SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Western European Impact of the Vikings

Essays 241 - 270

The Philosophy of Krishnamurti

Indeed, he questions the value of empiricism itself, stating that one can "never have a total view of any object" (Nicoletti, 1994...

Competing in the West

companies. The Chinese environment is one where patent and intellectual protection law is weakly enforced; there are a large amoun...

Tasks for a Citizenship Course

the main source of conflict in the future will be cultural. The idea is based on the concept that in the future the main clashes w...

How the Russian Revolution Changed the Face of Terrorism

Terrorism has wielded a formidable presence since mankinds earliest confrontations with one another. Acts...

The Influence of Culture on Organizational Learning and Business Practice

moved forward at a great pace, especially since the 1960s and 70s and the increased level of production, it remains at the investm...

Spiegelman, Remarque, and Wiesel: The Transformative Quality of Violence

device to thematically distill the essence of war and genocide, present its reality in a way that is more humanistic than statisti...

"Persepolis" - The Value of Liminal Narration

It is valuable as a document precisely because Satrapi writes neither as an Iranian citizen, nor as a Westerner. Instead, the prim...

Is the Law Based on Morals?

guide the making of the law. In applying this to the study of the law and how it is made there...

Islamic Integration in the West: Cultural and Political Barriers

material gain and technological advancement, while Islam is typified as highly traditional and driven by moral values rooted in an...

Promotion and Marketing of Islamic Banking

The writer presents a proposal to assess the way that Islamic banks based in western countries can support growth through marketin...

The Disparity of Work and Productivity

equated with worth. Work is the standard by which the content of ones character is judged. There is a pervasive conception that in...

The Ethical Problem of Child Labor

that the "job" of childhood is to go to school and learn the skills and knowledge that will prepare them for the working world the...

Afghanistan, Iraq and the Western Way of War

gain battles, but it is a great element of success."3 That is, while armament increases a commanders chances of winning a battle, ...

Existential Themes in "All Quiet on the Western Front"

all of his previously held values as vulgar absurdities, incompatible with the reality of his experiences. The existentialist them...

Applying The Vroom-Yetton Contingency Model for Decision Making In Developing Countries

making model. It is a model that is deductive in nature with seven rules to be applied. The model takes the form of a decision tre...

Comparing Three War Films

This essay presents the thesis that All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Apocalypse Now (1979), and Saving Private Ryan (1999) s...

Misreading Scripture by Richards, O'Brien

This essay pertains to aspects of E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O'Brien's text Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes. The n...

The Djembe, An Overview

This research paper presents an extensive overview of the djembe, which is a drum that originated in West Africa. The paper offers...

Musical Systems: Scales, Maqamat, and Ragas

This research paper offers a brief overview of scales, maqamat, and ragas, which derive from Western Arabic and Indian music respe...

Cultural Differences in an Acquisition

The writer looks at the problems faced by Indian firm Nicholas Piramal India Ltd (NPIL) when acquiring a western firm. The managem...

Contemporary Reflections on Moral Objectivism and Moral Relativism

This paper considers the actions of the US military in regard to cultures that deviate from the Western ideas of right and wrong. ...

Patanjali's Yoga Sutras

In a paper of nine pages, the writer looks at Patanjali's yoga sutras. Western interpretations of the sutras which often miss the ...

Directing Style of John Ford

This essay pertains to the directing style of John Ford. Classic Westerns such as "Stagecoach," "Liberty Valance," and "The Search...

Eastern Nations and Western Nationalism

In 5 pages this paper examines how the Western concept of nationalism is taking root in the East. There are 4 sources cited in th...

A Comparison of Mary Shelley and Erich Remarque

This paper compares and contrasts Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front and Shelley's Frankenstein. This five page paper has ...

Contemporary Thinking and the Influence of Existentialism, Romanticism, and the Enlightenment

In five pages this report explores how the schools of philosophical thought that characterized the Enlightenment have influenced c...

Goals of the Crusades and Their Impact

For hundreds of years pilgrims from Western Europe had been journeying to the Holy Land, Palestine, where Jesus Christ had lived a...

Cherokee 'Trail of Tears' and Expansion of the West

It was then that a constant infiltration of European settlers were making their way onto the territory in their quest to move inla...

Today's Military Actions and Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front

The fact that indeed the boy will get used to being in mortal danger on a daily basis is troubling, but is that how life in war re...

Western Films and the Themes of Loss and Regret

on him by his situation, but belonging to him intimately and testifying to his completeness" (655). Also on the subject of Wester...