Populism

Where cosmopolitanism in all its various forms and delineations can generally come to be seen as the universalisation of culture and identity, the rejection of nationalist principles, and the prioritisation of equality in all domains of life; cultural relativism emphasises that the values of any given culture are regarded as important to the citizens who identify with that culture (Herskovits 1972;8). Herskovits explains that the central philosophical tenet of cultural relativism is a…

Another important aspect of globalization is immigration. Another major change brought about by globalization is immigration. As advances in transportation made the movement of goods easier, they also made the movement of labor easier. Immigrants make up a small, yet increasingly significant portion of the population, increasing from 2.6% in 1960 to 3.3% in 2015 (“International Migrants by Country of Destination, 1960-2015”). Nearly two thirds of them emigrated to Europe and Asia in 2015, while…

Staurt Hall was Inspired by Richard Hoggart's The Uses of Literacy (1958, 1970), Raymond Williams' Culture and Society (1958) and The Long Revolution (1961), and E.P. Thompson's The Making of the English Working Class (1963), the birth of British cultural studies is generally associated with the 1964 founding of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies in Birmingham by Hoggart and Stuart Hall. Over the next two decades, as education in England faced severe economic hardship, cultural studies…

Exactly what political climate allows men that use manipulation and the exploitation of prejudices to ascend to power? This is a question which is addressed in the novel Plot Against America by Philip Roth and the mockumentary Bob Roberts starring, directed by, and written by Tim Collins. These works of art explore the nature behind demagogues and populist candidates and how they rise to political prominence. Philip Roth’s fictional representation of Charles Lindbergh and Tim Collins fictional…

Westward Expansion Via Manifest Destiny LG: How did Americans come to believe in Manifest Destiny? Americans came to believe in Manifest Destiny, by John O’ Sullivan stating, “God has given land to Americans”. Thus, making the country to believe that it was justifiable, that Americans should expand the country from coast to coast. Though the expansion lead to Sectionalism with the North and South. Due to America’s history, culture, and government, Americans thought that they were the best…

account the contentious aspects but also the positive impact this decade had on America’s future. Alexis de Tocqueville stated that American Exceptionalism was propelled by the following five characteristics: liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, populism, and laissez-faire economics. One similarity amongst the five is that they pertain to the welfare of people and as a result: the country as a whole. For many people, the sixties is synonymous…

Question #2, Civil War & Reconstruction, Lincoln During the Civil War and Reconstruction Abraham Lincoln was very important to the time. Abraham Lincoln was president during the Civil War. Since he was president, he was in charge of how to deal with the Confederates and to keep other states from succeeding. Lincoln was against charging the succeeding states of treason because he wanted those states to come back into the Union and end the war. He wanted to do this however, without giving them…

Disciplining Modern Turkey: Historiographical analysis of the Ideology of Mustafa Kemal “Atatürk” The longevity of the Ottoman Empire is undeniable. From its beginnings in 1299 to its end in 1922 the Ottomans were one of the world’s longest functioning empires, with its geography reaching to large parts of Africa, Asia, and Arabia. Though the Ottoman’s lasted seven centuries, the empire was in an increasing state of tortuous decline beginning in the sixteenth century. This decline was inflicted…

it follows that constitutional rights are most secure when in the hands of courts. Again, this argument is nearly identical to the one I just made, although it adds the following implication of “moral consensus”: without a proper counterbalance to populism, the majority may tyrannize itself by uprooting the values it has already deemed worthy of constitutional protection. A simple example of such self-imposed tyranny (perhaps that is too strong a word) is in the passage of The PATRIOT Act in…

PSC 345 - Midterm Exam Question One: Arab Nationalism Arab Nationalism is a movement that began “after the withdrawal of Egyptian forces from Syria in 1839. Later on, Sa’ada founded the Syrian Social Nationalist Party in 1932. It was the major force in Lebanese and Syrian politics until the early 1960’s and was still operating in the 1990’s” (Palmer, pg.53) This movement rose to prominence in the 1950’s as Arab Nations began to gain independence from former colonial powers. The major principle…