Slavoj Žižek

This essay seeks to analyze Nike’s recent “equality campaign” commercial that was released in February 2017. Nike, the American sports brand giant who makes up 31% of the athletic footwear market (Keady, 2011), has been noted for creating political statements alongside the consumer goods that they produce. As seen in the short black and white filmed advertisement, famous American athletes Lebron James, Megan Rapinoe, Kevin Durant, and Serena Williams are depicted standing up against social inequalities

How does the first book in Pierce Brown's Red Rising trilogy conform or critique Marx's theory of Ideology? With reference to Louis Althusser and Slavoj Žižek. 'The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e. the class which is ruling the material force of society, is at the same time it's ruling intellectual force.' Karl Marx in The German Ideology1 In this essay I am going to use Marxist texts to analyse the ideologies and power structures present in Pierce Brown's

Taking a deeper look at the future of work has never been so critical in today’s society. Not only does one have to assess the working conditions within their own country but rather countries around the world because ultimately, we are one intertwined and whatever happens to one country will affect us in some way. Trying to discover what the future of work has in store for us is integral because as history indicates, being ignorant of the economy and its people can lead to disastrous events. The

comprehend the denotations of CSR through discourse studies, there has been previous research conducted on the relationship between the two. As such, Holzinger and Prasada (2013) explored the concept of Slavoj Zizek 's neo-Marxist and psychoanalytic-inflected work on the false consciousness of ideology (Zizek, 2000) which can represent how manager’s conduct CSR with unethical intentions. It suggests that capitalism is a system that is fundamentally fraught in illogicality and that discourse in corporate

The lasting condition impressed by an image can sometimes like as a flame, spreading throughout other discourses for long after its initial kindling. Such is the case with Plato 's allegory of the cave, which has for over 2,500 years inspired significant contributions to theorizations of truth. Despite the age of Plato 's work, the truth in the allegory is demonstrated by its own universality; as a formative piece of literature, the story acts as a gateway into Western discourses of truth. Truth

During this essay I will be discussing the Symptomatic meanings and Ideological messages being presented throughout the 1988 film They Live Directed by John Carpenter (They live, 1988). Throughout Carpenters career he has worked on a large selection of different genres in film, however he is most noted for working in the horror and science fiction genres. Throughout the 70’s and 80’s Carpenter made his name with the release of Halloween (Halloween, 1978) and Escape From New York (Escape from New

On the 22nd of the September of 2013,Pakistan witnessed the most vicious incident of sectarian (religious) violence in its history.80 Christians lost their lives while another 150 were injured in twin bombings perpetrated by suicide bombers (Uzbeks-alleged); a TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) spokesperson said, “We didn’t carry out the church attack. However, we believe it’s accordingto the Sharia,” (http://tribune.com.pk/story/617356/peshawar-church-blasts-bombers- were-foreigners-says-dna-report/)

When Life Imitates Art: High Stakes Testing and What It Means to the Dystopian Novel Aristotle is attributed with the question, “Does art imitate life, or life imitate art?” The methods in which we ask students to prove what they have mastered, and ultimately the way they learn, has changed dramatically in the past decade. The new age has ushered in an era of standards and “high stakes testing.” Consequently, anxiety related to school has increased dramatically. In like manner, dystopian novels

I. Adam Smith and Karl Marx Contemporary economics are best explained by comparing two foundational thinkers that have contributed to the better understanding of liberalism, one being its proponent Adam Smith and the other being its most significant critic, Karl Marx. Both thinkers are profoundly important in locating and investigating the roots of neoliberalism as well as exploring alternatives ways to challenge neoliberal economics in the face of its post-cold war expansion as the inevitable and

Starbucks and Business Ethics Different businesses have different ways of advertising their products and contributing to the outside world. Starbucks being amongst these different businesses has an unethical way of marketing its goods. Their advertisements are very broad and manipulative to their customers. Starbucks follows business ethics, which is what makes marketing and global contribution circulate. They also give businesses different objectives they follow to be more fair and truthful to