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Expressions of Humanities, 2006.
This paper examines and explains the various fields of humanities, including art, literature, architecture and philosophy and its effect on society.
1,070 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 9 sources, APA, AU$ 61.95
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The author of this paper defines humanities as a group of academic disciplines that study the expression of human beings while making sense of the human experience. This paper explores how the different fields of humanities provide a way for individuals to study the expressions of humankind. From art to literature, academics have studied works in these areas to gain a better understanding and appreciation for the diversity of values and cultures represented.
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"In the humanities field of art, current developments in politics, socioeconomics, and technology are represented. Throughout history, art has been an expression of the humankind experience and the values of society at that time. For example, Diego Rivera was a Mexican muralist painter during the 20th Century. When commissioned by the Rockefellers to paint a mural at the Rockefeller Center in New York in 1933 during the Great Depression, Rivera presented a mural of Lenin leading a demonstration of workers amidst a sea of red banners. The murals clear political statement resulted in the mural being destroyed by the Rockefellers. Earlier, Rivera had painted a mural for Henry Ford in Detroit that depicted factory workers in a plant."
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Humanities Today, 2008.
This paper defines the academic discipline of humanities and explores five curriculum areas of contemporary humanities study.
965 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 56.95
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This paper explains that the academic discipline known as humanities is the study of how man interprets the world around him. The author points out that the key point for distinguishing humanities from other modes of human inquiry is the fact that humanities are based on historical and expressive interpretation rather than theory and logic. The paper relates that the study of humanities changes in each generation with the quest for the purpose and meaning of human life. The author underscores that one of the more controversial ways that the arts have been affected by modern humanities is the showcasing of human bodies as art, such as an art exhibition now touring the United States in which some displays have cadavers doing various normal human activities.
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Art
Music
Architecture
Philosophy
Literature
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"Frank Lloyd Wright is one the foremost fathers of modern American architecture. He believed that past methods for architecture were relied too heavily. Wright made it a point to reject the 19th century European architecture that people were used to. His style was attributed to the blocks he played with as a child and from modern Japanese architecture. Since the world was going through a new industrial period, Wright felt is was necessary to include materials that emphasized the world around him. He began to use materials such as steel and glass in his architecture."
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Education of Humanities, 2006.
This paper examines the moral or social obligations of the Humanities educator.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 57.95
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The paper relates that the ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes, when asked where he came from, would simply reply, "I am a citizen of the world." The paper explains that this phrase could contain the meaning of the Humanities in a microcosm. The Humanities were born out of the search for universal ideals that would unite humanity in a positive way. The paper explains that those that would consider themselves educators in this field have serious responsibilities indeed.
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"The models that we build contemporary education on are not new, or even old. They are ancient and have evolved from Ancient Greek society. The origin of the Humanities as an instrument of education in the ancient world doesn't mean their meaning or use has changed."
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Humanities Courses, 2002.
The function of humanities courses at a technical university.
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This essay examines and analyzes the issue of humanities courses at a technical university in terms of their function and value to technical university students. The author argues that humanities courses are vital.
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Art and Humanities, 2002.
An exploration of the relationship between the arts and humanities.
1,390 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 75.95
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This paper studies the connection between the arts and humanities. It addresses the question of how the arts inform the way we act towards others. It looks at interpretation of literature and how both individual and collective struggles are portrayed in literature. The paper presents an panoramic history of the world and the way that artists of the time have tried to represent the events. At the end, conclusions are made about the proposed relationship between the arts and humanities.
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"The most exquisite expression of the self is through art, be it literature, history theatre, painting, sculptor and so on. From the wondrous Egyptian pyramids to the majestic statue of liberty, from eloquent Greek writer Homer ? who produced masterpieces like the Odyssey ? to 20th century literati like Palestinian journalist Edward Said ? who so brilliantly portrays the lives of the wretched and woebegone Palestinians ? to Latin American writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, every piece of art, all artistes depict one philosophy and that is Art for Life, representing Man?s struggle and how this endeavor has led to his evolution."
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The Importance of Arts and Humanities, 2004.
Discusses the importance of including the arts and humanities in school curricula.
868 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 49.95
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This paper explains why it is so important to continue to teach the arts and humanities disciplines in school and details what the negative consequences would be if they were eliminated from school curricula.
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"To better understand the aftermath of the exclusion of both or either it is vital to recognize and appreciate the magnitude of the impact they have on both human life and its surrounding circumstances. One music professor feels ?that arts can give students a wide perspective based on historical past and a cultural understanding not possible in a more traditional course? (1). Thus elimination of these forms is likely to engineer the upcoming generation as comparatively less culturally well versed and accepting."
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The Humanities, 1999.
Examines importance & role of humanities (philosophy, languages, literature, music, fine arts), evolution of the discipline, individual & cultural goals, problems & solutions, curriculum, relevance and future.
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" This paper is an in-depth examination of the contemporary study of the humanities in Western society. Unlike most of the other major academic disciplines, the humanities as they are taught and studied at present constitute a relatively recent area of examination. They have also been strongly criticized for what traditionally has been an almost exclusive emphasis on the works of white, European males. This paper seeks to define the scope and goals of the discipline, examine its evolution and future, and consider some of the ways in which a humanities-based perspective is essential to every human life. Because the humanities require historical distance to apply analysis and understanding, they can be particularly useful in clarifying cultural commonalities. The humanities as a discipline focus on the individual human being and the learned behavior that.."
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Humanities Analysis, 2005.
This paper discusses man and his relation to society and ethical practice, using the writings of Peter Berger and Immanuel Kant.
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This paper looks at two passages - the first from Peter Berger's Invitation to Sociology and the second from Immanuel Kant's Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals. The writer discusses two perspectives on the location of man and his actions in terms of society and ethical practice. The writer notes that although admittedly the objectives of Berger's depiction of modern sociology differs dramatically from Kant's philosophical discussion of ethics as a basis for human action, in both passages their respective authors deal with similar issues related to how human beings exist in the world, and how one should ethically interact with fellow humans.
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"In the two passages - the first from Peter Berger's Invitation to Sociology and the second from Immanuel Kant's Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals - we have two perspectives on the location of man and his actions in terms of society and ethical practice. Although admittedly the objectives of Berger's depiction of modern sociology differs dramatically from Kant's philosophical discussion of ethics as a basis for human action, in both passages their respective authors deal with similar issues related to how human beings exist in the world, and how one should ethically interact with fellow humans."
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Humanities Analysis, 2005.
This paper examines the works of Peter Berger and Immanuel Kant on the topic of human responsibility.
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The paper discusses Peter Berger who writes from the perspective of a sociologist and Immanuel Kant who writes from the point of view of a philosopher. The paper explains that they both discuss human responsibility and ethical action in the context of social processes and relations. This essay critically analyzes these passages and the works from which they are derived in order to more fully understand the objectives and purposes of each writer.
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"In these two passages Peter Berger, writing from the perspective of a sociologist and Immanuel Kant, writing from the point of view of a philosopher, discuss human responsibility and ethical action in the context of social processes and relations. This essay will critically analyze these passages and the works from which they are derived, in order to more fully understand the objectives and purposes of each writer. The thesis will be argued that while both passages and works attempt to arrive at a theory of proper human behavior - in the one work termed "authentic" and in the other "ethical" - the theories advanced by both thinkers are critically different."
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Humanities, 2006.
A review of five extracts from various literary and philosophical writings.
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This paper discusses five passages from a variety of literary and philosophical works stretching across centuries of European civilization. The paper reviews the theme of reflection vs. action reiterated in different forms in different contexts. As this essay reveals, through an analysis of each text in terms of its contexts - and with reference to the other texts - the ideal is not a dedication to one nor the other but, rather, to a moderate application of reflection to action.
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"Somnambulisma": Art As Central to Humanities, 2006.
A look at Wallace Steven's poem "Somnambulisma" and compares it to other poems of a similar theme.
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This paper reviews "Somnambulisma" by Wallace Stevens. Stevens believes that the highest good comes from creating and that the creation is the result of the imagination's attempts to interpret and report on the real life activities experienced each and every day. This paper also explores the idea that art gives one the opportunity to explore the interrelatedness of the physical, spiritual and emotional components of living.
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"Stevens like Vendler seems to argue in his work Somnambulisma that without experience in the arts mankind may fail to acknowledge his own history and truly learn to live life to the fullest during his/her short time on earth. Wallace in his poem Somnambulisma attempts to describe the centrality of art to the humanities by describing how the imagination works, represented by a bird, and why imagination and creativity expressed through art is central to living life fully instead of as a dream (McCann, 1976). Art is central to mankind's survival according to Stevens. Vendler suggests that people would be sleepwalkers as Wallace Stevens proposes in his poem "Somnambulisma" that wonder through life without conscious acknowledgment of their existence I they fail to participate in the arts and recognize the vital contributions the arts have to offer (Field, 2004; Craig, 2004; Vendler, 2004). The arts according to Stevens offers and Vendler mankind a unique vantage point from which "multiple perspectives on history and philosophy" can be examined (Field 1). No other discipline affords one the opportunity to explore the interrelatedness of the physical, spiritual and emotional components of living as art does."
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Humanities, 2008.
A discussion on transposing the environment of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" to the atmosphere and setting to the 1930s depression-era of "Bonnie and Clyde."
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The paper compares the era of "Romeo and Juliet" with the times of "Bonnie and Clyde". The paper, by comparing the two works, speaks of the bloody environment in the times of Romeo and Juliet and the desperate economic circumstances during the 'Bonnie and Clyde' era in American history. The paper continues with a discussion on the similarities between these two time periods, noting the similar themes of "romantic outlaws", "passionate lovers", an emphasis on youth, and the anger at society. The paper concludes that the tales of both lovers show how, in a society that seems to have no future, desperate young people seeking validation and autonomy, resort to desperate measures.
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"Although Shakespearean love may be beautiful, especially love forged out of passion and the laws of a society that denies the freedoms of the young, it is not the society of Renaissance Italy that is beautiful and romantic. The fact that love can exist even in an atmosphere that a modern audience can identify as hopeless, crime-ridden, and decadent like Depression-era America will underline the most important aspect of Shakespeare's play, elements that might remain hidden in a production set in the Renaissance. Adult society and the laws of the land are corrupt in "Romeo and Juliet," likewise America ignores the suffering and despair of Americans living in the dustbowl during the Depression. Bonnie and Clyde rob banks, but during that era before banking reform many Americans lost their money in the stock market, or in bank runs, thus showing a lack of regard for the laws was something that was endemic to society and government, not just the outlaws."
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"Narcissus and Goldmund", 1993.
An analysis of the main characters of "Narcissus and Goldmund" by Herman Hesse, as contrasting expressions of humanity (mind vs. experience).
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"This study will examine what the two main characters in Herman Hesse's Narcissus and Goldmund express about the nature of the individual human self. The study will also consider whether there are aspects of all people that are like the two characters.
Essentially, Narcissus is a creature of the mind and Goldmund is a creature of experience. Certainly it is one of Hesse's aims to show that there is some amount of karma or predestination at work in the lives of human beings, for Narcissus seems to have known from an early age his fate was to be found in contemplation in a monastery, while Goldmund is drawn to experience the world despite a willful longing to stay in a monastery himself.
However, another of Hesse's implied statements about human nature is that one may devote one's life to thought, or one may devote one's life to experience, but such a choice of paths does..."
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Research Involving Humans, 2006.
A discussion and analysis of the claims made about research involving humans in the article "Reframing Research Involving Humans" by Francois Baylis, Jocelyn Downie, and Susan Sherwin.
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Francois Baylis, Jocelyn Downie and Susan Sherwin in "Reframing Research Involving Humans" depict their intervention as members of the 'Network on Feminist Health Care Ethics' into the development of ethical guidelines on research involving humans in the 1990s. They argue that to prevent exploitation clinical studies involving women or other oppressed groups should first be required to demonstrate that the results produced will be of specific benefit to the individuals or to the group in question. This essay critically examines this claim with particular reference to issues of exclusion and exploitation.
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Humanity and the Natural World, 2007.
An examination of the writings of Jean Jacques Rousseau and John Hobbes on the relationship between humanity and nature.
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The paper examines Jean Jacques Rousseau's writing about humanity where he asserts that humans are good innately, but that as they grow into society, they acquire bad traits. The paper reviews John Hobbes' views of natural laws, where he questions how humans can have total liberty and yet governments can also have authority to define what these liberties should be. The paper explains how Hobbes intended for his philosophy to be understood.
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"The problem with humans, one can read into Rousseau's discourse, is that they are good innately, but that as they grow into society, they acquire bad traits. In his Discourse (number 2) Rousseau writes that once man (i.e. "mankind" or "humanity") acquired "new intelligence" and "increased his superiority over other animals," he now set out on "thousand tricks" and he would become "master" over some individuals and "the scourge" over others. After awhile, "men became bloody and cruel" and from the time "one man began to stand in need of the help of another...equality disappeared." So, when man left the Natural World, he changed into something ugly and unnatural, readers can glean from Rousseau."
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Estrus in Humans, 2005.
Examines why humans do not display estrus, a phenomenon whereby the female exhibits certain physiological changes and emits secretions to attract the male for reproductive purposes.
2,336 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 11 sources, MLA, AU$ 116.95
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Animals do not engage in human courtship rituals, asking potential partners for dates and engaging in long, sensitive conversations in an attempt to win over their trust. Instead, animals mate almost mechanically, often at set times of the year known as 'mating seasons,' in which the females enter into a hormonally induced period known as estrus, designed to attract males in order to ensure the birth of a new offspring of litter. The paper shows that such mating rituals would prove rather unsuitable for humans, since the idea of women entering a similar state of estrus is ludicrous, not to mention detrimental to the organization and smooth running of society. Indeed, civilization would become quite vulnerable if all its attentions turned to mating at certain times of the year. The paper shows that to ensure its successful existence, humans have lost this display of estrus, instead resorting to the more familiar mating rituals such as dating and wooing to ensure reproduction through a singularly pleasant means. Furthermore, reproduction among humans can theoretically take place at any time. This paper explores the phenomenon of estrus and why humans have lost this overt phenomenon, so essential to most other species.
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"The mechanics of animal reproduction usually distinguish between attractivity, proceptivity, and receptivity. Attractivity is the degree of attractions a female elicits in males, proceptivity is the female's use of signs to elicit a male's interest in reproduction, and receptivity defines how females respond to males' reproductive leads (4). In animals which exhibit estrus, these elements occur almost mechanically when a female enters estrus, or heat. In humans, however, Harris theorizes that human reproduction has evolved into a process-oriented rather than product-oriented system (4). Harris explains that "human courtship is a process that occurs over time and is the result of the behavior of both interactants" (4)."
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