Diego Velàzquez was called the "noblest and most commanding man among the artists of his country." He was a master realist‚ and no painter has surpassed him in the ability to seize essential features and fix them on canvas with a few broad‚ sure strokes. "His men and women seem to breathe‚" it has been said; "his horses are full of action and his dogs of life." Because of Velàzquez ’ great skill in merging color‚ light‚ space‚ rhythm of line‚ and mass in such a way that all have equal value‚ he
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women‚ young people and old people‚ parents and offspring‚ teachers and students‚ priests and laity‚ an administration and a population” (Foucault 1978:103). Sexuality
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literary criticism‚ and political economy. The current understanding of post-colonialism‚ which has given rise to an entire field of studies known as "postcolonial studies‚" has its distant roots in the work of French philosopher Michel Foucault. Two insights from Foucault have particularly served as cornerstones for postcolonial studies. The first insight concerns his assertion that knowledge‚ whether theoretical or practical is essentially contextual. Knowledge is always a matter of what he called
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Throughout the centuries‚ both the system and the concept of prison have undergone many radical changes that eventually led to the formation of the prison as we know it now. In the 16th and 17th centuries‚ prison tended to be a place where criminals were kept in it while awaiting their punishment. It was a place‚ where criminals were held‚ rather than a means of punishment. In fact‚ criminals‚ at that time‚ were publically punished‚ rather than imprisoned‚ in the most torturous ways such as whipping
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Clocking the Speed of Light Why is the speed of light important? -Having a accurate number for the speed of light allows for accurate measurements of the universe around us -Even small inaccuracies make large differences when measuring the space between stars‚ planets‚ and galaxies -The more precise our measurement of the speed of light the more precise our measurements are of the universe because light is the universal measurement used Light as Infinite -Most scholars agreed that light
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According to French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu‚ a habitus is referring to a person’s way of thinking‚ acting‚ and behaving. A habitus is a structure that helps a person comprehend and deal with society. It can be simply seen as a merger of society and the individual. (Wysocka‚ Paulina‚ 2013). Habitus is both a “structured structure”—the effect of the actions of‚ and our interactions with‚ others—and a “structuring structure”—it suggests and constrains our future actions (Bourdieu‚ 1992). In other
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How society tames our desire to know? With fast development of media technology‚ this is never the time of panel scarcity‚ and we have stepped into an era of overloaded information. Therefore it seems to be accepted as reality that audiences are acquiring more freedom to choose/decide what they need/want even make media products themselves. That is superficially right while the hidden agenda set by others never disappear. That is to say‚ what people interest in is not always out of self willingness
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The Jails A Central Plant services all three major jail campus facilities—the Main Jail‚ North Annex‚ and South Annex—and nearly all jail support functions are located in the Main Jail. The Main Jail has 12 floors‚ six of which are for housing. Its maximum population capacity is 1‚064. The Main Jail was built in 1989 and features administrative offices‚ an infirmary‚ and intake and release offices. The North Annex Jail is a five-story structure‚ four of which are used almost exclusively for
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be a type of revenge from the judicial system‚ and was demanded to be preformed in the towns square for all to watch. Like all things‚ change is common in our world‚ and the notion of punishment is no different. Although not much has been altered‚ Foucault examined the concepts involved in punishment and how the criminal justice system dehumanizes individuals of society. Analyzing through the ideologies of surveillance and discipline‚ which are repetitively implanted into members of society brains
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Universal Values and the Justification of Internationality By Shaya Aldosari Introduction: Does cultural plurality deny any possibility of universal morality? Universality means‚ among many definitions‚ internationality. It also means the eternal validity of human ethics. Before the so-called postmodernism‚ humanity used to believe in transcendental values and ideas that hold good of everyone1‚ that is‚ every ‘animal rationale’ which according to Aristotle is the only animal who is capable
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