“Magical Death” -- An Ethnographic Film about the Yanomami of South America
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This 5 page report discusses the film “Magical Death,” produced by anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon and ethnographic filmmaker Timothy Asch. Magical Death, made in 1973, portrays Yanomami shamans causing a trance through taking psycho-active drug “ebene.” They do this in order to be able to contact their spirit helpers or “hekura” for assistance and guidance in times of sickness or adversity. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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“Utopia” by Thomas More
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A 7 page paper which examines Thomas More, his book “Utopia,” and the impact the work made on society during More’s time. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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"The Day Of The Locust"
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5 pages in length. Like a swarm of unrelenting locust, a mismatched collection of outsiders converge upon southern California in the late 1930s – Hollywood to be exact - hell bent on reaching their unattainable dreams of fame and fortune in a place that – for some unknown reason – beckons them with promises it cannot keep. No additional sources cited.
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A Comparison of More's Utopia with Machiavelli's The Prince
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This 5 page paper examines these two classics and suggests that More's idea is superior in creating good citizens and good government. Quotes are provided from each of the works. No additional sources cited.
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A Comparison of Orwell and Aristotle's Ideas
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This 3 page paper evaluates Orwell's 1984 and Aristotle's works. The idea of utopia is discussed as it relates to these two authors.
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A Critique of the Utopia in the Voice of Machiavelli
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This 4 page paper provides a critique of More's Utopia as if Machiavelli had written it. This is a fictitious piece written in first person and contains a quote from Utopia. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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A Multicultural View of America
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A 14 page contention that contemporary America has set the stage in terms of providing an example to the world of a multicultural country. The author of this paper provides observations on how the various fractions that compose our country interrelate. These observations are provided first from an academic approach, relying on the sociological and anthropological literature, then from a humanistic perspective relying on the popular literature. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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A Post-Work Society
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A 5 page essay that summarizes the principal argument and critically analyzes Maria M. Lopez's essay "Port work selves and entitlement 'attitudes' in peripheral postindustrial Puerto Rico" and Post Work, the Wages of Cybernation edited Stanley Aronowitz and Jonathan Cutler. The writer argues that these writers overlook certain unavoidable facts about American culture. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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A Reaction to Walden Two
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This 5 page paper is a tutorial on how to write a reaction paper, with the use of Walden Two. Details from this B.F. Skinner book are explored and ideas about utopian society are discussed. No additional sources cited.
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Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World": Truth And Beauty, Comfort And Happiness
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6 pages in length. In Chapters XVI and XVII of "Brave New World", Mustapha Mond and John the Savage debate the meaning of life. Mond asserts that Ford did a great deal to shift the emphasis from the truth and beauty to comfort and happiness. John the Savage prefers truth and beauty. Indeed, while truth and beauty represent the very foundation of existence, comfort and happiness is what humanity has chosen to pursue over and above anything else. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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