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The Histories Volume 17, Fall 2023

of topics, from ancient Indian philosophy to the history of American Rock and Roll. The plethora of topics throughout this brief volume demonstrate the variety of topics La Salle students explore. The ... the positions held in the millets, Jews exercised political influence through other offices and occupations. A sort of secular Jewish governing position existed in the nasi. This secular leader would

Confucius the Shi: The Search for the Historical Confucius by Way of His Class Interest

philosophy of “sagehood” or “authoritative personhood” (Pinyin: ren; Wade-Giles: jen*) was reflective o f his class conditions and interests, and if so, in which ways? I argue that his condition as a member o ... f the Shi class was a crucial factor, for his class interest informed, if not led to, his philosophy o f intersubjective “person building.” A statement o f rationale is in order, for our Platonic

Constrained Wiki: The WikiWay to Validating Content

The “WikiWay” is the open editing philosophy of wikis meant to foster open collaboration and continuous improvement of their content. Just like other online communities, wikis often introduce and ... innovation brought by wikis is what has been termed “the WikiWay”: an open editing philosophy that allows users to easily collaborate on web content, imposing as few restrictions as possible on content authors

Constrained Wiki: The WikiWay to Validating Content

The “WikiWay” is the open editing philosophy of wikis meant to foster open collaboration and continuous improvement of their content. Just like other online communities, wikis often introduce and ... been possible with “traditional”, prewiki webauthoring. The peculiar innovation brought by wikis is what has been termed “the WikiWay”: an open editing philosophy that allows users to easily collaborate

Constrained Wiki: The WikiWay to Validating Content

The “WikiWay” is the open editing philosophy of wikis meant to foster open collaboration and continuous improvement of their content. Just like other online communities, wikis often introduce and ... been possible with “traditional”, prewiki webauthoring. The peculiar innovation brought by wikis is what has been termed “the WikiWay”: an open editing philosophy that allows users to easily collaborate

Constrained Wiki: The WikiWay to Validating Content

The “WikiWay” is the open editing philosophy of wikis meant to foster open collaboration and continuous improvement of their content. Just like other online communities, wikis often introduce and ... been possible with “traditional”, prewiki webauthoring. The peculiar innovation brought by wikis is what has been termed “the WikiWay”: an open editing philosophy that allows users to easily collaborate

Constrained Wiki: The WikiWay to Validating Content

The “WikiWay” is the open editing philosophy of wikis meant to foster open collaboration and continuous improvement of their content. Just like other online communities, wikis often introduce and ... been possible with “traditional”, prewiki webauthoring. The peculiar innovation brought by wikis is what has been termed “the WikiWay”: an open editing philosophy that allows users to easily collaborate

A History of the Cold War and The Clash of Civilizations

what is essentially “historical philosophy”—a method of analysis that is ethical in approach but historical in content, for they derive their respective theories not from abstract principles, but from ... appraises the social, material, national, and ideological factors that have shaped Russian and American destinies, or as he puts it, “the tendencies of the two societies... of their political theories... of

Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Non-Recluse

known for his religious, political, and philosophical documents such as Summa Theologica, there is more to the man than his writing and the events o f his life. What o f the man himself? He is often ... Scriptures (Grabmann B 54). He was smart enough and capable enough in his religious manner o f thinking to reach his own conclusions using the history o f philosophy (Pegis xxx). In his search for wisdom and

The Good Life of Anna Comnena: First Female Historian and Byzantine Princess

. She was able to move about the city and had an active role in political life.3 This participation in politics was a result o f her nobility and additionally o f being highly educated for a woman. She ... Any injustice towards women from a modem point of view seems to have been strictly exclusion from political and social aspects of society. Although the view o f Byzantine women in Byzantium was

Hitler's Character and its Impact on Operation Barbarossa

colonization and exploitation of the lands to the east. To support their rhetoric, they looked toward the “scientific racism” implied in the philosophy of Social Darwinism. This perversion of Darwin’s theory of ... .” {Bullock 737} Another of Hitler’s character traits that effected his ability to lead effectively was his inability to balance his role as both a military and political leader. Hitler, for all his political

The Histories, Vol. 2, No. 2, Spring 2003

o f the liberation o f all the Slavic peoples from the rule o f either Austria or the Ottoman Empire. Russia had from the start taken the leadership role in this movement and due to both political ... Russian Foreign Service’s Balkan specialist Prince G.N. Trubetosky’s statement that, “ Russia’s true role in the world is to protect the smaller Slav states’ cultural and political independence from

From a “Crusade against Ignorance

t y ” : C u l t i v a t i n g I n f o r m a t i o n L i t e r a c y f o r a 2 1 s t C e n t u r y D e m o c r a c y In addition to being influenced by Greco-Roman political philosophy, contemporary

Tell Me More, Tell Me More: Getting Writing Teachers Excited About the Framework

because it speaks to my inner-most activist: the part of me rearing for social justice and political change. And at its core “Information Has Value” has its fingers in all of these pies. It is about who ... of capital “P” politics—not the incessant squabbling between political parties, but instead the overwhelming power dynamics which affect individual and collective identities. We spent whole units

The Quarterly Interview: Doug Worsham

philosophy paper, but writing a scientific article was outside my reach. Working for WI+RE enabled me to identify and apply disciplinary writing conventions, such as those found in a scientific article, and ... student majoring in Philosophy and Music Composition. WI+RE students also reported an impact on how they see themselves as learners, designers, and teachers: "In my time so far at WI+RE I've thought more

Medicine or Magic? Physicians in the Middle Ages

Clearly, even natural philosophy, through the study of physics, was plagued with grossly incorrect, at least in hindsight, theories and explanations for certain phenomena. Note, however, that these, rather ... ?science,? on par with the various strains of natural philosophy in the medieval world, requires an analysis of its practice and study in the context of that world. Through this lens, just as John Buridan, a

Book Review: Teaching Strategies for the College Classroom: A Collection of Faculty Articles

connect pedagogies and student activities to those outcomes. But not all essays in this collection will reflect a reader’s own personal teaching philosophy or concerns in the classroom. For example, one

The Quarterly Interview: Lane Wilkinson

to my current work in information literacy is Jennifer Lackey at Northwestern—her work on the philosophy of testimony provides an incredibly robust and compelling account of how we acquire knowledge ... through the reports of other people (i.e., through information). For those librarians who don’t have a background in philosophy why might philosophical teachings be beneficial to instruction librarians? I

The Struggle is Real: Facilitating Information Literacy Learning by Being Leaders of Failure

Failure There are myriad reasons why I would want to give off the impression of expertise and self-assuredness as an instructor, ranging from the political (I want faculty to respect me) to the personal ... . Journal of Philosophy & History of Education , 60 , 198 - 204 . Mellon , C. A. ( 1986 ). Library anxiety: a grounded theory and its development . College & Research Libraries , 47 ( 2 ), 160 - 165 . Wiggins