The West : A History, Volume 2, And Power

Compare and contrast the theories and practice of absolutism and constitutional monarchy during the 17th century.

To begin, Marx view of a democratic socialism helps to maintain formal and material freedom within society. He articulates these two forms of liberty as the former allows the freedom to pursue an action where there are no laws forbidding it, while the latter refers to individuals being formally able to do an action and having the necessary resources to satisfy their goal in mind. In capitalism, the workers and the leaders who control the means of production become divided on the basis of wealth and status. These two classes of people depend on each other, but the workers become oppressed by not having their material freedom. That is, the working class can partake in certain formal actions but they will not have the resources to meet their ends because of the lack of money they posses. Whereas, the higher members of society have both formal and material freedom because of the amount of wealth they contain and the connections that allow for the pursuit of any kind of end. Marx sees capitalism as having equality and liberty being what could potentially happen but not actually a possibility for the working class. This becomes deceiving in the sense

According to Oxford Dictionaries, the word government means “the governing body of a nation, state, or community”. There are also several types of government such as a republic, democracy, dictatorship, and many more. Depending on the type of government, they have control over everyone and everything. Unfortunately, some leaders take advantage of their power which leads the government to have a negative reputation.

Web essay 4: The West There are many people that think of the land west of the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean known simply as “The West” as just another part of the United States. The real story of how the western frontier as we know it today manifested is a truly magnificent one. It is one of many different perspectives filled with war, courage, religious freedom, and the bloodshed of many for the fulfillment of dreams or the perseverance of ones right to their land and culture. It was the center of the universe for the Indians who were first to inhabit the land and a promise of riches and power for explorers, settlers, and missionaries who set out to make the West their own. The two sections I paid particular attention to in my research were The People and The Empire upon the Trails.

The West drastically evolved after the Civil War. The gold mining boom brought businessmen and crooks to the West. While mining for gold, the discovery of silver, copper, and ore caused more destruction of the land. The railroads were needed to transport mining materials and equipment. In the meantime, the demand for grains in the North caused corporations to buy up land and plant crops purely for profit.

Native American Women and American women shared interests in home, family, children and domestic matters which led them to form empathetic relationships; American Indians were often hired as nurses for the children of women on the trail. Riley highlights that apparently American Indians were hired as house companions to aid with washing, childcare and drawing water. This enabled mutual trust and bonds between travellers and American Indians. Riley states that a woman who headed westward with trepidation and dread regarding Native American could, and often did, become sympathetic support of those very Indians. There is little primary evidence for these actions. White Americans viewed themselves as the “harbingers of civilisation and women were thus advise to view the American Indians as such potential subjects”. Furthermore Riley stated that “women were encouraged to perceived Indians as uncivilised, morally deficient and primitive”. Women did not follow this Indian stereotype blindly their growing independence and their own relationships with Native Americans influence perceptions. Riley furthers that Frederick Jackson Turner explains that the liberation of the west, was similarly the liberation of Anglo American women. Both of those stereotypes have been disproved, women worked alongside men and American Indians for the development of the future through settlement and through the raising of their children.

HIS 100-810 — The West and the World to 1500 – Paper Prep Assignment – October 5th, 2015

The Navajo Indians emulated the pueblo. The shed their animal skin clothing for cotton and learned quickly how to farm. These people settled in between the Rio Grande and the Grand Canyon. They herded sheep and grew corn in the valleys. They were a peaceful group of people, and were one with their surroundings.

In Samuel P. Huntington’s article “The West: Unique, Not Universal,” he addresses his audience with a very controversial question: Is Western Culture universal or unique? Huntington elaborately opens up this question with research and examples to explain and persuade readers that the West will never be a universal culture for all, but rather a unique culture that will be accepted by those who appreciate it. For decades now, historians and scholars have debated with one another to determine who is right and wrong. However, from a handful of articles from different scholars, Samuel Huntington’s statement that the West is unique rather than universal is supported and even further elaborated on by these particular sources. A common understanding between all the sources, that must be noted, is that a civilization’s culture is not comprised of material goods but rather their culmination of their religion(s), values, language(s) and traditions. While although there are scholars out their that negate the West is unique, a large amount of scholars still argue and strengthen Huntington’s argument that the West has unique and exclusive characteristics that make them distinctive and rare.

A primary source analysis is used to represent one of the most important jobs of an historian. By the analyses of the primary source one is able to examine firsthand information from all the possible areas of an event person or object. There are a couple of primary sources in “The Rise of Western Power: A Comparative History of Western Civilization by Jonathan Daly. In this case we are going to explain how these sources relate to the western civilization and their importance to the understanding of the European history and the world history in general. First and foremost, we take a look at the letter to Heliodors from St Jerome in (347-420 ad).

"the West on Trial" captured in great detail the atmosphere, attitudes, and tone of the postwar years when many iconic figures created the political landscape. This political landscape would be inherited by many generations in their fight against injustice, social inequality and economic barriers. Dr. Jagan describes the violence that dominated society. The violence was accompanied by the struggle for independence. As a result, many western leaders including Kennedy feared the future of Guyana would become aligned with that of

8th century and particular causes that explain why it was by far the most violent and the most universally significant of these revolutions. The first of the general causes was the social structure of the West. The feudal regime had been weakened step-by-step and had already disappeared in parts of Europe. The increasingly numerous and prosperous elite of wealthy commoners—merchants, manufacturers, and professionals, often called the bourgeoisie—aspired to political power in those countries where it did not already possess it. The peasants, many of whom owned land, had attained an improved standard of living and education and wanted to get rid of the last vestiges of feudalism so as to acquire the full rights of landowners and to be free to increase their holdings. Furthermore, from about 1730, higher standards of living had reduced the mortality rate among adults considerably. This, together with other factors, had led to an increase in the population of Europe unprecedented for several centuries: it doubled between 1715 and 1800. For France, which with 26 million inhabitants in 1789 was the most populated country of Europe, the problem was most acute.

John Rawls is an American political philosopher, born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. His work contributed towards a better understanding of justice as fairness and author of the book that bears the same title. In his manuscript, Justice as Fairness, Rawls introduces a new political philosophy known as property owning democracy. When analyzing his work he descries the tenants of this new political theory. In an effort to understand Rawls vision of a property owning democracy, it is crucial to implement a comparative analysis to contrast Rawls vision with that of Marxian communism. Karl Marx was a German political philosopher who believed that he had created a system of government, which he believes would lead a utopia. Karl Marx creation is communism, a political philosophy that is a strictly hypothetical political system in which, governmental affairs, economic policies, and the social realms are combined into what Marx describes as a “perfect, classless, automatic, government-less system based on common ownership of all economic means of production, and social sameness.” To compare and contrast both political philosophies one must first understand each author’s conceptions of their theories, see their real world applications, and figure out which political philosophy seem to

In order to compare these great philosophers, it is important that we first of all view their history from an individual perspective.

I have often wondered about the early days of Jesus, what he did before he met John the Baptist, got baptized, and started his new life. Many people believe he went for a long walk, a journey to the East, like the one described by Hermann Hesse in the novel with that title, A Journey To The East, which goes to the same place as the Chinese story called Journey To The West. Some says Jesus went to India and some say he went to Tibet.