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William James's pragmatism and influence on modern physics

William James was a prominent psychologist and philosopher in the early 20th century. Presently, James' work is outdated, but only in the sense that Galileo's or Darwin's work is outdated. Both Darwin and Galileo were originators in their respective fields.

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Identity, alienation, and psychological oppression in Fanon's work

Frantz Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks. Read the book and discuss the book in terms of the title. Fanon's book is an analysis of identity and racism issues about blacks in a culturally white world.

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Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences theory and ideal student development

Will our educational system ever produce the "perfect student" graduate of a "perfect school?" If we follow theories of Howard Gardner and Evelyn Sowell, there is a strong possibility. But we must also re-evaluate our testing and evaluation procedures.

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John Clive's analysis of Thomas Babington Macaulay's historical formation

John Clive is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History and Literature at Harvard University, and he brings his knowledge of both history and literary style to bear in analyzing the life and historical writings of Thomas Babington Macaulay in his book Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian.

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Emotional intelligence: from social intelligence theory to Goleman

Emotional Intelligence is a concept of current interest, largely communicated to the public through Goleman's bestselling book on the subject, Emotional Intelligence. The book itself is based on psychological theories and research that date back as far as the 1920's.

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Religious dogma and disillusionment in Hawthorne's three tales

Hawthorne's writings serve as a social commentary on the inherent dangers in blind acceptance of religious teachings.

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Obedience and authority in the Milgram and Stanford Prison experiments

Both "The Perils of Obedience" and the "Stanford Prison Experiment" essentially demonstrate the potential for 'evil' in ordinary citizens when placed in situations where stark authority is pitted against the individual's own moral imperatives (Milgram) or when deindividuated potential perpetrators…

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The emergence and development of policy science after World War II

The study of public policy gained significant importance in the late fifties and sixties. However, policy science did not come into existence all of a sudden. It started to emerge when social scientists started researches on a wide range of sociopolitical problems.

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The nature of death in Lolita and Catch-22

In the novels Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, death stands as a continuous presence, serving as a motivator, a metaphor, a threat, and a theme all at the same time.

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Edvard Munch and the German Expressionist Die Brücke movement

The Works Cited two sources in MLA format. Unlike Impressionism, German Expressionism "is not a name for a definite group of people with a common artistic direction.

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