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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Political and social views"”.
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Feeding the hunger of history: society and politics in Dylan Thomas's prose and dramatic works
This thesis argues for a much more considered and nuanced reading of Dylan Thomas’s political outlook than extant criticism has tended to present. It makes a case for the reading of Thomas’s socialism as intrinsic to his ethical vision, and explores this through close analytical attention to his …
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The political philosophy of William Godwin
… (M.A.)--Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of Political Science, 1957
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Enabling more Holistic Consideration of Value in Socio-ecological Relationships:: A Well-being Centred Approach
… feel happier, enjoy time in natural settings and feel grateful for benefits from nature. They also tend to repay nature’s generosity with proenvironmental behaviours. The widespread human-nature disconnect has created an<br/>operating environment where destructive and unsustainable behaviours …
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Raymond Williams, cultural materialism and the break-up of Britain
… role played by cultural forms in the creation and contestation of a national political order. Secondly, it extrapolates Williams's implicit critique of the unitary British state, and his theory of how cultural forms relate to that state.<br/><br/>In Chapter One, I argue that Williams developed …
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The prophetic imagination of P. B. Shelley
… such, even a cursory glance at Shelley’s poetry and political beliefs reveals an interest in what is wrong with the world, how to fix it, and what will happen if no action is taken. However, current studies fail to fully assess what makes up the prophetic imagination. They confine discussions of …
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MARK TWAIN'S SPEAKING IN THE DARK YEARS (COMMUNICATION, RHETORIC, MOVEMENTS).
… informal readings, his image manipulation and control, his rhetorical speaking, his methods of speech preparation, and his dictation of the autobiography. Twain's use of oral interpretation is examined demonstrating the influence of the Reading Tour of 1884-1885. He read informally for …
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Wisdom and Law: Political Thought in Shakespeare's Comedies
… Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, and Measure for Measure I argue that the surface plots of these comedies point us to a philosophic understanding seldom discussed in either contemporary public discourse or in Shakespearean scholarship. The comedies usually involve questions arising …