History

Professor Orens holistic approach in the study of Western civilization may be described as discontinuous and almost rhetorical. It is discontinuous in the sense that analysis of relevant subjects (for example, the idea of scientific revolution) is assumed to be related or correlated with the collective action of individuals. For example, the scientific revolution was the result of innovation and modernistic thinking hence, the work of various philosophers, artists, and social thinkers. Indeed, according...

1.a. How did the romantics view of nature differ from that of the philosophesThe philosophes view of nature was that of a huge orderly machine, in which each part was a cog in the wheel. The philosophes believed that the universe could be understood and explained with the help of reason alone. The romanticists differed from the philosophes in two fundamental respects. The romanticists believed in the individuality of each person, and in the place of intuition and feeling in understanding the nature...

In the history of the Soviet Union political leaders occupy a special place. From Joseph Stalin and to Leonid Brezhnev, political leaders in the Soviet Union were always surrounded by a kind of mystical atmosphere, which turned them into superhumans and granted them unlimited opportunities and rights. In many instances, political cults were the products of the authoritarian regime that reflected in the way leaders behaved, as well as the policies which they promote in political, social, cultural,...

Rennison and Welchans report on intimate partner violence is informative on the prevalence of intimate partner violence based on gender, race and ethnicity, age, household income, marital status, home ownership, among other factors from 1993 and 1998. When defining intimate partners, Rennison and Welchans (2000) refer to current or former spouses as well as current or former girlboyfriends with the relationship being of the same or different gender. Report summary     Women experienced...

 Social interrelationships exist in a dynamic pattern and are continuously developing based on distinct culture, politics, traditions, customs, and beliefs. Such social connections are being classified by means of terminologies especially in the event that a person is biologically (blood) or lawfully (marriage) related with another person. Kinship then exist in a variety of classification in terms of its wide range and scope of relationship that a person or culture may accept as its own as...

The Counterlife is thought to be a meaningful novel to Philip Roth as it effectively delivers his personal questions regarding his true identity being a member of Jewish-American race.  The main character Henry Zuckerman plays as his model, and the protagonists search for the meaning of his existence being a ma, a Jew, and a human being believably reflects those of him.  Perhaps not all of the authors experiences are depicted though, but the thoughts that come to Philip Roths mind are...

The Native Americans (aboriginals) are the indigenous peoples from the Northern America who existed in the pre-Columbian period. These people comprise a large number of various tribes and ethnic groups, some of which still exist. Since the beginning of colonization of America by the Europeans, cultures and lives of the aboriginals have been influenced and changed. Subsequently, the numbers of the natives were then reduced greatly, the fact attributed to infectious diseases, displacement and warfare....

The progression and development of the African American movement would not have been successful if not for the inputs and attempts of individuals to continuously recognize their significance and relevance in American society. Their undying efforts to equalize and find opportunities for imparting change becomes the catalyst in upholding the change necessary and the consensus towards finding the necessary elements shaping their role in society. Given these opportunity, there are certain themes in...

The Republic of Rome had a decline very gradually starting from the March of Sulla upon Rome in 88.  The soldiers of the Roman legions were from the middle class landowners in Rome and the numbers of small-scale landowners were declining very fast, due to various reasons. It was not easy for these farmers to revert once they were soldiers. As a result they depended on their commanders for their future, and the commander received their loyalty as long as they showed these veterans a way for...

A diet is the total nutrient value that is found in the food that one consumes. It is usual that the different regions of the world or even the different people in the world consume food with different nutritive values. The different parts of the world have people with different preferences when it comes to the kind of food that they take. This varies because of diverse reasons. It might be due to culture, religion and even the availability of food. The American population is made up of people from...

Few would disagree with the statement that formal western philosophy has its origins in the Archaic Age of Greece. The name of Thales founder of Philosophic materialism Pythagoras founder of philosophic idealism and Heraclitus (545-485 B.C.) first dialectical thinker, immediately come to mind when one attempts an explanation of the men who originated this mode of thought. Equally important would be the work of Hellenic age thinkers (479-323 B.C.) like the Pre-Socratics the Sophists Socrates (470-399...

Seminoles White Potato Clan LegendIn the late 1840s Ireland experienced famine because potato production dropped due to mold infections (Grubb and Guilford, 1912). It is a crop recommended for Chineses consumption to help alleviate drought since it requires less water supply than rice and corn (Coonan, 2007). Potatoes serve as one of the most common root crops in the United States (Pack et al, 2003). Potatoes are important in early civilizations like the Incans (Chapman, 2000). Potatoes were their...

This paper mainly deals with various aspects of women lives in Egypt and Aztec civilizations. Aspects of gender balance, social conditions, authority that women commanded have been dealt with in detail. Scant mention has been given on the role and place of women in Greek civilization just to elaborate the specific details. An attempt has also been made to draw parallels between these two civilizations. It comes out clearly that though women occupied different stratums in these two civilizations...