Persuaders (PBS) Douglas Rushkoff's Frontline / PBS documentary "The Persuaders" offers a history of advertising and a critical exploration of the evolution of advertising in the twentieth century, along with techniques used in corporate marketing, Continue Reading...
Our key clue in this passage is the reference to Dionysia, the festival in honor of Dionysus, God of Wine and Pleasure. Instead of philosophical study, this festival is held in the Spring for 6 days of plays, tragedies, feats, and wine. Dionysus, a Continue Reading...
Where the Burns (1978) book sets itself apart is through its evaluation of the practice and theory of leadership skills. In the book, Burns (1978) states that he defined leadership as "leaders inducing followers to act for certain goals that represe Continue Reading...
In retrospect, we know now that it was important to end slavery in the South, but there were many other reasons for that war besides the stated ones, as well. 7. It did not make sense to Anne Wallace that she would be sitting in a comfortable home Continue Reading...
MLK Martin Luther King penned his "Letter from Birmingham Jail" precisely because his peers in the religious community had criticized his acts of civil disobedience. The letter is a rhetorical argument, rooted in Aristotelian rhetorical strategies. Continue Reading...
Character Development -- the Yugoslavian Bodybuilder Prologue Kristoff Savi-ic is a first-generation Yugoslavian-American (of Serbian descent) whose parents immigrated with their three children to the United States in the 1990, having narrowly esca Continue Reading...
Utilitarianism and Categorical Imperatives A Comparison of the Theories of Utilitarianism and Categorical Imperatives The principles of Utilitarianism and Categorical Imperatives contradict each other on many fronts. Both provide a rational for mak Continue Reading...
Sociology of Youth The Structural Arrangements The class view using the Social-Psychological perspective precipitates a point-of-view in the context of society as the dictator to the actor, the environment perpetuating the role that young individua Continue Reading...
Wellum's stream-of-consciousness when he is fighting is both funny and compelling: "I reckon I'm a little above, just a fraction, and therefore gaining. God, I hope so. Coupled with fear, I now also feel a sense of anger. What right has this German Continue Reading...
atheist. Objections and counter-arguments: McCloskey's "On Being an Atheist" In his essay "On Being an Atheist," the author H.J. McCloskey offers a multi-layered criticism of the belief in God and specifically Christian beliefs regarding God. McC Continue Reading...
Rise of the Secular Turkish Republic It was in 1923 that the Republic of Turkey appeared on the face of the globe. The Turks consider the preceding years i.e. 1919-1922 as the years of their struggle for independence. The Turkish state that was form Continue Reading...
Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis The Weimar Republic represented a period of tumultuous upheaval for Germany politically and economically, but culturally as well. Following World War I, the public was only beginning to come to terms with the emergin Continue Reading...
Cold War was a period of great danger and international tension, brought on by the power struggles between the United States and the Soviet Union. The communist ideology -- which the Soviets were aggressively trying to spread through Europe and elsew Continue Reading...
Porsche Case Analysis The intent of this case analysis is to evaluate the buyer decision process the typical Porsche customer undertakes when searching for a new high-performance sports car. The Porsche sports car enthusiasts' decision process is si Continue Reading...
U.S. (after 1865) Red Scare At the end of World War I, a fearful, anti-communist faction known as the First Red Scare started to extend throughout the United States of America. In 1917, Russia had gone through the Bolshevik Revolution. The Bolshevi Continue Reading...
"The rumor claiming that the commercial almost never aired is true," said Clow (www.ciadvertising.com).The Apple board "demanded that it not be aired," Clow goes on, but Apple CEO Steve Jobs insisted that it be played, and so it was. Clow says that Continue Reading...
Run Lola Run Some of the most effective artistic productions are those which can seamlessly integrate a commentary on their own particular medium into their narrative and aesthetic content, and Tom Tykwer's film Run Lola Run is prime example of this Continue Reading...
Daniel Quinn's Vision Of History Beauty is often described as being in the eye of the beholder. In this sense beauty is viewed as a subjective consideration and so its appreciation is a matter of taste and perspective. Likewise, events that take pla Continue Reading...
Yahoo! v. Holocaust Survivors On January 29, 2001, Timothy Koogle, CEO of Yahoo! Inc. was accused of war crimes for allegedly denying the Holocaust. His accusers were a group of French Nazi concentration camp survivors, The Association of Deportees Continue Reading...
In the third section of the book Babette is cheating on Jack, hoping to gain access to a drug (Dylar) that treats people who fear dying. Clearly DeLillo is playing off of society's fear of death. Eventually Jack kills the man Babette was having liai Continue Reading...
Leadership Theory in a Changing and Globalizing Marketplace Modern business practice is permeated by the complexities of a changing world. The impact of globalization on the cultural makeup of companies, the effects of the global recession on the co Continue Reading...
The development of the atomic bomb as well as its perceived success rate however made further development in chemical and biological weaponry unnecessary. It is worth noting that biological weapons were never employed significantly in World War I a Continue Reading...
Multicultural Manners Norine Dresser's Multicultural Manners was designed a handy guidebook for white, middle class Americans who have to deal with others of a different color, religion or ethnicity, either in big cities in the United States or over Continue Reading...
By connecting the awarding of a peace prize with the concerns of a world in which terrorism has become a constant threat, Obama makes clear the exigency of his message when he says: "I do not bring with me today a definitive solution to the problems Continue Reading...
These responsibilities notwithstanding, the American public was already being conditioned to view the war in Iraq as a battle against extremists, that is, against the Islamist radicals who had threatened the "American" way" of life on September 11, Continue Reading...
The generally accepted reasoning behind that bombing is that thousands of United States troops would have died in a protracted war and a clear message had to be sent. Regardless of how one assesses the issue, the fallout, no pun intended, from Japan Continue Reading...
Holocaust is a catastrophe orchestrated by Nazi Germany under the leadership of Adolf Hitler. It was an organized and systematic murder with the outcome being the brutal killing of approximately six million innocent Jews during the Word War II (Longe Continue Reading...
forgive? The Holocaust museum in Skokie, Illinois carries the motto "Remember the past, transform the future." It does not talk about forgiveness. It talks about using the past to transfer the future into a more constructive and positive experience Continue Reading...
Student of Prague and German Cinema The Germany film industry revolution The Film industry in Germany has come a long way and is seen as one of the ancient film industries that gave a portrayal of both the artistic as well as the aesthetic and the Continue Reading...
Without outside knowledge of Stalingrad, it is unlikely that a reader of Stalingrad by Antony Beevor would truly grasp the impact and unreal brutalities of this conflict. Watching a ten second black and video of the battle being waged in the streets Continue Reading...
It was this same concept which began to impose harsh discriminatory tactics against homosexuals. In fact, in a most ironic twist referent to Nazi sadism, the treatment of homosexuals was often documented to exceed in its abuse but also in its sexual Continue Reading...
Germany's Failure in World War II Germany had launched several successful attacks and was successful in conquering several territories such as Poland, Netherlands and France, that proved Germany is invincible. However, Germany failed in strategic pl Continue Reading...
Power of Myths Myths are probably one of the most misunderstood phenomena because of their slightly absurd and almost unreal elements. While ancient myths may have lost their glory to many, they are still considered important by people like Joseph C Continue Reading...
WW2 and Gender Relations in Germany What was the impact of World War Two on gender relations in Germany? To do so we must examine three substantial areas of importance: ideology, trauma, and egalitarianism. The question of ideology is, of course, mo Continue Reading...
Even before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government began targeting Japanese-American businessmen and placing them under arrest. Following Pearl Harbor, the efforts expanded beyond businessmen and targeted the whole of the Japanese Continue Reading...
Rhetoric in Great Speeches Cultural / Ideological Analysis Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) is credited by objective scholars and historians as having brought the United States out of the Great Depression, and as having guided the United States thro Continue Reading...
Leadership Comparing Characteristics of Leaders and Managers The term leader and manager is often used in an interchangeable manner and it is likely that at some point most leaders have undertaken a management role. However, when looking at leaders Continue Reading...
11. Existentialism Existentialism is a philosophical perspective that emphasizes the larger reality of the external world beyond the specific human needs or goals of the individual. Its two most influential contributors are Nietzsche and Kierkegaa Continue Reading...
