Essay Undergraduate 3,104 words

The Enlightenment's Impact on the French Revolution

Explores how Enlightenment thinkers like Voltaire and Rousseau shaped the social, political, and philosophical forces that drove the French Revolution.

History

~16 min read

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Book Review Undergraduate 2,736 words

Prison Privatization and Mass Incarceration in America

A critical review of Nils Christie's Crime Control as Industry, examining prison privatization, racial disparities, and alternatives to mass incarceration in the U.S.

Social Issues

~14 min read

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Research Paper Undergraduate 2,595 words

What Is Dark Matter? The Science of Galaxy Glue Explained

An overview of dark matter research: what it is, how scientists detect it, and why understanding this invisible "galaxy glue" matters for physics and beyond.

Science

~13 min read

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Literature Review Undergraduate 2,585 words

Female Spies in WWII: Scholars Review Women's Roles

A scholarly review of how historians assess female spies in WWII, focusing on Virginia Hall and women's roles in the SOE and OSS intelligence operations.

History

~13 min read

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2,668 words

Virtue as knowledge in Plato's Meno

Virtue, according to Plato, is a multi-faceted knowledge of the correct or virtuous actions and the ability or power to act upon it.

~14 min read

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2,650 words

Discrimination and political representation of Latinos in Los Angeles

Given that nearly one half of Los Angeles County's population is Latino, it would seem that such a large portion of the population would translate into political and social power. To a degree that is true.

~14 min read

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3,320 words

Walmart, the WTO, and global economic inequality

The concept of a global community has become one of the defining features of our shared economy.

~17 min read

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3,253 words

The concept of self in Rogers, Freud, and Jung

The concept of self is one of the major themes of personality studies. Personality can be defined as the totality of the behavior and emotional characteristics of an individual.

~17 min read

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2,686 words

Jung's theory of individuation, the collective unconscious, and archetypes

Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology in the early 20th century, has had a lasting influence on the field. His exploration of the human psyche led him to connect psychology to art, religion, folklore, sociology, and philosophy.

~14 min read

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3,909 words

Claude Debussy's life, influences, and early compositions

During the period in which Claude Achille Debussy lived, the musicians and writers were influenced by some of the academic institutions of their times in their compositions.

~20 min read

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