The “triangular trade in human flesh” that Yaeger writes about refers to The Middle Passage. The Middle Passage is a voyage that millions of West Africans took to the New World. The commodities described in this quote are commodities that are touched by forced labor from the slaves. Many products that are tainted by slavery are very labor intensive and/or delicate, but as more and more slaves arrive, the less the owners care to keep their current slaves content with their living and working conditions. These slaves transform raw materials that they pick out in fields into commodities for their white owners.
Consumed by greed, author Gary Soto reiterates his first sin with imagery and a plethora of symbols as he is overpowered by greed and must accept God back into his life. To clarify, the sin itself was fueled by greed, which the then six years old Gary Soto was not able to resist. At the time, the author stole an apple pie from a bald grocer “whose forehead shone with a window of light.” (Line 18) It is as if Gary Soto is turning away from the house of God which is adorned with windows to let in His light. The author grins at the grocer and exits, at that moment he has turned his back on the house of God, giving in to greed’s temptation by stealing an apple pie; much like Eve stole the apple from the Garden of Eden.
The reasons war happens is due to countries wanting more power and that is because they are selfish and want it for their own personal gain. The reason there is murder, can be motivated by money in situations like bank robberies, or it can be motivated by hate and that also qualifies as selfishness because the person committing the crime is putting their own
Rent Seeking by an American Economist In the American Economist Joseph Eugene Stiglitz’ essay, ‘Rent Seeking and the making of an Unequal Society,’ he argues, with the help of examples, that most of today’s economic and political problems are caused by the government. He goes in depth to explain why the government policies are a major factor in creating these problems, as well as the market forces itself. In addition to this, he discusses the relationship between income inequality and societal growth, and how rent seeking contributes to it. The following is main ideas from his essay that help to further prove his point of how rent seeking provides for income inequality, as well as how the government policies help in the making of an unequal society. Firstly, because the government policies shape the market forces, they are able to shape the degree of inequality.
This essay argues that states that are ethnically and culturally similar are more likely to engage in conflicts over
“Was the frivolity of the Jazz Age… masking the stock-market greed? Were the truly positive aspects of the economy… destined to be pushed into the background?” ("The 1920s: Business and the Economy: Overview." American Decades- STA database source) When people think of the 1920s, they often think of “flapper girls” and the famed Harlem neighborhood in New York City. However, this era was far more complicated than modern-day media and movies like to paint it as.
The relationship of systemic racism to the unemployment, underemployment, and poverty facing Puerto Ricans is view as institutionalized discrimination. Some of the cases of institutionalized discrimination towards the Puerto Ricans can be clearly seen when they have been defined by color and also bias towards their languages. Thus restricting them from applying in many jobs making a big scale of differences between the high unemployment rate and also Puerto Ricans in the low-level
Conflict theory depends on the premise of three fundamental inferences. The first one is the fight for limited resources is universal to all relationships in society. The second one is that people or groups often benefit from that fight over resources more than others. Ultimately deeming inequality and power are just fundamentals of the system. The last part so that.
Throughout Chapter five of her book Shadows of War, Carolyn Nordstrom shares her views on war in terms of social, physical and mental goals and punishes of such violence. To begin, one of the first goals of war as defined by Nordstrom is a direct result of a threat of loss of control. She explains that it is common for one military to feel the need to destroy another when their control over a certain (land area owned or controlled by someone) is under threat (56). An interesting point that Nordstrom makes is relating to/about (community of people/all good people in the world)'s do not tell the difference between the existence of different violences. As stated by Nordstrom, most people will naturally tell/show the difference between different wars; however, very few tell/show the difference between the experience of violence throughout such wars (57).
Carl Schmitt’s claim that politics is fundamentally distinct from other spheres is persuasive on the premise that the core of politics consists on the friend/enemy theory with each side of the conflict posing a perceived existential threat of violence to one another. However, his argument is less persuasive when he uses this premise to critique liberalism because he does not provide an alternative solution to his criticism. Schmitt contends that, “the political must rest on its own ultimate distinction, [and] the specific political distinction to which political actions and motives can be reduced is between friend and enemy” (Schmitt 26). Schmitt defines a political or public enemy as a collective group that poses an existential threat of violence, “the real possibility of physical killing” (Schmitt 33).
James Fearon in “Rationalist Explanations for War,” begins with the basic assumption that wars are costly and states should have a rational desire to avoid wars and seek peaceful agreements before the war breaks out (Fearon, 379). Fearon critiques many elements of international relations including neorealism and rational choice theories while supporting his thesis. However, Fearon does not provide a durable conceptual explanation of anarchy, and the discussion on why other theories fail to describe why states go to war over a possible agreement is deficient. Fearon claims that “it is not enough to say that under anarchy nothing stops states from using force, or that anarchy forces states to rely on self-help, which engenders mutual suspicion
Conflicts will arise when individual compete for power or authority and most importantly, resources which are limited.
Poetry Analyzation: Both Cowper and Poe have very distinct writing styles and techniques, as Cowper writes poetry that revolves around religion and Poe differs with essays that involve many imaginative and dark aspects, such as a theme of death. In one of his poems “The Negro’s Complaint” , Cowper demonstrates his writing skills through a controversial poem that brings god and slavery together. This poem was used as an act of conscience, because of the guilt he felt for the “sin” of using African-Americans as pawns of slavery by his people. Cowper made this poem to give those who are not heard, a voice, and to raise awareness for those who cannot riot or protest for their own freedom, hoping to result with putting reality into the conscience of slave owners.
The notion and the meaning of conflict have evolved with time. Before Coser, conflict was seen more as a source of social change and disintegration. However, the conflict theory we are referring to here is not necessarily an infliction of violence or atrocities, but a conflict that arises due to unequal distribution of power and resources. Theorists consider power to be an important element of conflict theory. For instance, who uses power or where is power located are two of the main concerns of conflict theory.
The violent conflict approach is defined through coercion, threats, and destructive assaults. Galtung’s, model suggests that each of these components influence one another, and while each
