Marxism

The keyword Marxism is tagged in the following 4 articles.

February 5, 2012 - 2120 words | Literary Criticism » African Literature

In James Kirkup and Ernest Jones’ English translation of Camara Laye’s 1953 autobiography, The Dark Child, there is a significant stylistic decision in the final sentence. Kirkup and Jones’ version reads: “Later on I felt something hard when... Read Article »

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African Literature African Studies Colonialism Marxism Camara Laye French Guinea Negritude

Power and Transgression in Twelfth Night and Measure for Measure: Artifice and Ideology as Tools of the Elite

October 7, 2011 - 3636 words | Literary Criticism » Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s comedies, at first glance, seem to uniformly end on a positive note, with the fulfillment of desires, the overcoming of obstacles, and the victory over malevolent forces. In Twelfth Night and Measure for Measure, however, this is not the case. The... Read Article »

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Shakespeare Twelfth Night Measure For Measure Marxism Social Class

Book Review: The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein

July 9, 2010 - 1875 words | Book Reviews » Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine ties together history, economics, globalization, natural disasters and geopolitics into one bleak picture. Klein’s thesis is that the Shock Doctrine, also called Disaster Capitalism, has been put into practice all over the... Read Article »

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IMF World Bank Capitalism Marxism Naomi Klein Shock Doctrine

Human Rights and Radical Social Change: Liberalism, Marxism and Progressive Populism in Venezuela

March 29, 2010 - 21622 words | Political Science » Human Rights

“Human rights” is a concept so deeply intertwined into the modern discourse that it seems almost impossible to question it or refer to any standard beyond it. The problematic nature of this issue is not so much that people have different conceptions of &... Read Article »

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Human Rights Venezuela Hugo Chavez Marxism Populism Liberalism Ideology Social Change Radical Social Change