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An article that is divided into three portions of 3 pages each. Analyzing and critiquing articles from subjects like "Dissent', "Art' and "Merchants' this paper describes the three in a theoretical form.

Tags:dissent, dissenter, summary

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This paper provides a review of Rosemary O'Leary's "The Ethics of Dissent: Managing Guerrilla Government," defining the work as a refreshing reminder that subversive activity should not be defined and treated through a narrow moral lens framed by the bureaucracies and institutional norms of capitalism. The paper explains that O'Leary's broader arguments are based in several bodies of theoretical literature, including her case that guerrilla activity is more common than people realize. The paper asserts that this book is a needed antidote to what are becoming dangerous corporate and governmental norms of corruption and exploitation as being expected and acceptable. In spite of a few limitations, the paper concludes, the book is a thought-provoking and interesting reminder of the tensions in bureaucracy and the timeless debates surrounding the politics-administration dichotomy, the appropriate level of discretion, and their concomitant ethical dilemmas.

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"O'Leary (2006) highlights the ethical ambiguities involved in many government guerrilla activities; however, she does not provide any suggestion as to how these dilemmas may be resolved. Of course, there is no definitive answer to moral questions, but the literature and laws on whistle blowing proffer some ethical standards under which such activity is protected (e.g., agency or company behavior that violates a law, rule, or regulation; egregious mismanagement; abusing authority; unethical use of funds; endangering public health or safety). All guerrilla activity may not be created equal, but the presence of moral ambiguity does not render questions of appropriateness entirely unanswerable."

Tags:capitalism, Abbie, Hoffman, Bobby, Seale, protest

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This paper identifies Catholic authority in the late antique period as initially interested in the control of society's spiritual consciousness by assimilating the individual into a wider fraternity. The paper explains that a marginal, oppressed, and radical sect operating within pagan power structures, the evangelical Christians, grew to become Roman-Catholic orthodoxy, the social force in religious and secular spheres. Catholicism, in turn, became a target of radical biblical interpretation and dissent that had once characterised this group. The paper focuses on the body, the crucible in which theology, the material, and ideal was fought over, and where religious conviction grew from. This paper discusses the rejection of the human body and its urges, claiming that this was often used as a means of rejecting the social order.

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"Before doctrine had become formally established in an ecclesiastical structure the mantle of authority did not conventionally apply to the Christian faith outside of its own religious interests. Theological differences over the body were played out internally, with disagreement rather than dissent leading to groups becoming ostracised from the mainstream by those who viewed themselves as orthodox, but were not as entrenched in power as would become the case in later medieval times. A belief of oneness in Christianity is not born out by the evidence of late antiquity. As Elaine Pagels wrote in her book Gnostic Gospels "Nearly all Christians share three basic premises. First, they accept the canon of the New Testament; second, they confess the apostolic creed; and third, they affirm specific forms of church institution. Every one of these emerged in its present form only towards the end of the second century." Prior to the second century the structure of the church and its authority was not set, but open to interpretation. Divergent Christian viewpoints were still fighting over the manifesto that would deliver the faith into the social order."

Tags:gnosticism, gospels, christ

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This paper uses literature to illustrate how it can be proved that in religion, most specifically Christianity, curiosity fuels the response of rebellion. The paper cites several different examples of literature that concur with the theory that people are naturally rebellious and dissenting when their curiosity is aroused. The paper also contains an annotated bibliography.

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"Whether it is plainly the naturally inquisitive mind, or the dissatisfaction toward an authority head, it can be proven that in religion, most specifically Christianity, curiosity fuels the response of rebellion. Dan Brown, author of the novel The Da Vinci Code, has been ridiculed and accused of plagiarism for his false depiction of the Catholic Church. The reasons for why it was written, why it is read by so many of Christian faith, and the plot and character construction within the novel are all examples of this religious dissent. Similarly, in John Milton's Paradise Lost, both Adam and Eve are given seemingly perfect lives with one another. Though, while Eve becomes curious of life outside the 'Paradise,' she is no longer fulfilled with living by the faith with which God has told her to trust. Rather than accept what they are told on faith alone, both Adam and Eve sinfully desire, and seek something else. In many cases in our world, this rebellion is not always seeking what is better. Rather, as in the cases of The Da Vinci Code and Paradise Lost, it is finding the truth. Through different forms of historical, analytical, psychological, and literary research, it can be proven that when it comes to Christianity, people are naturally rebellious and dissenting when curious."

Tags:analysis, ritual, novel

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Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, an inherent argument can be traced through the works of Edmund Burke and those of John Stuart Mill. Burke asserts the importance of institutions and their presence in society. As an empirical philosopher, Mill developed the philosophy of utilitarianism, which bases knowledge upon human experience and emphasizes the importance of human reason. In his most famous work, "On Liberty," Mill holds that individual liberty and reason were the criteria for policy and the formation of the state. Thus, for Burke, it is the institutions that must develop in order to embrace justice; for Mill, it is the human being that is the initial criterion, and the institutions of society are, at best, a reflection of the human being's experience and reason.

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In this article, the writer discusses how the history of dissent suppression in China figures into the story of the suppression of Falun Gong even in the supposed context of economic liberation in the PRC.

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"It is difficult to speak coherently of the stories in Ian Johnson's 'Wild Grass' without bringing to the experience at least a cursory knowledge of China's modern political history. Keith Schoppa makes the point that China's history has been marked by intermittent progress and benefits in the modern period but that progress forward is all too frequently followed by a devolution of progress accompanied by an amplification in the suffering of many people. The course of the ... th century vividly illustrates the point. The Boxer Rebellion represented a distinctively nationalist ..."

Tags:dissent, CCP & PRC hegemony

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This paper discusses the main concerns shared by dissident organizations and movements during the period 1950-1975. It highlights the factors accounting for emergence and impact of New Left movements, and their contributions. The paper expands on the reasons for the social changes brought about in the post-WWII era.

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"This research paper discusses three different topics relating to the activities of the New Left during the period, main concerns shared by dissident organizations and movements. All these movements ..."

Tags:new left, radical

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In order to understand the above passage the man Eugene Debs has to be understood. Debs played a significant role in the red scare of the early 20th century. His ideals were unpopular and labeled un-American simply because he created dissent and refused to believe or take part in the propaganda machine of the political machine of capitalism of the time (Debs, 146).

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Unionism and Socialism "The capitalist system has had its day, and like other systems that have gone before, it must pass away when it has fulfilled its mission and made room for another system more in harmony with the forces of progress and with the onward march of civilization." Eugene Debs, "Unionism and Socialism" (1908) In order to understand the above passage the man Eugene Debs has to be understood. Debs played a significant role in the red scare of the early 20^th century. His ideals were unpopular, labeled un-American simply because he created dissent and refused to believe or take part in the

Tags:change, capitalism, socialism

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An examination of the colony's 17th Centuty establishment, focusing on the dominance of Puritan beliefs, maintenance of daily life and work and the control of dissent.

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"The English Puritans were constrained, derided, and bullied by the advocates of the Church of England, which they saw as the source of England's growing corruption. Their theologians, especially those who emigrated to America, "read about the covenant which God had established with Abraham, and so organized their churches on a covenant among the saints" (the saved), thereby producing "a theology, an ecclesiastical program, and a social philosophy for New England" (Delfs 602). The remarkable success of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was due in large part to the fact that the Puritan settlers, for the most part, agreed on principles that supported a life of hard work dedicated to the service of God. Civil and religious authorities universally understood human endeavor as the ceaseless attempt to live a godly life and saw a set of moral attributes that "have the..."

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This paper analyzes what the remarks of Kobayashi Hideo tell us about dissent in Japan in the late 1920s. The paper discusses Hideo's remarks about how the educated people began to take to ideology and how critical thinking declined. In the context of this discussion, the paper also refers to certain events in 1932-1945 as well as changes in Japanese society at that time.

Tags:japan, hideo, criticisms, fallofleft