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    Terror Management Theory

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    self-preservation is a characteristic to both humans and animals‚ the understanding of one’s own mortality is uniquely human. How do we‚ as humans‚ deal with the terror that is associated with this knowledge? According to Terror Management Theory (TMT)‚ developed by Jeff Greenberg‚ Sheldon Solomon‚ and Tom Pyszczynski (1989)‚ the need for “terror management” is a fundamental function possessed by humans and cultural systems. Based on the writings of anthropologist Ernest Becker and inspired by Freud’s

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    Red Terror Thesis

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    Derg political party‚ started the Red Terror‚ which was a genocide of Ethiopian citizens who opposed the Derg. As a result of Mengistu’s Red Terror Movement‚ Ethiopia had suffered irreversible damage to its economy‚ experienced a country wide famine‚ and thousands of its citizens had been slaughtered. Mengistu’s terror was primarily shaped by Communism; Mengistu’s socialist ideas‚ alliances with the Soviet Union‚ and radical principles gave the Ethiopian Red Terror a Soviet character that made Ethiopia

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    Pompeii‚ as a typical Roman colony provincial towns‚ was self-administrating in local matters‚ but subject to imperial decree from Rome. However‚ the emperor rarely interfered except where the empire’s security or local order was threatened. After the revolt in the amphitheatre between Pompeians and Nucerians in AD 59 the emperor‚ Nero‚ dismissed the two chief magistrates‚ had two more elected and appointed a law-giving prefect to supervise them. The inhabitants did not rail against such interference

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    Stalin's Great Terror

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    “It has been estimated between 600‚000 and 3 million people died at the hands of the Soviet government during the Purge.” This is the estimated number of people that died during Stalin’s Great Terror The “Great Terror” or “Great Purge as it was called was a time of as the name states terror. Stalin’s secret police the NKVD and the Soviet government killed hundreds of thousands to millions of Russian peasants. Those who weren’t killed were detained in Gulags. How the Cold War could’ve escalated into

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    The documentary “Race and Terror”‚ by VICE news documents the events that happened during the Charlottesville rallies‚ and the protestors’ views on the results of the protest. Throughout the film‚ Vice news portrayed obedience‚ violence‚ and authority shown by white nationalist‚ alt-righters‚ and neo-nazis in order to explore human identities. The documentary relates to the first two units that we have learned in our psychology course‚ more specifically prejudice‚ empathy gap‚ morality‚ and cognitive

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    The Ripple Effect of Terror 1 The Ripple Effect of Terror The Ripple Effect of Terror 2 Abstract Everyone in America knows where they were when they heard the news. People ran up to complete strangers; “Have you heard about New York?” they would ask. It was 8:46 am Eastern Standard

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    Motives of the Great Terror * The political events that led to the Great Terror began in February of 1934 at the Seventeenth Party Congress. * Dissatisfaction between party members about Stalin‚ and this was the first time he knew his position was threatened * Events of this congress are not completely known‚ but it is said that conspirators met at this congress to discuss replacing Stalin with Kirov * Kirov was told about this and instead of wanting it‚ he decided to inform Stalin

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    Why War Is Justified?

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    depicted as heroes‚ fighting for their own freedoms. However‚ in this modern age the horrors of war come to light‚ what happens on the battlefield is nothing to be triumphant about. Although war has never been a favorable option‚ it can be justified. A war is justified if

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    The War on Terror The attack on September 11‚ 2001 was an event which shows the violent and damaging effects that race thinking can cause. 9/11 marks not only the terrorist attacks of a select few Muslims‚ but sparked a fundamental change in the social and political world of America. It represents the perfect example of how governments – in particular‚ the Bush administration – use race thinking to commit acts of violence while furthering their own ulterior motives. These motives were created far

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    Was Abraham Lincoln justified in not freeing the slaves immediately? Slave states were afraid of an anti-slavery government so they seceded from the United States. The slave states that seceded from the United States became the Confederate States of America and the United States became the Union. Lincoln entered into war to get back the slave states that seceded from the Union. This war ultimately lasted four years with the Confederate States of America losing the war‚ and the United States gaining

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