Aesthetic and Thematic Definition of Independent Films "The Official cinema of the world has run out of breath. It is morally corrupt‚ aesthetically obsolete‚ thematically superficial‚ and temperamentally boring." (Lionel R et al‚ 1960) As a result of this and a great number of other reasons‚ independent cinema was born. For the most people who have a basic knowledge of American cinema‚ “independent filmmaking consists of low budget projects made by (mostly) young filmmakers with a strong personal
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European Studies King Henry VIII and his English Reformation When Henry VIII took the throne of England in 1509‚ he entered a world that teetering on the edge of catastrophe. Inter-marriages between thrones were the only strands keeping countries together and the Reformation and had already begun to sweep through Europe; weakening the social and religious constant that was the Roman Catholic Church. While there was support for an English Reformation; ultimately King Henry VIII separated the Church
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Thematic Apperception Test for Personality Assessment Karen Y. Long Park University Test and Measurement September 2010 Abstract The history of the Thematic Apperception Test is controversial. This test was published in 1943 and is still widely used today. Being able to look at a photo card as a stimulus for storytelling was a breakthrough for personality testing. This test has its share of controversy as far as reliability‚ validity and cultural implications. Key words; thematic‚ validity
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Henry A. Murray: The Thematic Apperception Test R.F Molloy College Henry A. Murray: The Thematic Apperception Test In reading 36‚ from the book “Forty studies that changed Psychology: Explorations into the history of Psychological Research” by Roger R. Hock‚ Henry A. Murray is introduced as a Psychotherapist who creates a method of testing a person’s personality and subconscious‚ thoughts‚ desires‚ and fantasies; otherwise known as a “projective” test (Hock‚ R). Murray and his partner‚ Christiana
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black Protestants have grown to become somewhat more accepting of same-sex marriage over the last decade. The data gives us a better glimpse of the intersection between black religiosity and attitudes toward homosexuality‚ where we can start to probe further into why we’re seeing more accepting attitudes toward homosexuality as time progress but not at the higher rates of other Protestant denominations. One question we are led to ask to better piece things together is how the black Protestants who
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Arabic–English Thematic Lexicon The Arabic–English Thematic Lexicon is an invaluable resource for all learners of Arabic. It contains some 8‚000 entries‚ arranged into themes‚ including flora and fauna‚ food and drink‚ the human body‚ health care‚ the family‚ housing‚ clothing‚ education‚ IT‚ sports‚ politics‚ economics and commerce‚ the law‚ media‚ language‚ geography‚ travel‚ religion‚ arts‚ science and natural resources. Three appendices cover the names of Arab and selected non-Arab regions‚ countries
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Around the time of the Reformation‚ societies suffered profoundly from The Black Death. The plague caused the deaths of 50-60% of Europe and 500 million deaths worldwide. People were intensely fearful and many turned to religion to cope. Many questions arose about God and the Church‚ which became a spotlight of attention. What effect was this having on the faith of the people? Many people believed that God was punishing them. Many performed acts of good‚ known as indulgences‚ in the hope that God
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Henry VIII and the Reformation of the Church Henry VIII was king from 1509 to 1547.He was not actually meant to be king in the first place but when he was just 11 his elder brother Arthur died and he automatically took the throne and (because his father wanted to keep the alliance with Spain) a wife (Catherine of Aragon). This‚ however had to be approved by the Pope and was only approved because Catherine said‚ although she had been married to Arthur she had never slept with him and so the Pope
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an extremely controversial book‚ The Protestant Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism. Weber discusses and explores the question on whether or not there is a link between The Protestant ethic and The spirit of capitalism. Eventually‚ he comes to the controversial conclusion that there is a link between protestantism and capitalism. He also concludes that protestant ethic did not play the entire role of creating modern capitalism. Weber specifically names protestant churches and groups such as “... sixteenth-
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The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism‚ by M. Weber I/ What is the spirit of capitalism? According to Marx’s theory‚ labour is what define oneself in the world and give meaning to one’s life. Weber emphasized that theory when he published in 1904 “The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism”. Contrary to what if often thought‚ capitalism is not an immoderate and immoral seek for money‚ but a rational and controlled way of doing business. Profitability‚ which could
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