How does Waugh exploit different settings to highlight his moral concerns in 'A Handful Of Dust'?
James Herman 6H2 How does Waugh exploit different settings to highlight his moral concerns in 'A Handful Of Dust'? Waugh's satirical novel, 'A Handful of Dust', 'depicting an ailing group of society' demonstrates his concerns that inter-war society is reverting to a more primitive and ultimately dangerous type. The novel, despite its comic appeal, serves as a warning to the hedonists of the 1920s and 1930s. Waugh deplores inappropriate hedonism, perhaps heavily influenced by his strong religious beliefs. Many key characters in 'A Handful of Dust' take pleasure seeking to the extreme. These characters seem contained in a bubble of complete ignorance regarding the outside world and live for themselves. Waugh demonstrates this effectively by simply failing to include significant historical events such as the market crashes of the 1930s and the frightening rise of fascism in Europe. This serves to 'cocoon' the characters and it depriving them of any context with the outside world, highlighting the readers sense of a gulf between the characters. This isolated self-indulgence, in Waugh's view, was leading to the 'decline and fall' of inter-war society. Waugh uses many rhetorical techniques to highlight this, but most significantly he poignantly utilizes various locations to show his unease about 'civilisation'. Waugh primarily uses London as a setting to demonstrate the
Assess Adorno's and Horkheimer's account of the nature of collective hatred
Assess Adorno's and Horkheimer's account of the nature of collective hatred. "...the fully enlightened earth radiates disaster triumphant."1 This is the second sentence of Dialectic of Enlightenment; an extremely depressing view of modernity. "Instrumental rationality, modern science, bureaucracy and capitalist economic behaviour, the elements of Weber's modern nightmare, appear in a new light."2 Unlike Weber, who considered the twentieth century to be one of both formal and substantive rationality, Adorno and Horkheimer argued it is substantively irrational. The latter part of the Dialectic of Enlightenment, Elements of Anti-Semitism concentrates on the reasons behind the atrocities perpetrated by the Germans towards the Jews. This essay intends to: look at the theory of the charismatic leader; to describe very briefly their seven elements of anti-Semitism; and together with some of their other publications, to examine in a little more detail some of their psychological reasons put forward for the rise of fascism. It will also consider some of the criticisms against Adorno and Horkheimer's theses of collective hatred. Adorno and Horkheimer as Jewish members of the Frankfurt School left Germany during the rise of Nazism and moved to the United States. As Marxists, they linked capitalism to anti-Semitism. `"The long term tendency towards
Are everyday causal judgements based on perceptions of empirical regularities or beliefs about causal powers?
Are everyday causal judgements based on perceptions of empirical regularities or beliefs about causal powers? Our everyday judgements of the cause of events or happenings are intrinsically vital to every aspect of the theoretical and practical social sciences. Our question at hand is whether or not we can principally understand our judgements on the basis of the outcomes of previous similar experiences, or on our beliefs about the potentials of objects to be causal. Responsibility for our actions, and explaining the actions of unknown entities could be argued to be the very essence of human distinction from animals. The oldest of the enquiring disciplines of philosophy have wrangled with the notion of cause. For instance, White (1991) discusses how Aristotle's understanding of the word 'cause' was discretely different to our modern use of the term - where the 'cause' is a larger concept than an immediate 'reason' for an event, but more towards a wider implication of a 'purpose' leading to a goal of development, or 'telos'. To sum up perhaps too simply, the enlightenment thinkers brought about a triumph of efficient causation and the abolition of final cause from scientific explanation (White, 1990). The conflicts of causal judgement concepts were played out between the figures of Mill and Hume. Mill, as Descartes and the classic philosophers before him, understood that: "A
Advanced interventions with individuals, groups and communities.
BA (Hons) Social work with Diploma in Social work Candidate Number: 841264 HHSWD / SWD2 ADVANCED INTERVENTIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES. Title Select two approaches/methods for working with clients/users, which have been discussed on the course. In a comparative discussion provide a justification for which approach would be more effective at empowering the client/user. In this essay I aim to contrast and then compare the methods of both person centred counselling and group work to provide a justification of which approach would be more empowering to a service user. The way I have decided to structure this essay is to describe each approach separately, starting off with an outline of their backgrounds followed by an account of their theories and how they are applied to service users and then justify which approach would be more effective at empowering. The person centred approach, is the approach developed by Carl Rogers, and is sometimes for that reason called Rogerian counselling or therapy. It is an approach that recognises the innate potential of each individual to resolve his or her difficulties. The intention is to support and enable the service user to formulate their own solutions and apply them of their own choice. Most of us are far more creative than we realise, and in the pressure and tension of daily life lose sight of our greatest asset
critical reflection
Critical Reflection on Learning Throughout the 100 days of my Practice Learning Experience I have progressed in my learning by developing on my skills and knowledge. One of the areas where I needed to develop my knowledge and expertise was relationship building and communication skills. I worked on developing these skills through key-working and supporting service users. My case studies evidence this as I worked closely with both service users to support them, by assessing their needs, reviewing risks, policies and procedures that applies to them (National Occupational Standards 3.2.) The Social policy module helped me to understand how the laws and policies were applied to these cases such as the NHS and Community Care Act 1990. Case Study 1 was a unique case for me as although the service user did not have any mental health needs he required help with Alcohol Rehabilitation for which the trust holds the budget. I found this service user to be very difficult to engage with as he did see social workers as people who interfere and was very reserved with his information so gave me limited information regarding his background at the start of the process. He also was presenting challenging behaviour and had a habit of swearing and lacked respect for women. I found him to be challenging overall and I pursued a different method of working with him whereby I made conversation and
The Social Psychological Development of Antwone Fisher.
Running Head: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ANTWONE FISHER The Social Psychological Development of Antwone Fisher Denzel Washington Robyn Knight Prince George's Community College Social Psychology Dr. Dawn K. Lewis August 1, 2005 The Social Psychological Development of Antwone Fisher The film Antwone Fisher tells the story of one man's struggle to identify with the influences of past events on his relationships and the healing process through which he seeks to resolve his past. The film uses flashbacks and dream sequences to illustrate the impact that past relationships and past interactions had on his social psychological development. Produced by the talented up-and-coming screenwriter, Antwone Fisher is an autobiographical tale brought to life by Denzel Washington in his directorial debut. This movie tells the heart-wrenching and ultimately inspirational story of a young man's power to rise above everything life has relentlessly thrown at him (Washington, 2002). At the end of the day, this is a film about how senseless acts of murder, abuse and abandonment can color a child's existence. Based on the real life experiences of the film's screenwriter, Antwone Fisher, the movie explores those events and the conscious choices needed to make a defining change in life. Social Concept of the Character Adapted by the real Antwone Fisher from his autobiography,
Hollister II - This article deals with the controversy concerning the debate of feudal tenure.
Preparatory Essay Justin Palett Hollister II (from "1066") A28686812 This article deals with the controversy concerning the debate of feudal tenure. There are two contrasting theories on the subject, these are: Round's theory of feudal revolution and Freeman's theory of continuity across the Thin Red Line of 1066. By 1066 all land was owned by the king and possessed by the upper class through the act of enfeoffments. Around this time feudal tenure became complicated due to subinfeudation and the circulation of money. Subinfeudation was the process of creating a fief from a fief. Following the Norman Conquest, most land held by laymen in 1066 was redistributed by the Conqueror. He granted large numbers of estates; These were known as his "tenants-in-chiefs." In return they were expected to provide military service. The tenants-in-chief would grant their own followers some of the manors they had received from the Crown, in return for service which was probably often of a military nature. This process was known as subinfeudation. The tenant of a subinfeudated manor might subinfeudate land to a subtenant. This would create a further
Ethical Philosophy.
Dawn Sewell-Ugbogbo Ethical Philosophy . Give an account of the method and ethical teaching of the Sophists. Make sure to include your complete explanation of the meaning of ethical or moral relativism, and of what particular forms it takes, (e.g., how does the Sophist define what is "right"?) What important differences are there between Socrates / Plato and the sophists? What is your own view or resolution of the issue between relativism and Plato's objectivism? Is moral relativism a reasonable and self-consistent position for one to take on today's moral issues? Give some examples to illustrate why it is or is not a reasonable position today. The Sophists were itinerant professors of higher education who traveled widely in the Greek world giving lectures and specialized instructions in a wide range of topics for a fee. They were in no sense a school or even a single movement since they did not have a common set of doctrines nor any shared organization. Their intellectual activities included the inquiry of nature and mathematics, from which developed a systematic study of techniques of persuasion and argument, which included the beginnings of the study of language in various forms, including grammar, literary criticism, and semantics. Defining what is right seemingly came easy to the Sophists. They basically concluded, embracing moral relativism, that morals are
Are We Heading towards a Global Society?
Are We Heading towards a Global Society? A dictionary would define 'global' as "worldwide; of a whole group of items" (The Oxford Dictionary, 1995), and 'society' as "an organised community; a system of living in this" (The Oxford Dictionary, 1995). If we combine these, we will result in a term used to describe a 'community that unites the globe'. I will try to answer the question 'are we heading towards a global society' through firstly defining some key figures in the formulation of globalisation, and then look at a brief glance at the history, progressing to what affects the rate of globalisation today. Later, I will discuss the positive and negative effects a global society could have, and then finally converse if we are indeed actually moving towards one. A recent theory is that the world is seen as "one place" (Waters, 1995). This is globalisation; where everything and everybody is more accessible than ever before. Mainly due to technological advances, for example the Internet, globalisation is more present now than ever before. Robertson (1992) looked at globalisation, and was considered to be a key figure in the formulation. He believed that globalisation was the sharing of power at an international level, establishing universal values, for example political rights, uses of nuclear power and weapons, and the trade, migration or travelling with that society.
Communications and Conflict: Sample interview on conflict styles
Communications and Conflict: Sample interview on conflict styles My interview was with the administrative aide of the Facilities Managers of New York University's Housing and Maintenance Department. New York University is an educational institution, housing nearly ten thousand students from all over the world. Though the university is large, Ms. Joanne Casole's* department is rather small, employing roughly fifteen to twenty people. Yet the size of this department does not directly correlate with the financial status being that the departments manages a budget of over five million dollars every day. Ms. Casole's duties include overseeing student workers in their daily administrative tasks and assisting mangers in maintaining dormitories throughout the university. Joanne has been working for the university for over four years. She started out as a student worker over eight years ago and was promoted within the department to her current position. In her management role, she supervises one male, and two female students who are all at least a generation younger than her. The racial composition would include two Philipino's, Joanne being half, and the male student worker being full, and two Caucasian females. Because this is an interview dealing with conflict management, specifications about age, race and other individual traits are extremely imperative in dissecting and
