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    Communications September 5‚ 2012 Does Art Reflect Culture or Does Culture Reflect Art? As I first pondered this question the obvious answer seemed to be that art reflects culture. However‚ something didn’t sound quite right. Then I realized that although I feel that art does reflect culture it goes deeper than mere reflection. There is an old song from 1968‚ performed by the "Supremes" called Reflections and a part of the lyrics is a perfect example of what I mean. "....Reflections of how life

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    The democratic reforms instituted in Athens from 463 to 451 BC by both Ephialtes and his ‘successor’ Pericles are wide ranging and unprecedented for their era. The political upheaval in the 5th century BC is often cited by modern historians as a ‘radical’ shift from conservative democracy to a liberal‚ direct democracy involving all citizens. The oligarchical institution known as the Areopagus‚ comprised of ex-archons from the two aristocratic classes‚ was the largest obstacle in the way of full

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    institutional systems. All of the reform movements that began in the early 19th century enabled the expansion of the most important Democratic ideal‚ the inalienable rights to life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It is a core belief in Democratic idealism that all humans are endowed with the right to life and the reform movements of the early-mid 1800’s expanded that ideal. A large role in the expansion of the right to life during this time is the anti-slavery movement. The Second Great Awakening

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    Ancient Athenians are known for many things such as religion‚ character traits‚ beliefs‚ dramatic structure‚ and government‚ intelligence and‚ philosophy. Their ways have a big influence on the way modern day Athenians act and how they way people views them. I chose this topic because I find Greek life interesting with the way they use myths to dictate their values. Ancient Atheniansway of life and culture dictate their identity because how they see themselves. Athenians uses Homer’s Odyssey

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    Republicanism vs. The Democratic Ideals To understand the similarities and differences between ‘republicanism’ and the democratic ideal‚ you must first understand some basic vocabulary. Republicanism was defined by John Adams as‚ “ A government‚ in which all men‚ rich and poor magistrates and subjects officers and people‚ masters and servants‚ the first citizen and the last‚ are equally subject to the laws.” Meaning that republicanism is not about the people having power‚ but about the power that

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    Democratic Ideals 1820-1850 Between the 1820’s and the 1850’s‚ America went through drastic changes in its society. There were many reform movements going on at the same time while some people demanded for change and equality‚ the others believed change would come to ruin America. All of this turmoil between the people boiled up into the Civil War. There were many factors that split the North and the South from each other and influenced them to go to war. Slavery was probably the

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    1825 to 1850. The reformers sought to improve religion‚ rehabilitation of criminals and mental patients‚ education‚ slavery‚ and women’s rights. Each demonstrated democratic ideals to the extent that the reformers sought to incorporate the values of liberty and equality into their reform movements to improve the quality of life but did so at the expense and dismay of others. Religious reformers believed that they should establish estranged communities that lead to equality‚ liberty‚ and prosperity

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    were intended to expand democratic ideals – those of equality and justice for man. While many did accomplish this‚ such as the educational‚ disciplinary‚ educational‚ feminist and abolitionist movements‚ reforms revolving around governmentally-controlled religion and temperance‚ utopias‚ and nativism ultimately limited the overall democratic ideals of society. The Second Great Awakening inspired many movements that truly did further establish some of the democratic ideals we hold to this day. Many

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    The conflict between American power and American democratic ideals was a recurring problem that took on a new form. There was a change in America’s foreign policy and their willingness to establish dominance in the world‚ in the turn of the twentieth century‚ but there had always been a struggle of democratic ideals. This was the United States’ first attempt to claim territories across the world‚ but they had been constantly claiming territories on their own continent. For example‚ there was a period

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    Democracy is a state of which helps our civilization function properly. What was the Athenian democracy like? Was it just like the democracy of the United States we live in today? First we must take note of the political ideas of the Greeks. What did the Greeks mean by democracy? Their constitution is called a democracy because power was in the hands of not a minority but of a whole people. Everyone was believed to be equal in the eyes of the law. Political life is open and free‚ and so were the

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