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    through the exposition of the American Civil War‚ following the Gothic and Romanticism movements and preceding the Realism movement. At this time in the United States‚ a shift of personal experience and writing styles occurred‚ from a previous radical unity to the new pertinent individualism. The new movement welcomed in slower‚ more self-centric ways to live‚ survive‚ and prioritize everything about American life. A couple of the most influential Transcendental

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    ​The Lord’s Resistance Army‚ or LRA‚ is a rebel group run in central Africa by Joseph Kony. The LRA originated in Northern Uganda in 1980 as a religious movement called the Holy Spirit Movement‚ which was led by Alice Lakwena‚ who claimed that God had told her to overthrow the Ugandan government. (www.warchild.org.uk/issues/the-lords-resistance-army) The Ugandan government had been‚ at the time of the order‚ treating the Acholi people of the North unfairly. The movement quickly drew large amounts

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    Amaial Mullick Mrs. Pelosi AP Language March 14 2015 Civil Disobedience The views on the prose of civil disobedience are ones subject to skepticism and judgment. Thoreau displays a sense of anti-authority encouraging readers to discern their responsibility by refusing to support injustice within the government as well as uphold their own rights as the public. Thoreau attempts to persuade the reader to consciously observe the governments that suppress them‚ as well as respect the rights of those

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    In his book‚ “The Second Treatise of Civil Government”‚ John Locke discusses many parts of society. To me the most interesting discussion was his views on the state of nature and why we need government. Unlike Thomas Hobbes‚ who disliked the state of nature‚ Locke believed it to be an almost favorable environment for people to live in. Locke says in his book that all men can “order their actions‚ and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit‚ within the bounds of the law of nature”

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    Kaitlyn Willett Thoreau‚ New Mexico City Report Practically all residents pronounce the town’s name like "thuh-roo" (similar to "through" or "threw") and definitely not like "thorough" or "throw." Thoreau lies along Interstate 40 and the historic U.S. Route 66. The climate in Thoreau is desert‚ with sparse vegetation typical of the region. Common plants include pinyon pine and juniper trees‚ sagebrush‚ tumbleweeds‚ and some short‚ sparse grasses. Summers are relatively mild‚ due to Thoreau’s

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    Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience advocates the need to prioritize one’s conscience over the dictates of laws. It criticizes American social institutions and policies‚ most prominently slavery and the Mexican American War. In Civil Disobedience‚ Thoreau introduces the idea of civil disobedience that was used later by Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King. In fact‚ many consider Thoreau as the greatest exponent of passive resistance of the 19th century. The

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    Chenoweth and Stephan’s arguments and research show that non violent campaigns are more successful than violent campaigns against violent political regimes. Though violent protests can show to be successful and they do get the point across though in a very different way‚ non violent protests I will have to agree‚ are the best and most efficient way to go about combating a violent opposition. With cases such as Dr. Martin Luther King‚ and Ghandi being two of the most noted cases. (not to say that

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    2 Walden 2.1 Thoreau´s search for the inner soul 2.1.1 The three identities and their expressions 2.1.2 Being different 2.2 Progress 2.2.1 The Railroad 2.2.2 Being awake 3 Identity Work today 3.1 Miethling 3.1.1 "Getreue Rebellen" 3.1.2 Patchwork Identity 3.1.3 "Körperliche Suchbewegungen" 3.2 Bette 3.2.1 Body and Power 3.2.2 Body as a rescue point 4 Applying 4.1 Miethling and Thoreau 4.1.1 Thoreau‚ the "getreue Rebell" 4.1.2 Thoreau´s patchwork identity

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    Capitalism‚ Sport and Resistance Adrian Budd South Bank University Introduction In the late 1970s the non-racial sports movement in South Africa adopted the slogan‚ coined by Hassan Howa of the South African Cricket Board‚ ’no normal sport in an abnormal society’. It later became a standard defence of the sporting boycott of apartheid. That black cricketers like the West Indian Alvin Kallicharan could only compete as honourary whites rather confirmed this view‚ as it did that of the

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    civilization‚ specific examples can be found where civil disobedience had been practiced. Civil disobedience has been successfully used throughout nearly all modern societies for its effectiveness‚ which can be attributed to how it disrupts society‚ even when there are consequences to doing so. The most prominent examples of successful civil disobedience can be seen in the form of Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ Henry David Thoreau‚ and Mahatma Gandhi. Civil disobedience is the catalyst that is necessary in

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