Essays on Espouses

Kwame Nkrumah’s “Unite Now or Perish” Speech As a ‘Classic’ Text in International Relations

Introduction In his May 24, 1963, speech at the inauguration of the OAU Conference in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, doctor Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first President, gave a stirring speech with a clarion call “we must unite now or perish.” In his speech, he advocated for a strong Union of Independent African States to form one block of states. Nkrumah was convinced that it was only through unity that African states which were getting themselves slowly off the colonial hook would achieve development or progress. According to him, with such a unity, the continent would be able to stand up ...

Child development takes place in discrete phases and ranges from birth to adulthood. These stages of development comprise various interrelated aspects such as socialization, motor skills, language, cognitive ability, emotional aspects, and social interaction. Various theories emphasize on the issues of development such as Vygotsky and Jeane Piaget theories. Piaget's model discusses concerns about the acquisition of knowledge and mechanisms of intellectual development. On the other hand, Vygotsky tended to focus mostly on the influence of culture on social and material structure and language of society (Steinberg & Vandergrift, 2010). Infant development and growth requires a combination of theories to ...

1. Capitalist Patriarchy as Seen by the Second Wave and the Corporate Wave Sheryl Sandberg and bell hooks look at the ideas of women in the workplace from completely different standpoints. A subtle, but telling, difference between how the two think is rooted in how they present their arguments. Sandberg utilizes statistics and foregoes the theory throughout Lean In whereas hooks’ “Dig Deep” eschews the statistics in favor of a more theoretical analysis. This speaks volumes about where the authors will take their arguments. Sandberg takes a more “pie in the sky” approach to the topic of women in ...

The best arguments I would give to my colleague for sharing the vaccine with others would be one of either the thought of the repercussions of not doing so would be more distressing weighed against the possibility of contracting the deadly disease. Psychologists call this punishment-reward. When faced with a situation where behavior is both detrimental and gratifying to one, the course of action is determined by the measure of how gratifying the positive consequences would be, versus how harmful the negative consequences would be. Naturally pain is avoided, and gratification is sought. Since, as is the assumption, no ...

R. v. Williams

R. v. Williams In the case of R v Williams, the accused was an aboriginal who pleaded not guilty to a robbery charge filed against him and elected a trial by judge and jury. During the initial trial, the trial judge authorized the asking of questions to the potential jurors. However, the Crown filed for a mistrial on the ground of procedural errors and giving too much publicity and exposure on the jury selection process. At the second trial, the judge who heard the motion of the accused issued an unfavourable decision against him to challenge the jurors ...

The relation of philosophy to rhetoric in relation to books 1 & 2 of Plato's Republic

Introduction: While Socrates was born in 469, Plato was born forty years later around 429 BC and although he should have played an important part in Athenian life on the political front, this was sadly not to be since at the time of his maturity and development, Athens was losing the Peloponnesian War so Plato found more time to be involved in philosophy, actually founding the first school of philosophy in Athens which was called the Academy. Undoubtedly we get to know more about Socrates who can be said to have been the world’s first philosopher from ...

What is Neoliberalism?

Neo-liberalism has always been liked to “privatization,” “deregulation,” “decentralization,” or “tax reform.” The famous definition of neo-liberalism is by Paul Treanor who defined it under the book “Neoliberalism: Origins, Theory, Definition” as: “a philosophy valuing the market existence and operation as it is, distinct from any of its previous links with the production of goods and services . . . and where the market and similar structure’s mechanics are seen as normative by itself, enabling the related actors to be ethical and responsible in their human actions and replacing for all the pre-existing moral beliefs (Fish, p. 1).” Interestingly, neoliberalists ...

The Book of Leviticus deals with clear instructions on how the Israelites were to use the Tabernacle which they had built and which goes into great detail on the way this was constructed and the symbolism it represents. Principally, the book focuses on certain rituals which are part and parcel of proceedings and show a respect towards the Tabernacle as the Holy Place of God. This intrinsically meant that the Tabernacle was a hugely important place of symbolism and was also part and parcel of God’s message towards the Israelites. The symbolism that Leviticus continues to propose also has ...

In this important essay, Martin Luther King identifies three ways of meeting an oppressive situation which was the case where the Negroe was suffering in the Deep South of the 1950’s and the 1960’s. He is circumspect and direct about the terrible situation faced by the Negro in the states of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana as typical examples where arbitrary violence and oppression apart from humiliation was the order of the day where the negroe was concerned. King identifies three ways in which one may meet this oppressive stance, the first is to do nothing and acquiesce ...

Explain the degree of Akhenaten’s revolution of Aten politically, if any. Also, Identify what institutions might have posed a threat to the pharaohs of the New Kingdom. What's important is to distinguish between "religious" and "political" in the world of New Kingdom Egypt

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The pharaoh Akhnaten was certainly a huge visionary who observed strict guidelines as to the regard of political acumen and intrinsic decisions on anything. He managed to revolutionise the way the Egyptians thought about their pharaoh but was also kind and benign in more ways than one. His relationship with the young Queen Nefertiri was seen by ...