Essays Tagged: "Dreyfus"

"Babi yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

message. Also, he uses the first person in historical allusions, saying 'I roam in Egypt' and 'I am Dreyfus', hence taking the reader back to previous historical injustices towards the Jews.These allu ... back to previous historical injustices towards the Jews.These allusions, in reference to Egypt and Dreyfus, are meant to improve the world's awareness of anti - Semitism. In Egypt, Jews were viciousl ...

(4 pages) 35 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Title is Antisemitism and the Dreyfus Affair. It answers the question of whether or not Cpt. Dreyfus would have been arrested if he was not a jew. The essay states that he would not have been.

Antisemitism and the Dreyfus AffairThe Semite is money-grubbing, greedy scheming, subtle, sly; the Aryan is enthusiastic, ... ation that he has not made.This was an extreme, but not uncommon view in France around the time the Dreyfus affair broke out. It was taken out of on of the best-selling, most widely read books of nine ... e. These sentiments, brought along by the Franco-Prussian war and immigration, were what caused the Dreyfus Affair to be such a controversy. There was a marked increase in nationalism, an unprecedente ...

(9 pages) 50 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Cognitive Computers

In "Why Computers May Never Think like People" by Hubert and Stuart Dreyfus, both authors make a good analysis on why computers will not be able to think or act like hu ... programming to have its own intuitive thinking makes it not able to be human-like.Hubert and Stuart Dreyfus begin their explanation on why computers may never think like humans by giving the reader a ... y the simple things they're programmed to do." (pg. 397). Through out this piece, Hubert and Stuart Dreyfus talk about the programming of a robot. To them, a robots ability to learn is hampered by the ...

(7 pages) 27 0 0.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Explain why the Dreyfus Affair polarised France?

Explain why the Dreyfus Affair polarised France? The Dreyfus Affair that begun in 1894 and continued through till 1 ... 906 ultimately resulted in the separation of church and state in France. The accusation that Alfred Dreyfus committed treason by selling military secrets to Germany caused a divide within the French c ... n by selling military secrets to Germany caused a divide within the French community by pitting the Dreyfusards against the anti-Dreyfusards. It was essentially a campaign against the Jewish community ...

(7 pages) 3 0 0.0 Nov/2013

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > The French Revolution