"In Praise of Illiteracy" By Hans Magnus Enzensberger This essay was adapted from a talk given by the author and translated from German‚ which I took from Harper’s Magazine. Can we dispense with the written word? That is the question. Anyone who poses it will have to speak about illiteracy. There’s just one problem: the illiterate is never around when he is the subject of conversation. He simply doesn’t show up; he takes no notice of our assertions; he remains silent. I would therefore like to take
Premium Literacy Functional illiteracy Writing
Reformation in Europe(1500-1620) Causes for reformation Conflicts between European nation states People at bottom of social structures tired of being at the bottom Invention of the printing press leading to more people reading and interpreting bible and noticing how corrupt Catholic Church is. Sale of indulgences sold by john Tetzel Modern Devotion or Brothers of Common Life Established by Gerard Groote Based out of Zwolle and Deventer in the Netherlands Stressed having a personal relationship
Premium Protestant Reformation Martin Luther
(1) Resistance as well as collaboration occurred in all German-controlled areas of Europe during World War II. Give specific examples of both‚ and of their consequences. An example of collaboration with the Germans was the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact. Under this 1939 pact the two nations agreed not to attack the other if it were to be in war another country‚ regardless of who started it. The treaty essentially bought time for both leaders as it allowed them to get what they want without the
Premium World War II Nazi Germany Soviet Union
Contents Contents: Claude Perrault ....................................5 Primitivism............................................8 Sir John Soane..................................... 10 Durand................................................ 13 Heinrich Hübsch ................................. 15 Schinkel .............................................. 18 Gottfried Semper................................ 20 Viollet-le-Duc: .................................... 24 Augustus Welby Pugin .............
Premium
The history behind Auschwitz Concentration Camp Did you know that Auschwitz Concentration Camp was the largest camp to be set up by Nazi Germany? Auschwitz was the most notorious camp in Poland. “ As Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel warned years ago‚ to forget a holocaust is to kill twice.” What kind of treatment was used in the camp? Who were the leaders of this camp? Where did the people in this camp come from? Many people lost their lives to this labor camp. Auschwitz was a very brutal and harsh place
Premium Nazi Germany The Holocaust World War II
Throughout World War II‚ the Nazi government‚ run by Adolf Hitler‚ ruled Germany with their extremist views. Because Germany was in the middle of a Great Depression‚ they had no one else to believe in but Hitler. He took advantage of Germany’s hopeless population by putting blame on the Jews for all of Germany’s problems. The Nazi Party and the Gestapo controlled Germany’s population‚ and sent Jews and other races that were deemed undesirable to the concentration camps. Hitler’s views inspired many
Premium Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler Nazi Party
Public administration is the implementation of government policy‚ and the academic discipline that studies this implementation and prepares civil servants for working in the public service.[1] As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal... is to advance management and policies so that government can function."[2] Some of the various definitions which have been offered for the term are: "the management of public programs";[3] the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see
Premium Public administration
Introduction The word Lied has a long history going back as far as the 12th Century‚ and is connected with folk songs and Lutheran church hymns. The great age of German Lieder‚ however‚ came with the Romantic Movement. The Romantic Movement developed in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries‚ and was particularly influential in Germany. It was more of an intellectual than directly political movement‚. With the poets and authors who led the movement came the composers who eternalised much of the
Premium Piano Poetry Romanticism
Critical Review of Fichtenau’s The Carolingian Empire: The Age of Charlemagne This is an analytical book review of Heinrich Fichtenau’s The Carolingian Empire: The Age of Charlemagne. It will cover the Fichtenau’s writing techniques and sources he used in developing this fascinating book. Thesis: To better understand the significance of Charles the Great‚ one must first comprehend the unfortunate features challenging Charles during the Carolingian period. This was a quality intention for
Premium Charlemagne Franks Primary source
city with large high powerful walls‚ wide streets‚ twisting paths and large houses. Some of the archaeologists that have contributed to the excavation of these historic ruins are‚ Frank Calvert‚ Heinrich Schliemann‚ Wilhelm Dorpfeld‚ Carl Blegen and Manfred Korfman. Many people believe that Heinrich Schliemann was the man who found the fallen city of Ancient Troy ‚ however they are wrong. Frank Calvert was the first archaeologist on the site of Troy. He arrived in 1865 and found the city of
Premium Troy Homer