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    Rita Kumar Intermediate Composition 19 September 2014 Rhetorical Analysis: Carl Becker Ideal Democracy Millions of people were dying and millions more were about to die. Ideal Democracy was a speech written and spoke by Carl Becker at the University of Virginia in 1941. At the time the United States had just joined into War World II. Many people had little faith in the war and thought we were just throwing away lives. Becker was invited to the University of Virginia to deliver a speech associated

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    Carl Becker

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    Carl BeckerIdeal Democracy” QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL READING 1. Becker says freedom of thought and the competition of diverse opinions will reveal the truth. How important is such freedom of thought and diversity for the survival of a democracy? When stating “freedom of thought”‚ Becker implies that the citizens will use their own thoughts to make rational decisions based on what they feel is right. Citizens are known for being able to be herded like cattle‚ basing their most important decisions

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    Ideal Democracy

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    Running Head: IDEAL DEMOCRACY The Ideal Democracy Victoria Jones Political Science 101 Professor O’Meara March 11‚ 2012 Outline A.) Introduction – Democracy Definition by Latin roots and suffixes a. Background- Articles about the common topic of Democracy and its different definitions. I. Dahl- Dahl’s view in political system. b. Thesis – Through observation from Dahl’s point of view‚ I will explain the meaning of the ideal democracy while considering how

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    Carl Becker wrote about the ideal democracy in a government. The main purpose of the work is to make evident the nature of democracy. He compares it with other forms of government that depend on autocracy and the leadership of the few rather than the many. His concrete definition of democracy is “democratic government has always meant one in which the citizens‚ or a sufficient number of them to represent more or less effectively the common will‚ freely to act from time to time‚ and according to established

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    Ideals of Democracy

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    IDEALS OF DEMOCRACY Democracy in simple word means the freedom of speech. A democratic country is where the people are given equal rights and their voice is heard. Unlike here in Pakistan where the people are oppressed or killed‚ if they speak against a certain party or the government. In a democratic country the will of the people should be the basis for the authority of government. According to America’s ex President George W. Bush‚ the ideals of democracy are

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    Bourdieu and Becker

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    COURSE BOURDIEU AND BECKER THE TWO MAIN (COMPETING) CONTEMPORARY THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR ART - the field theory (Bourdieu) and the art worlds theory (Becker) are the two theoretical frameworks scholars (economists‚ sociologists but also art historians) most often refer - both Bourdieu and Becker are widely cited across the world‚ even artists refer to their theoretical explanations of the socio-economic organization for art - the two theories share some common intuitions: 1. Both theories

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    Becker: "Outside"

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    ​a) According to Howard Becker‚ central fact about deviance is that “it is created by society. Becker does not mean that the causes of deviance can be derived from the social environment of the deviant or the “social factors” that causes an individual to engage in deviant behavior. Rather‚ Becker means that social groups create deviance by creating the rules or norms that must be adhered to and if they are violated—the violation will result in what the group deems as being deviance. Thus‚ the individuals

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    Becker Heroism

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    all of us. The two concepts of heroism are narcissism‚ which is natural self-interest‚ and self-expansion‚ which is the desire to sustain our existence. Becker points out that our attempts at getting others to know that we exist stems from our fear of death. We are not aware of it‚ but that fear is present behind all our normal functions. Becker believes that the fear of death is innate and plays a central role in our character development. It is the driving force behind our actions‚ belief‚ thinking

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    American Democracy From a distance‚ American Democracy seems to be the ideal style of government. In fact‚ most Americans would probably tell you they are lucky to live in America because of the style of government. America and its government were built on a set of beliefs and principles that make it unique. Over the more than 200 years since the U.S. Constitution was written many amendments have been made to keep up with the changes in society. However‚ there are also many challenges facing

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    Gary Stanley Becker

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    Gary Stanley Becker was an American economist born in Pottsville‚ Pennsylvania in 1930. Becker is described by the New York Times as “the most important social scientist in the past 50 years and possibly longer” (Wolfers 2014). Over his career‚ he made astonishing accomplishments that no other economics have made. He won the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Science in 1992‚ was the Rose-Marie and Jack R. Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the University Professor of Economics and

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