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The paper relates that "Hot, Flat, and Crowded" is Thomas Friedman's manifesto in defense of a green revolution, with the title referring to the likely near-term state of a world that neglects to pay attention to environmental issues. The paper asserts that the fundamental conceptual flaw in "Hot, Flat, and Crowded" is Friedman's failure to recognize that America is one of the primary obstacles to the existence of a green world. The paper points out that Friedman does not acknowledge that America, 5% of the world's population, consumes as much as 30% of the world's resources.

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""Hot, Flat, and Crowded" is Thomas Friedman's manifesto in defense of a green revolution, with the title referring to the likely near-term state of a world that neglects to pay attention to environmental issues. The fundamental conceptual flaw in "Hot, Flat, and Crowded" is Friedman's failure to recognize that America is one of the primary obstacles to the existence of a green world. Friedman does not acknowledge that America, 5% of the world's population, consumes as much as 30% of the world's resources. He does not acknowledge that America is the world's leading polluter. He does not comment on the absurdity of an SUV culture in the..."

Tags:hot, flat, crowded

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The paper summarizes the text "The Naked Crowd" and argues that Rosen's central thesis is strong, but that some of his characterizations of those who fear the worst if a comprehensive surveillance system is not put in place across America to thwart things like terrorism are excessively simplistic. Further, the paper presents the case that while lucid and well-written, Rosen's suggestion that Congress is a better protector of privacy rights than the courts is one that certainly needs to be called into question. The paper posits that his book is a welcome addition to the literature - but certainly not impervious to criticism.

Tags:naked, crowd, rosen

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This paper reviews the book "The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind" by Gustave LeBone, which studies the psychology of crowds and their impact on society. The paper explains that the book was written earlier in this century, by a Frenchman, who relied on French examples. "The Crowd" is somewhat outdated, claims the paper, but could be applied to today's crowd mechanisms -- namely, mass media, especially television, which are used to arouse crowds into action. The author of this paper argues that the media has assumed the leadership role in creating, inciting and defusing crowds.

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"The old cliche says there is safety in numbers. In a crowd, then, according to the author individual ideas and personalities are subjugated to the single will of the crowd. The crowd forms one personality, mass personality, perhaps, but with a single goal to be achieved. The goal could be political overthrow, labor union strikes or wage settlements, joy at some momentous event (think of the parades of the astronauts that first landed on the moon), or showing support for some religious, foreign policy, or festive event. The crowds in St. Peter's square at Christmas to hear the Pope's message to the world is a crowd with a single purpose, therefore."

Tags:people, mass, media, psychology, rodney, king, personality, persona

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The paper shows that in his prose-poem "Crowds," Charles Baudelaire explores the themes of egoism, individualism, conformity. He delves deeply into the idea of the artist as a philosopher, and the artist's ability to experience the world. The paper discusses how, in our modern, individualistic society, it is tempting to shift Baudelaire's analysis to the common individual. It is the very individualism of modern society that allows us to reject his arguments in "Crowds" as adolescent egoism. The author of the paper shows that ultimately, however, both the modern reader and Charles Baudelaire fail in the attempt to stand apart from the conformity of the crowd - despite twin beliefs that individualism holds them apart from the crowd, both Baudelaire and the modern reader are ultimately consumed by the swelling mass of humanity.

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"While Baudelaire's poem explores the role of the poet in the crowd, in the fervent individualism of modern North American Society his analysis can now shift to the common person. Certainly, each of us sees ourselves as individualistic. Our trials, struggles, joys and experiences are truly our own, and make us unique. We are superior to everyone else in the crowd; we are unique, and like poet, we stand apart. Today, of course, the crowd is made up of countless people, of which each "unique" individual is only a small part. It is in our modern individual. Ironically, today's crowd may achieve its conformity despite of the very exercise of modern individualism."

Tags:detachment, adolescent

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This paper discusses the poem "Crowds" by Charles Baudelaire about an idle man who roams through the Parisian crowd and while moving through the crowd, notices and ponders over everyone and everything. It analyzes the three main themes of the prose namely, individuality, egoism and conformity. It examines how the basic notion is that each human being like the character in the prose sees himself as a unique individual of society and how the qualities, which truly make a person an individual in its right meaning, are his sorrows, happiness, obstacles, triumphs and experiences.

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"It is this very concept of individualism, which enables the audience to discard Baudelaire's argument as a result of egoism. No matter how one sees himself above others or how distinguished, he eventually is the same as anyone else as far as his origination or orientation is concerned. All men possess some similar attributes and as a result are not completely unique from others. Even though they might think they are but in reality they are not and will eventually be described as humans, having the same human nature, which in some ways possesses the same qualities as others. Since each person recognizes himself as incomparable to others, to accept this notion may prove to be somewhat a matter of self-pride and egoism."

Tags:individuality, egoism, conformity, paris

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This paper reviews some of the existing literature regarding crowds and rioting and the emotions and motivations that accompany crowd and riot behavior. The paper also offers an analysis of the articles and compares their different theories.

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"When examining crowds, food riots and race riots, different types of emotions, including anger, fear and elation, are often highly visible in crowd and riot behavior. Still, we can no longer return to the days before E.P. Thompson published his watershed piece of "moral indignation" that has been behind so many historical grievances and even the tactics that rioters use when expressing those grievances."

Tags:moral, indignation, demonstrations, identity, solidarity, protest, anger, power, obligation, rhetoric

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This paper examines Joseph Rosen's text, "The Naked Crowd". The paper argues that Rosen's central thesis is strong, but that some of his characterizations of those who fear the worst if a comprehensive surveillance system is not put in place across America to thwart things like terrorism are excessively simplistic. The paper points out that, while lucid and well-written, a case can be made that Rosen's suggestion that Congress is a better protector of privacy rights than the courts, is one that certainly needs to be called into question. The writer believes that Rosen's book is a welcome addition to the literature - but certainly not impervious to criticism.

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"Joseph Rosen's text begins by first looking at how biometrics firms - far more so than any other American businesses after 9/11 - gained from the brutal terrorist attacks that took so many lives. What made the matter so ironic was that, far from deterring crime, reliable empirical studies suggested that biometrical technologies did nothing at all to lower violent crime rates. Despite, discrete surveillance cameras became the new "in thing" in America - just as they had, for a variety of other reasons, become popular in Great Britain during the 1990s."

Tags:characterization, congress, courts, crime, rates

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This paper analyzes the 1957 film, "A Face in the Crowd". It contends that it is a masterful film and director Elia Kazan created a work that was both cynical and illuminating about the way that politics works in the United States. The author explores the theme of power corrupting the citizenry. It also analyzes the central character of Lonesome Rhodes.

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"A Face in the Crowd" is a masterful film that is especially worth viewing during election years when as a citizen we must negotiate the path to picking new leaders a path that is filled with misdirection and barriers. Elia Kazan who directed this film created ..."

Tags:kazan, politics, marketing, democracy

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This paper explains how Thomas Hardy examines these themes in his novel, "Far From the Madding Crowd", with the characters of Gabriel, Frank and Boldwood. It discusses how Gabriel is portrayed as a man who learns from his circumstances in life, whether he deserves them or not. He becomes a character that embodies strength and determination despite the odds. It also points out how in contrast, Frank and Boldwood are characters that do not completely develop because they choose not to.

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"Gabriel exhibits maturity because he is willing to learn from his devastating circumstances. He does not spend a lot of time asking why or feeling sorry for himself. Instead, he processes things rather quickly and moves on. For example, he is very realistic when he accepts the fact that he alone is responsible for not insuring his sheep. One of his most admirable characteristics is the fact that he is willing to see the best of things. For instance, after he loses his flock, he states, "Thank God I am not married: what would she have done in the poverty now coming upon me!" (Chapter 5). Gabriel does not resign himself to self-pity. Instead he accepts the reality of his situation and decides to make something of it."

Tags:gabriel, boldwood, frank

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This paper will analyze the novel "Far From the Maddening Crowd" by Thomas Hardy. The essence of this paper will be to uncover the themes, as told by the author, of Victorian women within the scope of the book. By analyzing certain aspects of this literature, we can understand the way that women were treated in the 19th century in the perception of a gentleman writer of the period. Hardy projects a strong, yet tragic view of women in the story and this will be thesis of this paper.