Indoctrination

The 1992 book Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland, written by Christopher R. Browning, seeks to understand the police officers behind the blitzkrieg against Polish Jews during the German military offensive of 1942. Rather than focus on the liquidation of major ghettos in Warsaw and in Lodz, this study focuses on the smaller towns and villages that included significant Jewish populations in Central Poland. By examining indictments and judgements from legal…

the criminal justice system. Due to the long-range consequences of how the young person is handled, this topic has become increasingly significant as a measure of real justice within society. In order to minimize the detrimental effects of full indoctrination into a life of crime, many programs have specifically been designed and implemented to improve the outcomes. Although some programs are more effective than others, they all share similar goals of helping troubled youth find positive…

that environment that strict gender roles naturally occurred. Today modern society is largely gendered. The social norms and the general architype of personalities are developed and nurtured in a medium of gender bias, persuasion, and societal indoctrination. As a man, it’s incredibly uncomfortable for me to cry in a public setting, even during times where that would be a completely justifiable reaction. This is a small example of how gender roles that were developed out of necessity in the…

The 21st century has seen the rise of an interconnected world, where exchanges of all sorts – whether commercial, financial, migratory or informational – have boomed. Alongside these major features of a globalising planet, terrorism has resurfaced as a crucially challenging threat to today’s societies. When thinking about terrorism, the recent shootings in Paris in January and November 2015, or the airport bombings in Brussels in March 2016 may sound relevant. First of all, the definition of…

In fact, more than half of Americans have a negative outlook on socialism. The fear is a result of Americans’ indoctrination into capitalism. In a capitalist state, the government is minute compared to the authority and power it has in a democratic socialist country. In America, the idea of a large, centralized, controlling government is frightening for many who have…

Public Education: From It's Birth to the Present The American education system is a large tool for the indoctrination of the country's citizens. It creates an identity for the populous that makes a nation strong and unified. Aside from its national use, the public education system Americans know today is very familiar. Nearly 50 million children are attending elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. for the fall of 2015 (“Statistics”). However, public education was not always as mainstream…

join a family business or fulfill a parent's occupational dreams for you at times. It takes gratitude and a solid sense of self to listen to your inner compass, as Tris did. Just as faction newbies did in Divergent, I also faced and still face indoctrination and initiation processes, as a college student I undergo exams to ensure that I am worthy of continued education and attendance to my college. Factionless can be found amongst me because lots of times I feel like I don’t fit into social…

Sexual Racism can be seen in medicine starting in the 1900’s. In 1907, the first forced sterilization laws went into effect in Indiana (Rivard 1). These laws lasted for around 40 years, in which many of the “undesirable” populations were subject to forced sterilizations to “better the population”. Minorities and the poor where specifically targeted, especially Native women in America (Jarvenpa 18). It was not uncommon for a woman to go into a hospital to deliver a child, and to leave sterile.…

Can spirituality exist without divinity? Christianity in its various forms is the religion which ‘affected’ the most human civilization throughout its existence, and has been build upon a series of moral principles that are more or less original, but applicable to any society on the globe. Analyzing the book “Religion As Art Form” and especially the chapter “Changing Relationship: The Ultimate Reality” made me understand certain things and rethink retrospectively others and ask myself “Can…

Nishitani approaches the concepts of God, atheism, nihilism, nihility, and religion in his book Religion and Nothingness. He comes from Japan and grew up in a time of economic ups and downs. He provides an Eastern perspective on the world and religion. He makes his argument with the idea of nihility in mind and seeks to explain why Western thought has such difficulty with the concept of nihility and the absence of religion. He considers the importance of religion in the world and especially in…