Essays on Redefinition

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Published in 1984, Audre Lorde’s article argues in favor of a unified feminist movement, which does not ignore the differences among the experiences of women belonging to different groups, but rather, it uses those differences to examine the different ways in which women are oppressed, and the ways in which those differences contribute to enriched creativity. The author explains that, right now, the feminist movement is divided by the same forces that create human differences in general, which oppose dominant groups to minority groups, thus creating simplistic patterns of difference, where the characteristics of the dominant groups are ...

Economics

Economics is a field of study that deals with analyzing the factors involved in the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. Economics strives to explain how economies of different countries function and the interaction between different agents operating in those economies. Economics as a field of study finds application in different spheres of the society including businesses, governments, health, education, politics and other social institutions. There are two major categories in this field and they include microeconomics and macro economics.

Microeconomics and Macroeconomics

Micro economics is the branch of economics that deals with the basic elements of the economy. It deals with ...

When referring to a person as an ‘enemy combatant,’ it is typically in the context of a war between states, particularly when one state is holding a military officer or member of the opposing state. It is state that is normally afforded fewer rights and privileges as a prisoner of war, and is often used to be able to punish or interrogate prisoners without needing to give the individual the treatment and rights that are offered them in the Geneva Convention. Before 9/11, an enemy combatant was defined by the Supreme Court as an agent who has come behind enemy lines in secret ...