Encyclopedia - Bigotry: Encyclopedia - Bigotry
A bigot is a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from their own. The origin of the word in English dates back t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Biochemistry: Encyclopedia - Alternative Biochemistry
Alternative biochemistry collectively refers to an assortment of astrobiology theories and hypotheses in which life is based on chemical ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asterix: Encyclopedia - Asterix
Asterix (French: Astérix) is a fictional character, created in 1959 as the hero of a series of French comic books by René Goscinny (sto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-americanism: Encyclopedia - Anti-americanism
The term Anti-Americanism represents a consistent hostility towards the government, culture, or people of the United States of America. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bukharan Jews: Encyclopedia - Bukharan Jews
Bukharan Jews (Bukhoran Jews, Bukharian Jews) is a blanket term for Jews from the Central Asia speaking a dialect of Tajik language. They...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yellow Socialism: Encyclopedia - Yellow Socialism
Yellow socialism was the name applied to a form of revisionist socialism which became prominent in the early twentieth century prior to W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Mexico: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Mexico
The culture of Mexico reflects the complexity of Mexico's history through the blending of pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican civilizations and the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Iran: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Iran
See main article: Iranian art Culture of Iran - Persian language and literature. See main article: Persian literature. See main articl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris Commune: Encyclopedia - Paris Commune
The term "Paris Commune" originally referred to the government of Paris during the French Revolution. However, the term more commonly ref...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nationalism: Encyclopedia - Nationalism
The most general definition of nationalism is broad, and has been controversial throughout history. Specific examples of nationalism are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zionology: Encyclopedia - Zionology
Zionology (Russian language: сионология sionologiya) was a doctrine promulgated in the Soviet Union during the course of the Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriotism: Encyclopedia - Patriotism
Patriotism denotes positive attitudes by a individuals to their own nation, to its national homeland, its culture, its members, and to it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropology: Encyclopedia - Anthropology
Anthropology (from the Greek word άνθρωπος, "human" or "person") consists of the study of humanity (see genus Homo). It is holist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turanga Leela: Encyclopedia Ii - Turanga Leela - Biography
Leela was born into the society of subterranean mutants who live in the sewers beneath New New York. Since her mutation was relatively mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexism - Language
It has been argued that language plays a part in sexism, though it is disputed whether certain language causes sexism or sexism causes ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public Good: Encyclopedia Ii - Public Good - Possible Solutions To The Free Rider Problem
Public good - Dominant assurance contracts. Assurance contracts are contracts in which participants make a binding pledge to contribute...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zionology: Encyclopedia Ii - Zionology - Background
Zionology was presented as a socio-political science, but there is little if any evidence that the Zionologists ever complied with the sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriotism: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriotism - The Ethics Of Patriotism
Patriotism is an essentially emotional support for the nation, the homeland. It is not intended to have a rational foundation: soldiers d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropology: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthropology - Politics Of Anthropology
Anthropology's traditional involvement with nonwestern cultures has involved it in politics in many different ways. Some political proble...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internationalism Politics: Encyclopedia Ii - Internationalism Politics - The Various Trends Of Internationalism
Internationalism politics - The left vs right balance. Contemporary free market globalization is not internationalist. It promotes pure...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pacifism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pacifism - Pacifism And Religion
A commitment to pacifism is often based on religious beliefs. In particular, many Buddhists are pacifist, as are members of the Religious...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Iran: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Iran - Persian Art
See main article: Iranian art Iranian art has gone throuigh numerous phases of evolution. The unique aesthetics of Persia is evident from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Purushottam Das Tandon: Encyclopedia Ii - Purushottam Das Tandon - Controversies
Purushottam Das Tandon - Religious Tolerance. Several controversies and contradictions abound in the life of Purushottam Das Tandon. Wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev - Early Career
Yakovlev was born in Yaroslavl. He served in the Red Army during World War II and became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Far Right: Encyclopedia Ii - Far Right - Usage
A simple, if vague, definition of "far-right" is someone deemed too right-wing to be accepted in the nation's mainstream Political Partie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French People: Encyclopedia Ii - French People - History
The term "French" (coming from the Franks) must not be mistaken with the modern concept of French citizenship, which is a heritage of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nationalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Nationalism - Types Of Nationalism
Nationalism may manifest itself as part of official state ideology or as a popular (non-state) movement and may be expressed along civic,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public Good: Encyclopedia Ii - Public Good - Possible Solutions To The Free Rider Problem
Public good - Dominant assurance contracts. Assurance contracts are contracts in which participants make a binding pledge to contribute...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Union Of Hungarians In Romania: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Union Of Hungarians In Romania - History
UDMR was founded during the Romanian Revolution of 1989, on December 25, 1989, by Domokos Geza, a Moscow-educated communist politician of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conservative Party Romania: Encyclopedia Ii - Conservative Party Romania - History
The Conservative Party was founded as the Romanian Humanist Party (PUR) on December 18, 1991. It changed its name in 2005 to reflect a sh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglosphere: Encyclopedia Ii - Anglosphere - Historical Perspectives
The United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are all former colonies of the United Kingdom, and were settled by migrants from the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropology: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthropology - Politics Of Anthropology
Anthropology's traditional involvement with nonwestern cultures has involved it in politics in many different ways. Some political proble...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asterix: Encyclopedia Ii - Asterix - Humour
Asterix - Stereotypes and allusions. Everywhere they visit, Asterix and Obelix encounter people and things borrowed and caricatured fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bukharan Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Bukharan Jews - History
The Bukharan community in Central Asia had periods of prospering, as well as periods of repression. With the establishment of the Silk Ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Mexico: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Mexico - Relationships
Culture of Mexico - Family. Mexican culture is known for the unified nature of the family. The country's divorce rate is among the lowe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nationalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Nationalism - Types Of Nationalism
Nationalism may manifest itself as part of official state ideology or as a popular (non-state) movement and may be expressed along civic,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bukharan Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Bukharan Jews - History
The Bukharan community in Central Asia had periods of prospering, as well as periods of repression. With the establishment of the Silk Ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asterix: Encyclopedia Ii - Asterix - Humour
Asterix - Stereotypes and allusions. Everywhere they visit, Asterix and Obelix encounter people and things borrowed and caricatured fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Iran: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Iran - Persian Art
See main article: Iranian art Culture of Iran - Persian language and literature. See main article: Persian literature. See main articl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Biochemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Biochemistry - In Fiction
In the realm of science fiction there have occasionally been forms of life proposed that, while often highly speculative and unsupported ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris Commune: Encyclopedia Ii - Paris Commune - The Rise And Nature Of The Commune
The Prussians entered Paris briefly and left again without incident. But Paris continued to be encircled while the issue of war indemniti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-americanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-americanism - History
Strong feeling against the United States (and at times the North American continent) has persisted since the country's original settlemen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bukharan Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Bukharan Jews - Background
The Bukharan Jews trace their ancestry to Israelites who never came back from the Babylonian captivity after exile in the 7th century BCE...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bukharan Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Bukharan Jews - Name And Language
The term "Bukharan" was coined by European travelers who visited Central Asia around the 16th century. Since most of the Jewish community...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-americanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-americanism - Modern Political Origins And Public Opinion
As European immigration to the United States continued and the country's economic potential became more obvious, anti-Americanism grew a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bukharan Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Bukharan Jews - Culture
They had their own dress code, similar but different from other cultures living in Central Asia. On weddings today, one can still observe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-americanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-americanism - Criticisms Of The United States
Whilst the criticisms listed below can be held within a general anti-American stance, it should be noted that most do not by themselves i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-americanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-americanism - Criticisms Of The United States
Some of the most common criticisms of the United States involve: U.S. Foreign Policy - Main article: Opposition to U.S. foreign policy. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglosphere: Encyclopedia Ii - Anglosphere - Anglosphere Co-operation And Common Ground
Anglosphere nations have a history of co-operation and close political ties. A network of varying military alliances as well as intellige...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglosphere: Encyclopedia Ii - Anglosphere - Bonding Qualities
In a political context, the Anglosphere is largely comprised of the United Kingdom and some of its former colonies, including prior and c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglosphere: Encyclopedia Ii - Anglosphere - Proponents And Critics
The term was popularised in its current meaning by James C. Bennett and the historian Robert Conquest, during the opening years of the 21...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglosphere: Encyclopedia Ii - Anglosphere - Anglosphere Institute On The Role Of Civil Society
The Anglosphere Institute thinktank has been a proponent of the idea that there is something intrinsic and distinctive about the Anglosph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglosphere: Encyclopedia Ii - Anglosphere - Critical Views
The Anglosphere is a minor factor in discussion of international relations, compared with some other current political trends; but it has...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Union Of Hungarians In Romania: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Union Of Hungarians In Romania - Status
Although it has been part of the Romanian parliament and sometimes even had positions in the Romanian government, UDMR has never been reg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-americanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-americanism - Modern Political Origins And Public Opinion
As European immigration to the United States continued and the country's economic potential became more obvious, anti-American stances gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asterix: Encyclopedia Ii - Asterix - Setting And Characters
Asterix lives around 50 BC in a fictional village in northwest Armorica (a region of ancient Gaul mostly identical to modern Brittany). T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asterix: Encyclopedia Ii - Asterix - Setting And Characters
Asterix lives around 50 BC in a fictional village in northwest Armorica (a region of ancient Gaul mostly identical to modern Brittany). T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Union Of Hungarians In Romania: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Union Of Hungarians In Romania - Structure
UDMR consists of two major wings: the "moderates" and the "radicals". The moderates are led by Béla Markó, who is also the official lea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nationalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Nationalism - Opposition And Critique
Nationalism is an extremely assertive ideology, which makes far-reaching demands, including the disappearance of entire states. It is not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Biochemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Biochemistry - Non-water Solvents
In addition to carbon compounds all currently known terrestrial life also requires water as a solvent. It is sometimes assumed that water...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nationalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Nationalism - Historical Evolution Of Nationalism
Nationalism - Prior to 1900. Most theories of nationalism assume a European origin of the nation-state. The modern state is often seen ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public Good: Encyclopedia Ii - Public Good - Examples Of Public Goods
Common examples of public goods include: defense and law enforcement (including the system of property rights), public fireworks, lightho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public Good: Encyclopedia Ii - Public Good - Subtypes Of Public Goods
One of the most common ways of looking at goods in economics, illustrated in the table below, is the classic division based on: whether ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public Good: Encyclopedia Ii - Public Good - Criticism Of Public Goods Theory
Public good - Empirical discrepancies with public goods theory. Many of the goods that are provided on the market without state involve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Biochemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Biochemistry - Other Exotic Biochemical Elements
Chlorine is sometimes proposed as a biological alternative to oxygen, either in carbon-based biologies or hypothetical non-carbon-based o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public Good: Encyclopedia Ii - Public Good - The Free Rider Problem
Public goods provide a very important example of market failure, in which market-like behavior of individual gain-seeking does not produc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nationalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Nationalism - Background And Problems
The most general definition of nationalism is broad, and has been controversial throughout history. Specific examples of nationalism are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French People: Encyclopedia Ii - French People - Language
The French language, the mother tongue of the majority of the world's French, is a Romance language, one of the many derived from Latin. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pacifism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pacifism - Criticisms/paradoxes Of Pacifism
If a people are being suppressed violently and brutally by an organization (say led by a dictator) the extreme pacifist view from the ins...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Union Of Hungarians In Romania: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Union Of Hungarians In Romania - Relationship With The Population
UDMR enjoys a wide electoral support among the ethnic Hungarians living in Romania, with the exception of young voters. The electoral sco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev - Perestroika And Its Aftermath
When Gorbachev became Soviet leader in 1985, Yakovlev became a senior advisor, helping to shape Soviet foreign policy by advocating Sovie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Far Right: Encyclopedia Ii - Far Right - Terminology
The "Far Right," "Radical Right," "Hard Right" and "Extreme Right" are terms used by many political commentators to discuss political gro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Far Right: Encyclopedia Ii - Far Right - Current Political Parties Referred To As Far Right
The list below includes a range of right-wing political parties, some of which have been described as far right, extreme right, or even n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French People: Encyclopedia Ii - French People - Ethnic Claims And Discontents
Image:Multiracial French Celebrities.jpg The far-right Front National 's discourse of La France aux Français ("France to the French") or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French People: Encyclopedia Ii - French People - Population With French Ancestry
There is a sizeable population claiming ethnic French ancestry in the Western Hemisphere. The Canadian province of Quebec is the center o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Biochemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Biochemistry - Artificial Life
See main article Artificial Life It is possible in principle to construct a robot or a system of robots that is capable of replicating it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-americanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-americanism - Use Of The Term Anti-americanism
Perceptions of anti-Americanism are widespread, yet hard to define and isolate. The term itself does not imply a critical attitude based ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bukharan Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Bukharan Jews - Background
The Bukharan Jews trace their ancestry to Israelites who never came back from the Babylonian captivity after exile in the 7th century BCE...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pacifism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pacifism - History
Advocacy of pacifism can be found far back in history and literature, for example in the Classical world. Two instances from the Peloponn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internationalism Politics: Encyclopedia Ii - Internationalism Politics - Other Uses Of The Term
In a less restricted sense, internationalism is a word describing the impetus and motivation for the creation of any international organi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pacifism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pacifism - Pragmatic Pacifism
"Pacifist" often less technically describes a person who accepts risks to her or himself and others, or prefers the penalties which might...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pacifism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pacifism - Principled Or Radical Pacifism
While those who believe that war is normally preferable to peace are rare indeed, pacifism as a distinctive belief is not at all common. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Iran: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Iran - Traditional Cultural Inheritors Of The Old Persia
Like the Persian Rug that exhibits numerous colors and forms in a dazzling display of warmth and creativity, Persian culture is the glue ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Iran: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Iran - Women In Persian Culture
In the tales of the 1001 Nights, it is a woman, Sheherazade, who is the protagonist and heroine of the frame tale. See main article: Pers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris Commune: Encyclopedia Ii - Paris Commune - The Commune In Retrospect
The better-off citizens of Paris, and many of the earlier historians of the Commune, saw it as a classic example of mob rule, terrifying ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internationalism Politics: Encyclopedia Ii - Internationalism Politics - The Modern Ideal Of Internationalism
In today's world, Internationalism is most commonly expressed as an appreciation for the diverse cultures in the world, and a desire for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropology: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthropology - Historical And Institutional Context
The anthropologist Eric Wolf once characterized anthropology as the most scientific of the humanities, and the most humanistic of the sci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Mexico: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Mexico - Literature And Poetry
Mexico has a long and distinguished literary tradition. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695), a nun in Colonial Mexico, wrote many fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Mexico: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Mexico - Religion
During the Spanish conquest and colonization of Mexico, Roman Catholicism was established as the dominant religion of Mexico, and today, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropology: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthropology - Anthropology In The U.s.
Anthropology in the United States was pioneered by staff of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of Amer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropology: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthropology - Anthropology In Britain
Whereas Boas picked his opponents to pieces through attention to detail, in Britain modern anthropology was formed by rejecting historica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropology: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthropology - Anthropology After World War Two
Before WWII British 'social anthropology' and American 'cultural anthropology' were still distinct traditions. It was after the war that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropology: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthropology - Anthropology In France
Anthropology in France has a less clear genealogy than the British and American traditions. Most commentators consider Marcel Mauss to be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Biochemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Biochemistry - Silicon Biochemistry
The most common other proposed basis is silicon, since silicon has many similar chemical properties to carbon. Silicon has a number of ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriotism: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriotism - Patriotism And Religion
Throughout history, patriotic feeling has often been linked to religion. At various points in history, particularly in time of war, vario...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public Good: Encyclopedia Ii - Public Good - Examples Of Public Goods
Common examples of public goods include: defense and law enforcement (including the system of property rights), public fireworks, lightho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexism - Sexism And Pornography
Some express the view that pornography is a kind of sexism, because in usual pornographic performances the part of women is limited to a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bukharan Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Bukharan Jews - Culture
They had their own dress code, similar but different from other cultures living in Central Asia. On weddings today, one can still observe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public Good: Encyclopedia Ii - Public Good - Subtypes Of Public Goods
One of the most common ways of looking at goods in economics, illustrated in the table below, is the classic division based on: whether ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public Good: Encyclopedia Ii - Public Good - The Free Rider Problem
Public goods provide a very important example of market failure, in which market-like behavior of individual gain-seeking does not produc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Mexico: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Mexico - Language
Culture of Mexico - Native languages. Spanish is the official and predominant language of Mexico, spoken to some extent by nearly the e...   » Read the article