Value is the capitalist’s most important tool. Carl Marx and Hubert Marcuse both understood that commodities were the driving force in a capitalist society. They understood that our capitalist economy is based on persuading men that happiness is achieved by buying things that someone else has produced and that buying these things will keep other men happy and employed. Progress and mechanization cause people to appear independent‚ but in fact‚ it has made people more reliant on these “things”.
Premium Karl Marx Capitalism Sociology
The personification of the city of Chicago in Carl Sandburg’s poem “Chicago” proclaims the idea that although the city may be brutal‚ it is also a vibrant place of pride for its residents. This personification can be seen immediately when it says‚ “They tell me you are wicked and I believe them‚ ...they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes... And they tell me you are brutal” (Sandburg 6-11). These lines use the personal pronoun “you” to represent Chicago being more than an inanimate object
Premium English-language films Human Personification
Jung’s Theory The MBTI assessments relate to Jung’s theory of personality development (Jung‚ 1948/1969‚ p. 215 [CW 9 pt. 1 para. 397]).Make the theory of psychological types described by Carl Gustav Jung‚ a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist born in July 26‚ 1875 was influence by Sigmund Freud and educated in University of Basel. His theory was based on behavior‚ basic differences in the way individuals prefer to use their perception and judgment. The MBTI assessment is on Jung’s ideas
Premium Psychology Personality psychology Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
"Customers for Life" Carl Sewell’s book "Customers for Life" is devoted to teaching the businessperson of today ways in which they can turn one-time buyers into customers for life. He states that every customer has the ability to be worth 332‚000 dollars to your business if you can keep them for life. Mr. Sewell is the number selling luxury automobile dealer in the country. He started from the bottom and manipulated his automobile business into a 250‚000‚000-dollar business. In his book he
Premium
The Reports on the Condition of the Defeated South sent to Andrew Johnson in the summer of 1865 written by Carl Schurz shed an uneasy light on the South’s current situation. Schurz found a deep-rooted prejuce from the south not only for the “Negros” but for the Union as well. Southerners felt betrayed by their government but under the circumstances felt that they no option but to comply with Union demands. The challenges of reconstruction in the south were enormous; economic‚ social‚ racial and political
Premium Southern United States American Civil War United States
In The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark‚ Emmy and Pulitzer Prize winning Carl Sagan takes on all comers in the realm of pseudoscience. Witchcraft‚ faith healings‚ astrology‚ superstition‚ creationism‚ alien abductions‚ ESP and telekinesis are just some of the many celebrated fallacies that have their feet held to the fire. This is not the same fire the ancient Greek god Prometheus ‘brought to mankind’. It’s the fire of science and skeptical thinking. Sagan’s predominant message
Premium Science Scientific method Frankenstein
In The Case Against Civil Disobedience the unknown author claims in his very first sentence that “the most striking characteristic of civil disobedience is its irrelevance to the problems of today” and that it is “the resort… exercised because the subject cannot or will not take up the rights and duties of the citizen.” What he fails to realize is that the rights and duties of a citizen is to keep an eye on the laws that rule the land and to revolt when those laws become unjust. It’s all part and
Premium Civil disobedience Martin Luther King, Jr. Henry David Thoreau
The possibility that mammoths‚ passenger pigeons‚ saber-toothed cats‚ and thylacine may roam the very earth our feet stand upon once again is a thrilling‚ yet apprehensive thought. Carl Zimmer proposes this very idea in his essay “Reviving Species” and gives feedback on the topic of de-extinction. According to Zimmer‚ de-extinction is defined as‚ “The notion of bringing vanished species back to life”‚ and he elaborates the pros and cons of actually completing this ordeal (31). Reading the differentiating
Premium Evolution Extinction Conservation biology
Elizabeth Reszke PSY-210-101 September Case Study Three Case Study Three: Application Questions: 1. What is Bob’s attitude according to Jungian theory? Provide evidence for your answer. Bob’s an extravert. Bob seeks enjoyment and pleasure by helping others. In Jung’s point of view‚ Bob seeks pleasure and enjoyment from outside objects (objects being people)‚ not from the subject (subject being one’s self). This can be seen in the case study when Bob states how he enjoys helping
Premium Carl Jung Jungian archetypes
Introduction Carl Robins made many mistakes during his first recruitment by not preparing properly. This case study analyzes the errors that Carl made during the hiring process. The series of unfortunate events could have been avoided if Carl Robins would have managed his time properly. There are many reasons why Carl failed in his assignment to recruit the new hires: first his supervisor‚ Monica Carrolls should have provided Carl with cross training-during his first recruitment; second‚ Carl Robins demonstrated
Premium Employment Recruitment Management