Fukuyama's thesis about "the end of history" is controversial. History is not an ideology. History cannot be ended, if by history we mean the past, which we remember and interpret for the purpose of orientating our...
This paper uses "life course" perspective to compare three kinds of Chinese women: 1950s, 1970s, and 1990s. The 1950s have experienced several major historical events, such as: Cultural Revolution, the movement of...
This paper brings up the issue of a systemic study of the translation of Russian classics into Estonian during the Soviet period. These translations are often considered to be only the result of the "Sovietization" ...
This paper examines how the socio-cultural contexts have affected readers' responses to particular Saudi novels. It draws on Fish's concept of "interpretive communities", which argues that interpretation is an ins...
The role of the playwright as a force for social reconstruction has been given much attention in theatre scholarship and continues to be a fertile ground for research. Because playwrights draw their stories from socie...
Press has been found to have an impact on the outcome of electoral political campaigns. Press can distort the electorate's perception of an objective reality to fulfill the political orientation of its editorial line...
During the Second World War, the Albanian communist leadership strengthened its political power by establishing close ties with the communist leadership of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia that was also the godfather...
Youth in Africa must be put in context: from colonialism to post-colonial politics underpinned by ethnic rivalry, tribalism, dictatorship, or the rule of strongmen. The context also included the more than one generat...