Reactionary

a private, Catholic school in the middle of Wyoming. The problem with this Transfiguration College of Wyoming, as suggested by Heroes of the Fourth Turning, is the ideological and emotional weakness that the school taught its students. Teresa’s reactionary politics lead her to an inconsistent, narrow, and exclusionary worldview. This can be seen when she scolds Emily during their argument, telling her that “Liberals are empathy…

The first category is Reactionary Socialism. Reactionary Socialism has three subcategories: Feudal Socialism, Petty-Bourgeois Socialism, and German or “True” Socialism. The aim of all these Reactionary groups is stopping the rise of the bourgeois. The second category is Conservative, or Bourgeois, Socialism. This category represents the people who want to “redress…

The primary objective of the paper is to describe the ideological stance of major characters in the film The Help. Specifically, the goals of the study are as follows: (1) to provide a brief summary of the film; (2) define the so-called “left and “right” wings of the ideological spectrum; (3) determine whether the chosen character subscribes to the left or right wing of the ideological spectrum; and (4) to select and discuss three (3) bipolar characters that best describe or define the chosen…

to right the spectrum reads as follows: radical, liberal, moderate, conservative, reactionary. These labels each have a meaning in the way they reflect ideas about the government, especially its role in the economy and society. The left side of the spectrum (radical and liberal) supports more government involvement economically but less government involvement socially. To the right, conservatives and reactionaries prefer less government involvement in the economy and more government involvement…

widespread nationalist sentiment, the suppression of organized labor and political dissent, and the overall failure of the parties of the diet at establishing support from anyone but businesses and journalists. Set against largely hostile unelected reactionaries, and the extreme ideas of organized labor, the liberal parties of the diet, working from a structure not meant to hold substantial power, were facing a difficult battle from the start. Liberal intellectuals like Ishibashi Tanzan and…

Shirley Jackson’s Stories Shirley Jackson’s stories The Possibility of Evil and The Lottery are full of literary structural elements. Many authors use structural elements while creating a purpose and meaning while writing. Structural elements are used as a template in writing to help the reader better understand the nuances of the story. In other words, by giving the reader structural elements it helps create a foundation for the writing of the story. Not only do the majority of authors…

The belief that progress, mainly the Industrial Revolution, was the cause of the war and the resulting devastating loss of life led to a reflection of a pre-war existence scarred and defamed by feelings of angst and uncertainty. This reactionary period is known as Dada. Although without definition of what Dada was, artists clearly defined what Dada was not. Dada was not rational, yet this author believes that Dada shows a sense of rationality. Surrounding the irrational thought of the…

Harvard scholar, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., documents the impact of the Jim Crow era on urban black culture. Oscar Micheaux’s reactionary film, Within Our Gates was a rebuttal to D.W. Griffith’s depiction of the violence against women. The attempted rape of Evelyn Preer’s character, Sylvia Landry, by an older white man, portrays the harsh reality of the repulsive acts which occurred…

The French and Industrial Revolution are considered to be the catalysts that lead to the west becoming modernized. The French Revolution, which happened from 1789 to the late 1790s, was the battle of reactionaries and radicals (Pavlac 254). King Louis XVI when given the throne was too young and inexperienced to make the necessary reforms that France needed. He was unable to solve the debt caused by the previous kings, and therefore made the French people angry. Influenced by the American…

The terms liberal and conservative are tossed around in everyday political discussion so much that the original theoretical and the actual meanings of these words is often either misunderstood or forgotten. These words and their association with modern political party relations must be set aside in order to examine these theoretical ideas and how they connect and apply to real world political in practice. Many of the ideas which Americans are familiar with as treasured characteristics of the…