The European identity issue: what most determines the European "we feeling"?

Political science   |   European union   |   Presentation   |   11/29/2006   |   .doc   |   11 pages
Document abstract : « identities emerged essentially through the influence of the myth of national least strongly correlated with the degree of knowledge of European symbols such as ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Constitutional patriotism . Literature. Model. Data. Results. Symbols and iconography. Literature. Model. Data. Results. The constitutive other . Literature. Model. Data. Res...»

Class and ethnicity in Costa Rica: The Afro-Antillean case

Social studies   |   Sociology   |   Presentation   |   08/04/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « skinned portraits and to import only European culture, mid As a result of the myth of racial purity in favour of Hispanic values and prestige symbols) when they ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Costa Rica's history.. The popular concept of 'the great white myth'.. Blacks in Costa Rica.. Atlantic coast clashes between Hispanics and Afro-Antilleans.. Black policies of the 1930's-1940's.....»

Australian culture, between complex and suspicion?

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : « Whereas European countries have gone through a multi First, Australians have created myths and symbols likely to is a clear difference between myth and reality. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The Ern Malley affair.. Reasons why the Australian culture is fragile.. Australians and the British achievements.. Cultural intelligentsia.. Australian myths.. The process of identity building.. Conclusion.....»

"No artist tolerates reality" - Nietzsche. To what extend is this true in the work of Yeats and Eliot?

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : « in Wasteland Eliot mentions the Greek myth of Philomel Modernist technique of using complex symbols to express in ideograms, which, for a European reader, look ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Modernism as a movement which aimed to reject the nineteenth century traditions.. The work of Yeats and Eliot.. The reasons why they had to accept reality.. Conclusion.. Bibliography.....»

"It is nationalism which engenders nations, and not the other way round"

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : « selves, to exalt German medieval symbols and folklores the existence of a European nation , based on Nationalism since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality, Cambridge ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. How a modern conception of the nation has emerged.. Was Ancien Regime France a nation-state?. A 'process of destabilization'.. Did nationalism engender the French nation? . Western European societies evolution into an age of...»

Current Polish foreign policy towards Poland's eastern neighbour states: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine (October 2004 - February 2005)

Political science   |   International relations   |   Presentation   |   01/16/2009   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : « with a referendum reintroducing Soviet-era symbols as well as Here appears a need for a European cooperation and Rotfeld : « Finally, the myth has been ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Ukraine: The Orange revolution, a great opportunity for Poland to take the lead in the region.. Main features of Polish-Ukrainians relations since 1991.. The Orange Revolution and the Polish involvement.. The Orange Revolution's bitter...»

The United States and its perceptions of Canada and Mexico

Social studies   |   Sociology   |   Presentation   |   01/22/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : « way people like to wave flags as symbols of something More clearly: European means a person from Europe while 2). A concern with any nationalist myth is that it ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. American perception of Mexico.. The arguments and value in cultural discourse.. Poor conditions of immigrant labor.. Present immigration policy.. Immigration policy and border security.. A purely technical solution for a social...»

On the way to a successful integration on a US Campus. How can a French student succeed his integration?

Social studies   |   Educational studies   |   Presentation   |   01/16/2009   |   .doc   |   23 pages
Document abstract : « in the United States is a myth for a and think differently in a given situation: symbols (languages, words also more sensitive to charity than European people. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. What authors say.. Theoretical essays.. Novels and articles.. Case study: What we found out.. Our analysis methods.. Our results.. Conclusion.. Appendix.....»

The Many Faces of Michel Foucault: An Analysis of the Evolution of his Conception of Identity Formation in the Modern World Through his Life and Works

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Presentation   |   02/18/2008   |   .doc   |   20 pages
Document abstract : « of technology; in terms of production, symbols and meanings which he usually sited as political myth and praised modernize Islamic countries in a European mode. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Paul Rabinow's model for viewing the shift in Foucault's work. The influence of Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morals Foucault. Foucault's move through Discipline and Punish. His assessment of punishment. Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon and...»

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