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Sociology's Father Auguste Comte

"a system that was built on an intellectual and moral basis and allowed for science...

Existence of God in Swinburne, Rowe, and Hume

"experienced" internally in some manner, as well as externally via touch or logical use of the item in daily living. In thi...

Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and Modern Cinema Fantasies

npa), the use of the fantasy genre allows the author or director to stand outside of the reality with which we are familiar, and g...

The Modern Museum and the Significance in Defining African American Art

works signed by a famous artist. Rather, the visitor is exposed to the artifacts that suggest what life was and is like to African...

A Book Review of Modern Middle East History

purposes of his text, Cleveland defines the "Middle East" as that region that extends from Egypt in the west to Iran in the east a...

Applying Machiavelli's Lessons To Modern Entrepreneurs

perhaps never let on that they were manipulating people and lying to them. With such a simple illustration at hand, and underst...

Modern Society and Literature

written form of expression as opposed to the oral traditions seen in many illiterate cultures. Interestingly enough, our oral hist...

Chinese Americans and Discrimination

that time, Chinese workers were brought in to help with the U.S. war effort (OConnor, 2004). Those that werent hired for plants or...

Presidential Elections and the Influence of Lobbying

as soft money and issue advocacy" (Newlin Carney 337). However, pro-reform activist groups are adamant about the issue of raising...

Comparing Poems about War to Beowulf

it is essentially the duty of this narrator. Beowulf is a man who sees his duty as that which involves risking his life. He goes...

Ofili and Dalwood's Celebrity in Contemporary British Art

of the artist. Dalwood has, in effect, set himself up as the "visualiser" of the publics imagination: this, he says, is what the o...

Modern State and Human Rights

The rationale is that people who fear the repercussions of breaking the law tend to be more obedient. Authority then becomes legi...

Tragic Form of Aristotle and Contemporary Cinema

had erred so completely, even though he did so unknowingly, his only recourse was to take his own life. In Fight Club, then, th...

The Sociocultural Dance Influence of Alvin Ailey

a rural to urban environment that would have a profound impact upon Aileys all-inclusive approach to dance (Dingus, 2000; McDonagh...

America's Founding Fathers and the 'Tyranny of the Majority' Issue

not wrong. They believe that people should be able to do whatever they like as long as it does not hurt anyone else. Yet, the majo...

Kama Sutra and Modernity

should be respected. While it appears that the religious book is the brunt of jokes and disrespect in a world looking for interest...

Pressfield's Gates of Fire

the often did not take part in battles. It was assumed that the homefront was theirs to protect while the men moved forward. As...

Evolution of Modern Art and the Influence of Impressionism

(1899, oil on canvas, 211" x 33", Art Institute of Chicago). The objects in the painting, the bridge, flowers, water and trees hav...

Era Transitioning

400 years later and the great socialist "experiment" envisioned by Lenin and washed in blood by Stalin. Catherine the Great...

U.S. Modern Dance History

skirt of transparent silk, being back-lit would produce dramatic shapes of light through the skirt (Eley, 2002d). She created her ...

Choreographers Charles Weidman and Alvin Ailey

which included Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman (Beginnings of Modern Dance, 2004). By the end of the 1920s, th...

Corporations and Learning Organizations

that embodies all of the characteristics of a learning organisation has not prevented the continual attempts to create that organi...

Workplace Creativity

to a lack of creativity as it is not a requirement for progress and does not generally gain any social or political advantage in a...

Aesthetics Definition and Modernism

such as slavery, racism, imperialism and World War I (Lavender, 2000). Modernists, in contrast to the Victorians, focused on human...

Sights and Culture of the Pow Wow

this perspective the pow wow evolved in accordance with trade needs. Native peoples and those Europeans that had invaded their la...

Post 1945 Program Houses and Architecture of Southern California

architecture include a number of architects that could be said to included modernists, post-modernists and deconstructionists such...

Society of the Modern and Postmodern Eras and Media's Role

and otherwise -- and that rational planning, technology and social manipulation would "engineer the perfect society" (Veith, 1995)...

A Mock-Autobiography of Carl Jung

was always important within my family, and therefore my father taught me Latin and many ancient languages (Bair 2003). School bor...

Artists and Critics of Modern Primitive Art

because it is not well understood and is usually treated simplistically. African art in the modern vein is all too often subject t...

Contemporary Christian Art

elicited feelings causing you to draw closer to God, to give Him His due praise? And, yes, do you believe that the Spirit can use ...