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- mao tse tung
- regarded as on of the most important figures in modern world history. He was the head of the Communist Party of China (CPC)
- evolution
- is the changes seen in the inherited traits of a population from one generation to the next.
- ho chi minh
- lead the viet minh independence movement from 1941 onward, he established the communist governed democrat of vietnam by successfully defeating the French Union. Which broke out the Vietnam War Conflict
- hans Gunther
- As the Nazi party rose to power before WWII, they advocated social and political policies whose roots in social Darwinism are apparent in the this mans work.. He is the father of Racial Hygiene
- communism
- an economic system in which capital is owned by private government.
- 1917 Russian Revolution
- a social upheaval in Russia . It overthrew the tsarist autocracy and established Communism as the new form of government under Lenin.
- positivism
- philosophy that states that only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and only this knowledge can come from positive affirmation by scientific research and methods
- Trotsky
- he was a bolshevik revolutionary as well as a Marxist theorist. He was one of the leaders of the October Revolution
- Stephen Gould
- was an American paleontologist, and a evolutionary biologist. Considered to be Americas unofficial evolutionist ntroduced the evolutionary concept of "spandrels," a term which originated from the field of architecture. Gould and Lewontin defined "spandrels" to mean a feature of an organism that arises as a necessary side consequence of other features, which is not built directly, piece by piece, by natural selection.introduced the evolutionary concept of "spandrels," a term which originated from the field of architecture. Gould and Lewontin defined "spandrels" to mean a feature of an organism that arises as a necessary side consequence of other features, which is not built directly, piece by piece, by natural selection
- communist party
- the vanguard party of the working class. Usually adopts communist ideology.
- scopes trial - Inherit the wind
- a case that went to court: it was evolution vs. religion in schools. Both sides give arguements the lawyer for the pro evolution side ends up really hammering the defense of Christianity.
- Kafka's metamorphosis
- A traveling salesman is transformed into a huge bug. The irony of the story is that instead of being the provider for his family, he now becomes a pest and nuisance.
- social Darwinism
- is a theory that competition between individuals, groups or ideas drive social evolution in human socities
- Josef Stalin
- was general secretary of the Communist party, became the leader and dictator of Russia after Lenin's death. He brought Russia out of recession and made Russia the second leading industrial superpower during the Second World War
- maxim Gorky- Chelkash
- is about a thief who takes on a young apprentice.
- anna Freud
- Freud's daughter, his favorite daughter, she became a psychoanalysis following the footsteps of her father
- tsar Alexander II
- head of Russia before the revolution of 1917
- the origin of species
- arguably the revolutionary work in evolutionary biology. It introduces that species evolve over generations through a process known as natural selection
- natural selection
- process of favorable inheritable traits that become more common in successive generations vise versa unfavorable traits do not reappear
- proletariat
- the lower class: Karl Marx defined it as the working class of Russia. Which was majority
- Hegel- dialectical process
- knows mind wants to know whole truth but that it cannot think without drawing a distinction. 3 stages thesis, antithesis, and synthesis
- creationism
- is a religious belief that humanity, life, the earth, and universe were created in their original by a sole creator( God)
- bourgeoisie
- defined as upper class. Marx defined it as the people who were in control of the working class. This group was a minority
- theory of the mind- id, ego, superego
- the mind is split up into three separate parts The Id ( unconsciousness), the Ego ( It finds the balance between primitive drives and morals while satisfying the Id and the SuperEgo.) The superego ( is the symbolic interrelation of the father figure, its is ones conscience)
- bioethics, issues of cloning
- is the philosophical study of the ethical controversies brought about by advancements in biology and medicine
- Herbert Spencer
- Best known as the champion of laissez-faire capitalism and limited government and his use of the idea of evolution to understand every aspect of reality
- five lectures on psychoanalysis
- was a book composed by Freud , it explains the theories of psychoanalysis
- capitalism
- an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods
- Fredrick selous
- a british explorer,the Selous Scouts were a mixed race force and had many black Rhodesians in its ranks. This force became extremely effective in fighting Communist Soviet financed Black Nationalist guerillas (ZANLA/ZANU) during the period known as the Second Chimurenga or "bush war".
- Genesis 1 and 2
- the accounts of creation according to Christianity. These views are in direct contrast to the theory of evolution
- William Sumner
- coined the term laissez- faire: meaning people had the right to free markets, anti imperialism, and the gold standard
- psychoanalysis
- theory of how the mind functions. Such as free associations fantasies and dreams
- The interpretation of dreams
- a book by Sigmund Freud presented the theory of dream analysis which was considered to be the royal road to the unconsciousness
- to the rural poor
- Lenin wrote to the rural poor, he wanted to present the ideas of socialism in simplified form to the peasants of Russia
- Engels
- developed communist theory with Karl Marx. Co-wrote the Communist Manifesto
- Marxism
- the most fundamental element in marxist thought: class struggle, with the working class those who sell their labor triumph over the employers
- communist manifesto
- serves as the beginning of the Communist movement in Russia. It was co-authored by Karl Marx and Engels
- socialism
- a social and political doctorine which expresses the struggle for the equal distribution of wealth by eliminating private property and social classes
- determinism
- philosophical proposition that every event, including human cognition and behavior, decision and action, is determined by a chain of prior occurences