deficiencies in traditional IR theories, it is clear that the application of non-traditional theoretical frameworks is necessary. Neo-Gramscianism offers an excellent example to portray the shortcomings of mainstream theoretical approaches; the nature of hegemony, the centrality of the state, and development of a transnational class of elites all prove the utility of neo-Gramscianism to the field of International Relations. Despite the fact that Antonio Gramsci rarely discussed International Relations directly
Creating a mind, which gives the consent (accepts the hegemony), is never a simple act. It indeed results from the social structures and the cultural designs. The code of conduct, moral value and education standards are the designed by the ruling classes and followed by the rest, both in social and global scenario. This social and cultural scenario dictates each group or its subordinate societies to what should be its behavior. Each and every institutions (social, cultural, political and economic)
such as Castro. As a result, Latin American nations embraced democracy in return for U.S. aid. The U.S. helped promote economic and political growth because their goal was to incorporate American style democracies in Latin America to dominate the Western Hemisphere. At the same time, this was a hard time for Latin America because most countries were suffering from high rates of hunger, social system abuse, and fighting communism. Because of this, the United States did intervene and tried to decrease
Postcolonial Nations, Islands, and Tourism examines how real and literary islands have helped to shape the idea of the nation in a postcolonial world. Through an analysis of a variety of texts ranging from literature to prison correspondence to tourist questionnaires it exposes the ways in which nationalism relies on fictions of insularity and intactness, which the island and island tourism appear to provide. The island space seems to offer the ideal replica of the nation, and tourist practices promise
Homosexuality in sport: A critical analysis of the prevalence of homophobia within elite male football Introduction This essay will offer a critical evaluation regarding the prevalence of homophobia within the field of male professional football, as well as discussing what is being done to combat this issue. This paper will look to provide the argument that homophobic attitudes remain within modern day elite football despite how the issue is being challenged. This claim will look to be substantiated
1. Said, Edward. Orientalism (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978). The term is used by Said and he brings some definitions to it. According to Said, historians, literary scholar, and cultural scholars used it to depict the eastern culture and society. Writers, designers, and artists are among the main actors who included it in their works of art. It was west’s mission to speak instead of the ones who cannot speak. That was the superior of Europe in general. Britain, France and Germany have used
The critical ethnographer studies social issues of power, empowerment, inequality, inequity, dominance, repression, hegemony, and victimization. The critical ethnographers are politically minded individuals, as they do not fear taking sides. Through their research, they aim to provide more authority to the weaker section of the society/community, seek to challenge the
and therefore, reflect the way things are meant to be.” His argument though, is that America’s version of what is self-evident in nature is unoriginal since much was borrowed from the Europeans and in general, was a platform to further white male hegemony. This argument is based on historical documents from the Revolutionary period and beyond, some
Classics 377: Carthage Vs. Rome Short Paper Option #2 In Polybius’ “Rise of the Roman Empire,” he details a treaty between Carthage and Rome in 509 B.C., which, if authentic, would alter our perception of early Rome and the Carthaginian Empire. Through analysis of Polybius’s account and other ancient historians and commentators, it is probable that the treaty of 509 B.C. is indeed legitimate and can be accepted as reliable historical evidence. In the years leading up to 509 B.C., Carthage had firmly established
mass media in shaping and defining our opinions and attitudes towards the social world in which we live, but this section will delve into capacities of audiences in resisting and contesting dominant discourses which are presented to them. In media analysis, audiences are conceptualized as either passive or active in their consumption of media. Passive in the sense that they take in the messages without resistance or contention, and active, in the sense that they become an agency, in knowingly using