“The use and abuse of sociobiology: an anthropological critique of sociobiology” –Marshall Sahlins Marshall Sahlins wrote this short book in 1976 in response to E O Wilson’s ’Sociobiology’. Sahlins gives a brief critique of what he called ’vulgar sociobiology’ which is a critique of simplistic notions of genes and evolutionary biology. The majority of the book is a critique of what he called ’scientific sociobiology’ and which he basically reduced to ’kin selection’ and what he sees as its failings
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American Literary Movements Puritanism (17th century) - a style of writing that adhered to five basic tenets of religious life: original sin‚ limited atonement‚ irresistible grace‚ perseverance of the saints‚ and predestination. Puritans believed that God divinely controls the universe and all humans‚ regardless of social or economic status‚ are equal in God’s sight. Central to Puritan success is the extreme self-determinism that still contributes to American idealism. Important writers of this
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“Although some characters wish to re-create the Golden Age‚ As You Like It shows that country life is no pastoral idyll”. How far do you agree with this view of the play? Peripherally‚ Shakespeare’s As You Like it presents a bucolic‚ arcadian like setting within the Forest of Arden and only implicitly weaves elements of reality into the pastoral lifestyle to subtly suggest that country life is far from perfect. Greater attention is spent on how Rosalind and Celia perceive the Forest‚ as they recognise
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Greek Philosophy. In the 6th century B.C‚ there began a dualism in Greek Philosophy. The development of Greek Philosophy became a compromise between Greek monistic and oriental influences‚ in other words‚ a combination of intellectualism and mysticism. Thus began the pre-Socratic philosophy. The interests of pre- Socratic philosophers were centered on the world that surrounds man‚ the Cosmos. This was during the time of great internal and external disturbances in the Greek society‚ as it was
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pictured horrors of blood.” (9). By appealing to the senses Poe forces the reader to picture themselves in his story. Similarly Hawthorne describes the scene in “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” early in the story. There is a sense of aged wisdom and mysticism throughout the tale‚ especially when the four elderly drink the water from the fountain of youth for the experiment‚ and Hawthorne uses the setting to enhance the mood. “It was a dim‚ old-fashioned chamber‚ festooned with cobwebs‚ and besprinkled
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The story of Adams first wife‚ Lilith It is said that the legend of Lilith was created first in the bible. She was known as Adams first wife who rebelled against him after she couldn’t get equality. However‚ she is also recognised from Hebrew mysticism‚ Sumerian legends‚ as a demon and as a vampire. It is said that she still lives today as she is an immortal demon. The legend of Lilith began when rabbis first noticed there were 2 accounts of the creation of woman in the book of Genesis that contradict
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India‚ its cultures‚ values and ethics)‚ and ‘Indianness’ had been in his veins. This ‘Indianness’ was unique in Ezekiel. N K Ghosh asks‚ what prevents Ezekiel “from revelling in the non personal notions of a poem worthy India‚ its glorious past‚its mysticism‚cultural or historical nostalgia”. He answers that Ezekiel’s ‘primary concern is not the India which appeals to the West‚ but the India to which he can and he does‚ truly belong” His contribution to Indian poetry is important both for its quality
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A PASSAGE TO INDIA Introduction: Forster is a distinguished novelist both in modern English and world literature history. After the author’s two visits to India‚ the great novel A Passage to India (1924) was produced; it is a novel by E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. In a word‚ it is a novel of cultural‚ social‚ psychological‚ and religious conflict arising mainly from clashes between India’s native population and British
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earned his degree in philosophy from the University of Cambridge‚ qualified as a barrister in London‚ and received a doctorate from the University of Munich. His thesis‚ The Development of Metaphysics in Persia‚ revealed some aspects of Islamic mysticism formerly unknown in Europ On his return from Europe‚ he gained his livelihood by the practice of law‚ but his fame came from his Persian- and Urdu-language poetry‚ which was written in the classical style for public recitation. Through poetic symposia
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Paulo Freire once said‚ “ Dehumanization‚ although a concrete historical fact‚ is not a given destiny but the result of an unjust order that engenders violence in the oppressors ‚ which in turn dehumanizes the oppressed” Freire is demonstrating that inequality between races or religions causes disagreement. He explains that the revolt of one group can lead to a massacre of great disorder. This idea is often a popular idea within literature. There are many issues within the Kabbalah that make Moishe
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