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    Kindred‚ a Sci-fi novel‚ by Octavia E. Butler‚ is about a young‚ black woman‚ named Dana in the 1970s‚ who time-travels to the past when slavery was prominent. At this time‚ plantations are embedded in society‚ and colored people have almost no rights. In her first experience in the past‚ she ends up saving a young boy drowning in the river. However‚ as she returns him to his mother‚ she learns the challenges that people of color face during this era. Dana realizes that she gained an uncontrollable

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    Hobbes’ Leviathan is divided into four parts: Of Man‚ Of Commonwealth‚ Of a Christian Commonwealth‚ and Of the Kingdom of Darkness. Overall Hobbes tried to explain the reasons a commonwealth may govern men‚ and how to create the best way for this type government to function in order to contain the desires of its denizens. Leviathan represents a key turning point in Hobbes’s perspectives on religion‚ since for the first time he becomes fully aware of what may be called the political problem of religion

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    LBST 1B11 Comparison of Hobbes and Al-Farabi Human nature was one of the most controversial topics now and then. In two of the world’s greatest philosophers’ essay‚ they discussed their own perception of human nature. Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)‚ England’s political philosopher‚ who discussed his view on the degeneration of human nature in his book‚ Leviathan‚ which depicted the natural state of humanity as nasty and brutish

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    Judith Butler‚ attempting to bridge gender and feminist theories emphasized the notion of performance as an “analytical category that allows for critical intervention” (Hall‚ 2013‚ p. 112). Viewing identity as different facets of scripted performance‚ Butler saw the opportunity to subvert interpretation of gender and sexuality norms as an effort to destabilize hierarchical traditions‚ like those seen in medical and legal discourses (Hall‚ 2013). J. Jack Halberstam‚ who focuses on a melding of queer

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    Arden Bentley AP Euro 3/9/13 Thomas Hobbes‚ John Locke and Jean-Racques Rosseau were philosophers who stated their belief of human nature and how we should govern mankind. Although Rousseau was born a different time than Hobbes and Locke‚ they all had a very strong influence on the way governments should function. They created a revolutionary idea of the state of nature‚ the way men were before a government came into play. Each philosopher developed guidelines and responsibilities that the government

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    In the passage of Undoing Butler‚ it shows an interesting point of view in the life of transexual. Often times‚ transgender topics will not go in depth with the process and the thoughts of the person. The passage focused on a David Reimer; his biological gender is a male and it was decided by his parent to raise him as a women after an incident. His parents renamed David to Branda. Brenda tends to enjoy toys that are designed for boys at the age of nine. At her pre-teenage years‚ she decided she

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    Power and Authority as Viewed by Hobbes and Machiavelli Many medieval political thinkers observed that power and authority came first from God and then from a social mandate. In Leviathan‚ Thomas Hobbes proposes that power comes from the social mandate first. (Leviathan‚ Bk. I‚ Ch. 18‚ pp.230) He makes this assertion on the basis that it is within the human nature to secure its life through banding together with others to form a community. Each community‚ then‚ is held together by a common desire

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    we truly are as a species ‚ one might describe us humans as being creatures driven by passion. Passion is our desires- our very basic human wants and needs that include being able to do anything we want. This is considered to be natural to us and therefore creates our reality. Most people agree that we have to mold ourselves based off of this characteristic‚ but overall‚ it should be controlled. In the steps to analyzing the works of Thomas Hobbes and James Southworth‚ I noticed that they both somewhat

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    Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are some of the most famous philosophers‚ which also had a huge impact on government. Hobbes and Locke have opposing viewpoints when it comes to the state of nature‚ which refers to the lack of social structures. Hobbes views the natural state as unsatisfactory‚ believes revolutions are wrong and that nature has more of an effect on someone than nurture. However‚ Hobbes and Locke agree that some form of government is needed for society‚ proving that Hobbes and Locke have

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    In today’s society the government is a combination of both Hobbes and Locke political views. The government merged the ideas of the two philosophers and took their best points. The government should not consist of total freedom but it also should not consist of total structure‚ there need to be a bit of both‚ a balance of both. During Locke’s argument he never factor in how the people were going deem what rights were justifiable and what right were unjust. With that being said anyone in the state

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