Ideology

A couple of months ago I transferred to Mercyhurst University. Not because I was unhappy at FSU Panamanian Campus, but because something drove me to do so. A year and a half after transferring colleges, I can assure you, that I have no idea whatsoever of what that "something" was. Several months later, I still ask myself if I made the right choice. How to know if transferring colleges was a right decision, or is a good decision to consider in the future, is something that can either remain…

Both Babel and The Constant Gardener demonstrate that people live in their own world, with that world’s circumstances, within a larger interconnected world. Both films show how characters are compromised by their circumstances and how these circumstances affect their experience of their world. The directors, Fernando Meirelles of The Constant Gardener, and Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu of Babel, highlight the points above by making specific directorial choices and using particular film techniques…

According to Jame Marcia, there are four different stages of identity that a person can align themselves with given a certain aspect of their life. The stages are diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium, and achievement. Diffusion is the state of having no clear idea of one’s identity and making no attempt to find it. foreclosure is the state of blindly accepting one’s identity and values that were given in childhood by family and significant others. Moratorium is when the adolescent has a vague or…

In today’s modern democracy, political parties and interest groups play a huge projecting role in the United States government and it is rising quickly. Political parties and interest groups are organized groups of people who work towards specific goals within the government, promoting politicians and raising money to help accomplish certain needs. While yes, both groups are working towards similar goals they often times serve different purposes within the country’s political system. The real…

The module of “Origins of Life” contains conflict in the form of ideas, perceptions, and credibility. For example, in the world of science and religion, there has been this common notion that these two entities cannot support the ideas that each community holds. At times these ideas that the other opposition holds may seem outrageous such as the time when Galileo supported the fact that the heliocentric universe made more sense than the geocentric universe to the Grand Duchess Christina. In the…

Over the past decade, many countries have been faced with economic issues. Every country has dealt with their own crisis in their own way. It is clear that Greece is suffering greatly from the lack of action taking by the government. Sitting at close to 200 billion dollars in debt and over 25% of the population in poverty, says The New York Times. With schools and hospitals closing, the increased suicide rate and children being abandoned. A new political party has risen with some extreme views…

“The Extremist Within: Why Ideologies Radicalize” Ideology is defined as a collection of doctrines or systematic body of concepts shared by a specific group or segment of a population. A special form of social cognition that forms the basis of social representation and practices of the group from which they are shared. The usual approach to the study of ideology and how they form is based on the effects of language configuration and meanings, and how discursive structures may in turn contribute…

colors waving in the air—woven into an ultimate symbol embodying the nation’s ideology—the flag. Currently suffering from the results of a controversial election year, disillusioned nationwide protesters have increasingly partaken in burning the flag as a symbolic denouncement of government. The growing popularity of flag burning has sparked a divisive debate between the nation’s people, as they attempt to define American ideology, identify which party is in line with said vision and who is to…

Analyzing the Ideology of Political Parties (PTI) Ideology: According to the Cambridge Dictionary, ideology is a set of beliefs or principles, especially one on which a political system, party or organization is based. It is a comprehensive set of normative beliefs, conscious and unconscious ideas of an individual, group or society. Political Ideology: A political ideology is a set of related beliefs about political theory and policy held by an individual, group of…

political ideologies are ethical set of ideals, principles, doctrines, and symbols of a certain social movement or group that depicts how they believe society should function, and offers some political and cultural views to put up for a certain social order. Everyone has their own opinions, and their political views are likely to be different. A person can be a liberal, conservative or even Something in-between. Your political point of view determines your political ideology. A political…