Essays Tagged: "contemporary world"

Religious Dialogue. What is religion?

yze the importance of religionsdialogue, and to discuss the challenge of religious pluralism in the contemporary world.The first group member states her firm Christian views. Melissa recognizes allthe ... of religious diversity.Our group agrees on how the challenge of religious pluralism is to be met incontemporary world. The most important tool to help deal with religious pluralism isdialogue. People ...

(6 pages) 265 0 4.8 Mar/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Sport in Society

he material I have studied for the Issue of Sport has helped me understand more about living in our contemporary world. The film and the screenplay 'Strictly Ballroom' along with newspaper articles an ...

(3 pages) 100 0 3.4 Apr/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Are transnational corporations a benign or malign force in the contemporary world?

Are transnational corporations a benign or malign force in the contemporary world?Today we live in a world no longer contained by the nation-state; business, touri ... s essay I shall attempt to provide a balanced view of the situation.The Global Capitalist SystemThe contemporary world in which we live is increasingly based upon competition between companies. It act ...

(10 pages) 374 1 3.2 Jun/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

GLOBALIZATION

e, in general, anti-globalization, since these protests are among the most globalized events in the contemporary world. The protesters in Seattle, Melbourne, Prague, Quebec and elsewhere are not just ... and technology and Indian and Arabic mathematics. There is a world heritage of interaction, and the contemporary trends fit into that history.3. Globalization is not in itself a folly: It has enriched ...

(5 pages) 387 0 4.3 Sep/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

A discussion of Margerat Atwood's use of shock in 'The Handmaid's Tale, and how it relates to current issues.

appened already." How does the novel work to shock readers into a recognition of the dangers of our contemporary world?2637 words with quotesShock in 'The Handmaid's Tale' is used to keep the reader f ...

(11 pages) 79 1 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Anthony Giddens' "The Third Way".

London School of Economics and Political Science and belongs to the most important personalities of contemporary world sociology. He is the author or editor over thirty books. Until today his work, an ... -governmental organizations and other groups. "It [globalization] is more than just the backdrop to contemporary policies: taken as a whole, globalization is transforming the institutions of the socie ...

(14 pages) 220 0 3.4 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Divorce and its effect on family life.

accepted, and considered as an act of sin among married couples. This situation has reversed in our contemporary world whereby the stigma once associated with divorce has eroded, while its massive eff ...

(9 pages) 584 0 3.9 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

What does the Jaguar represent in Ted Hughes's poem "TheJaguar"?

Ted Hughes is one of the most famous names in the contemporary world of poetry. He is called the animal poet, because many of his poems describe anima ...

(4 pages) 37 1 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Lycidas

fluctuation, John Milton's poetry reflects the many influences he found both in history and in the contemporary world. The pastoral elegy, Lycidas, written after the death of a friend, Edward King, e ... s able to successfully combine the classical reference toward Peter with his sense of grief and the contemporary state of the Protestant clergy.The narrator eventually emerges from the grieving phase ...

(6 pages) 51 1 4.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Critically evaluate of Internationalisation theory

Critically evaluate of Internationalisation theoryOne of the prominent trends in the contemporary world is claimed to be globalisation. The term entails many different meanings and pers ...

(3 pages) 193 0 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Modern technology is a bane.

INTRODUCTIONRationaleModern technology has increased influence in contemporary society. It seems to be contributed many social opportunities. Understanding and taking ... many social opportunities. Understanding and taking advantage from technology is the main aspect in contemporary world which is approachable society. The research question about modern technology is s ... ntury. The main point of this article adequately presents the effects of modern technology based on contemporary problem. This article is written for the researchers who are studying in computer or te ...

(8 pages) 267 0 3.4 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

1984, by George Orwell.

pletely than perhaps any other political text, whether fiction or nonfiction. No matter how far our contemporary world may seem from 1984's Oceania, any suggestion of government surveillance of its ci ...

(7 pages) 91 1 4.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

It is possible to pass laws that control or place limits on people's behavior, but legislation cannot reform human nature. Laws cannot change what is in people's hearts and minds.

nd morality, severed to regulate or direct human's behavior, have become prevailing concepts in the contemporary world. In recent days, there are many debates on whether laws can change human nature o ...

(2 pages) 27 1 3.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

A Discussion of the Strengths and Limitations of Richard White's Thesis.

r of possessing a character claimed (Dictionary).The word identity has a significant meaning in the contemporary world. It means more than being an independent nation or a geographical location. It is ...

(6 pages) 55 0 3.7 Sep/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

"Love and Marriage in Contemporary Society" Discusses traditonal gender relationship roles inflicted upon us by society and analyzes love myths in society today.

to become influenced by the notion that compassion could be apart of marriage. In many parts of the contemporary world, what determined the selection of your wife would've been marriage brokers, paren ... ex occurs for people that are married and/or committed to love, which produces a double standard in contemporary society. (Lindsey, pgs 164-165) There are three trends in selecting mates in our ...

(2 pages) 126 1 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Shakespeare

e in different ways. The play has recognition of its existence as theatre, which has relevance to a contemporary world that is increasingly aware of precisely how its values and practices are construc ... of the fundamental structures of narrative while providing an accurate model for understanding the contemporary experience of the world as a series of constructed systems. From this quote metadrama c ...

(11 pages) 76 1 4.3 Nov/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Simone DeBeauvoir The Second Sex

imone De Beauvoir's book, The Second Sex, takes us on a tour from thebeginning of human race to the contemporary world of the1940's during which she lived. She encompasses all aspects of life from eco ...

(7 pages) 121 0 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

"The Psychology of Eating Disorders"

IntroductionCurrently one of the most highly sought after avenues of the contemporary world of medical science, psychology is under so much demand for rather simple reasons. ...

(7 pages) 239 0 4.7 Jul/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

How Michaito Ichimaru has made his essay, "Nagasaki, August 9, 1945", effective? What details does Ichimaru interpret or comment on? Would these details have the same impact without his commentary?

ar truly brought. It is written from the view point of a humane physician deeply concerned with the contemporary world. He writes about the Nagasaki bombing from the angle of a participant and he has ...

(4 pages) 6601 0 2.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers

Can people still rely on knowledge from experts?

Knowledge is power, and never more so than in the contemporary world. It is shaped by and in turn, shapes society. As we move from an industrial to a ... pens in full view of society. We have the media, and the Internet, and are much more informed in thecontemporary world, but this causes wide spread uncertainty as theories come and go, and overturn ea ... are many ways to come by information, discourses and scientific experiments being just two. In the contemporary world we have access to all kinds of specialized information, the media and the Interne ...

(6 pages) 116 0 5.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays