Essays Tagged: "intellectuals"

Canterbury Tales

icleer, who is the King of his domain in his farmland kingdom. Like a King, he quotes passages from intellectuals, dreams vivid dreams, has a libido that runs like a bat out of hell, and is described ...

(3 pages) 69 0 4.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucher

Hath Not a Jew Mercy?

versy. Probably the one that has sparked the most controversy is The Merchant of Venice, which many intellectuals have dubbed an anti-Semitic play. The character that this discussion centers around is ...

(5 pages) 46 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

This essay gives a general overview of the history of shamanism in Korea's culture but concentrates primarily on the ramifications of prejudice against its pracitice in modern day Korean culture.

n Korea has frequently been characterized as superstitious and primitive, both scorned by the elite intellectuals, and rejected by conflicting religions. Nevertheless, despite efforts throughout the n ...

(3 pages) 167 0 2.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

The influence of the Enlightenment on French Culture and the role of the Philosophers

issance through france and had a great impact on the middle classes of society. United by ideas the intellectuals and scholars at the time believed that it was possible to better society and the cultu ...

(1 pages) 104 0 3.9 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Black intellect

ellectual leaders of the past that helped us achieve the level of success we are at. While the anti-intellectuals have just held us back. The perfect leaders do not exist. However there are many excel ... l leaders waiting to be discovered, past, present and future that outweigh the number of black anti-intellectuals.The first man on the list, Dr. King. Dr. King makes me look at his campaign in a diffe ...

(7 pages) 124 1 4.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

The effects of film on WWII propaganda

an aggressive propaganda campaign to galvanize public support, and some of these nation's foremost intellectuals, artists, and filmmakers became warriors on that front. Propaganda in the broadest sen ...

(10 pages) 271 2 4.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Analysis of "Animal Farm" by Eric Blair

in many ways. He was a socialist while hating communism and was a literary critic while distrusting intellectuals. He hated how the world was cruel and how lies were way of life. When he died in 1950 ...

(4 pages) 68 0 3.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Culture, Nature & Freedom: Treating Juvenile Offenders

ors; includingT.Huxtley, Rousseau, DuBois, Freud, A.Huxtley, and Mill. The Ideals setforth by these intellectuals should be the basis for all treatment, to betterthe individuals and society.First, We ...

(4 pages) 116 0 3.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Christianity in Dostoyevsky's "Crime and punishment". An overview

the anarchist (and atheistic) philosophies of the intelligentsia, radical students and middle class intellectuals violently opposed to the status quo in Nineteenth-Century Russia (Morsm 50). Dostoyevs ...

(10 pages) 140 0 4.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Communism Through The Eyes of George Orwell. Emphasizes on "Animal farm" and "1984"

nst totalitarianism, combined with an even stronger revulsion against its defenders among left-wing intellectuals."1 In most of George Orwell's books and essays, there is a strong autobiographical ele ...

(10 pages) 174 0 4.6 Mar/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

13 virtues of Ben Franklin

on of kids, I feel that in the future, society would be filled with better and also more efficient intellectuals. As a result the society as a whole would greatly benefit. How can a list of thirtee ...

(3 pages) 80 0 4.5 Feb/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

3 elements that caused social problems during 1920s in America

ists were against all government. The case evoked protests from socialists, radicals, and prominent intellectuals, and remained a source of conflict for decades. Nativism also inspired the revival of ...

(1 pages) 105 1 3.3 May/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

relevance of stakeholder analysis to society

"Stakeholder" is a term bandied about by professors, intellectuals, and others who subscribe to the notions that equality of outcome, not equality of opp ...

(15 pages) 480 2 4.3 May/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

"Sparta: Historically Unique" -explains lifestyle/social structure/government of Spartans -explains why Sparta is unique -Bibliography and incorrect in-text citation included (should be fixed)

tory as one of the most uniquely structured powers in world history, one that is observed by modern intellectuals and politicians, being used as a model for present day militaries and governments.One ...

(4 pages) 97 0 3.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The King of Thailand as a force of stability and political legitimacy

nal authority. So great is the public's respect for his power that one of Thailand's most outspoken intellectuals, Sulak Sivaraksa, was arrested in the early 1980s "for a passing reference to the king ...

(3 pages) 85 0 4.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Pretty good BS essay on integrity

xamples of integrity are George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Mother Hale and Mohandas Gandhi. These intellectuals are for me very important, excellent examples of integrity. Knowing and believing this ...

(2 pages) 195 2 4.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

James Baldwin and Malcolm X.

ed States, communities of all races and religions have been bombarded with activists and modern-day intellectuals expressing there points of view on the plagues of society today. Some of these activis ...

(4 pages) 81 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

1905 The Niagara Movement.

July 11th, 12th, and 13th. The invitation by W.E.B Du Bois and a group of socially conscious black intellectuals and leaders gathered together in Niagara Falls, many who were motivated there opposed ...

(2 pages) 31 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

China's Culture Revolution.

r Deng XiaoPing came to power. The Culture Revolution also sacrificed an entire generation of young intellectuals because Mao ZeDong called on them to leave the cities and reform their thinking in vil ... ave the cities and reform their thinking in villages doing hard labor. (Wong, 120) These same young intellectuals today are being dismissed from their jobs in state-owned corporations a couple years a ...

(5 pages) 171 0 4.4 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Death Penalty: why it is moral and humane.

The Death PenaltyFor several decades the death penalty has been a litigious issue. Numerous intellectuals as well as the general public often debate the morality of capital punishment and whet ...

(3 pages) 72 1 4.2 Sep/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues