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Lizzie Borden, The Gay Nineties, And Death In Texarkana, S. Ray Granade
Lizzie Borden, The Gay Nineties, And Death In Texarkana, S. Ray Granade
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This case study of Texarkana examines the town’s existence as a new community athwart the border between Arkansas and Texas and simultaneously that between the South and Southwest. It looks at a cross-section of border-town life in the early 1890s and finds, in four disparate but common stories, that violence touched all socio-economic classes and genders as a defining cultural feature.
Aristotle's Ideal Regime As Utopia, Steven Thomason
Aristotle's Ideal Regime As Utopia, Steven Thomason
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Although Aristotle’s ideal regime discussed in books seven and eight of his Politics seems much more feasible and less utopian than the regime outlined in Plato’s Republic, a few scholars have questioned its feasiblity in light of the real world demands of politics. Similarly, I argue that carefully considered his ideal regime turns-out not to be feasible or a practical recommendation for politics, but rather a thought experiment like Plato’s Republic meant to show the limitations of what is politically achievable. I do so by comparing his ideal regime to his prior discussions of democracy in the earlier books of …