AFRICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE AND SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: AN ETHICAL PARADIGM By Alloy S. Ihuah PhD. Department of Religion and Philosophy Benue State University Makurdi. Nigeria. alloyihuah@yahoo.com 08034017856;08026242031 (i) Introduction African indigenous knowledge system expressed in proverbs‚ names and songs etc. are conscious reflections on specific situations‚ events and experiences in the lives of the people
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Modern age is considered to be the era of democracy tolerance and humanism. People all over the world are supposed to have equal conditions for living and‚ moreover‚ should be treated no matter what their religion or race are. It should be said that humanity needed two world wars to appreciated the price of human life‚ however‚ nowadays it tries to protect it. One can admit that society has already done a great number of steps which helped people all over the world to obtain their rights and freedoms
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style focused on the struggles included in the human experience. These two styles unite to represent Greek humanism through art. Architecture was built on the scale of Man‚ in an effort to complement humans‚ rather than dwarf them. Additionally‚ the columns themselves symbolized Man‚ in the idea that each plays a part in supporting the structure. Even the style of the columns suggested humanism‚ with a masculine and feminine style; Doric columns were sturdy‚ characterized by simple‚ undecorated tops
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this‚ when we first look between psychoanalysis and humanism‚ we can name the basic and drastic differences between these theories. For starters‚ the time frame between the development of each spans around fifty years‚ with Freud growing his idea of psychoanalysis in the 1890’s‚ and the humanistic view point not coming to the spotlight until the 1950’s. Another obvious difference between these two schools of thought lies within the basis of humanism as an optimistic philosophy‚ and by most accounts
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The artwork I selected was The Lamentation‚ Figure 8.1 painted by Giotto di Bondone in 1305 in Italy. The artworks style is naturalism. Naturalism is the practice of painting things exactly as they are‚ the emphasis being on authenticity. The artist placed importance on the quality of “realness” in art. He observed humans and reproduced their gestures‚ expressions and movement in art (artble) The subjects in the painting are the followers of Christ surrounding his body after his death. Mary
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properly founded on human nature and experience alone.” The value of humanism can also be seen‚ because although the Moors were predominantly Muslim‚ they still did not try to suppress advances and achievements by non-Muslims‚ which represents the humanist ideal that humanity should work to improve as a whole‚ not just benefit from one single group of people‚ or in this example people of one religion or another. Lastly‚ humanism shows it’s face with the progressive nature of many techniques and procedures
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Behaviorism vs. Humanism Heather Murphy PSY331: Psychology of Learning Instructor Corey Pruitt September 1‚ 2014 Behaviorism vs. Humanism Behaviorism and humanism are two theories of learning. Both theories are very important‚ and have many good qualities‚ which makes it difficult to say that one is better than the other. When it comes to learning‚ behaviorism does not consider mental processes‚ rather it looks at our response to stimuli in our environment. Whereas‚ humanism sees learning
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antique Roman art‚ in the work of many outstanding individuals ‚ created a recognizably national culture in Italy (Barasch 14). In his frescoes and panel paintings‚ Giotto di Bondone revolutionized Italian art‚ developing a naturalism and drama that marks the first signs of the Renaissance (Marx). Though many artists were influenced by Giotto‚ such as Bernardo Daddi‚ his advances were not fully developed for a century. At the same time‚ during the first half of the century‚ Simone Martini was able to
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that showcased the new and popular belief of humanism. The Medieval Times was a dull time; where everyone solely depended on religion and the church for everything. When the Renaissance came‚ people’s viewpoints changed‚ they finally stopped using religion to explain their life‚ and began humanism‚ an ideal that encourages science‚ art‚ and the idea that humans are magnificent creatures. Mostly every person from the Renaissance believed in the humanism in one way or another‚ even people of the once
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Jason DeGutis Giotto Bondone Annunciation in the Arena Chapel 1266-1377 Fresco Late Gothic Annunciation in the Arena Chapel by Giotto Bondone The artwork that I chose to analyze is Annunciation in the Arena Chapel by Giotto Bondone. The works of art were frescoes created between the years 1266-1377 in the late gothic style. The objective and reason for writing this paper is to communicate a formal analyses of the work including a visual description of what I see‚ as well as an iconographical
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