what other people say, now I feel more confident in my own ability to articulate my political philosophies as consistently and logically as possible. While I prefer to avoid political binaries like liberal/conservative, democrat/republican, socialist/libertarian, when asked, I usually admit that I lean Republican on most issues even if I am not going to always “tow the party line,” as they say. The problem with most political discourse is that there is an expectation to conform to some rigid set of mandates and principles in order to be affiliated with one of the two major political parties in America, and I strongly disagree with artificial binaries.… Continue Reading...
African countries, colonialism had the effect of eroding and hollowing out entrenched cultures and traditions. This also effectively led to the erosion of political philosophies. As a consequence, Deibert points out that most countries in Africa have become more of poorly done clones of Western nations – more so in the realm of education, socio-economic systems, political ideologies and structures, and even language.[footnoteRef:8] This dependency on westernized ideologies and philosophies does impede democratic development in the continent as countries become deprived of their true essence. In the long-run, failure to take into consideration whether or not Western ideals are compatible with local situations (specifically cultural, economic, as well as socials and political systems),… Continue Reading...
to the creation of the nation’s most important documents and political philosophies.
All three of these founding fathers, Washington, Franklin, and Hamilton acted on their passionate beliefs in a strong central government. Hamilton is known most of all for his Federalist Papers, a collection of documents co-authored by John Jay and James Madison, that extolled the virtues of creating and maintaining a strong central government. States’ rights advocates feared that a strong central government would become dangerously close to the strong central government in England, and believed that a strong central government could too easily become tyrannical. However, Washington, Hamilton,… Continue Reading...
regard to establishing bilateral trade agreements. Trade imbalances, as well as stark cultural differences and divergent political philosophies, led to a persistent foreign relations discontinuity between Britain and China. Based on a textual analysis of the Lord Palmerston letter and that of King George III, three specific indications of foreign relations discontinuities include a shift from King George’s blatantly conciliatory and seemingly insincere tone to Lord Palmerston’s paternalistic one, an obvious shift in assertion that the mission was educational in nature even while underscoring the desire for trade, and ultimately a tacit acknowledgement that Britain needs China more than China needs Britain.
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stick approaches have failed. Moreover, Boko Haram is relatively fragmented, and different cells have different approaches to the Nigerian government and different political philosophies. Ultimately, Boko Haram must be understood within its historical, social, and political context. It is appealing to the poor and disenfranchised, using religion as a direct means of social and political control. Suggestions for state responses include ongoing negotiations, albeit while embedding counterterrorism measures. Counterterrorism should be less about force and more about addressing the root causes such as socioeconomic inequalities and creating a normative culture in which radicalization no longer takes place.
Agbiboa, D.E. (2013b). Why Boko Haram Exists: The Relative Deprivation Perspective. African Conflict and Peacebuilding… Continue Reading...
technologies and political philosophies with Vietnam's own history and traditions. By the 19th century, the Vietnamese language began to reflect the growing disillusionment with Chinese culture and influence to the point where Vietnam's leaders could not be compared in a wholesale fashion to the Chinese leaders. The Vietnamese language also began to reflect these fundamental differences in their society from China's: "Then as now the Vietnamese language responded to China's proximity and importance in Vietnamese life by developing a variety of terms for different areas of contact with China" (p. 19).
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strain. Yet there are also larger impacts from localized events, such as changes to public policy and political philosophies resulting from major natural disasters. One of the most impactful natural disasters in recent American history is undoubtedly Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina showed Americans the many shortcomings of federal disaster relief response programs like the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which was restructured after the event (Zimmerman, 2015). In addition to the political ramifications from Katrina, the storm revealed weaknesses in local, state, and federal infrastructure: showing that public spending patterns need to change in order to make American communities more resilient in the future. Another reason why… Continue Reading...
historical context shows that many of Fielding's contemporaries also used the medium of satire to make their political philosophies known.
What do you make of Fielding's presentation of Joseph's virtue of chastity?
For one, Joseph's virtue of chastity is humorous. He is too pure, too chaste, and too perfect. He is in love with a girl named "fanny," and running from a girl named "boobie," showing that the title character is really trapped between a rock and a hard place. The title character is also religiously devout in an extreme way, showing that the author is making fun of religion as well as its artificial morality. The… Continue Reading...
