Decadence and Modernity

Arts & media   |   Arts and art history   |   Presentation   |   07/20/2008   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : «Decadence and Modernity The Decadent movement, located in France and in England during the late 19th century, can most basically be described as a stylistic ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Decadence and anarchism.. The movement of Naturalism.. Romanticism and how it links the spiritual and the natural.. The connection between decadence, subculture, and politics.. Themes of death and decay in Baudelaire.. Mortality and degeneration in...»

Discuss the portrayal of city life in a group of works

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : « seedier side of Parisians cafes life, with alcoholism and decadence, and the Public places like train stations, showing modernity, markets or even monuments ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Landscapes and countryside paintings before 1850.. Portrayal of streets showing the modernization of cities.. Parties scenes as very common topic.. the topic of art and its omnipresence.. The places and the activities...»

Dr. Seward's blind rationalism in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897)

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : « author s ironic attitude toward Seward is not a rejection of modernity and science He is English and Therefore Adventurous : Politics, Decadence, and Dracula. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Abstract.. Introduction.. Evidence paragraphs.. Seward as the radically modern scientist.. Irony in Seward's portrayal.. Van Helsing's Criticism of Seward's Blind Materialism.. Seward's rejection of Van Helsing's theories.. Consequences of Seward's...»

The historical specificity and contemporary relevance of the concept of race

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « Defended by liberals and great scientists who believed in progress and modernity and who same time, the depravity of the lower classes and the decadence of the ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The pre-enlightenment period.. The beginning of the nineteenth century.. The definition of race in post-enlightenment society.. The process of building nationhood.. Supporting political democracy and individual rights.. Reconciling...»

Cultural relativism or universalism ? An essay in political ethics

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : « Individual values thus bring decadence to the developed Western world. thinkers, but their spreading is a consequence of economic modernity rather than the ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Cultural relativism versus universalism: The human rights debate.. Cultural relativism and empirical considerations.. The moral justification underlying relativist claims.. Another conclusion to Walzer's argument.. The Asian...»

Is there a meaningful way in which we can talk about global citizenship in the contemporary context?

Social studies   |   Sociology   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : « both cases, Stoicism appeared in a context of decadence when both the double challenge of diversity (immigration, multiculturalism) and modernity (globalisation ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The actual and cumulative process of globalisation.. The context of globalisation and a new sphere for political theory.. The very meaning of 'global citizenship'.. A real philosophical and political concept?. Plato and Aristotle's...»

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