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hellip; according to the paper, Conrad was an exemplary Saussurean writer.... Since, in his account, thoughts are conveyed mechanically from head to head without reference to context, Saussure's theory represents the most influential version of “the language machine,” a metaphor that, according to Roy Harris, dominates all of twentieth-century linguistics.... For anyone to be praised as a master of a given language, language must be conceptualized in a certain way, and in one of those marvelous coincidences that gives people faith in the notion of a Zeitgeist, that very conception was being developed by an obscure Swiss linguist....
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This paper ''Liberty'' tells that Positive freedom-based theories point out a very obvious weakness of this position; namely, that one of the activities that most often limits the freedom of some individuals is the expression of freedom in others and obligated to impinge upon this freedom as little as possible....
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Consistent with this critique, it also tries to reformulate more plausible concepts for understanding what actually took place under colonialism, redeeming past events from colonial ideologies of improvement from liberation, and evolving new categories for mapping a resistant world from the colonized point of view....
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The author of the paper examines rousseau's contract theory that proposes that the people forfeit some rights to a governing body in order to receive the psychologically important feeling of stability in the form of social order through the rule of law.... hellip; Civil society, for rousseau, is based on convention.... The problem with rousseau's Social Contract, and with his consent theory, in particular, is that it seems to prescribe the complete opposite of what rousseau's assumptions about human nature, and the state of instinct, would necessitate....
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In his Speech Denouncing the New Conditions of Eligibility, dated October 22 1789, as well as in his speech regarding the flight of the King, Robespierre is absolutely clear in… In Robespierre's eyes, virtue is a unique combination of individual sovereignty and equality of the people in France....
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For anyone to be praised as a master of a given language, language must be conceptualized in a certain way, and in one of those marvelous coincidences that give people faith in the notion of a Zeitgeist, that very conception was being developed by an obscure Swiss linguist at just the time Conrad was gaining a reputation.... This paper "Heart of Darkness" discusses the language of Conrad's descriptions in "Heart of Darkness" that frequently seems to refer beyond the immediate scene, though it is not clear to what....
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The author of this essay describes the impact of Machiavelli and Aristotle on political thought and statecraft.... This paper outlines comparing and contrast their contribution to the political field.... hellip; .... ... ... He is the creator of modern scientific terminology who founded and classified the various sciences extant today' (Jayasinghe 2009)That Machiavelli's reputation is somewhat more controversial can be ascertained from the dictionary definitions of the word 'Machiavellian'....
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what this indicates is the power and nature of self-surveillance.... This essay "Panopticism by Michel Foucault" describes the areas of differences and agreements in relation to the learning contexts.... nbsp;Both Foucault and Freire's methodologies of interpersonal relations help the society, teachers to analyze common concerns in the education system....
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