Possible topics:
This list is divided into two categories - biographically driven
(top) and concept driven (bottom) ideology. That will determine which
sources you consult.
To research people and their ideas, use biographical references first.
To research concepts, consult resources about philosophy, epistemology, ideology, and history.
Topic
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Dr. Schneider’s questions
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Additional search ideas
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Comte
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Can
reason alone create harmonious societies?
How could Comte help the United Nations?
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Kind
of the opposite of Machiavelli -
Trust? Think about parenting & education – strictness v. reason...
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Darwin
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To
what extent is Darwin’s theory accepted today as fact? Is there any evidence of acceptance of the
ideas of Social Darwinism today?
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Theory
of Evolution, class, social class, socioeconomic, equity, elite
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Durkheim
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Are
statistics misleading? Have we lost
our “common values”?
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Manipulation,
data, evidence, facts
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Freud
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Why
is Freud “analyzed”? Has psychology
helped us or made us neurotic about our neuroses?
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Analysis,
psych*, oedipal, complex, neuro*
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G.
B. Shaw
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Why
was Shaw so controversial? Is “Theater
of the Absurd” absurd?
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“theater
of the absurd”, also consider “theatre of the absurd” to include
multinational interpretation
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Haussmann
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To
what extent did the redesign of cities help all people? What are our current challenges in urban
planning?
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“urban
spraul”, suburb*, inner-city
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Marx
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Why
are the Russians electing Communists again?
What percentage of people in former Communist states now vote? Our Communist Party is tiny. Why?
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Communism,
socialism, democracy, elect*, “political representation”, state-owned, party,
parties
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Nietzsche
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Can
we “will to power”—be anything we want as long as we work hard and have some
ability? Does it matter how we
accomplish our goals? Is Any Rand
right?
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American
Dream, entrepreneur*, industrious*
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Pankhurst
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Has
the evolution of women’s rights contributed to the “breakdown of the
family”? In what ways has society
benefited from the women’s movement?
What are NCHS views on the subject?
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Feminism,
gender role*, nuclear family, Eagle Forum
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Van
Gogh
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Is
Impressionism overrated? Is modern art
“garbage”?
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Impressionism,
“modern art”
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Weber
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Is
the study of sociology a valid discipline or just biased observations?
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“social
structures”, “societal roles”
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Challenges
to Christianity
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Did
late 19thc. Theologians “kill God”?
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Agnositic*,
atheist*
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Changes
in the Roman Catholic church
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Then
and now…
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Catholic*,
Vatican, Pope
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Consumerism
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Were
there any drawbacks to the development of department stores and
consumerism? What is the role of
consumerism today?
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Commercial*,
material*
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Imperialism
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Are
multi-national corporations just a form of “economic imperialism”? Why should Eastern Europe and China welcome
IBM? To what extent is investment in
the third world profitable?
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Multinational,
conglomerate, business, corpora*, “developing countries”, “developing
nations”
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Literature
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How
are “modernism” and “postmodernism” related?
Has the Deconstruction movement enlightened us?
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Modernism,
Postmodernism, Deconstruction
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Music
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How
has music changed during the past 100 years?
To what extent do the styles reflect values of the period?
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Names
of music genres
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Physics
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How
did Einstein alter our view of the world?
Is Bill Gates the new Einstein?
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“Steve
Jobs”?
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Public
health
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How
has medicine changed during the past 100 years? What are the current controversies?
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Medicine,
bio*, pharmaceutical*
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Racism
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To
what extent did Gobineau Chamberlain influence racism today?
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Prejudice,
equity, opportunity,
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The
Jewish experience
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Why
did the Dreyfus Affair create so much tension? What are the vestiges of anti-Semitism in
Europe today?
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Diaspora
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Unions
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Have
unions outlived their usefulness? Is
there a “workers’ plight” today?
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Labor,
strike
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Welfare
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Are
the “welfare states” in Europe bankrupting their countries? Is socialized medicine a viable approach?
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Dole,
“Great Society”
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Zionism
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How
have the motives and methods of Zionism changed over time?
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Zionis*
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Databases
Use the generic user name and password to access the library's database page.
- Biographical databases:
- Biography in Context
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
Ideological databases:
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Expanded Academic ASAP (scholarly journals)
- EBSCO - Academic Search Premier
Contemporary periodicals - implications for 21st century
- NewsStand
- EBSCO - MasterFILE Premier
The invisible or deep web will be excellent for this. Check out the links in the left sidebar. for that. It's clunky, but those resources are not accessible through a Google search and they tend to be excellent for this kind of research - lots of academic resources, as will Google Scholar (advanced search). See below.
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