Essays Tagged: "Deference"

Leonhard Euler

al functions. He also worked on the origins of the calculus of variations, but withheld his work in deference to J. L. Lagrange. He was a pioneer in the field of topology and made number theory into a ...

(2 pages) 86 1 4.6 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

Women, Men, and Competiton

age this. Every time they passively wait for men to take the initiative, or reject nurturing men in deference to domineering men, they sustain the dynamic of dominance. Ignoring this, pop-feminists co ...

(4 pages) 103 1 3.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

"Retrieving the American Past" and Gordon Wood's novel "The American Revolution".

fferent people. Many historians, from the "Retrieving the American Past" viewed "inequality and the deference of inferiors to superiors were crucial to the maintenance of political and social order"(N ...

(7 pages) 96 0 4.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Organisational Culture

small firm, what the other employees are like, whether you are expected to treat the boss with some deference, or whether a more egalitarian relationship is preferred."[Wilson, D. C. & Rosenfeld, ...

(10 pages) 479 0 3.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

How Have Your Novels Explored The Relationship Between The Individuals And Their Societies?

al different ways in which the society makes the individual an outsider. This is usually due to any deference of the individual from the standards of normality. The three brothers from The Sound and t ...

(8 pages) 10 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Intrinsic To Religious Belief Are Negative Consequences

pt as true and have faith in a certain belief system. Blind faith equals in most cases unrestricted deference and obedience, which is not healthy. I do not believe that there is any merit in looking a ...

(4 pages) 20 0 0.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Journey on a Sinking Ship: A two paragraph essay comparing "The Seafarer" and Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay"

devoted to the sea, and in "The Seafarer" it applauds the sea, but at the same time the author has deference for its power. Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay" also shows this devotion and despite ...

(2 pages) 14 0 0.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Hegel and the national heritag

r. All states, no matter what institutional or ideological colors they may wear, are obliged to pay deference to national traditions and national aspirations. Even purportedly universal ideologies lik ...

(15 pages) 18 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Leadership styles and its appl

not only for security, higher income and better working conditions but for affection, recognition, deference, esteem, and for both autonomy towards and dependence on the executive leader, for both co ...

(6 pages) 448 0 3.5 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

Management and Leadership: Military

healthy organizational culture.Leadership and ManagementJust as the definitions suggest a distinct deference between management and leadership all military organizations have distinctive positions fo ...

(8 pages) 176 0 0.0 Jul/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Hard Times by Charles Dickens. Find three symbols and record three quotations that reflect or illuminate each symbol.

k, it might have been the death of Mrs. Sparsit in spleen and grief.” (266)-“With all her deference for Mr. Bounderby as contradistinguished from his portrait, Mrs. Sparsit had not the small ...

(2 pages) 4017 0 4.3 Aug/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Song of Roland

are headed for battle. In the same stance as the Iliad, the epic is celebrated for its portrayal of deference and valor as it continues to inspire its readers for every turn of its leaf.The Song of Ro ... nds of Charlemagne and his soldier, or between Roland and his flock, are stained with deep - seated deference and love. Duty develops unexpectedly from such love, or must, just as absolute duty result ...

(8 pages) 2229 0 1.0 Aug/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Argumentative essay on the sociometer theory, based on the article titled Making Sense of Self-Esteem Mark R. Leary1

ssert the dominance factor and as such, "feelings of self-esteem became tied to social approval and deference."The sociometer monitors the quality of relationships in human beings between one's self a ...

(5 pages) 3272 0 0.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors