"Barbarians...thrusting their swords through everything‚ taking pity on nothing. The destruction is universal... Like a whirlwind or a typhoon or a torrent or I know now what to say"; "... inhumanity"; "...barbarous tribe"; "...harshness of its manners and the savagery of its character"; "...not respecting female weakness‚ not pitying tender infants". Above are a few of the terms used by the Constantinople patriarch Photius to describe Vikings and their actions; but similarly horrific descriptions
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It is interesting to see how cars revolutionised the way we live but what is more interesting is that the cars these days are not just considered a device for transportation but much more than that. When you go deeper into the dynamics of the consumer behaviour towards cars it is fascinating to see how a brand of a car has a great impact on its consumer. Lots of research has been done on measuring the impact of the brand on the customer and buyer behaviour and my research aim is to add a drop of
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The idea of the American dream has been around for decades. This intangible notion that America is the land of opportunity and everyone‚ regardless of their social class‚ can achieve success involves sacrifice‚ hard work and risk-taking. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby represents the American Dream gone bad. the characters of Gatsby and Buchanan‚ both‚ in different ways‚ represent the falseness of the American Dream. Some scholars claim that the novel conveys the idea that life is meaningless
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1959) it was intended as purely logical and not in a scientific sense. This is why Veblen argued that we adopted the wrong science‚ we should have adopted biological thinking rather that mechanical thinking. He asked the question‚ ‘why is economics not an evolutionary science?’ (Veblen 1898). Veblen said ‘when a modern scientist asks the question why? He insists on answer in terms of cause and effect’ (Veblen 1898‚p 377).
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Reading Assignment - "Language in Thought and Action" by S.I. Hayakawa and Alan R. Hayakawa book report Language in my Thought and my Action Since I was born‚ I have been learning languages consciously and unconsciously without asking why. S.I. Hayakawa and Alan R. Hayakawa‘s Language in Thought and Action remind me the goal of the study of language – to learn to think more clearly‚ to speak and to write more effectively‚ and to listen and to read with greater understanding. This book is divided
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neighbor intentionally trying to provoke others with his behavior? What else could explain the discrepancy in understandings of the appropriateness of the behavior (the behavior seems fine to one person yet so offends those nearby)? Can anything from Veblen be brought to bear on this? For a little help in making this connection‚ consider the following two quotes‚ which we also discussed in class: In order to avoid stultification he must also cultivate his tastes‚ for it now becomes incumbent on him
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diet is considered drastic‚ while it is medically conservative to cut people open or put them on powerful cholesterol-lowering drugs for the rest of their lives.” --Dean Ornish‚ M.D. In the Theory of Leisure Class: Conspicuous Consumption‚ Thorstein Veblen once wrote‚ “The ‘successful’ are thin to show that they are assured of their next meal.” This sentence gave insight to why people wanted to be thin. Furthermore‚ it tends to be a reason why many of us climb on our scales at home each day‚ and
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deteriorates it…until it finally disappears.” The second law then expounds on the first and states: “all the acquisitions or losses wrought by nature on individuals…are preserved by reproduction to the new individuals….” All three authors‚ Gilman‚ Veblen‚ and Freud‚ use these two laws of Lamarckian inheritance to emphasize the Darwinian concept of man’s lowly descent by demonstrating that “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny” as the ancient characteristics of man’s ancestors are still ingrained within
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Business is what keeps the world spinning‚ metaphorically speaking of course. Everyday millions‚ if not billions of business transactions happen daily. whether it is on the NYSE‚ Investments (real estate‚ political transactions)‚ etc. Business’ best friend capitalism plays an important part of the whole structure. Capitalism is a profit based system that the United States‚ and other countries use to an extent; a system that benefits corporations and the Wall Street “gangs”‚ while on the other hand
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country‚ driving down the price of goods and allowing a wider section of society to take part in consuming‚ although still not the poor. The social scientist Veblen observed that people were buying things to raise their social standings by demonstrating to others their ability to consume and setting an impression to the rest of society (Veblen cited in Hetherington‚ 2009‚ P26). It has been a common thought by social scientists that the social identity in the UK should be considered industrial and
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