Egalitarianism

Homers’ epic, the Iliad, is the earliest written account of Greek warfare composed circa 750 BC. In his epic, Homer describes a style of warfare that, at first glance, appears to be alien to hoplite warfare that was present in the 5th-century BC. However, there is literary evidence in the Iliad that might contest that. Additionally, recent archaeological discoveries reinforce the idea that hoplite warfare may not be as clear cut as convention suggests. While Homeric and hoplite warfare may not…

Their goal was to bring egalitarianism to a land dominated by stratified classes where only those at the very top of the hierarchy held power. Anyone below that select group of individuals was considered worthless to society. It is important to observe that this fight for equality…

Since 1870, the concept of respectability has substantially changed. In the late nineteenth century, women were merely the “property” of their husbands or male partners. Women, specifically ones that were part of underrepresented groups were often sexually assaulted without any question by white men. Because of white supremacy, white men could often get away with their despicable actions. Women’s bodies were completely under their control. Numerous activists attempted to change this reality.…

World War II left a large majority of Europe divided, broken, and war-torn. Nazi Germany was defeated and dismantled yet much of Europe appeared the same way. Europe was forced to endure countless political, economic, and social challenges. The solution to many of these issues turned out to be the pact of peace, commonly misconceived as the welfare state. State intervention into the market economies was largely, and for the most part, accepted but not to the point of the Soviet Union’s standards…

Presented in a complex world, where the discrepancy between a righteous hero and an evil villain is often misconstrued, Alan Moore’s Watchmen does a brilliant job at portraying his sordid depiction of twentieth century life. Unlike most other comics Watchmen was based on realistic sexual activities and feelings, political situations, and a superheroes realistic effect on the world they live in. The book begins eight years after the Keene Act was passed, which was a law that outlawed all masked…

In the late 1700s, early 1800s, ballet, and classical music were iconic across the world. Ballet originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It is a very technical, rigid dance full with grace and intricate footwork. Its vocabulary is based in French and Italian, with a philosophy that is historically recognizable by almost all. Ballet requires years of training, which is often expensive. Most people who…

and poor physical and mental health. (Child Poverty Monitor, 2015). O’Brien, in Beddoe & Maidment (2009), suggests that there are six possible main causes of child poverty, which include the lack of advocacy and knowledge, decreasing support for egalitarianism, costs, dominance of market liberal values and the democratic process where children do not have a voice and a vote. This is why we need to think about policy initiatives that will address this social issue in order to tackle and reduce…

There are many cultural and structural explanations for prison growth in New Zealand such as penal populism, public disenchantment with the current government, public attitudes towards crime and harsher sentences, and lobby groups. There have also been important explanations in the form of neo liberalism, political structures and inequality. I will examine these explanations in my essay. These two perspectives could be combined as there is a lot of overlap between the two ideas and the two rely…

“You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.” These were the infamous words of Joseph Stalin, one of history’s most despised figures, regarding the events of the Soviet Revolution. Nevertheless, the context or man behind the quote do not take away from its significance. In his reference of the silk gloves, Stalin asserted that one cannot succeed in revolution without getting their hands dirty. The quotation portrays the imminence of the consequences that come with a revolution but also…

Economy is an important aspect of culture. Different society has different view and perception on economics such as consumption and object value. The hunting-gathering society is perceived to be traditional and poor. A research done by Sahlins (1972) shows that Hunting-gathering society is actually content with what they have and Gusinde (as cited by Riza Wahyuna, 17 January 2015) remarked that they consider tangible objects to be a burden. However, to modern societies, tangible objects are…