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The Wealthy and American Criticism

"aggregate" was benefiting in this period, however, others were flailing desperately in the ever-deepening economic waters just tr...

Capitalism in the United States

Such action will surely prove destabilizing. American capitalism impacts consumerism and materialism in another way, by lulling A...

Jealousy and Materialism in Robert Browning's 'My Last Duchess'

a man who likes his possessions, being materialistic. It is almost as though we hear him telling us how he commissioned the most f...

Reasons for the Failure of Communism

due to implementation, and not that the ideal has failed, is something that is hard to prove. After all, it seems that it is easy ...

The Death of Ivan Ilyich as Tolstoy's Commentary on Materialism

exorbitant fees for consulting them. Thus, Tolstoy is indicating that materialism diverts the true calling of the professional, su...

Student Questions on Theory and History Answered

A paper consisting of ten pages and 3 sections answers various questions on French history, Karl Marx, and Jean Paul Sartre's hist...

'Science' of Marxism

much within the context of Marxs argument that is related to science. His emphasis on technology as well as his theory of historic...

Theory in International Relations and Marxism

ideas are not simply an alternative vision of the nature of international relations and world politics. They also present a wider ...

State Power and the Wrongness of Karl Marx's Assumption

that some have criticized as being associated with communist or socialist types of rule and Republicans want smaller government bu...

Materialism and Manhood in Lorraine Hansberry's Play A Raisin in the Sun

Idea of Manhood). And, unfortunately part of his belief in relationship to being a man involves the belief that he must be incredi...

History and the Philosophy of Karl Marx

It is further rather specific in that it notes particular parts of history which ultimately culminates in a state of communism (19...

Materialistic Philosophy Epicureanism

Epicureanism propounded a lifestyle...

Our Kind by Marvin Harris

an agricultural standpoint, it makes perfect sense. The farmer who slaughters and eats his cattle, including his oxen, cannot plow...

Communism and Karl Marx

In four pages this paper examines historical materialism in this discussion of Karl Marx's perspective of communism and its diffic...

Life and Concepts of Karl Marx

that created a chasm between the haves and the "have nots." With people working for the government, and each getting an equal stip...

Beck, Wright, Sowell, Berger, and Courtwright Idea Connection

attitudes and our approaches to society. With this simple illustration of Courtwrights work in mind we present similar ideas found...

Did Aristotle Value Politics Less Than Materialism and Feelings?

law, and politics" (Anonymous, 2001). According to Aristotelian conjecture, those who compromise their political morality do so i...

Capitalism and its Destruction

are therefore not revolutionary, but conservative." It does seem to be the case that for example the Republican party in the Unit...

Questions on Religion Answered

defined by the functional role of that state, rather than by proposed intrinsic features of that state. As this demonstrates, neit...

Materialism Does Not Motivate Spectacular Church Buildings

In seven pages this paper argues that magnificent contemporary church buildings are not representative of the materialist Christia...

American Dream and Materialism in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

society . . . profoundly agrees with Marxs great discovery that it is social rather than individual consciousness that determines ...

What is Real, Nonfoundationalism, Dualism, and Materialism

In five pages this report examines these concepts from the perspectives of Democritus, Rene Descartes, and Aristotle. Six sources...

Overview of Marxist Historical Materialism Theory

used his ideas as a springboard for their own. Marxs work which focuses primarily on this concept is Contribution of the Critique ...

Materialism, Idealism, Materialistic and Symbolic Anthropology

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares Clifford Geertz's The Interpretation of Cultures and Marshall David Sahlins' Stone ...

Dorothy Shaw and Lorelei Lee in the Film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

In seven pages the relationship between the film's two featured female characters are explored in terms of choices and situational...

Arthurian Legend in Bernard Cornwell's Excalibur A Novel of Arthur and John Boorman's Film Excalibur

The different Arthurian legend portrayals of this novel and film are contrasted and compared in eight pages. There are no other s...

The Assistant by Bernard Malamud

In six pages the social issues Malamud incorporated into his text are examined in terms of the ways in which it expresses how reli...

Bernard Malamud's Contemporary Fable The Magic Barrel

In a combination essay and research paper consisting of five pages the writer considers how the relationship tensions between the ...

Justice and Abortion According to Bernard Boxill and Ronald Dworkin

In ten pages the opinions contained within Boxill's Blacks and Social Justice and Dworkin's Life's Dominions are examined as they ...

Book and Movie Versions of The Natural by Bernard Malamud

stories in that it takes the form of the medieval morality play. In this discussion we will examine the contrast between the nove...