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i wish i could write better, more clearly. i am confused all the time. i admit it. and i hate building any form of expertise, which means i'll never be a real expert on anything. i try to accept this as a consequence of my love of everything, but it just fuels my own self-doubt. self-doubt is dangerous, because it is the gateway to arrogance, i think. yeah.
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april, 1999 this work examines the evolution of the chinese concept of citizenship within the evolving social, political, and economic contexts. november, 1997 yes. i wrote a very, very long paper on this. please read it. please. the dynamics of threat in the vertical hierarchy of the people's republic of china march, 1999 here i present a theory concerning the dynamic relationship that exists between policy complexity, political centralization, and perceived threat to a regime, all as exemplified in the people's republic of china. the evolution of visual symbolism & iconography spring, 2000 this work, taken from an analysis of the people's republic of china's most important propagandic publications, is part of my attempt to create a means of using the centralized state press of an authoritarian state against itself: i theorize that the closeness of the propaganda machine of an authoritarian state to its upper leadership means that changes in attitude will readily be reflected in immediate publications, not only in rhetoric, but in the visual icongraphy accompanying said rhetoric as well; indeed, visual iconography may do so even more effectively, as it is a reflection of unconcious anxieties and so on even more effectively than the written word. desertification: definitions, causes, ramifcations, and resolutions november, 1997 a paper which i should have sought thesis status for, this work makes me quite proud, and contributes one thing of considerabe value, namely the concept of a 'malthusian-smithian line.' an examination of the concept of the junzi in the analects december, 1998 the junzi was the confucian ideal man. take a look for a lot more detail. human displacement in southeast asia: 1987-1997 may, 1999 a study of the nature of refugee movements in southeast asia from 1987 to 1997. kiefer and picasso as examples of the relationship of war and art in the twentieth century spring, 1998 a discussion of the role of war-art in the twentieth century as exemplified by two of its greatest practicioners. machiavellian and hobbesian concepts of power and its relationship to politics november, 1997 an analysis of the differences and similarities of the two greatest political realists. ever. the motivations of hieronymus bosch february, 1998 a brief work examining the motivations of one of my favorite artists, a predecessor to modern surrealism. fall, 1998 this outline isn't really a paper, but might be valuable for anyone researching Mozi. on war: a study of war & warfare spring, 1998 my senior honors thesis at emory & henry; an in-depth discussion of the inherent nature of warfare on the platonic level. a study of the factors contributing to the decline and fall of the kingdom of unified silla october, 1999 a discussion, following a machiavellian logic, of the factors which ultimately led to the fall of the ancient korean kingdom of unified silla the walled city in imperial rome & china april, 1999 a comparison of the histories, roles, and social/political/economic significane of walled cities in the roman and chinese empires wang guangyi: great castigation may, 2000 probably the most important figure in the chinese avant-garde movement, wang guangyi critiques chinese popular culture, both maoist and post-maoist, by turning its own symbols against it. october, 2002 a discussion of censorship, propaganda, and democracy and how their interaction is affecting the united states of america in post-vietnam era. nine theses on religion and war november, 2004 religion and war. kinda' relevant. its my dissertation proposal. |
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