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Shakespeare’s Prince of Denmark: Political Pandering in Hamlet

Political Pandering in Hamlet Moriah Theriault Records from The World Shakespeare Bibliography indicate that Hamlet is Shakespeare’s most popular play in modern times. Because of this, innumerable

Existential Orwell: Capitalism, Religion, and Philosophy

; however, those which do not do so generally align or interact with the ideas of that philosophy. Paul Richard Dulley, in his thesis statement for Sussex University, is the only scholar I could locate who

Henrietta Maria: Royalist Women’s Representations of the French Catholic Queen

, in exile, the controversial and disliked Catholic Queen Henrietta Maria could be fully domesticated as England’s ‘Sovereign Mistress.’ The royal domestic as a kind of political imaginary took fullest ... marriage to be a mutual match, not a political ploy or economic convenience. A loving, domestic life was shared between the now lost king and queen, a beautiful mutuality in their relationship, which stands

Seamus Heaney and the Role of the Political Poet

. Heaney uses the Tollund Man, as well as subjects in many of his other bog poems, as a symbol for the modern political martyr in order to illustrate the continuity of a violent Irish psyche and to process ... the despair and destruction inflicted upon the Irish people during his lifetime of political instability; in addition, a consideration of the poet’s role in society demonstrates that Heaney allows

Ghosts of Past, Present, and Future: On Political Purpose and Critical Hope in Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys

" Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism: Vol. 14 : Iss. 1 Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism On Political Purpose 0 0 St. Francis Xavier University , Canada Follow this and additional ... Political Purpose and Critical Hope in Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/criterion/vol14/iss1/7 Adelaide Strickland - Adelaide Strickland Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys, based on a true

Sacramental Aesthetics: A Herbertian Reading of John Dewey

well as Dewey’s philosophy. In turn, the sacramental qualities of Dewey’s aesthetic theory make a compelling argument for a postsecular interpretation of his work. First, I posit Herbert’s poetry within ... philosophy make a compelling argument for further postsecular interpretations. Sacramental Poetics The primary purpose of a sacrament is a sign that points to something beyond itself through images, sound

Political Assassinations and Attempts in US History: The Lasting Effects of Gun Violence Against American Political Leaders. By J. Michael Martinez, New York, N.Y., Carrel Books, Skyhorse Publishing Company, 2017.

. History, Political Science, Psychology, and Criminology are among those that come immediately to mind. The book also has implications for individuals who work in Protective Service Operations for obvious

Political Violence and the Mediating Role of Violent Extremist Propensities

causal mechanisms. Building on situational action theory, the current study moves beyond the dominant risk factor approach and proposes an integrated model for the explanation of political/religious ... applies its philosophy to the explanation of violent extremism, and more specifically, to political/religious violence. Applying the Logic of Situational Action Theory Situational action theory (SAT) is a

From Karl Menger to Charles Menger? How Austrian economics (hardly) spread in France

discussed as pure economics replaces political economy in the Interwar period, with the 1938 Paris Congress of “liberal thinkers,” as the Vienna Circle became known, also comparing issues in philosophy. The ... reason for such a situation? Criticisms of classical political economy have to be understood in their French context. In comparison to other countries, this paper details the case of France, besides

From Karl Menger to Charles Menger? How Austrian economics (hardly) spread in France

discussed as pure economics replaces political economy in the Interwar period, with the 1938 Paris Congress of “liberal thinkers,” as the Vienna Circle became known, also comparing issues in philosophy. The ... reason for such a situation? Criticisms of classical political economy have to be understood in their French context. In comparison to other countries, this paper details the case of France, besides

Claude McKay's Protest Sonnets

collective and emotional political attempt to change society, and claims that the sonnet is an excellent vehicle for protest: it’s short, easy to memorize, and has the rhetoric of persuasion, making it a genre ... the sonnet form, these poems investigate the mass culture that leads to racial violence against African American people. This compact form carries centuries of history; by plugging this political

In the absence of private property rights: Political control and state corporatism during Putin's first tenure

for appropriate market infrastructure. This also implied that if Russia's political and economic system had more than one competing hierarchy, the objective of the elites would not have entailed long ... state involvement in Russia?s economy during the last century summarized in Table 1. In period 1 the otherwise revo2003). Recently emerged political party competition, which thrived under Putin?s

Subverting Social Order: Investigating Class Critique in Homer’s Odyssey

elusive to us over great expanses of time—that The Odyssey arose spontaneously rather than from a distinct social, political, and geographical reality. In this way, The Odyssey becomes reduced to “blind

China’s Cyber Initiatives Counter International Pressure

its security posture while protecting its economic interests. This approach is in stark contrast to United States efforts that have demonstrated a focus on “acting globally, thinking locally” philosophy ... activities, including economic, political, cultural, social, and military. 16 The leading group’s close relationship to China’s State Council, the chief administrative authority of the country, enables rapid

Reclaiming the Black Personhood: the Power of the Hip-Hop Narrative in Mainstream Rap

Hip hop, as a cultural phenomenon, leverages rap as a narrative form in periods of acutely visible political unrest in the Black American community to combat pejorative narratives of Black America as ... Rhetoric and Composition Commons, Race and Ethnicity Commons, and the Social Influence and Political Communication Commons Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/criterion

The Test of Terrorism: Responding to Political Violence in the Twenty-First Century. Edited by Alastair Finlan. New York, NY: Routledge, 2015.

Bureau of Investigation to illustrate the myriad ways to delineate the topic. The author states that terrorism is an act of war with a political motive enacted without regard for victims or bystanders

Central Asia — twenty-five years after the breakup of the USSR

Central Asia consists of five culturally and ethnically diverse countries that have followed different paths to political and economic transformation in the past 25 years since achieving independence ... adoption of a broad spectrum of economic, institutional and political reforms. The major obstacles to political reform and structural diversification in the five Central Asian economies are internal and

The Austrian school of economics in Russia: From criticism and rejection to absorption and adoption

Dissemination and adoption of Western economic ideas in Russia have never been a simple process, always bearing marks of the socio-political and ideological circumstances of the country and inner ... economists writing on the New Austrian school were interested either in the philosophy of Hayek (N. Makasheva (1989) ) or Mises-style political pamphlets and advice (B. Pinsker, L. Piyasheva), or both (R

The Austrian school of economics in Russia: From criticism and rejection to absorption and adoption

Dissemination and adoption of Western economic ideas in Russia have never been a simple process, always bearing marks of the socio-political and ideological circumstances of the country and inner ... either in the philosophy of Hayek (N. Makasheva (1989) ) or Mises-style political pamphlets and advice (B. Pinsker, L. Piyasheva), or both (R. Kapeliushnikov, Yu. Kochevrin, and A. Zaostrovtsev). We

Autarky or Interdependence: U.S. vs. European Security and Defense Industries in a Globalized Market

manner. However, in certain sectors, such as the defense industry, security concerns and politics can overshadow economic logic when it comes to making procurement decisions. These political and security ... , Beginner Arabic, and Political Islam. Her major research interests include: security issues in the Middle East, U.S. defense policy, and measuring the effectiveness of counterterrorism initiatives. She