Fundamentalism

The word ‘anarchy’comes from the Greek anarkhia, which literally means contrary to authority or without a ruler (Ward 2004, P 1). Anarchist ideology disregards any type of political authority and considers authority in shape of state as both evil and unnecessary (Heywood 2007, P 175). Personal (of an individual) autonomy is the central theme of the ideology, for which anarchists have long advocated a stateless society. As they consider state as a coercive authority with intrudes in the personal…

Children of Dust by Ali Eteraz allows every reader a very intimate understanding of one Pakistani man’s upbringing under the veil of Islam. He provides a unique perspective when telling the story of growing up in a Muslim family that fundamentally believed Allah to be a prodigious leader of Islam. Even though his adolescent years were spent growing up in the “Bible Belt” of the United States, retained his identity; believing he had been given a great responsibility years before he was even born.…

Mehta’s unique exposure to Indian culture throughout her childhood and her immigration to Canada enriches the breadth of her knowledge and experiences. Mehta’s successful hybridizing of Indian and “Canadian” culture is representative of the Canadian fundamentalism of a cultural mosaic. The film (and others) did receive mix reviews. However,…

The Partition of India in 1947 was one of the most horrific events of decolonization in the 20th century, bringing death, rape and plunder in its wake. The agony of partition has reverberated in literature in various India Languages in as many ways as the writers themselves.BapsiSidhwa’s Ice Candy Man offers intimate glimpse into the events leading to the division of the country from the point of view of a young Parsee girl living in the city of Lahore after the birth of Pakistan. Ice Candy Man…

It is important to note that Rowling lets Harry make mistakes and succumb to the temptation of using the Unforgivable Curses. The key to this honest understanding of how and why Harry makes his decisions comes from Rowling’s ability to create believable situations where Harry makes the believable choice, as Lana A. Whited and M. Katherine Grimes describe in “What Would Harry Do? J.K. Rowling and Lawrence Kohlberg’s Theories of Moral Development”: “Although Harry’s dilemmas involve creatures and…

Unifying doctrines are an authoritative response to the chaotic storms of controversy created by heterodoxy. A Heterodoxy, (literally meaning ‘different’ doctrine) is a doctrine that deviates from the norm. Heterodoxy operates in dichotomy to Orthodoxy, which are the generally accepted ideals of a society (normative values). It also describes doctrines of competing truths, thesis’ and anti-thesis’. Society in its base form is a group of individuals that interact but have different values and…

Nolite te bastardes carborandorum. (Atwood 52) The 1970s-1980s were a time all about making statements, such as the preceding butchery of Latin. It was a time of “changing authority and governments, and culture, values, and technology” (Zuhlke). It seemed that there were “te bastardes” and there was you, with hardly any in between, and communication could only be made between the two through large symbolic actions. Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel was no exception. But to whom was Atwood making…

When we look back at individuals that are commonly known to have shaped the course of history, we often think of grand names of political leaders and conquerors such as Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, etc. It is easy to map out the differences they have made in the world because they are usually physical, actually altered geographical borders. However, we often fail to acknowledge the effect that lesser known names have had on the history of mankind, through ideas and…

District 9 and The Globalism District 9 is a movie described an extraterrestrial race landed on the Earth, which created tons of social, economic and ethical conflicts. The pivotal role is Wikus Van De Merwe, who is an agent accidently exposure to the alien biotechnology and becomes the only person who perfectly combined the alien genes and human’s. In this film, the settings are creative, the aliens become the disadvantaged party due to illness, and human beings become the privileged party who…

In the last round of Groves debate tournament, the topic of the session was global warming and green energy. Having encountered the case multiple times prior, with a multitude of credible evidence cards, I was confident in my argument against the validity of anthropogenic global warming. However, after the two hour long round concluded, the judge declared that the negative, our team, had lost. Dumbfounded, I inquired for the reason for our defeat. The judge, in a disgusted expression, exclaimed…