Abdication

the agony of the military defeat of World War I and Social Revolution, Chancellor Prince Max von Baden declared that the Emperor of Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm II, had abdicated- “The Kaiser and King has decided to renounce the throne.”. Ensuing the abdication of the Kaiser, the Social Democrats of the Reichstag assumed control of the government, proclaiming the Republic in an effort to restore Germany- “The old and rotten, the monarchy has collapsed. The new may live. Long live the German…

The connotation of revolutions very often evokes a sense of rebirth, a political reconstruction of a fallen system. While there is very little misunderstanding of the destruction that comes with the upheaval of a previous system, such violence is typically tolerated in the hopes that a superior regime will replace the one that had once been. Such was the goal of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 within Russia, a previous monarchal system to a believed better communist government. The world of…

Inscribing the Enlightenment: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the Community of Readers With Frankenstein (1818), Mary Shelley intended to titillate and terrify a readership for whom nothing could be more terrifying than science run amok (Villasenor 4). For most of her audience; God, the Church, the Devil, and the Bible held sway over neither their consciences nor their nightmares any longer. Yet the newly secularized societies of Europe had not lost their fear of the dark; they had simply…

As technology advances, new ethical challenges often arise. While our world is constantly evolving and presenting new ethical challenges, technology presents a special problem because the pace of the changes it introduces is so rapid. There is no time to gain true perspective; new technology suddenly materializes and society must decide how to react. It is very difficult to predict when technological breakthroughs will suddenly introduce new ethical challenges to humanity. In 1997, experts…

The landscape that Europe was met with after the cataclysmic events of World War I was essential in both formulating emerging ideological movements and restructuring past ideas. Fascism would emerge as a tool, especially in ensuing international conflicts in the 1940s, to assist leaders in manipulating domestic nationalist bases to spread homogenous ideas to minority groups through militant and authoritarian tactics. Communism during this period would only vaguely echo the mid-19th century…

‘Black Thursday,’ the day the US stock market crashed, resulted in a massive wave of ‘depression’ that swept through the world. As the US market failed, the US looked to other nations to repay their outstanding debts. As a result of the other nations’ inability to pay, the world economy became stagnant (BBC). With the Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s definition of a ‘depression’ as “a period of low general economic activity marked especially by rising levels of unemployment” one begins to…

Introduction: “When we think of a mother we think of a role model , comforter and a lover. Nowadays , most women’s vision and dream is to be a impressive mother , being someone their child and even witnesses , can look up to. There is different features of life describe motherhood. Traditions and civilization along with society impact the role of motherhood. In the society , if the mother is not mature enough to raise the child , a close female relative takes on the role of the…

Make a determination, based on both your definition of “Golden Age” and on evidence you gather about the social, political, environmental, cultural, and economic life of the period, as to whether it’s worthy of the name. Many civilizations in history have been noted as “Golden Ages” in reference to its remarkable production. The Guptas, for example, was a civilization of 320-540 A.D that is often noted by historians as a Golden Age that produced literature, art, and philosophy that was used…

Grigori Rasputin and the 1917 Russian Revolution One of the most significant events of Russian history was the 1917 Revolution. Predating the revolution, Russia was formed of a hierarchy society consisting of four piers; royalty, aristocracy, middle class and peasantry. After the 1917 Revolution, Russia was dismantled and transformed into the Soviet Union under the governance of the Communist Party. The Communist Party consisted of socialists with the objective to modernize their country-as…