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Theodore J. Lowi's critique of interest-group liberalism and Republican coalition

The Republican Party triumphed a majority in both houses of the Congress in the fall of 1994. This was the first time since the 1952 landslide of Eisenhower. It was believed by many that the Republicans had achieved the partisan realignment in the end.

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Descartes and Hume on the nature of reality and imagination

This paper considers what is real and what is fantasy by understanding the ideals of philosophers such as Descarte and Hume. Bibliography cites seven sources.

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Marxist and feminist criticism in Wuthering Heights: Eagleton versus Homans

Mother in Wuthering Heights" by Margarret Homans, and "Myths of Power: A Marxist Study on Wuthering Heights" by Terry Eagleton, rely very heavily on their respective critical paradigms in their analysis of Bronte's novel.

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Traditional theodicy in the Book of Job

The Book of Job presents us several faces of theodicy and all of them make excellent examples of traditional Judaic theodicy. What is theodicy and more importantly, what are the characteristics of traditional Jewish theodicy as they appear in the Book of Job?

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Individualism and conformity in Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros, by Eugene Ionesco [...] theme of individuality vs. conformity and how it applies in today's world. Throughout history, individuals have felt torn between conforming to established tradition and social mores, and showing their individuality by rising up against conformity and tradition.

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Scholarly debates on the historical Jesus in Stephen Davis's Encountering Jesus

How can so many people look into a portrait of a man, written by 4 different scholar and commoners who portray the man in very similar fashion, and come away with such diametrically opposing viewpoints that the man is rendered almost meaningless?

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Gender, sexuality, and imperialism in Briggs's Reproducing Empire

The theme of gender and sexuality is related to social power. In Reproducing Empire: Race, Sex, Science, and U.S. Imperialism in Puerto Rico, Briggs shows how race, class, gender, and power are interrelated and interconnected.

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Pasolini's poetic concepts in Fellini's Satyricon

Pier Paolo Pasolini was considered by most to be a prominent auteur after Antonioni and Fellini.

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The death penalty evaluated through Kantian ethics and utilitarianism

All indications are that capital offenses are on the rise and the response to this phenomenon has been a cry to impose capital punishment as retribution.

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Preventing school violence through education, mental health, and gun policy

Goldstein suggests that without violating students' privacy rights, instructors / teachers nationwide need to be far more alert to weirdness, aggressiveness, "creepiness," Nazi-related hatefulness, "Fierce racism" and homophobia.

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