DP Summary: The Civilizing Process by Norbert Elias Social scientist‚ Norbert Elias‚ examines in part two of his book‚ The Civilizing Process‚ the development of manners and the subsequent civilizing’ of Western Europe since the middle ages. This journey in time is an attempt to understand what actually happened to humanity during several transitional periods. Elias perceives the development of western civilization in three historical stages. (From the middle ages with a progression to the renaissance
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Léopold Sédar Senghor (9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) Léopold Sédar Senghor was born in Joal‚ Afrique Occidentale Française (French West Africa now Republic of Senegal)‚ to a Serer (third largest ethnic group in Senegal) Father and Roman Catholic mother. In 1928 Senghor traveled to Paris to continue his studies on a partial scholarship. He became the first black African to become an agrégé‚ the top qualification for a teacher in the French education system‚ and became a professor of African
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The real Rubber Bandit‚ a brief history of King Leopold II of Belgium. “A people which is content with its homeland and which dreads even a shadow of conflict lacks the characteristics of a superior race” (Ewans‚ n.d.) This is a briefly summarise King Leopold the second’s domestic region as well as the atrocities he bestows when he ruled what was then known as The Congo Free State. King Leopold the second of Belgium‚ the second son of Leopold the first and Louise of Orlèans was the longest ruling
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Aldo Leopold Aldo Leopold wrote in a way that inspired and promoted the conservation of natural ecosystems on this earth. Take the following excerpt for example: We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes. I realized then‚ and have known ever since‚ that there was something new to me in those eyes - something known only to her and to the mountain. I was young then‚ and full of trigger-itch; I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer‚ that
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the most renowned fathers of wildlife ecology‚ Aldo Leopold‚ so famously declared in his important non-fiction book‚ A Sand County Almanac. From his extensive studies of the environment‚ Leopold created the idea of the “land ethic”‚ which called for citizens of the global community to include the “land” with its soil‚ plants‚ animals and waters as part of the ecological community worthy of the respect and moral consideration of humans. Leopold stressed the importance of breaking the previously impenetrable
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What role did the “civilizing mission” play in the expansion of Britain’s empire in the 19th century? At the close of the 19th century Rudyard Kipling preserved the prevailing attitude of Britain’s intellectual elite in a poem - “The White Man’s Burden”. In his work Kipling confirms the hubris of a generation of Britons who were entirely convinced that they were culturally‚ rationally‚ and morally superior to the “new-caught…Half-devil and half-child” natives of the British colonies. This belief
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British outlawed the trans-Atlantic slave trade and than slavery outright they turned to imperialism. The European countries endeavours toward the exploration of Africa were failing as they lost their lives in extraordinary numbers to malaria. However in the early 1880’s King Leopold of Belgium acquired a private “country” in Central Africa; he called this private “country” Congo Free State. This private country was 95 times larger than Belgium and he intended to utilize it to earn money. Within the
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Civilizing Processes-Myth or Reality? A Comment on Duerr’s Critique of Elias Author(s): Stephen Mennell and Johan Goudsblom Source: Comparative Studies in Society and History‚ Vol. 39‚ No. 4 (Oct.‚ 1997)‚ pp. 729-733 Published by: Cambridge University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/179366 Accessed: 21/09/2010 15:16 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s
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different words used‚ artistic works‚ religion‚ sports‚ and many more aspects consistently recognized throughout our society. Through knowledge of where these cultural aspects are rooted‚ our societies are forced to become more aware of the history of where it all started. This is specifically seen‚ as Leopold discusses his split-rail values‚ which are a set of values practiced by reenacting history and recognizing historical aspects of society. This helps society recognize the importance of every organism
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Magnetic and fascinating‚ the use of mannequins can be traced as far back as 1350 BC‚ in Egipt‚ as shown by the wooden torso found in King’s Tutankhamen’s tomb. Although by that time it was preponderately used as a storing device for treasures‚ as the rise of the modern department store began in the latter half of the nineteenth century and plate glass windows and artificial lightning became more common‚ their current usage saw a groundbreaking rise in the bewitching and marvelous Paris. Since then
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