Anarchism

To what extent are there contradictions within liberalism? (45) Liberalism is an ideology which places its main focus on individualism: the belief in the utmost importance of the individual over any social group or collective body. A key tenet within liberalism is that of universalism, the belief that a person is worth one and no more than one. This, coupled with the belief that humans are innately rational beings, encourages a tolerant, diverse society which focuses on maintaining social…

Daoism Background Daoism is a religion system that began in China. It started around 200 and 300 B.C. Lao Tzu is said to be the founder of Daoism. There is actually some debate on whether Taoism has a founder, or whether Lao Tzu was a real person (BBC 2014). Daoism is also called Taoism. It is called Daoism because it most resembles the western pronunciation of the word. They follow the sacred text called The Tao-te-ching, which is only 5,000 words. Their sacred text represents the ideology of…

The economical, political and sociological movement known as Utopian Socialism appeared during the first years of the nineteenth century. It was fuelled by the Industrial Revolution’s decrease in living standards. The poor were mostly affected by the consequences of specialisation. Industrialisation destroyed labourers’ traditional way of life. For most, life became monotonous and working conditions hard. The working class engaged in riots and rebellions throughout the first half of the…

Societies around the globe are experiencing an overwhelming wave of urban growth; it is this urbanization that allows for the modern world to undergo such an extensive demographic transition as cities become the core of our future. In his best-selling novel, Planet of Slums, Mike Davis highlights one key obstacle of urban success: the uprise of the informal working class, more commonly known as the slums. Firstly, Davis analyzes how slums have caused four main macroscale shifts between societies…

Professor Harris Composition II (1002-40615) 3 October 2014 Where’s the Improvement? It is almost impossible to abide by any motto set by humans because humans are given choices, and choices are associated with emotions and feelings whether they are realized or not. Granted the option of choice, sometimes people do not select the best judgments. This is the flawed and imperfect nature within humans. We can learn from these flaws to avoid future blunders; however, racial profiling is a trend…

In one of his most famous works ever, Aristotle describes rhetoric as being “concerned with such things as come, more or less, within the general ken of all men and belong to no definite science”. Rhetoric is such an important literary tool for two reasons: all men use it to some extent and it helps readers analyze other pieces of literature and art. This essay will discuss the latter reason. The art of persuasion has been applied to three different works of literature: We Need Gun Control to…

The Identity of America: Czolgosz Inadvertent Gift The concept of identity is an excessively fragile one and one with which all people struggle at some point in their lives. This fragility with regards to age is also prevalent when applied to nations, particularly the United States at the turn of the twentieth century during the time of William McKinley’s presidency. As is evident in Eric Rauchway’s book, Murdering McKinley: The Making of Theodore Roosevelt’s America, this fragility became…

The question has been possed too many, "Who's the most oppressed group among race, class, and gender?" This conversation continues to make us a more divided nation than we've ever been. Hierarchy of oppression is a system that ranks oppression(s) according to negative effects and cruelly experienced by the oppressed. It's a way where we clearly see the dominance and subordinates of a group as it relates to race, class, and gender. However, there are many criticisms and critiques of the hierarchy…

For my Final Major Project, I have chosen to look at the theme 'Outcasts'. This is because of the broad range of themes, historical events and movements that can be linked to this. Outcasts can also include subcultures as they act as a form of counterculture against the mainstream society making those who choose to be a part of it an outcast. Typically, 'outcast' is a term used for someone or a group of people who have been ostracised from mainstream society. This links to prejudice towards…

Often called the weakest branch of the government, the Supreme Court suffers from a flaw in its own design, that being, justices are appointed and not voted in, an autocracy on the bench. Like the majority of what has been taught in this class and more specifically mentioned in Dr. Parenti’s book is overarching story of racism, misogyny and other characteristics of class warfare carried out by white, male capitalists. What makes the Supreme Court different is not their connections to the…