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"Power of the Powerless" by Vaclav Havel, 2006.
A review of the essay "Power of the Powerless" by Vaclav Havel.
965 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper reviews "Power of the Powerless", the essay written by the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel. According to this paper, Havel views power as more than just the authority to govern or rule, and illustrates the personal, social and existential dimensions of power that governments wield over the people.
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"Although the American government does not formally own the means of production as the Soviets did, governmental officials do indirectly control economic organizations through their corporate interests. For example, Vice President Dick Cheney is intimately tied with Halliburton, and the Bush family has its hands in numerous major economic powerhouse corporations including oil companies. Furthermore, Havel refers to consumerism in "Power of the Powerless" to illustrate the stranglehold of the consumer ideology over modern society. In the United States, the capitalist regime has become "almost a secularized religion. It of fears a ready answer to any question whatsoever; it can scarcely be accepted only in part." (II). That consumerism is a religion can be seen easily in the way people fetishize money and material goods, how people focus their time and energy on shopping, and how people value material goods often more than they value spiritual ideals. Havel notes that communism was also a lap dog of capitalism, just "another form of the consumer and industrial society, with all its concomitant social, intellectual, and psychological consequences. It is impossible to understand the nature of power in our system properly without taking this into account." (II). Therefore, power, for Havel, incorporates not only formal and legitimated forms of political control but also more subtle forms of mental manipulation."
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Briton and the Power of The Powerless, 2006.
A discussion regarding Briton's opinion regarding Vaclav Havel's concept of the power of the powerless.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 3 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses Briton's quotation in relation to a program of resistance which was designed by Vaclav Havel, the past president of Czechoslovakia. According to this paper, Havel maintained that social justice could be achieved though a plan of ethical action and meaningful social engagement. He belongs to a culture where artists and intellectuals are deeply committed to both democratic government and the common good. The concept of the power of the powerless is based in the conviction that the center of power is also the center of truth.
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"The power of those who choose to oppose the system - The Power of the Powerless -lies not in directly confronting the system but in denying it in principle...making a choice to live in the truth and refusing to live in the lie" (Briton 102). Briton's quotation is in relation to a program of resistance which was designed by Vaclav Havel, the past president of Czechoslovakia. Havel maintained that social justice could be achieved though a plan of ethical action and meaningful social engagement. He belongs to a culture where artists and intellectuals are deeply committed to both democratic government and the common good."
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Vaclav Havel and Dictatorship, 2002.
Examines the life and political career of the Czech Republic president and discusses his views on forms of dictatorship.
1,188 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper traces the political life and views of Vaclav Havel, 1989 President of Czechoslovakia and President of the newly formed Czech Republic in 1993. The paper examines Havel's life-long struggle against classical dictatorship and analyzes his views on the subject in his work ?Power of the Powerless.? It looks at the terms classical dictatorship and post-totalitarian dictatorship and compares the two.
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"It superficially appears that both system types benefit from certain aspects of the system. In the case of a classical dictatorship, the strength of the system is might. Without use of force to suppress any opposition and open interpretation of law to determine crimes against the state, the dictator loses respect drawn mostly from a compromise of fear mixed with compliance. In the Post-Totalitarian system, centralization is the strengthening force. There is a State power structure to answer to and work with bureaucratically. The State is a sort of bastard mother or wet nurse who provides for her children while answering to their father world."
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Vaclav Havel, 2002.
A discussion of the life and writings of Czechoslovakian Havel.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 47.95
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Discusses life & writings of Czechoslovakian Havel. His human rights activism. Imprisionment for his criticism of the government. His release. His election as President of Czechoslavakia & then of the Czech Republic. Havel's writings on classic distatorships; post-totalitarian dictatorships. Differences & similarities between the 2 systems of absolute power.
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"Introduction
Born under the astrological sign Libra, the life and works of Czechoslovakian Vaclav Havel bespeak of the burden of balance thrust upon him by his birth. Born in 1936 to wealthy parents, his life is a veritable riches to rags to riches story marrying a blue-collar lifestyle with the mind of the elite intelligentsia. In order to understand his writings, it is important to review the man.
Although Havel supported himself by working in a brewery, he was able to publish numerous articles and essays in magazines distributed secretly. His writings were often denounced and banned by his government, but he continued as an activist for human rights, noting that in order to have dissidents, there must be a human factor to the totalitarian "system". Therefore,
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Disturbing the Peace, 2002.
An examination of the author Vaclav Havel and his famous work "Disturbing the Peace".
1,010 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper begins by providing a brief biography of Havel. It then briefly explains about the book and looks at the central theme of the book - an informal autobiography during closed-door Communist Czechoslovakia. It examines criticism and reviews about the book and whether it achieved what it aimed to achieve - provide a different picture of the Czech Republic to the Western world.
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"The renowned dramatist, essayist, philosopher and the president of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel was born 1936. The main theme of his literary writing has always been human identity and the mechanisms of dehumanized power. However, in the 70's and 80's he was a spiritual leader kind of for the rebellions and after the revolution of Velvet he became president of the country and is still very famous."
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"The Grapes of Wrath", 2002.
This paper discusses the theme of the powerful and powerless in his book "The Grapes of Wrath".
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 62.95
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John Steinbeck was deeply concerned with the issue of the powerless and the powerful in American society in the 1930s. He saw tremendous misery in the context of the haves and the have-nots during the depression. It is clear that Steinbeck sees a certain struggle between what he sees as economic determinism and human freedom. He sees this as an effect of life under capitalism, and life in the human world in general. The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer. In this light, Steinbeck becomes very interested on how the poor form groups. Steinbeck appears to be telling us that it is in this manner that the poor will be able to be victorious against the forces of greed and profit.
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Man Ascending Through Descending, 2002.
Argues in favor of the appropriateness of the title "Man Descending" for Guy Vanderhaeghes' collection of short stories about the powerlessness of the human condition.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This essay discusses Guy Vanderhaeghe's "Man Descending", which is a collection of short stories. The paper argues that the title is appropriate for this collection. Most of the twelve stories are preoccupied with the phenomenon of how human beings must face their own powerlessness in the human condition.
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Alienation and Delinquency, 1991.
This paper examines the connection between a child's alienation, isolation, powerlessness and family dysfunction, and his delinquent behavior.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 9 sources, $ 55.95
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"Alienation can be defined as "a state or process in which something is lost by or estranged from the person who originally possessed it". ... also note that the term juvenile delinquency often refers to antisocial, immoral, or deviant behavior, as well as actually criminal behavior. They further state that juvenile delinquency may occur in up to 30.8 percent of the adolescent population; that males are up to ten times as likely to be delinquents as females; that the most common occurrences involve stealing; and that "there is a well established connection between delinquency and disturbed home background and family conflict".
A great deal of research has been done to establish and clarify the link between dysfunctional family systems and delinquency. Many researchers have hypothesized that family ... "
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Karl Marx and Ideas in History, 1994.
The arguement that Marx believed ideas to be powerless unless derived from forces of historical materialism, social relations and concrete human action.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 8 sources, $ 63.95
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"This study will discuss the position of Karl Marx with respect to the role of ideas in history. The study will make the fundamental argument that Marx believed ideas to be powerless as a force in history unless they are connected with materialism. In other words, ideas are not imposed on history, but emerge from the forces of historical materialism which control human affairs and human thought:
The production of ideas, of conceptions, of consciousness, is at first directly interwoven with the material activity and the material intercourse of men, the language of real life. . . . Men are the producers of their . . . ideas . . . as they are conditioned by a definite development of their productive forces. . . . [Ideas] have no history, no development; but men, developing their material production..."
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Anthills of the Savannah ( Chinua Achebe ), 1999.
Critical review of this novel about conflict between powerful & powerless in colonial Africa. Discussed are political & personal corruption, characters and the plot. Also compared to her earlier novel "Things Fall Apart".
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 47.95
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"The various conflicts in Chinua Achebe's novel Anthills of the Savannah revolve around the fundamental conflict between those in power and those with less or little power, and how each uses or abuses the power he has. The novel offers little resolution on a large, social or political scale, although some of the characters seem to perhaps have found some measure of redemption by the end, although death awaits all three of the major characters. This latter fact demonstrates the author's belief that political and personal corruption is not an abstract or merely economic matter but rather is a powerful evil force whose permutations inevitably results in cruelty and death.
Unlike Things Fall Apart, Anthills focuses not on the conflict between the imperialist or colonialist and the native, but rather on the conflicts among Africans themselves. Although.."
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Borderline Personality Disorder, 1996.
Diagnostic features (fear, mistrust, powerlessness, impulsivity, unstable self-image), treatment alternatives, childhood trauma, relationship with therapist.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 10 sources, $ 71.95
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"Although Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) continues to present practicing psychologists with difficult challenges, progress is being made in its treatment. Part of the progress stems from increased awareness by the therapeutic community of the intense level of commitment required to make inroads into this disorder. Assisting BPD clients places a longterm, nurturing responsibility on the therapist that can strain the emotional resources of even the most experienced professional.
The diagnostic features of BPD are outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) also known as DSM-IV. According to DSM-IV the essential feature of BPD is a pattern of difficulty in maintaining interpersonal relationships, self-concept and affects, and marked impulsivity. Norcross (1995) describes BPD..."
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"Beloved ", 2001.
Discusses central theme of sex as a vehicle of power in the novel by Toni Morrison. Effects of sexual violations on self-worth and sense of powerlessness.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 4 sources, $ 79.95
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"History, memory and a ghost that represents both haunt Toni Morrison's Beloved. However, Pamela Barnett argues that Beloved is haunted specifically by the history and memory of rape (Barnett, 418). Thus, although Morrison depicts innumerable abuses of slavery, the depictions of and allusions to rape are of primary importance to the novel's central theme that sexual relationships are more akin to violent, dehumanizing, power struggles than they are to romantic love and intimacy.
In Beloved, the memories of sexual abuse and exploitation haunt each of the characters (Barnett, 418). For example, Paul D. must hide rape's traumatic effects in "that tobacco tin buried in his chest where a red heart used to be" (Morrison, 89) and Denver is a host..."
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Winnie Mandela, 2005.
A look at the life and history of Winnie Mandela.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 4 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper examines the life and history of Winnie Mandela of South Africa. According to this paper, as much as Winnie Mandela gained power, she ultimately remained powerless. Her biggest boost, was her marriage to political icon, Nelson Mandela.
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"Mandela is an interesting study, in that she gained tremendous power within a society that specifically aimed to disempower all black people. She was in fact doubly disempowered, as the system was also very sexist. On the one hand she gained power in a manner often utilized by women: through marriage to a powerful and influential man, Nelson Mandela. On the other hand, she forged her own path, to the point that Nelson Mandela eventually divorced her in 1996, on the grounds of adultery ("Winnie Mandela Faces," 2002). The very mention of the name of Winnie Mandela still has the power to evoke enormous hatred or passionate defense."
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?Disappearing?, 2004.
An analysis of the short story, ?Disappearing?, by Monica Wood.
779 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper examines how the short story, ?Disappearing?, by Monica Wood, is more than one woman?s account of losing weight and how it is a glimpse into the mind of an individual who achieves power from an act of self-destructive behavior. It looks at how the story is a journey from fat to thin, from powerless to powerful, from invisible to invisible and from unhealthy to unhealthy. It is only at the end of the story we realize that what we are reading is the narrator?s transition from a healthy ambition to an obsessive behavior, each self-destructive in its own way.
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"The third stage of her process comes after the narrator becomes a certified swimmer, when several things are different. She notices that the blondes ignore her because she does not splash the water when she gets into the pool and she can lower herself ?silently? (2). Also, when she swims, she can ?cut the water cleanly? (2). This is significant to the character?s development because she tells us, ?For one hour a day I am thin, thin as water, transparent, invisible? (2). Even her friend Lettie does not talk to her anymore because she is now smaller than Lettie. Lettie even accuses her of being ?uppity? (2). The narrator?s home life changes significantly during this process as well."
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The UN Oil for Food Program, 2006.
An analysis of the UN Oil for Food program and what it means for the UN as an effective organization.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 5 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper discusses the Oil for Food scandal at the United Nations, explaining that it is not an isolated incident. Rather, it is yet another indication that the UN is plagued by deep and fundamental problems. The paper argues that the Oil for Food Program, like many UN programs and decision-making processes, demonstrate that the UN is structurally flawed, divided by the conflicting political and economic agendas of its member states, crippled by ineffective leadership, and powerless to institute meaningful reforms.
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"When it was first established in 1996, the United Nation's Oil for Food Program "gave hope to millions of Iraqi people who had become the unintended victims of international sanctions against Saddam Hussein. It allowed Iraq to sell its oil to finance purchases of humanitarian goods supervised by the United Nations""
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