Reactionary

Tickell argues that neoliberalism is an elite intellectual project, a set of policies and practices and an ideology. Neoliberalism, he suggests on page 48, cannot even be easily distinguished from its ‘others’, since “as a (more or less successively) reactionary, reactive, opportunist, mutable experimental, diffuse and destructively creative order, neoliberalism necessarily internalizes, absorbs, and symbiotically adjusts with its others, the spatially and temporally variegated form of actually…

The general reaction that I had toward this study was disgust and disappointment. The disgust was directed toward the relationship between authority figures and the inmates. Be it the guards or the "prison" superintendent, there were major flaws in this study that opened a flood gate of unethical practices. As for the disappointment, that reaction was solely triggered by the Zimbardo, the "prison superintendent". The manner in which these young men were allowed to treat their peers for the sake…

The American Revolution: A Revolution or a Revelation? The American Revolution was a stepping stone towards the formation of then United States. As with most revolutions, it began with an idea and ultimately progressed into something of a far greater magnitude. Crane Brinton, an American historian and author of Anatomy of Revolution, created a model that outlined what he believed a revolution should entail. The American Revolution somewhat follows these aforementioned “guidelines” that…

Based on the three articles, there was a recent factory collapse in Bangladesh that has killed more than 1200 Bangladesh factory workers. In the article by Peter Dreier, he discusses how the New York Times newspaper company was able to dive deeper into the poor working conditions of Bangladesh. Dreier praises the New York Times and discusses how large companies that outsource labor today, such as Walmart, are handling the responsibility of employing workers in poor worker conditions. Dreier’s…

In “Why we crave horror movies”, Stephen King gives several points on why it is people like watching horror movies. In the first part of the essay he says, “I think that we all are mentally ill; those of us outside of the asylums only hide it better – and maybe not all that much better after all.” (378) In this statement, King is simply explaining that in everyone there is a little crazy. Some of us can maintain a clearer head then others. When people go and pay money to see horror movies, it…

one. In addition, the role of Austria, and Prince Von Metternich undoubtedly cannot be overlooked, for this strong willed, reactionary man was Chancellor to the largest power in Europe at the time, meaning that his involvement in crushing these uprisings is indisputably a reason for their failure. The lack of popular…

Who is West Marine? What does West Marine do? West Marine is an American company which based in Watsonville, California. The company functions mainly as a boating supply and fishing retail stores. West Marine managed to operate over 400 stores worldwide (around 300 in North America locally and more than 150 outside of the North America) and was able to generate an incredible annual average sales of $690 million. The company currently handles more than 50,000 products ranging from the ropes to…

Contrary to what the surface of the book reveals, there’s more behind the story than being a tragic tale of romance. Fitzgerald shown throughout the ‘20s being the era of declination of the American dream, and through symbolism and exploring the story with drama, comedy, and various personalities had shown how materialism and greed of a lost generation. F. Scott Fitzgerald begins the story with a young man of the name Nick Carraway, who is considered the “author” of the story. Through the eyes…

The Reactionary Life The protagonist, Charlie from the novel Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky along with myself demonstrate the idea of how it is not about what life throws in our way, but rather how we react to what life throws that can truly define us as a person. Within the novel, we see Charlie dealing with a multitude of stressful and traumatic events. For example, when his best friend Michael committed suicide and when his favourite aunt Helen died in a car accident, it was…

The previous day military tanks roared down Chiangan Avenue towards Tiananmen Square. The Communist Chinese army was ordered to eradicate the pro-democracy protesters. Hundreds were killed and thousands arrested during the massacre. As the sun rose the next morning the rattling of the automatic weapons finally began to vanish. Vehicles were burned to ashes and left on the middle of main avenues. Jeff Widener, an American photographer, captured a stunning photograph from the Beijing Hotel gave…