Sentences with phrase «power over culture»

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They are at odds with a culture in which power over persons and property gauges success and garners respect.

Asked in The Kingdom of God in America, this question was reframed in Christ and Culture as a relationship between a social tradition that seeks to conserve its customs and «the power and attraction Jesus Christ exercises over men.»

(Using the lowercase «c» with reference to «christianity» is a spiritual discipline for me as a member of a religious tradition so arrogant and abusive in its exercise of power over women, lesbians and gays, indigenous people, Jews, Muslims and members of nonchristian religions and cultures.)

Surveying the desert of modernity, we would be, I think, morally derelict not to acknowledge that Nietzsche was right in holding Christianity responsible for the catastrophe around us (even if he misunderstood why); we should confess that the failure of Christian culture to live up to its victory over the old gods has allowed the dark power that once hid behind them to step forward in propria persona.

The power of the television industry has acted in this way to shape the public perception of American religious life and culture, not so much by the creation of a particular phenomenon, but by the selective promotion of one particular expression over another in a way that distorts the factual situation.

James Davison Hunter and Alan Wolfe disagreed fiercely over the reach and power of the culture wars, but they agreed on one thing: These wars are fought by politicians and pundits far more than by ordinary Americans.

But our stereotypes of others don't have as much power over us when we're in relationship with people who represent various cultures, customs and histories.

The basic existential thrust of postmodern cultural study is to relax the power of any particular culture over the minds of students.

They are at odds with a culture in which power over persons and property gauges success and...

Remember this is a culture that had to argue over slavery and other basic civil rights, so the power of evil is still prevalent.

It is, in part, that the culturally glorified image of how a woman should look and act makes women like themselves less, in part about men being afraid of a loss of control and power over women (very generalized — don't take it personally (unless the shoe fits), and the limitations that our culture puts on women — or more to the point that culture encourages women to put limits on themselves.

But look at other Islamic Arabs majority countries such Egypt, Sudan, All North African Countries you would find Worship houses for Muslims, Christians, Jews and God know what else and been living for years in Peace and Respect until this Era since WW's + 1948 unjust decisions the world is changing badly separating brothers of one blood in different faith & beliefs become to doubt each other in to some race towards power and dominance over each other in to some Jungle Laws, this has brought negative feeling and emotions among all multi religion cultures that were living and trading in peace...!

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

The culture in which we live has tremendous power over us, and it takes consistent and conscious effort to go upstream against the current of popular opinions.

Don FosterLiberal Democrat MP for Bath and Shadow Culture SecretaryWith its terrifyingly believable vision of what could happen if the state holds too much power over the individual, 1984 shaped my fundamental belief in liberalism.

White Nationalism in Western Culture is the people in power saying they want to stay in power over those with less power.

The stinky cheese also illustrates the power of culture over our minds.

Whether or not you believe in the power of feng shui, it's definitely taken over U.S. pop culture.

The locked - away Cass, meanwhile, has grown into a cultured teenager (Alexia Fast) with a measure of emotional power over the wealthy pedophile captor (Kevin Durand) who is no longer attracted to her.

It's a pyramid, and at the top is rape and sexual violence and at the bottom are the other abuses of power that, when they continue to happen over and over, build and build and build and create a culture that allows the most heinous examples of sexual violence and misogyny and discrimination to happen.

As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Kate Winslet recently spoke out against the culture of sexual harassment in Hollywood, saying at the London Critics» Circle awards on Sunday that she has «bitter regrets» over the «poor decisions» she made in working with certain certain «directors, producers, and men of power.»

Redford has said in the past, «Cinema, both fiction and non-fiction, has shown over and over that as human beings, we share values beyond any border, real or imagined,» and he founded Sundance Institute on the belief that art, and in particular film, has a unique power to nurture understanding between diverse cultures and people — to foster tolerance in an often intolerant world.

In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character development).

«Over the past 10, almost 15 years,» he continued, «we've so focused on reading and math scores and this is the real opportunity to make sure we're capturing the things that are important, whether it's grit and persistence or school culture or parent engagement, and the only way to do that is to give power back to the states.

In particular, students should develop critical media literacy skills to give them power over popular culture and to create their own meanings (as in Kellner & Share, 2006).

Based on data collected over the 17 months of this 3 - year project, we have evidence of the power of the P3 Scientific Village culture to increase students» interest and success with the study of mathematics and science in high school.

From «Game of Thrones» to The Pillars of the Earth, popular culture offers up medieval stories where royals grab for power, where crucial alliances are built between church and state, where important people suddenly fall over dead after a sumptuous meal, poisoned by a hidden rival.

But however nice Jeff Bezos may be, not everybody is happy with the huge power he now wields over our culture and our publishing industry.

While I totally share Howey's excitement over the sheer joy and power of creating stories out of nothing, I think his posts... maybe conflate writing and publishing, which has for a long time been one of my overall theoretical problems with not the act of but the culture of self - publishing.

As artists respond to the possibility of global environmental chaos, Mark Rappolt examines Tomás Saraceno's Aerocene project, one of the artist's most ambitious imaginings yet The Truth about «Cultural Appropriation» With controversies over cultural appropriation regularly in the headlines, Kenan Malikargues that trying to control what culture artists can and can not use is bad news for political interaction and artistic imagination Power in Black and White In an America where the dividing line of race is now a cultural and artistic flashpoint, Jonathan T.D. Neil searches for a path beyond both pluralism and white privilege Carol Rhodes «Rhodes's landscapes are unlocatable because they are fantastical... They are «nowhere places».»

His works, such as his 1975 self - portraits, evoke the power of individual expressive acts in a photo - saturated culture by reaffirming painterly control over technical images and archetypal symbols, in this instance photographs of the artist in a crucifixion pose, drawn over with manic black marks.

For over three decades now, Marilyn Minter has produced works that reflect contemporary culture, in particular our complex relationship with beauty and the female body, bringing into sharp, critical focus the very power of desire and the way it's been used.

Extending across the entirety of the museum, the exhibition allows for free association between artists and the themes they address: at once playful and dynamic, works from Ryan Gander, Institute for New Feeling, Liu Wa, and Yangzi invite audiences to explore a wealth of possibilities through combinations of meditation and wry humor; classical mediums of sculpture and painting are reinvented by Yngve Holen and Austin Lee; insidious implications of our hi - tech society are skewered by Lawrence Abu Hamdan and aaajiao; the powers of synthetic materials over human desire are brought to the fore by Sean Raspet and Pamela Rosenkranz; and products of Internet culture are given to refined study with Gillian Wearing and Amalia Ulman.

The report addressed seismic and plant aging vulnerabilities of California's in - state nuclear plants - Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Diablo Canyon Power Plant and Southern California Edison's San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station - including reliability concerns as well as concerns over safety culture, plant performance, and management issues at San Onofre.

Are those who court fame, or power, fair game for the 24 hour news and gossip culture that has evolved over the past decade or two?

One factor is that women have almost no influence or power over decisions that impact law firm business strategy, management or culture.

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