Essays on Fatherland

Introduction

As described in Fordham.edu, the given men desired a society where no one in society, state, or the world at large should let their personal ambitions infringe on the freedoms and well-being of the other.

What Is Best For Society According To These Men?

Montesquieu in describing what is best for the society he stated that there are three types of power in every government. The three types of power include the executive, the judiciary, and lastly the legislative power. He described an ideal society as one where there is political liberty. According to him, liberty involves a tranquility of mind of the subject. In particular, Voltaire: Patrie ...

The City (State where it is located)

Has Commodification of Migrant Labor and Knowledge Gone too Far? Actually, commodification is a relatively new word that means a process of transformation of different resources, goods or even knowledge into such objects that can be sold. Such a commodification makes a great contribution to the national economy. This fact cannot be denied –commodification is developing rapidly. But developing of commodification has negative or positive or even mixed results. During recent years the problem of commodification of migrant labour and knowledge has risen and become very controversial as it difficult to define the positive and negative sides in comparison ...

Through the history, Rome has reached the moments greatness, although it can’t be considered as a symbol of civil order, peace and prosperity. The honor to be named the Roman did not symbolize the belonging to one nation, but became the property of the human race. Seneca, Nero's childhood tutor, was calling Rome the common fatherland of all people. Speaking about Nero and Seneca, it is important to note that the Roman historian Suetonius provides us the information on Nero's reign (54-68 years). He describes the murder of Nero’s mother, the excesses associated with his artistic activities, and ...

Introduction: The Third Reich

When Hitler assumed dictatorship of Germany and became the Fuhrer, he propagated Fascism, then prevalent in Mussolini’s Italy, under the banner of Nazism; wherein the State became all powerful and welfare was entirely in his hands. The Nazis came to power by promising to take Germany out of the post World War I economic depression. The treaty of Versailles was a blow to German pride, the country was reeling under all the war debts and the Great Depression was another blow to their economy. Germans were vulnerable and Nazi propaganda and the Hitler myth was successful in claiming total ...

Terrorism is one critical area in the world that has caused a lot fear, death and threat to millions around the world. Taliban, Al Qaeda and ETA are some of the major terrorism groups formed in different parts of the world. Al-Qaeda and Taliban are somehow the same. These two terrorist organizations have Islamic roots although they have differences in the doctrines and ideologies. On the other hand, ETA which stands for Basque Fatherland and Liberty is based on the Marxist principles within the Spanish Basque provinces of Alava, Guipuzcoa and Vizcaya. The three are designated as foreign Terrorist Organizations ...

Rhetorical Analysis of the Divine Augustus

Augustus gives an account of his deeds through the Res Gestae Divi Augustae. In the autobiography, Augustus gives an account of his accomplishments. The primary core objective brought about by the author is advertising the deeds he considered heroic in the culture that prevailed during his lifetime. He writes of what he goes through in different echelons. He reiterates how he tackles different issues and his actions to his society. He claims to have observed the law at all times. If the claims by Augustus are true, he was a model leader worth being emulated by all as the autobiography ...

Erich Maria Remarque’s classic novel All Quiet on the Western Front effectively eulogizes the sacrifice of Old World values and sensibilities on the killing fields of France and Belgium. Traditional European notions of chivalry, honor and patriotism were obliterated by industrialized, mechanized war and the trivializing of human life. Remarque’s story is, among other things, a scathing indictment of nationalism and the manipulation of human emotion. Fired by nationalist fervor, Paul Baumer, the story’s main protagonist, goes to war expecting glory and victory but is soon disillusioned by the horror of trench warfare and the aimlessness of ...

How historically accurate is All Quiet on the Western Front?

Set in World War One, All Quiet on the Western Front is a harrowing account of the events that took place from the German perspective as it was adapted from the German novel of the same name, written by Erich Maria Remarque. The film follows a group of young men who, following a particularly patriotic speech by their head master, all sign up to fight for Germany in the war. Remarque experienced the war first hand and as such, his rendition of the events are trustworthy and reliable historically correct. Created in 1930, the film was released only a dozen years after the ...