Scapegoating

Over two hundred people died each day from 1348 to 1351 in London, leaving homes abandoned, livestock forgotten, and crops left to rot. The impact of the pandemic responsible has been accurately compared to that of the two world wars of the twentieth century. An event so powerful that it would be called one of the major turning points of western civilization. The greatest ecological upheaval, also known as the Black Death, has been studied for centuries, and still has no definite cause. One…

Little do people know that the use of torture on victims is still widely practiced throughout the world today. The reason being is that some may use the excuse that they choose to continue the practice of torture in attempt to obtain the ‘truth’ from the detainees. By definition torture is the act or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as punishment or to force them to do or say something, or for the pleasure of the person inflicting the pain (Irct.org). Proofs of interrogation…

Even though Adolf Hitler was a controversial leader who did many bad things during his run, he did know how to deliver a speech and win an audience over. (THESIS) Hitler 's vital component to the rise of his power was through effective use of physical gestures, repetitiveness and speech content. Hitler was a well developed orator; he knew when and how to portray himself to the people and the media. All in all very deceiving during his run for fuhrer. Lastly, Hitler knew how he wanted to…

Construction of Drug Scares”, discusses about 7 myths such as, a kernel of truth, media magnification, politico-moral entrepreneurs, professional interest groups, historical context of conflict, linking a form of drug use to a “dangerous class”, scapegoating a drug for a wide array of public problems. A kernel of truth suggest that human has been using pharmaceutical drugs, chemicals are not unique to the society (Reinarman). Media magnification claims that media dramatized and exaggerated many…

For example, a person takes out his frustration from work on someone in the home. Displacement commonly concerns anger and frustration, but can also concern other feelings and impulses. It plays a role in scapegoating, in which uncomfortable feelings such as anger and guilt are displaced and projected onto another. The scapegoated person is then persecuted with a conduit for his uncomfortable feelings, and pleasurable feelings of piety and self-righteous indignation…

Why We Should Hunt Do you ever ask yourself why humans hunt? There are many different reasons on why we hunt. Hunting goes all the way back in time to the creation of man. People used hunting to survive, provide, and flourish on the earth. Over the years many people have started to question why we still hunt because we have all our needs met by supermarkets. There are two different sides to this argument, we should hunt and we shouldn’t hunt. I am going to talk about a few ways that hunting…

In “The Twofold Nietzschean Heritage” Girard invokes a powerful opponent of Christianity, Friedrich Nietzsche, in order to support his main argument that “no one has achieved success in making the concern for victims ‘outdated,’ and this is because it’s the only thing in our world that is not the creation of current fashion” (177). Girard is opposed to the Nietzschean disdain for mercy and antipathy towards the weak and victims, but Girard considers Nietzsche a genius since the German…

Having established the reasoning behind this continuing shift towards satirical, simplified, and often trivialised political coverage, and analysing its benefits and detriments, it is crucial to now examine the tangible impacts this has on the behaviours, beliefs, and attitudes of the voting public. In an analysis of the media’s contribution to political apathy, Washbourne (2010, p.11) identifies three key indicators: disproportionate coverage of “cynical or self-interested” topics, rather than…

Tikita Tikita: The story of an apolitical music in a politically charged time Punta is upbeat music with lyrics that are mostly about having a good time. What was happening in the country to necessitate this musical distraction? Time between the late 1960s up until 1990 were eventful times in Honduras in which the country was going through cultural, economic and political changes. The question being was that punta an escape for its listeners, as escape from the unstable affairs of Honduras.…

Throughout history there have been numerous wars started because of the need to help others from living under a supposed harsh regime and save them from being persecuted because of their race, religion or class. Many of these types of wars have been unsuccessful in achieving this goal and only one notable, historical crusade has done this and has succeeded, but at a price. There hasn’t been a movement more momentous than the First Crusade. The First Crusade was a pilgrimage turned military…