Political prisoner, a person who is imprisoned because that person’s actions or beliefs are contrary to those of his or her government. This is the most general sense of a term that can be difficult to define. In practice, political prisoners often cann
In some cases radical political changes created conditions that led to hundreds of cases of disappearance. 在一些情况下,剧烈的政治变革造成了大量失踪案件的条件。 UN-2 This change reflected Coleridge's own changing political views from radical to more conservative beliefs. 这一变化反映了柯勒律治...
Starting from animistic beliefs through Greco-Roman, Germanic, Celtic, and other polytheistic faiths to Christian monotheism, all such systems have promised that our spirit or soul will survive our physical deaths, even if they will be damned to unending suffering in Hell. But religion is not ...
In Rancière’sidiosyncraticusage, the term “police” refers to the rules and conventions that enforce inegalitarian distributions of the sensible, together with the broadly ideological beliefs and values that justify inegalitarian social orders as fair, democratic,inclusive, consensus-based, or in ...
Bad science contributes to the steady dumbing down of our nation. Crude beliefs get transmitted to political leaders and the result is considerable damage to society. We see this happening now in the rapid rise of the religious right and how it has taken over large segments of the Republican ...
Most religious beliefs are “inspired” by one of the popular sacred text, but not actually based on the text its self. Therefore they lose any claim that their beliefs are valid or sacred. This is prima facie evidence that their god is a product of modern culture. Exactly the same as ...
We purport that Germany's defeat in World War II was influenced by Hitler's questionable and risky decision-making and his inhumane and callous personality, both of which were likely affected by his condition. Likewise his paranoid disorder marked by intense anti-Semitic beliefs influenced his ...
After over 50 years of a repressive culture and political dictatorship, Raul Castro recently admitted that communism does not work. He even went so far as to blame the Cuban people for not being productive enough, but the government took all of the opportunities away and gave the Cuban people...
Over the years, there has been the rising tide of gender inequality all over the world. This is mainly because of individual perceptions about the role of women and men in the society. Traditional beliefs and practices have greatly contributed to ... ...
He also advanced beliefs about abortion and other topics which make it clear that he does not regard opposition to abortion as a valid political or social position that should be permitted. This raises larger questions, of course, about what would be the federal law of the land that he would...