James C. Scott wrote a book called Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts in 1992. His core focus in this book is his interpretation between public and hidden transcript. In the first chapter “Behind the official story”, he begins to lay out his argument and assumptions about both transcripts (Scott, 1990). He states that public transcripts, is “the open interaction between subordinates and those who dominate (Scott, 1990, pp. 2). ”- what is captured and is able to be measured by the public (Scott, 1990). Public transcripts are what the public see. It is the dominant that have such political power behind the subordinate’s back. He then goes on to explain how hidden transcripts differ from public transcript. In his book, …show more content…
According to a Marxism stand point, dominant is a term used to signify values and beliefs of everyone in the society (Abercrombie and Turner, 1978). Scott seems to imply that the dominated have a way of defining themselves hence suggesting by the analysis of both transcripts, he seems to indicate that development, in the 21st century could be due to modernisation. With modernisation comes political struggle, resistance and power. Each individual comes to know of their own hidden and public transcripts but not of others. In this way, economic growth and transformation can happen. In Chapter 8 of Scott’s book, he tackles the argument on what happens when the hidden transcript comes into contact with the public discourse. He emphasises on the role played by the dominant and the powerless- what goes on behind the backs of the …show more content…
Thus suggesting that women would normally pass their loans that they get on to their male relatives or husbands. On the outside it seems like the women are getting what they need, but society does not see the hidden agenda, that most of the loans and shares are being passed on to the males in their household. This power is being hidden from the public and is not straightforward. In some cases most women join the bank as part of the programme (bank workers). This seems to show the public that the women of the villages own the bank (public transcript) however the hidden transcripts suggest that they do not understand what it means, hence they do not acquire dividends from the shares that they bought. They were not informed of the many policies and rules that came with the programme. The success of the programme, depends on both the transcript (Karim and Law,
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As an essay, “Our Secret” shows the power of a writer’s voice—the scenes are few and spare in its forty-eight pages—but it’s mesmerizing. Despite its innovative braided structure, Griffin’s essay is much like a rather classical reflective essay. Somehow Griffin achieves narrative drive with her segmented approach, perhaps because of her interesting juxtapositions, intense focus, and the quiet power of her language as her family’s own story unfolds alongside those of war criminals and victims.
Through the quotations he deploys, imagery he enacts and authoritative tone he embodies, Spies very deliberately takes control of the Courtroom showcasing that no matter the circumstances the collective will prevail. Spies recognizes that the trial is his condemnation so subsequently he seizes the opportunity to condemn the State of their fate as a result of their injustices. Through his willingness to sacrifice his own life to propel his convictions Spies not only makes a statement to the Court but further strengthens the concept of class-consciousness within the masses. Furthermore, signifying that there indeed “will be a time when our [their] silence will be more powerful than the voices you [the State]strangle today.”
The government’s neglect leads to the women turning in the wrong direction. As Stevenson writes, “we ban poor women and, inevitably, their children from receiving
Many people like to believe they know what is right from what is wrong, but when it comes to the court system and the search for justice, Henry Drummond will fight for the cases that no other lawyer has the audacity to take on. Drummond exhibits an undying perseverance to fight for Bertram Cates in the Scopes Trial depicted in Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s play, Inherit the Wind. Through Henry Drummond’s tactfulness, open-mindedness, and determination, he is able to make a biased town see the absurdity of a law that takes away a person's right to freedom of thought. Henry Drummond’s tactfulness allows him to convince a partisan jury of the absurdity of putting a man on trial for simply expressing an unpopular viewpoint.
?What is left when honor is lost?? Publilius Syrus' quote, though dating from 100 B.C., still seems pertinent to our era (Quotations). Many people still feel that once integrity is lost they are nothing and many are willing to stand up to keep their integrity. Without integrity, we are nothing. During the time that Arthur Miller wrote his most famous play, The Crucible, innocent men and women are accused of having Communist leanings. Their whole lives are ruined in a short amount of time because they refuse to compromise themselves by selling out their friends. Miller tries to make a statement about these unfair trials by comparing them to the Salem witch-hunts and trials of 1692. The main protagonist of his play is a man named John Proctor who is accused of witchcraft but stands up to maintain his name and his honor, even though he is hanged for it. During the H.U.A.C. trials some took stands for their beliefs with the knowledge of possibly being shunned by society. Knowing this, instead of taking the cowards' way and giving the names of their friends, they refuse to tell the committee anything in the same way that John Proctor stands up against a court that is ruining the lives of innocent people.
The “code of silence” is very real in Charlestown, as much a part of the landscape as the Bunker Hill Monument. The code of silence is the Charlestown phrase for local residents' unwillingness to reveal information to law enforcement authorities that might solve crimes committed by neighborhood residents. People who are present at murders say they saw nothing. In the heat of the moment, those who are careless and say they saw something, later recant. It can be argued that Charlestown has the world's greatest concentration of blind amnesiacs.
As an act of portraying parallelism, Miller renders the characteristic of self-pride between Danforth and McCarthy. In the play, Miller reveals one of the multiple methods in which Danforth shows his pride. For instance, Danforth “is a grave man in his sixties, of some humor and sophistication that do not, however, interfere with an exact loyalty to his position and his cause” (79). This establishes an image that Danforth is not to be interfered with. Miller enables the reader to understand that Danforth is a sober gentleman when it comes to the court. Danforth’s method of defense against an unanswerable question is using the court as an excuse and turning the question around to get citizens arrested. Likewise, J. Ronald Oakley, author of The Great Fear, noted that McCarthy had a thirst for everlasting fame. McCarthy was once nicknamed “Pepsi Cola Kid” (200) and “Water Boy of the Real Estate Lobby” (200). After all the fame he received, he was still not satisfied. Finally, in an “extemporaneous speech” (200) he was able to get beneath the skins of the citi...
When the Price family arrived, they were shocked on how the Congolese men treated their own wives, as if they weren’t important even though the women did all the work. “ Though as far as I could see the wives and daughter did just about all the work“(229). This shows that African women have a difficult time during their lives, whereas the men don’t do as physically or mentally as hard as what the women have to do in the Congo. This is different compared to our culture because men had to do more a more arduous and more physically demanding jobs, while the women don’t do jobs that are as demanding as those of the work the men
Richard Immerman bookends his monograph, The Hidden Hand: A Brief History of the CIA, with reflections on the role of public expectations in the shaping of the CIA’s image, both externally and internally. In-between, Immerman attempts to reconcile the antagonism between the CIA’s actions and its fundamental task. Stated otherwise, Immerman reveals a history of the “competition between covert, particularly paramilitary operations, and its core mission of collection and analysis.” Immerman, who currently serves as a Professor of History at Temple University, has held multiple positions within the intelligence network which has granted him access to privy material. He identifies his main questions in regard to the CIA as: What it does and has
Throughout history, there have been many types of oppression. Oppression occurs when someone is viewed as a lesser human in a way that makes the suppressor feel superior (Oppression, slide 5 and 6). Always, the person who is doing the suppressing is viewed as the terrible human being. However, humans are equally guilty when they sit back and do not do anything. Doing nothing is a way of encouraging the oppression that is occurring. The only way to change the cycle of oppression is speaking up and out against what is wrong. Thus, binary ideology can only be challenged when the individual silence is broken; the effect will be the increased visibility of others.
"Women do two thirds of the world’s work...Yet they earn only one tenth of the world’s income and own less than one percent of the world’s property. They are among the poorest of the world’s poor." –Barber B. Conable Jr, President, World Bank
James Madison once said “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” To gain a better understanding of a society, one must gain knowledge of the needs and wants the citizens’ demand from the country’s representatives. In every country the needed to protect its citizens is the same. In some nations, security is a higher priority which causes sacrifices to be made to obtain an indefinite protection against all rivals. In Peter Singer’s essay titled “Visible Man: Ethics in a World without Secrets” he states that there is a way that governments can collect information by using technology; to allow more ‘openness’ and exposure as an increase of unknown surveillance that the public is not aware of. Singer’s essay also talks about how also with the rise of secrecy within politics; organizations such as ‘WikiLeaks’ and ‘Anonymous’ reveal to the world what is really going on within their privacy. Benefits come from both sides in a world where surveillance exists to the highest priority with or without privacy.