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The Architecture Of Oppression: Nostalgia And Unimagining The Cold (Hard Truth Of) War, Tanya Sahni
The Architecture Of Oppression: Nostalgia And Unimagining The Cold (Hard Truth Of) War, Tanya Sahni
2017 Undergraduate Awards
Being nostalgic is a human characteristic that disturbs ones ability to enjoy the present or work on the future. More importantly however, is realizing that memory is imperfect and consequentially so is nostalgia. What we are nostalgic for can be skewed and what we wish for again is devoid of the pitfalls of the time of the memory. This claim is what was concluded after exploring the period of the Cold War which took place between 1945 and 1992 which happens to coincide with the years that surveys have shown are times people are most nostalgic for. This paper aims …
A Letter To Émile Durkheim, Michaela Petz
A Letter To Émile Durkheim, Michaela Petz
2017 Undergraduate Awards
Émile Durkheim, a classical social theorist, is considered to be one of the founders of modern social science, and a father of sociology. Despite his historically controversial views of society, he is now recognised as a scientist of the social order. This paper examines a number of Durkheim’s theories and applies them to the struggles of a modern day entrepreneur. This paper is non-traditional essay formatted into two separate letters. The first letter is written through the eyes of a struggling young entrepreneur. She is writing to Émile Durkheim to seek advice on her business endeavours. More specifically, she feels …