Political radicalism

Writing for The Atlantic, Jonathan Rauch defined chaos syndrome as "a chronic decline in a political system 's capacity for self-organization". Rauch writes that chaos syndrome starts with the weakening of the institutions and brokers (parties, career politicians, congressional leaders and committees) that have traditionally held politicians accountable to one another and stopped everyone in the system from using it for naked self-interest all the time. As these intermediaries ' (we 'll call…

(c) Explain Foucault 's view on "the repressive hypothesis". Discuss whether he believes there is, or has been, repression, what he wants to investigate, and the formation of sexual subjects. Provide examples. Over the years, the society has come across various views of sexuality. The views on sexuality has moved from a period of being freely expressive and open about our sex and sexuality to a period of repression and hypocrisy of such expressions. The repressive views were seen to arise in…

his advocacy of freedom of religion, expression, and separation of a religious government. Voltaire was a skillful writer and used his literary skills to write works describing his personal beliefs regarding many areas of philosophy, history, and political sciences. He challenged the Catholic Church in his work, Philosophical Dictionary, where he questions the truthfulness of priests and the morality of the Bible. He also wrote of the government in his work, History of the Russian Empire Under…

with other oppressed blacks outside the USA and allowed for greater unity between other persecuted people. His thinking inspired one of the most influential people, Muhammed Ali. Originally named Cassius Clay, he looked up to X for spiritual and political guidance. He soon became one of the first successful black athletes to embrace his racial pride and willingly criticize white establishments. Through the help of Ali, black pride was able to be shown to the public by a figure most looked up to;…

The true nature of humans has always been a mystery to mankind. Most would like to believe that men are inherently good, and that we will take the higher road if given the option. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies (LoF) follows a group of young schoolboys left alone on an island to show that when man is stripped bare, only uncontrollable savagery remains. Also, no form of government can control the way men truly are. Philosopher Thomas Hobbes shows a similar theory about the nature of mankind…

exist and exacerbate the conditions of economic progress and poverty (Chetwynd and Spector, 2003). The costs of corruption can be more significant particularly in countries with pre-existing negative pressure on economic growth as well as the recent political transition to democracy. In a corruption regime, comparative advantage belongs to the business agents with illegal corrupt activities. It is then likely that corruption may lead to a trap which expand wider use of corruption and discourage…

The world’s most powerful sporting organization is rife with corruption, says U.S. law enforcement authorities who have indicted FIFA officials. A British journalist who exposed FIFA’s corruption was interviewed by CBS news on 60 minutes. Andrew Jennings started investigating FIFA 20 years ago. He followed some of the top executives and uncovered that bribery was a common form of practice within the organization. FIFA’s purpose is to regulate and promote the most popular sport in the world:…

Although Africa has a vast number of natural resources and rich, as a whole they are in poverty and in crisis. Since the time of the colonization of Africa, Africa was exploited of their resources. Some of these countries only received their impendences in the 70’s and 80’s In modern times regime changes , company and government corruption, and organization lead to countries and companies exploiting Africa’s resources for their own gain. Like in ancient times before democratic elections…

Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. He was the first general Postmaster of the United States as well as the first diplomat to France and England and greatly increased America’s relationship with these countries. Both Machiavelli, the Italian politician who wrote The Prince, and Sun Tzu, the Chinese war philosopher who wrote The Art of War, write about what it means to be a good leader. Although, Benjamin Franklin was a great leader he could have…

dissociation between the white insiders and the black outsiders. By highlighting this disconnect Douglass is able to argue that all citizens in the United States are morally implicated by the calamity of slavery, regardless of location and personal political beliefs. Therefore the burden of responsibility lands on all citizens, for politics are central and involve every aspect of a good democratic citizen’s…