Jacques Lacan

Jacques Cousteau was a man of numerous works and various talents during his lifetime. In America he was well known for having several positions in his career. For example, he was a marine officer, oceanographer, scientist, conservationist, filmmaker, and an underwater explorer. However, in overseas countries, Cousteau was well-known for his documentary television show called the “Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau.” Lastly, but certainly not least, Cousteau is the Creator of countless diving and

The emergence of state as an institution has been explained in detail by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Rousseau with the help of the concept of social contract. In the primitive times, when there was no Government and no authority to control and regulate the people, many sections of the society experienced hardships and exploitation. In order to overcome these hardships, the Soveriegn came into existence as a result of the mutual agrrement among the people to obey an authority. Social Contract

The Death of Marat, was a painting done by Jacques-Louis David in 1748 – 1825, depicting the assassination of Marat, a leader of the French Revolution. It was commissioned by the French Convention to glorify Marat and to serve as a propaganda that upholds the momentum of the revolution. By doing so, David aimed to raise people’s sympathies towards Marat by portraying him as the savior of the revolution, “friend of the People”, and the victim. He idealized Marat and chose to bias towards Marat on

People have been yielding their basic moral and social rights to a higher power and the concept of a divine being for centuries. In 360 B.C.E., Plato’s Symposium discussed higher power in human culture and, in 1762 Jean-Jacques Rousseau discussed the same concept from a different perspective in The Social Contract. It is significant because, despite the long passage of time between these texts and today, people still yield to a higher power in modern society. In Plato’s Symposium, the idea that

Caravaggio was commissioned for Roman Marquis Ciriaco Mattei in 1602 and is an oil painting of Jesus being arrested. The painting shows strong lighting, similar to the time of Neoclassicalism, but comapered to other paintings of Neoclassicism such as Jacques-Louis David’s Death of Marat which was painted in 1793 the differences between the two pieces are quite large, one of the biggest differences is the subject matter of the painting. Caravaggio’s painting is of religious subject matter, which was the

Philosophers have always been a great influence in the history of the world. Both Thomas Hobbes (1558-1679) and John Locke (1632-1701) established the framework of their ideas on social contract in the thought of the condition of nature. Their hypothetical support for the formation of a common government gets from certain states of the condition of nature that requires the making of the political body. In this manner, so as to comprehend the political thought about these two creators it is key to

INTRODUCTION: From my studies in Political Science it is not hard to understand that the United States political system is dominated by two political parties; the Republican Party, and the Democratic party. This is known as a two-party system, the definition of a two party name is evident from the name. A two party system functions on two parties, much like United States politics this is confusing because more than two parties are allowed to compete in elections. In America, any party outside

Democracy is an interesting form of government that is evolving. The word democracy comes from the Greek word “demos.” The word demos mean people. Democracy is a form of government that puts the power within the hands of its people. The government works to protect people, but also expects something in return. The People vote to choose who represents them, but they also have to In a democracy, the people have certain rights as well as responsibilities; these can be found in documents such as John

Machiavelli and Rousseau are on two opposite sides of the political spectrum, the former focused on the ruler of a society and the building of military strength at any cost, while the latter advocated the will of the people above every other aspect of government. Machiavelli considers the government as a tool to build power while Rousseau sees it as a construct to protect the people from themselves and others. Though very different they both claim that their solution would bring about the same desired

Within the “Discourse on the Origins and Foundations of Inequality”, Jean-Jacques Rousseau regards the moral element of love as “an artificial sentiment born of the usage of society” (Rousseau 135). This definition pinpoints my interpretation of Rousseau’s understanding of love as a product of civilization rather than the state of nature. However, Rousseau saw that the “savage” was a product of exclusion. The exclusion of the savage is important because for Rousseau the savage represented the perfections