art ...
twenty-first century women have today. The matriarch after all has played a very different role in society over the past centuries...
was an incredibly powerful and influential time in mankinds history and in the development of Western civilization. Prior to the R...
life, whereas before there was no tolerance of any other culture or lifestyle other than that of the Euro-centric Christian model....
exaggeration. Voltaire (1947) is in fact sarcastic and while the author is indirect in the way in which he writes, it seems that t...
It seems ludicrous to picture a womans toilette as dangerous, yet the humor, in part, derives from the fact that men of this era a...
it from a cavalry captain," etc. (Voltaire, 1995, p. 9). This "genealogy," also subtly parodies the numerous "beget" clauses of t...
the flow of information. Prior to the effects of the printing press, it was relatively easy for the Church to suppress books and w...
speeches in his position of Secretary of the Paris Academy of Sciences, in which he did a great deal to enhance both the cultural ...
light that does not deceive us" (Whelan, 2002, p. 1). This "natural light," in his estimation enables human beings to arrive at "...
Declaration, Gouges (1791) writes: " Woman is born free and remains equal to man in rights. Social distinctions can be based only ...
the chance to break free from such constraints. The global society was ready for a tremendous change in direction following the t...
to petition the government for a redress of grievances" ("First Amendment")). The idea of the separation of church and state was i...
experience as a woman in the workforce, her thoughts about the struggle for civil rights, and technology as perhaps the most appro...