Authoritarianism

Some of the most profound and powerful documentaries have come from traumatised communities telling stories of heartbreak, loss and devastating experiences. Patricio Guzman, known for his political documentaries ‘The battle of Chile’ and ‘The Pinochet Case’ travels to the Atacama Desert, for his film Nostalgia for the light. The radiant sky above attracts astronomers from around the globe to the coast of Chile, peering into the outer reaches of the universe. But the Atacama holds a darker and…

This movie is based on an autobiography of Nelson Mandela. Mandela is a lawyer from South Africa. In the 1940s, when the law under the Apartheid systems cruel authoritarianism proves useless for his nation, he joins the African National Congress (ANC). They did a lot of preaching and protesting. He wanted everybody no matter the race to all be treated the same and all have equal rights. But what was happening was blacks were being separated from the whites. The whites were taking over the…

The final and most important reason why Puerto Rico should become a state is the disadvantages Puerto Ricans have remaining as a Commonwealth of the United States. Ever since Puerto Ricans have become citizens in 1917, their right to vote has been repeatedly rejected by Congress (Roman 1). This type of rule can be easily compared to the monarchy that ruled Britain in 1776, Puerto Ricans representing the exploited Colonists. The Federal District Court of Puerto Rico had ruled that Puerto Ricans…

An arms race is a race to accumulate instruments of military power by rival states during times of peace. The idea in an arms race is to control the actions of the opposition. This creates a very unusual way to strategize during near war times. The near war times referred to here are the years of the Cold War between the Untied States and the Soviet Union. Tensions were high between the two countries, from the time in 1945, when the Soviets blocked the Polish government-in-exile in London from…

Thomas Bouchard, a former American psychologist of the University of Minnesota, is considered to be one of the most influential researchers of the century due to his numerous experiments involving identical twins separated at birth, as well as his striking discoveries regarding adoptees and biological parents. Some of his surprising discoveries have sparked debate and controversy among a number of different psychologists, but, nonetheless, have proven the personality traits among twins to be…

position, or had many chances to exercise power.’’ (Gauntlett, D. ‘Foucault on Power’,p128,2008)Bills deemed as suitable by the government was passed, regardless of whether or not it benefited the target audience. It has the tendency to veer towards authoritarianism, where power tends to be centralized. The community is rendered helpless. The traditional view of power is more valid to examine Singapore. It varies from country to country and Foucault’s view is therefore limited by different…

Analytical Essay Lord of The Flies by William Golding was composed as a response to the disconcerting events the author witnessed during World War II. The microcosmic island strips a band of schoolboys of their amicable façades, while divulging their primitive temperaments unbeknownst to even them. Writing in an extended metaphor, this situation unleashes an uncensored vulgarity. In accordance with the Freudian Theory, each individual undertakes a concept far grander than themselves. True…

In The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, Ruth Benedict paints a vivid picture of the Japanese thought process and their pattern of behavior. At a time when the United States was grappling with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the author was commissioned by the war department to conduct a study on the Japanese society and culture so as to familiarize the military with its enemy. However, unable to carry out her ethnography project using field work, Benedict uses “culture at a distance”, a sort of…

Syria in March 2011, over 400,000 men, women, and children have lost their lives, and millions more have been displaced (Straightforward Answers to Basic Questions About Syria’s War). For many years, Syrians have been begging for a turn from authoritarianism to democracy. In 2011, a group of teenage boys became the spark of a revolution. On February 15, 2011, four boys from the biggest families of Daraa spray painted “Your turn doctor” on their school wall, insinuating that Syrian President and…

In the article titled Social Justice and Sociology: Agendas for the Twenty- First Century, the author Joe R Feagin discusses the downside of a capitalistic world. In this article he explains four ways in which capitalism is hurting us on the global scale and in the end Feagin gives us an agenda on how we could possible make changes for our societies system of capitalism by bringing social justice back to the center of focus. Feagin’s first point is about the amount of social injustice in…