THE GREAT IDEAS: Capitalism‚ Socialism and Democracy Professor David Reisman‚ NTU aardavid@ntu.edu.sg Professor Michael Allen‚ Bryn Mawr mhallen@brynmawr.edu Course Description and Scope The Industrial Revolution‚ the French Revolution‚ the American revolution - these three major upheavals in the eighteenth the century were the catalyst for the scientific study of economic‚ social and political systems. Three interrelated concepts
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“My wood” – E.M. Forster (1926) In modern society‚ most people who obtain a product – whether it is of great value or not – would call that object their rightful property. It is the most natural way of thinking; what’s yours is ultimately yours. In the non-fiction essay “My Wood” by E.M. Forster‚ the author encourages those who come across the essay to contemplate the nature of materialism and the power of possessions. The essay wittingly depicts Forster’s reaction to the ownership
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Into the Woods What happens once “happily ever after” is over and done with? No one knows if the fairy tale dream continues or if it is over and the reality of the world begins to set in. In the play “Into the Woods”‚ we see a plethora of literature’s favorite fairy tales woven together to teach a lesson on responsibility and getting what you wish for. This production has two separate acts to it‚ both distinctly different. The first act serves as a continuation of the fairy tale world that we have
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It’s All Just an Act The musical Singin’ In The Rain is a Hollywood classic‚ starring Gene Kelly as Don and Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont. The film gives viewers the different aspects of expectation versus reality in big Hollywood production films. Singin’ In The Rain reinforces the theme of illusion vs. reality by using production to manipulate characters like Lina Lamont to be what the audience wants to see. Throughout the musical it shows how the characters show themselves to the audience that
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In the novel In the Lake of the Woods‚ O’Brien channels between his life in the present at the lake with his wife‚ and his life in the past‚ recalling memories from the war in Vietnam. The novel begins with a preview into the love life and marriage of John and Kathy Wade. While the novel progresses‚ their relationship begins to deteriorate and as the narrator jumps from his past to his present‚ the impact of his time in Vietnam becomes more apparent as a primary factor in the failure of their marriage
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In “The Cabin in the Woods”‚ the film is directed around two locations in the movie‚ the “control room and the “cabin area”. The control room is visually brighter because that is where everything is being caused. It’s the work area to some therefore needs to be brighter than the cabin. With the “cabin area” being visually darker‚ you get a sense of danger and evil lurking within the woods. This is proven true when the “zombie redneck torture family” is released from their “grave” after the latin
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Into the Woods is a musical film that connects the stories of Cinderella‚ Little Red Riding Hood‚ Rapunzel‚ and Jack and the Beanstalk with the main plot of a baker and his wife performing tasks for a witch who would undo a curse that didn’t allow them for to bear child. Throughout the movie‚ the characters are constantly singing to an overlapping tune or a new song‚ but there is some narration to keep the audience aware‚ the singing tells the story itself‚ and the background music‚ when the characters
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Harry Braverman and the Working Class By Dr. Frank Elwell Rogers State University Note: This presentation is based on the theories of Harry Braverman. A more complete summary of his and other macro-social theories can be found in Macrosociology: The Study of Sociocultural Systems‚ by Frank W. Elwell. In Brief In 1974 Harry Braverman published Labor and Monopoly Capitalism‚ an analysis of the impact of capitalism on work in twentieth century America. Using the concepts and theories developed
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Every book has a certain message it wants to bring to you; whether it’s about greediness‚ loss‚ etc. This book‚ A Walk in the Woods‚ is about preparation‚ perseverance‚ and helping the environment. It’s mostly about the conservation and raising global awareness. It’s about two men who decided to hike the Appalachian Trail and while on it‚ discovered a lot of things‚ like the fact that they were both seriously out of shape. Preparation: it is definitely needed when going on a big excursion like
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In his novel In the Lake of the Woods Tim O’Brien paints a vivid image of the horrors of the Vietnam War‚ particular the savagery of the Thuan Yen massacre. While prior to reading the novel readers instinctively blame the soldiers themselves for their immoral actions‚ as the novel progresses‚ O’Brien shows that while the soldiers may have physically committed the brutal acts of murder‚ blame cannot solely be placed on them. O’Brien depicts the Vietnam landscape as one that‚ due its elusive and chaotic
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