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What Myths Reveal About How Humans Think: A Cognitive Approach To Myth
(Humanities, 2007-08-23)
This thesis has two main goals: (1) to argue that myths are natural products of human cognition; and (2) that structuralism, as introduced by Claude Levi-Strauss, provides an over-arching theory of myth when supplemented ...
Weber's "Protestant Ethic" And His Critics
(Humanities, 2007-08-23)
This thesis focuses on Max Weber’s “Protestant Ethic” Thesis. In his thesis
Weber claims after the Reformation, Calvinism created the needed work ethic to
produce modern capitalism. His critic’s arguments against this ...
Perception And Presentation: Mythological Imagery And The Female Gaze In Italian Renaissance Art
(Humanities, 2007-10-08)
Ostensibly, it would seem that during the Renaissance, subjects of mythological origin in the visual arts were almost exclusively created with the male patron in mind. While this is a highly visible trend, it is important ...
On Their Own?: Mexican Immigrants' Assistance by Government, NGOs, and Self-Help at Times of Natural Disaster in Wimauma, Florida
(Humanities, 2009-09-16)
During the 2004 hurricane season, four successive storms struck Central Florida causing catastrophic damage to crops and displacing close to 195,000 migrant and seasonal workers. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this thesis ...
The Correspondence Theory Of Truth: The Root Cause Of Fundamentalism In America
(Humanities, 2013-07-22)
Christian fundamentalism in America is alive and well and serves as an impediment to the progress of a democratic society because of its tendency to seek universal subordination of all truth to "Biblical truth". In this ...
Mystical Experience And Its Defense On The Mystical's Proper Understanding And Usage
(Humanities, 2013-03-20)
This document will closely examine the issue of mystical experience by reviewing its origins in sacred concepts and leading arguments in the field of philosophy of mysticism. Ultimately, this document will attempt to prove ...
Repression, Language, Resistance: An Analysis Of Jacksonian America through Foucauldian Lens
(Humanities, 2010-07-19)
During the age of Andrew Jackson (1824-1845), the United States experienced a social and political sea change that would leave the country changed forever. As Jackson served his country first as general and ultimately as ...
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY AND THE IMPACTS ON HOUSING VALUE
(2018-08-13)
Accessibility is the well stablished concept in theories of urban planning and spatial structure. This dissertation measured access to opportunities that incorporate major destinations as well as all jobs for three modes. ...
Legitimate Strategies In Writing : Exploring ESOL Learner Perspectives On Attribution
(Humanities, 2007-08-23)
In many academic institutions today, ESOL (English as a Second or Other Language) writers may incorporate background sources into their writing in ways unrecognized by their academic institutions, which could lead to these ...
Community, Solitude, Patriarchy, And Proto-feminism In The Old English Life Of St. Mary Of Egypt
(Humanities, 2013-07-22)
This thesis examines the binaries of community/solitude and patriarchy/proto-feminism in the Old English Life of St. Mary of Egypt. For various reasons scholars such as Hugh Magennis believe that the Old English Life of ...