...misunderstood. In the book “The Future of Life”, written by Edward O. Wilson, the ways of how environmentalists and people-first debates are carried out are brought to the surface. These two sides ironically have similarities in format and childish manner, which are both seen throughout the satirical workings of Wilson. First off, Wilson implements a point that brings out the false, deceptive thinking of both groups on the problem at hand. For example, the people-first advocates claim that if a person “relaxes their guard” when the environmentalists would possibly be in power, their “property rights will go down the tube.” This shows that there is no applicability to environmentalist ideologies, nor any appeal to their true goals, which can be seen throughout the arguments against the environmentalists. The same exact method is used on the other side to show the back and forth way of argument without any real support. Wilson says that the people-first advocates’ idea of conservation is “planting trees around a golf course”, which of course, has no true support for it to be viewed as real. There is also no information or facts within the statements, just the truth about how both sides argue. These features alone provide little impact on the issue, but Wilson does so anyway by writing opposing arguments that are ironically the same. Secondly, besides the use of misleading thinking and arguments without backing, Wilson brings up another widely-used method of argument from this...
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...actually like. In the book “The Future of Life” by Edward O. Wilson, he constructs the scenario of two very bold statements that circle around the idea of unproductive governmentalist. His satire language used here is pure irony and sarcasm. Which is how these two debates get illustrated throughout the passage. These two debates only use techniques such as, irony, and emotional appeal. Rather than the typical statistical material satire is used to. This illustrates pathos which is clearly illustrated throughout the debate, due to the name calling both sides take action on. On the first debate, the side of the people-first critics stereotype the environmentalist they start off this name calling by saying, “depends on how angry we are, we call them greens, environs, environmentalist extremist,or environmental wackos”. The environmentalist shoot back by continuing the sarcasm, “that may be what they call themselves, but we know them more accurately as as anti-environmentalist or brown lashers, or more out west, wise users and sagebrush rebels.” Wilson delivers this name calling as a way to opiniate that this is childish, but he twistes this satire with irony in the background of this whole debate. Wilson reveals the irony in both arguments that while both the environmentalists and conservatives revile each other, they ultimately accuse the other of the same crime, which is to gain political power and take over lands. Wilson also makes great use of hyperbole throughout the two...
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...In the book The Future of Life written by Edward O. Wilson, he writes about two groups who hold opposing attitudes about environmentalism and writes about their feelings over one another. It’s almost like they are bashing on each other’s views on the topic. One group is completely for environmentalism while the other side opposes it. It is sort of ironic in a sense. It’s mainly ironic that they each accuse each other of having their own hidden agendas to seek political positions. The critics believe that the environmentalists wanted to expand the federal government and create jobs for the “environmental” kind of bureaucrats, lawyers, and consultants. The environmentalist believed that the critics were just trying to hide the downgrading of climate changes and species extinction and that economic growth is the ultimate goal. He uses humor in the beginning but very little. He points out the names both sides call each other. He states “Depending on how angry we are, we call them greens, enviros, environmental extremists, or environmental wackos” they can be very insulting to someone who was a environmentalist. Although it is they do the exact same to the critics by saying “That may be what they call themselves, but we know them more accurately as anti-environmentalists and brown 40 lashers or, more locally out west, wise users (their own term, not intended to be ironic) and sagebrush rebels.” Wilson uses two main forms of satire in the book The Future of Life. He mostly uses...
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...While satire is usually used in an effort to extract humor, irony or exaggeration from a situation or topic it can, at times, bring out relevant and eye opening points that can be constructive to the discussion. This is the case with Edward O. Wilson’s “The Future of Life” in which he uses satire to illustrate the unproductive nature of discussions on environmentalism. Wilson’s satire exposes the outrageous arguments of each side, presents the fact that nothing will be reached on middle ground and bestows actual information with satirical techniques and format. Wilson summarizes the arguments of both sides in separate paragraphs using heavy satire to expose the most outrageous thoughts of the opposing sides. This is the overlying layer of...
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...In contemporary scientist Edward O. Wilson’s book “The Future Life” (2002), Wilson wrote two passages portraying the two extreme sides of the emerging debate of the importance of environmental conservation. He satirizes the common arguments the two opponents have by negating and grouping the two extremes into single embodiments of each other. By doing so, it is clearly revealed to the readers that neither side is completely right nor by being irrational will anything be solved properly. From the very beginning, the immaturity of political debates is poked at. Both sides come out swinging with insults such as "environmental wackos", "wise users”, and “hypocrites”. The latter especially standing out, perfectly being able to describe both combatants. Both take on matters like two...
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...overpopulation is a valid concern in todays’ society. Reasons for Concern Mankind reached the population of 1 billion in 1804 after 200 000 years of existence and reached 2 billion 131 years preceding 1804. Today 1 billion people are added to the global population every 12 years. This radical increase in growth can be observed in the graph below provided by the United Nations Population Division and Population Reference Bureau: In the graph above a projection of 10 billion people is estimated to be reached between the years 2040 and 2050. However as Natalie Wolchover states in her article for www.livescience.com “Many scientists think Earth has a maximum carrying capacity of 9 billion to 10 billion people”. One such scientist is Socio-biologist Edward O. Wilson from Harvard University who has estimated this exact carrying capacity through calculations of the Earths current available resources in his book “The Future of Life”. If the current projection of 10 billion people is met within the next 24 or 30 years the human species will have overshot the earths stable carrying capacity, having unknown consequences for already deteriorating fossil fuels, ecological habitats and growing limitations on resources such as fresh water. Another great concern is that undeveloped countries are the largest contributor to the rapid growth of the population, leaving a large amount of the worlds’ population who are not contributing to the worlds’ global economy and are adding to the increasing poverty and...
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...Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the business case for ethnic diversity in the British National Health Service (NHS). It seeks to contextualise issues around diversity within the current political environment, and identify the barriers to diversity in the NHS. The business case has been very strongly argued as justification for introducing both managing diversity and equal opportunity initiatives - here the paper examines the inconsistencies of using that argument, and maintains that the only justification worth presenting is that based on (deontological) moral arguments. Design/methodology/approach - The paper is conceptual in nature exploring the respective cases for diversity using a broad range of the available literature brought together as part of a rapid evidence assessment. It does so in order to make some far-reaching claims about the future justifications for active diversification of senior management in key public sector institutions. Findings - The distinctions between the business and moral cases are false, in that both have ethical reference points. However, the business case is not only difficult to translate to public sector institutions; there are also evidential problems with its adoption. In light of this the conclusion here is that the moral (deontological) case is the only one that has any long term value for proponents of diversity. Originality/value - The value of this paper is that it examines the confusion that surrounds different cases...
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...PAPER 28 THE HISTORY OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT FROM THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY READING LIST: 2012-13 C. A. Bayly cab1002@cam.ac.uk 1 The History of The Indian Subcontinent From The Late Eighteenth Century To The Present Day A fifth of the world's population lives in the Indian subcontinent. While today the region’s place in the global world order is widely recognised, this is in fact only the most recent chapter in a longer history. This paper offers an understanding of the part played by the Indian subcontinent role and its people in the making of the modern world. From the decline of the great empire of the Mughals and the rise of British hegemony, to the rise of nationalism, the coming of independence and partition, the consolidation of new nation states despite regional wars and conflicts, and the emergence of India as the largest democracy in the world, this paper is a comprehensive and analytical survey of the subcontinent's modern history. The dynamic and complex relationships between changing forms of political power and religious identities, economic transformations, and social and cultural change are studied in the period from 1757 to 2007. In normal circumstances students will be given 6 supervisions in groups of 1 or 2. Key themes and brief overview: The paper begins by examining the rise of British power in the context of economic developments indigenous to southern Asia; it analyses the role played by Indian polities and social groups...
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...brackets, it is only written in there for our pleasure, ignore it if you are looking for actual information. Key: • 7: The Renaissance and Reformation- 1350-1600 UMSUniversal o Georgio Vasari- Rinascita=rebirth (like Renaissance) painter/architect Male Suffrage o Individualism: People sought to receive personal credit for achievements, unlike medieval ideal of “all glory goes to god” Names Ideas o Renaissance: Began in Italian city-states, a cause de invention of the printing press, laid way for Protestant Reformation Events Books/Texts Italy: City states, under HRE (Holy Roman Empire) o For alliances: old nobility vs. wealthy merchants FIGHT P-Prussia Popolo: third class, “the people”, wanted own share of wealth/power R-Russia A-Austria Ciompi Revolts: 1378 Florence, Popolo were revolting [eew], brief period of control over government B-Britain Milan taken over by signor (which is a tyrant) • o Under control of the Condottiero (mercenary) Sforza- Significant because after this, a few wealthy families dominated Venice (e.g. Medici) Humanism: Francesco Petrarch (Sonnets), came up with term “Dark Ages”, began to study classical world of rhetoric and literature Cicero: Important Roman, provided account of collapse of Roman Republic [like Edward Gibbon], invented Ciceronian style: Latin style of writing which humanists followed • [Even though they weren’t in Rome, Humanists did as the Romans do] Despite being accused...
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.... ìGETTING TO NOî AN ANALYSIS OF FAILED MEDIATION IN THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT (1993-2000) Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy Thesis Submitted by Ahsiya Posner 9 February 2003 Under the advisement of Professor Eileen Babbitt and Professor Diana Chigas ABSTRACT This paper will attempt this difficult but important task with the humble understanding that ìthe full storyî is impossible to know and telló even for the very participants of the process. Nevertheless, in this investigation, the author will explore four main questions. The first three questions are: 1) did the OPP set the Israelis and Palestinians on a trajectory that ìdoomedî CD2 from the start?; 2) were there problems inherent to the process and structure of CD2 that led to its failure?; and, 3) how should future mediation attempts of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict be structured in order to meet with more success? The fourth question, however, requires further introduction. The forthcoming study of CD2 will be guided by a ìProvisional Framework (PF)î of seven criteria that I believe are necessary ingredients to successful peacemaking processes. I devised this framework after consulting existing literature and scholars in the field of mediation and negotiation in general, as well as after reviewing scholarly pieces focusing on the Israel-Palestinian peace process in particular. Thus, after using this framework to analyze CD2, conclusions will thus be drawn with regard to a fourth and final question:...
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...I. “REVOLUŢIA GLORIOASĂ” 1. ORIGINILE REVOLUŢIEI ENGLEZE Anglia secolului XVI cunoscuse o rapidă dezvoltare industrială bazată pe meşteşuguri, comerţ, minerit şi transporturi, concomitent cu apariţia fermei de tip capitalist bazat pe fenomenul „împrejmuirilor”. In 1603, la moartea Elisabetei I, tronul englez a revenit regelu Scoţiei, Iacob I Stuart. Ocuparea tronului de către Stuarţi aducea modificări importante în Anglia, unde Tudorii guvernaseră ca monarhi absoluţi, graţie abilităţii şi personalităţii lor. Stuarţii urmăreau instaurarea unui absolutism de drept, ceea ce contravenea realităţilor politice din Anglia, unde Parlamentul - format din Camera Comunelor şi Camera Lorzilor - împărţea puterea cu monarhia. Atât Iacob I, cât şi fiul său, Carol I (1625-1649), au încercat să guverneze fără a convoca Parlamentul, cu ajutorul Consiliului Privat, pe ai cărui membri îi numeau sau revocau după bunul lor plac. Ei legiferau prin proclamaţii regale şi exercitau puterea juridică prin Camera înstelată şi Curtea înaltei Comisiuni. Stuarţii agreau catolicismul într-o ţară anglicană, unde se dezvoltase mişcarea numită puritanism, care urmărea înlăturarea oricărei rămăşiţe a catolicismului.Apar contradicţii între absolutismul monarhic al regilor din familia Stuart(Iacob I şi Carol I), susţinut de vechea aristocraţie şi regimul parlamentar susţinut de Londra, burghezie şi noua nobilime. În plan religios biserica anglicană se confruntă cu curentele radicale protestante ce solicită înlăturarea...
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...Hindus in South Asia and the Diaspora: A Survey of Human Rights 2011 www.HAFsite.org March 12, 2012 “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” “One should never do that to another which one regards as injurious to one’s own self. This, in brief, is the rule of dharma. Yielding to desire and acting differently, one becomes guilty of adharma.” “Thus, trampling on every privilege and everything in us that works for privilege, let us work for that knowledge which will bring the feeling of sameness towards all mankind.” Swami Vivekananda, “The Complete works of Swam Vivekananda,” Vol 1, p. 429 Mahabharata XII: 113, 8 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948, Article 1 "All men are brothers; no one is big, no one is small. All are equal." Rig Veda, 5:60:5 ...
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...Contents Preface to the First Edition Introduction Part 1. Thought Control: The Case of the Middle East Part 2. Middle East Terrorism and the American Ideological System Part 3. Libya in U.S. Demonology Part 4. The U.S. Role in the Middle East Part 5. International Terrorism: Image and Reality Part 6. The World after September 11 Part 7. U.S./Israel-Palestine Notes Preface to the First Edition (1986) St. Augustine tells the story of a pirate captured by Alexander the Great, who asked him "how he dares molest the sea." "How dare you molest the whole world?" the pirate replied: "Because I do it with a little ship only, I am called a thief; you, doing it with a great navy, are called an Emperor." The pirate's answer was "elegant and excellent," St. Augustine relates. It captures with some accuracy the current relations between the United States and various minor actors on the stage of international terrorism: Libya, factions of the PLO, and others. More generally, St. Augustine's tale illuminates the meaning of the concept of international terrorism in contemporary Western usage, and reaches to the heart of the frenzy over selected incidents of terrorism currently being orchestrated, with supreme cynicism, as a cover for Western violence. The term "terrorism" came into use at the end of the eighteenth century, primarily to refer to violent acts of governments designed to ensure popular submission. That concept plainly is of little benefit to the practitioners of state terrorism...
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...CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA An Interpretive History TENTH EDITION James J. Rawls Instructor of History Diablo Valley College Walton Bean Late Professor of History University of California, Berkeley TM TM CALIFORNIA: AN INTERPRETIVE HISTORY, TENTH EDITION Published by McGraw-Hill, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Previous editions © 2008, 2003, and 1998. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States. This book is printed on acid-free paper. 1234567890 QFR/QFR 10987654321 ISBN: 978-0-07-340696-1 MHID: 0-07-340696-1 Vice President & Editor-in-Chief: Michael Ryan Vice President EDP/Central Publishing Services: Kimberly Meriwether David Publisher: Christopher Freitag Sponsoring Editor: Matthew Busbridge Executive Marketing Manager: Pamela S. Cooper Editorial Coordinator: Nikki Weissman Project Manager: Erin Melloy Design Coordinator: Margarite Reynolds Cover Designer: Carole Lawson Cover Image: Albert Bierstadt, American (born...
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...OUTLINE OF U.S. HISTORY OUTLINE OF OUTLINE OF U.S. HISTORY C O N T E N T S CHAPTER 1 Early America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CHAPTER 2 The Colonial Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 CHAPTER 3 The Road to Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 CHAPTER 4 The Formation of a National Government . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 CHAPTER 5 Westward Expansion and Regional Differences . . . . . . . 110 CHAPTER 6 Sectional Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 CHAPTER 7 The Civil War and Reconstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 CHAPTER 8 Growth and Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 CHAPTER 9 Discontent and Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 CHAPTER 10 War, Prosperity, and Depression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CHAPTER 11 The New Deal and World War I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 CHAPTER 12 Postwar America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 CHAPTER 13 Decades of Change: 1960-1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 CHAPTER 14 The New Conservatism and a New World Order . . . . . . 304 CHAPTER 15 Bridge to the 21st Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 PICTURE PROFILES Becoming a Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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