To the extent that it can be said to have "characters," they are the cameramen of the title, the film editor, and the modern Soviet Union they discover and present in the film. This film is famous for the range of cinematic techniques Vertov invents, deploys or develops, such as ...
19.A Siamese Tragedy: Development and Disintegration in Modern Thailand ByWalden Bello;Shea Cunningham;Kheng Poh Li Thailand has come to be known as the Fifth Tiger. With the Asian economic collapse of 1997-1998, this book poses the central question: Is this merely a short term crisis or is...
For most, history suggests clearly that 'authoritarian' socialism was at best a failure, at worst as bad as what it fought against. Very few would think there was anything different about maoism or the experience of revolutionary China. Some feminists argue that a marxist theoretical foundation ...
Modern infectious diseases like coronavirus are the consequence of industrial civilization: technical developments enable the high density populations of modern cities and the ability for rapid mass travel. Social diseases, civilization diseases or lifestyle diseases? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed...
perseverance and the art of living” – one for each day of the year, for the rest of your life. And they are all commented upon by Holiday who has a knack for illustrating how relevant this ancient school of philosophy is for our modern world. (Read a brief summary of the book|Buy...
In theJabercase, the courts upheld the ultimate authoritarian practice – summary execution – by shutting it away behind yet another semantic disguise, this one calledpolitical question. Not all of the judges went along with the ploy. On appeal in circuit court, a long-serving jurist named Jan...
Qualifier –These are words that express the forcefulness of the speaker’s claim (Toulmin, 1958). The first three are essential parts of an argument, whereas the final three are not. 3. Authoritarian Theory The authoritarian theory of mass communication states that the media serves its functions...
Yet, instead of taking a shot at the easy target, Trump defended the virulently anti-American tin pot authoritarian Putin, saying: "The new joke in town is that Russia leaked the disastrous DNC e-mails, which should never have been written (stupid), because Putin likes me." I have held...
Would it be authoritarian to ban it? Should employees inform their bosses of office relationships, or should they conceal them? Is requiring so-called “love contracts” to be signed by both parties before initiating a relationship even realistic?
Once upon a time, every business operated on atraditional control systemof managementthat came to be known as theautocratic or authoritarian management style. Companies were small, with one owner – or maybe two partners – who called all the shots. Even as businesses grew and some formed large...