A lively narrative examination of a thought-control episode in 18th-century China, where the emperor and his philosopher-bureaucrats (much like their successors today) sought to eliminate every vestige of incorrect thinking, by fiat if possible, by death if not.
A lively narrative examination of a thought-control episode in 18th-century China, where the emperor and his philosopher-bureaucrats (much like their successors today) sought to eliminate every vestige of incorrect thinking, by fiat if possible and by death if not.
Her spare, elliptical short fiction is critically acclaimed, but it forms a challenging body of work, dispensing with straightforward narrative in favor of a microscopic examination of language and thought.
The review concluded, "Godwin's book is a thoughtful examination of an important subject, but its thoughts seem too often filtered through rose-colored screens".
Its examination of the life and thoughts of an 11-year-old Minnesota girl named Riley Anderson is memorable both for what it does and the relaxed way it does it.
Professor Lifton wrote the pioneering examination of the Communists' use of thought reform on coming to power in 1949, "Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of Chinese Brainwashing," first published in 1961.
After completing the editing, he wrote a treatise that covered four topics: a defense of his procedure, a biography of Aristotle, an exploration into the question of authenticity, and an examination of the Aristotelian system of thought.
Thus construed, we can use the themes presented in the inaugural address as a guide for the further examination of Horkheimer's early thought.
Her project Selected Ramblings is an examination of the connection between thought and language.
The exhibition tackles the conundrum of Wan Li head-on in a thought-provoking examination of both the emperor and his era.
