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    As mortal human beings‚ we all have personal ideologies that drive us to be the person we wish to be and to believe in the things of which we find to be true. A personal ideology is described as‚ “one’s philosophy of how life should be lived and what forces impact human living.” Oftentimes‚ people will turn to religion to provide their lives with hope and meaning towards morals and what happens after death. Personal ideologies such as religion have a major effect on modern day society because religion

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    Gio Ponti and Italian modernism "Love architecture‚ be it ancient or modern. Love it for its fantastic‚ adventurous and solemn creations; for its inventions; for the abstract‚ allusive and figurative forms that enchant our spirit and enrapture our thoughts. Love architecture‚ the stage and support of our lives." These are the words of one of the most famous and renown architects and designers of Italian Modernism‚ Gio Ponti. He was born in Milan‚ where

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    Distinctive features of Realism and Modernism I. Ideological and philosophical differences ( How Realists and Modernists viewed man) R: 1. Man is a social animal (Aristhotel called it a political animal) 2. Alienation is conditioned by society 3. Reality is solid and objective. The world is palpable and identical 4. Interaction between man and environment (it determines his development) 5. There is always a sense of progress M: 1. Man is seem as ahistorical being

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    POL 8041 January 16‚ 2012 Word count: 2‚075 Newcastle University School of Geography‚ Politics and Sociology Power in International Relations- Feminism and Postmodernism Power is a complicated thing. It can be different to each individual and furthermore there is no set definition of what power is. Steven Lukes (2005)‚ in his book “Power: A Radical View” mentions three different types of power. The one-dimensional view‚ which is essentially that A has the power of B to make B do something

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    She awoke with an ache in her neck and the bitter taste of yesterday on her tongue. It was a thursday. Tuesdays had tended been friendly to her‚ thursdays however had never treated her kindly. One of her happiest tuesdays had been near a year before this morning; where after realising that her time of the month hadn’t occurred for over one‚ it was tested and became apparent that she was pregnant. How or why the protection did not function was a mystery to her‚ for in those days she had always

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    evidence of the clashing of ideology of the Indians he finds there and the Western Europeans of the fifteenth century. James H. Kavanagh says of ideology‚ "in order even to assure the continuity of its mode of producing material wealth‚ every society must first assure the reproduction of these class relations themselves." There were four such important ideologies Columbus and his crew brought to the Americas: an economic ideology; racism; Christianity; and an ideology of imperialism (308). By 1492

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    movement occurred after 1945 is postmodernism which had shown it’s powerful effects in every aspect of life. It’s a movement that can’t be defined with a simple sentence because postmodernism has lots of components and directions. A postmodernist reflects history’s theological interpretations. When we talk about post-modernism we also take the concept modernism in our concept. Postmodernism is defined related to modernism as" the legalization of illegal parts of modernism". Modernity and postmodernity

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    By: Casilda Adames E-mail: cassieluvbug@aol.com Core Studies 3 Casilda Adames Take-Home Exam November 16‚ 1999 The ruling ideology dealing with welfare is a negative view among the majority of Americans. It states that welfare recipients are lazy people who have lots of children and collect checks for a long period of time. This statement is believed mostly among higher-class people because they feel that if they can work hard for their money‚ welfare recipients can do the same‚ and not live

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    Major Political Ideologies Over the millennia‚ political philosophers have expounded on a variety of political ideologies‚ or ways governments and societies can be organized. Today‚ scholars generally talk about five major political ideologies: Anarchism Absolutism Liberalism Conservatism Socialism These political ideologies are‚ for the most part‚ mutually exclusive. So‚ a liberal government does not usually practice socialism‚ nor does an absolute ruler follow liberalism. The five major

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    Postmodernism has been described as a new version of Western cultural imperialism. Discuss the relationship between postmodernism and ’postcolonialism’. Postmodern theory been applauded as liberating‚ even democratising‚ in its rejection of absolutism and in its refusal to accept the dictates of hierarchy and certainty. It calls for the abandonment of the modernist qualities of objective truth‚ centralized knowledge‚ totalising explanations and determinacy . Rather‚ postmodern theory advocates

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