History of ideas

Maya Angelou, a renowned American poet once said ‘We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated’. Being a poet of African descent, she was able to manifest this in her poems by making a connection to Africa and its history. Similarly, David Diop, a contemporary of Angelou was of African descent but he was born and raised in France. Even so, he spent a significant amount of time in West Africa which helped him connect with his mother nation. His works were mainly on political…

lesson as the student fills out a work sheet such as guided notes. Direct instruction Teacher directed learning can be from teaching a lesson while having some aid from the background example would be a smart board or PowerPoint Behaviorist theory idea that students need of practice true of skills Introducing a skill or concept While using Direct Instruction I as a teacher could use a Visual such a PowerPoint or any other Visual aid that the class…

militaristic city that focused heavily on gaining more land and power for their city and for Greece. They required that all men join the military and help during wars. Sparta was known more as a laid back city that did worried about working with foreign ideas. One of the better things about Sparta beside their overwhelming army was that they gave women an education. Athens was quite opposite from Sparta because they did not require that men join the military. They also did…

The Charlie Hebdo Shooting through Carl Schmitt Carl Schmitt, a 20th century German philosopher has many interesting claims and ideas in his essay The Concept of the Political. In his essay, Schmitt explains the concept of the political and its difference from the other “endeavors of human thought and action” (Schmitt 25) and his views on the ideals of the enlightenment. Schmitt, in his essay The Concept of the Political takes the time to define for us the concept of the political. While…

definition of Intellectual Property Rights is an invention created from a person or company’s idea which is then patented for the legal rights to the concept. The apex of the amalgamation of Intellectual Property Rights and the global south is during a September 1986 meeting with the GATT member states in Punta del Este, Uruguay. The Quad (United States, Europe, Canada, and Japan) wanted to push an idea during the eight round of discussions that, “to preserve as much as possible their…

“We depend on our surroundings obliquely to embody the moods and ideas we respect and then to remind us of them.” We are too easily adapted to the surrounding environment and it is through our experiences and the conditions that we grew up in and living in today that depend our thoughts and ideals. Thus, environments are not merely a place that we occupy. It could possibly be a place of where our inspirations, imagination or creativity occur. So how could we shape our surroundings to expand…

Paul Gustave Marie Camille Hazard, born August 30th, the year of 1878 was a French educator, a historian of ideas, and a scholar of comparative literature. The Crisis of the European Mind, which is written by Hazard, is filled with intellectual history that gives the synopsis of the creation of Modern Europe. Hazard’s book takes a look at the transition from the old world to the new world, new developments such as science, arts, and philosophy, and how characters such as Pierre Bayle and John…

The theory of innateness is a philosophical concept developed to explain how human beings are born with certain ideas that lead to knowledge. However, in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, John Locke claims that there is not satisfactory evidence to support this theory. In the first book of the Essay, Locke challenges the general assumption that the human mind innately possesses the basic truths thought necessary for the possibility of knowledge. Contrary to the widely held belief of…

discussed in class the concept of ideology is simple, it is seen as a set of ideas and assumptions or premises that aim particularly to reinforce a dominant social order, which can also be seen as the power of a dominant social group. The quote on page 7 in lecture captures this perfectly, “To study ideology is to study how ideas and power intersect.” Ideology is seen as most dominant when there is a set of certain ideas that will particularly catch the interest of an elite group, as it is…

“The Bluest Eyes”, written by Toni Morrison, is a novel about young African American girls as they struggle with self identification and self love. This story talks about their constant battles with society's standards, and how they must overcome different forms of adversity. Throughout the novel there is the constant theme of beauty, and how beauty plays a major role on the lives of those young girls. Beauty, and its many different effects on people's’ lives can be seen through literary…