Linguistic diversity in Europe: Strength or weakness?

Philosophy & literature   |   Linguistics   |   Case study   |   05/17/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «In 1919, after many debates, the British Prime Minister David Lloyd George concluded that the Versailles treaty would be written both in French and English. Since then, English has imposed itself in diplomacy, economic exchanges, Medias and so on....»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Preserving the European linguistic diversity . The recognition of twenty three official languages by the European Union . The unification of languages. Conclusion. Bibliography....»

Karen E. Smith "European Union Foreign Policy in a Changing World"

Political science   |   European union   |   Book review   |   05/17/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «European Union Foreign Policy in a Changing World provides a clear introduction to the complexities of the contemporary European Union foreign policy, and offers a comprehensive and a distinctive perspective on the nature of the European Union's...»

Synopsis abstract : «General overview. The promotion of human rights and the promotion of democracy and good governance . Political conditionality . Diplomatic instruments . Conclusion and criticism....»

Robert Kagan, "Of Paradise and Power, America and Europe in the New World Order"

Political science   |   Political science   |   Book review   |   05/17/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Robert Kagan's Of Paradise and Power was published in January 2003. The book is in fact an extension of the author's article "Power and Weakness" which appeared in the Policy Review in June 2002. In his book, Kagan presents a very interesting point...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Europe's safety after World War 2. Kagan's objective . Change in position in international stage. Kagan's thesis about the disparity of power between Europe and America . The US and European foreign policies in recent years. The...»

Incidents in the life of a slave girl, by Harriet Jacobs

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Book review   |   05/17/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «The novel Incidents in the life of a slave girl is an autobiography written by Harriet Jacobs in 1861. In this book, she relates various events of the life she had when she was a slave in South Carolina. She confides in the reader and gives details...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. A bildungsroman. The narrative of a life. Formation. The character confronted with her environment. A female narrative . The slave life through the prism of a woman's eyes. The maternal instinct. The relation between the author, the...»

More than they bargained for

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Term papers   |   05/18/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «The process of maturation from childhood to adulthood, or "coming-of-age," is a unique experience that often shapes the way that an adult will conduct his or her life in the future. In literature, a Bildungsroman outlines the transformational...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The course of Persepolis . Loss of innocence. The contradiction in the story. The violence surrounding the revolution . The change in Satrapi's responses . Guevara's later experiences with the poor . Further connections made by Guevara...»

The religion card

Philosophy & literature   |   Linguistics   |   Term papers   |   05/18/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Marx's theory of the trajectory of the dialectic relationship between the bourgeoisie and proletariat argues that internal homogeneity within each class is a crucial prerequisite to class action/revolution. This is because internal homogeneity gives...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Marx's view on religion. Analysis of The Communist Manifesto. The situation in the Protestant Church. The success of religion as the vehicle for fueling division . Religion as a force to maintain hope and...»

Religious analysis of death

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   05/19/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Many controversies arise from the interaction between human ideas and religious thought. One of the issues that create much confusion among religious scholars, as well as the average man has been death. Since it is believed that there is no...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Opinion concerning what happens to the spirit after physical death. The Buddhists . The hippocratic oath. Euthanasia. The Anglican Church and euthanasia. Eastern religions and euthanasia. Conclusion....»

A fractured fluency: Amy hempel's exploration of grief

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   05/21/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Amy Hempel's story "The Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried" appears to be a bleak depiction of human selfishness and avoidance in the face of death. A woman visits her dying friend in hospital, but instead of staying to offer comfort, she departs...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Understanding the character. The long absence of the character. Analysis of narrator's struggle between grief and fear. Conclusion. Bibliography....»

The Origins of Freemasonry

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   05/22/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «Freemasons have been a focus of interest for centuries, partly because of their secrecy, and partly because they have been linked to esoteric and secret knowledge. One of the most common questions asked about Freemasonry is, how did it begin? It may...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Operative masons and freemasonry. Freemasons and the Knights Templar. Origins of the Knights Templar. Beyond the Holy Land. Templars and Freemasons. Metaphysical thought in Europe. Conclusion. Bibliogra...»

The making of a saint: the early life of Mother Teresa

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Term papers   |   05/22/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Of all the modern people canonized as saints by the Roman Catholic Church, Mother Teresa was the most famous. She was widely admired for her dedication and her charity and almost as widely criticized for her doctrinaire approach to religion. This...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Early life. Roman catholicism. A religious vocation. Life as a nun. Conclusion. Bibliography....»

Mary Magdalene in alternative Christian texts

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Term papers   |   05/22/2009   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : «The most common portrayal of Mary Magdalene has been as a prostitute, though even the Roman Catholic Church, which invented that story, has conceded that it is not true. The second most common portrayal of her has been as the woman who was present...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Nature of the texts. Patterns in the texts. Favored disciple. Peter and Mary Magdalene. A group of women. Alternative texts. The Gospel of Thomas. The Gospel of Mary. The Gospel of Philip. The Pistas Sophia. The Sophia of Jesus...»

Victorian Gothic literature

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Term papers   |   05/28/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «All was dark and silent, the black shadows thrown by the moonlight seeming full of a silent mystery of their own. Not a thing seemed to be stirring, but all to be grim and fixed as death or fate; so that a thin streak of white mist, that crept with...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Dracula: Bram Stoker. Wuthering Heights: Emily Bronte. The Picture of Dorian Gray: Oscar Wilde. Frankenstein: Mary Shelley . Jane Eyre: Charlotte Bronte. Conclusion. Bibliography....»

Imagination and Self-Transformation in Puig's El beso del la mujer araña

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Term papers   |   05/28/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «One of the first things to strike a reader of Mañuel Puig's El beso de la mujer araña is its narrative, or rather, textual structure. The novel is composed of numerous different discourses, including film narrations, footnotes, surveillance...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Imagination as impetus: Three key scenes . Cinema, imagination and love: A relative analysis. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography ....»

The anti-apocalyptic Markan community

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Theses   |   05/31/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «Apocalyptic literature often is ignored when constructing theology and ethics. Theologians and ethicists ignore scriptural images of otherworldly beasts and supernatural beings. Prophesy of cosmic suffering and references to apocalyptic literature...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The return of Jesus as the son of man. Jesus the revelator. Ethical exhortation through revelation. Conclusion. Bibliography....»

Apocalyptic rhetoric and its effect on religious identity

Political science   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   05/31/2009   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : «Apocalypticism offers a unique rhetoric of violence. Israelite people experienced violence and domination for centuries under the control of Persians, Greeks, Selucids, Ptolemies, and Roman rulers. Israelite identity was challenged under these...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Functional definitions of apocalypticism . The symbolic practices. The question of evil in apocalyptic texts. The temple in apocalyptic text. The similitudes of Enoch . The law in apocalyptic literature. Judgment in apocalyptic...»

Phallocracy in Alan Moore's "From Hell"

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   05/31/2009   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «Alan Moore offers a diagnosis of reality that portrays misogyny, homophobia, racism, classism, and governmental tyranny as demonic forces. Moore uses the graphic narrative medium as a means to communicate the demonic nature of these systems of...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Douglas Wolk's description . Performance of the narrative. Strengthening the phallocracy. Apotheosis of man. Conclusion. Bibliography....»

Construction and development of anthropology

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   06/02/2009   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : «Often times, especially in ideological disciplines, there is a great gap between theory and practice. Not all theories apply to lived experiences and not all lived experiences can be summarized in theories. Nevertheless, this paper seeks to...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Brief origin and history of anthropological theory . The reasons for not being able to study social life objectively . Challenges to classical anthropology. The rational mind . The primitive mind . Classic ethnographies. Reinventing...»

Historical analysis of the Shakers

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   06/02/2009   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «The early Shaker belief system rested on an understanding that Christ's second coming had arrived. The founder of the sect, Mother Ann Lee, experienced a mystic vision of Christ while imprisoned. This vision was of the Christ and his church on...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The proof of the second coming and Shakers belief. Hymns displayed imagery of Ann Lee . Narrative history of experience in America. The efforts of popular revivalism and enthusiast religion . Strengths and legacy of Shaker...»

The versatility of Islam

Political science   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   06/04/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «The technique of reproduction detaches the reproduced object from the domain of tradition. By making many reproductions it substitutes a plurality of copies for a unique existence. And in permitting the reproduction to meet the beholder or listener...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Hegemonic western discourses . Fundamental to the understanding of Starrett's statement. Islamic education . Islamic teachings . The sections on religious hierarchy . The idea of performativity. The social function of combating...»

Fitzgerald and Borges: The desire for the absolute

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Term papers   |   06/04/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Jorge Luis Borges’s “El Aleph” can be said to share a structural framework or paradigm which takes the form of a paradox. This paradox concerns the fact that desire is at once...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The Great Gatsby. Borges and 'El Aleph'. Conclusion. Bibliography....»

A review of Tom Perrotta's The Abstinence Teacher

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   06/08/2009   |   .doc   |   11 pages
Document abstract : «Tom Perrotta, the reigning bard of American suburbia, can inspire compassion for the most unlikely of subjects. In Election, he humanizes heartless, bitchy Tracy; in Little Children, he measures out kindnesses to Larry the violent racist as well as...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The unexpected battleground of a soccer field . Stonewood heights culture war. The oral sex lady . Comparison with the Little Children novel. The Puritan repression of sexual desire. Representation of evangelical culture. Carrie's...»

The decay of magic: Karen Tei Yamashita's postmodern fable

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   06/09/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «In her satirical, surreal debut novel Through the Arc of the Rainforest, Karen Tei Yamashita asks us to believe in magic. She puts forth five original miracles at the beginning of the story: a lucky man named Kazumasa who happens to have a sentient...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The magic-commodity-death pattern . The role of chance. Relevance of magic in the post modern world. Forms of destruction of magic. The apocalyptic symphony . Devaluation of postmodern excess. The function of Chico Paco's radio...»

Magic Tricks

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Term papers   |   06/09/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «So what, I thought? It was really quite a simple move. When standing in the magic shop, among a group of thirty teenage magicians, their fathers, and the Director of the Society of Young Magicians, there are only two ways to categorize the miniature...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The magical tricks. The aesthetic deceptions in magic . The optical illusions in a science exhibition. The sixth sense and illusions. Conclusion. Bibliography....»

Pay a ticket, value life: Theories of drama in our town

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Term papers   |   06/09/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «Thorton Wilder's Our Town remains a classic work of existential ideas and American theater because of its universality. While the play does take place specifically in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, this specific small-town life is a metaphor not...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The dramatic theory behind the plot . Real characters in different points of life. The Aristotelian traits . The Artaudian influences . Conclusion. Bibliography....»

Sufficient to have stood: Temptation in Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained and Perelandra

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Term papers   |   06/09/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «Original sin has a curious, irresolute connection to human freedom. God’s fundamental gifts to His children—reason, imagination, free will—are the very things that give men the desire to sin as well as the ability to resist. This...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Understanding the mechanics of temptation. The demonic suggestion of entitlement. Identifying the moment of Jesus's temptation. Competition in Eve's fall. The device of exploiting just hierarchy against Jesus Christ . The temptations...»

Dialectical inquiry and the divided line

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Term papers   |   06/09/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «In Republic, Plato (using Socrates as a literary mouthpiece) examines the nature of justice and describes the ideal city as being ruled by philosopher-kings. In Books VI and VII, the philosophers engage in a discussion of the qualities of true...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The dialectical method of inquiry . Description of the epistemological and metaphysical journey of a philosopher. The levels of understanding . Plato's Allegory of the Cave. Conclusion . Works cited....»

Aristotle's teleology and the doctrine of the four causes

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   06/09/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «In Aristotle's Physics, he presents his teleological theory of nature as comprised of changing materials which are to be understood in terms of the factors that brought them about, particularly their final causes (i.e. the function that they...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The standard for scientific knowledge. Overcoming the problem faced by previous philosophers . Proposing the conception of reality. The first level of explanation. Aristotle's four causes . Conclusion. Works cited....»

The hobbesian state of nature: A prisoner's dilemma?

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   06/10/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «In his 1651 work Leviathan, English philosopher Thomas Hobbes argues in favor of a societal structure in which individuals must waive a portion of their natural rights to an “artificial man” in order to avoid battling with each other....»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The formation of commonwealths . The discrete entities of the world . Arguments for an empiricist epistemology and ontology. Physical and psychological stress. Hobbes's War of All against All. The crux of Gregory Kavka's criticism...»

Hobbes's account of religion/nationalism and terror management theory

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   06/10/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «Throughout Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes makes repeated reference to the primacy of human consciousness in provoking individuals to subject themselves to the rule of a sovereign. Specifically, the ability to conceptualize oneself as a discrete entity...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Cancer treatments. Hobbes and the terror management theories. Religious belief. The role of death . Interesting problem for the sovereign . Conclusion. Works cited....»

Evil: Destroying from within

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Term papers   |   06/15/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «American literature in the nineteenth century was a journey in exploration of previously hidden aspects of the human psyche and this involved surpassing the boundaries of regular fiction to mystery and fantasy. Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The idea of every man being inherently both good and evil. Poe's description of the settings. Two spiritual mentors . The main reason for Goodman Brown's strong resistance . The tenor of the words . The inherent qualities of...»

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