refimprove date March 2011 Elitism is the belief or attitude that some individuals, who form an elite &mdash a select group of people with intellect , wealth , specialized training or experience, or other .... ref http www.answers.com topic elitism copyright elitism Definition and Much More from Answers.com Bot generated title ref Alternatively, the term elitism may be used to describe a situation in which power is concentrated in the hands of a limited number of people. Those opposed to elitism are considered supporters of anti elitism , egalitarianism , populism or the political theory of Pluralism political ... influence in society elite theorists regard pluralism as a utopian ideal. Elitism may also refer to situations ... will benefit humanity or themselves. At times, elitism is closely related to social ... known as the social elite. The term elitism is also sometimes used to denote situations in which a group ... privileges at the expense of others. This form of elitism may be described as discrimination . Characteristics ... elitism as a political theory, because they are often associated with negative class connotations and fail to appreciate a more unbiased exploration of the philosophy. Academic elitism main Academic elitismElitism in the context of education is the practice of concentrating attention on or allocating ... might be accused of elitism, even if this were argued to promote an egalitarian goal, such as curing disease. Elitism in education could be based on conventional assessment of learning ability ... to enter. Anti elitism main Populism Pluralism political theory The term elitism , or the title ... contexts. Since elitism may be viewed as something necessary for creating patterns of good ... of competition and privilege. Egalitarianism Elitism endorses the exclusion of large numbers of people ..., retirees, parents, etc. . This contrasts with elitism, which is the belief that decisions are, or should ... links Wiktionary elitism Narcissism Category Social groups Category Political science Category ... more details
Academic elitism is a charge sometimes levied at academic institution s and academics more broadly, arguing that academia or academicians are prone to undeserved or pernicious elitism or both the term ivory tower often carries with it an implicit critique of academic elitism. Criticism of perceived academic elitism may or may not target intellectuals in general, academic institutions or education itself, but always Citation needed date February 2011 targets present leadership, practices and or policies in academia. Description Anti intellectualism Anti intellectuals , or those regarded as anti intellectuals by their critics who? date February 2012 , often perceive themselves as champions of ordinary people and as defenders of populism against elitism , especially academic elitism. For example, some of economist Thomas Sowell s writings Intellectuals and Society suggest that while academicians and intellectuals have done much valuable work, they also have an undeserved halo effect and face fewer disincentive s than other professions against speaking outside their expertise. Sowell cites Bertrand Russell , Noam Chomsky and Edmund Wilson as paradigmatic examples of this phenomenon. Though respected for their contributions to various academic disciplines respectively mathematics, linguistics .... Basic Books, pp. 16 18 ref In another example of academic elitism, Sowell notes that Ignaz Semmelweis .... ref Sowell, p. 135 ref Critics of academic elitism argue that highly educated people tend to form ..., p. ix. ref Academic elitism suggests that in highly competitive academic environments ... wealth and power. Proponents of academic elitism justify this belief by claiming that this is just ...&q mslaw Elitism&total 3&start 0&num 10&so 0&type search&plindex 0 A video on Elitism ...&ERICExtSearch SearchType 0 no&accno ED091983 . http www.gogetpapers.com Papers Academic elitism Papers about Academic elitism DEFAULTSORT Academic Elitism Category Academia Elitism Category Education ... more details
Use British English date January 2012 Use dmy dates date January 2012 The Wee Shu Min elitism controversy occurred in October 2006. Wee Shu Min, daughter of Parliament of Singapore parliament member Wee Siew Kim and a then eighteen year old student on Raffles Junior College s scholarship programme, found herself in controversy ref cite web last Ken Kwek first Aaron Low title Internet users learning netiquette the hard way url http www.straitstimes.com Free Story STIStory 142321.html work Straits Times location Singapore accessdate 25 July 2007 ref after posting on her blog what were viewed by some Singaporeans to be ivory tower elitist , ref name satrev Time to learn that sorry isn t the hardest word to say , Ong Soh Chin, The Straits Times Saturday Review , 28 October 2006, p. S10 ref na ve, and insensitive statements against heartlanders. ref name shuminblog Teen blogger counselled for her elitist remarks , Ken Kewk, The Straits Times , 24 October 2006, p. H5 ref Dismissing the http derekwee.blogspot.com views of Derek Wee who voiced concerns on job security and age discrimination on his blog, she shot back with a take no prisoners diatribe, ref name satrev ref name zbedit , , Lianhe Zaobao , 31 October 2006 Chinese ref calling Derek a stupid crackpot , belonging to the sadder ...& sec focus Political elitism enhances class divide , Seah Chiang Nee, The Star Malaysia , 29 ... http www.atimes.com atimes Southeast Asia HK23Ae02.html Mixing welfare and elitism in Singapore ... as evidence that Singapore was suffering from increasing signs that elitism political elitism ... meritocracy model, ref How meritocracy can breed intellectual elitism , Chua Mui Hoong, The Straits ... ref name schoolsurvey Students of top schools worry more about elitism , Ken Kwek, The Straits ... session of the Parliament of Singapore Parliament by fellow MP Sin Boon Ann , who pointed out that elitism ... colwidth 30em DEFAULTSORT Wee Shu Min Elitism Scandal Category Internet memes Category Political scandals ... more details
of In Defense of Elitism div Roger Kimball s article in The New Criterion ,April 2001 http www.newcriterion.com articles.cfm designertribalism kimball 2204 references In Defense of Elitism PulitzerPrize ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 Globalize date December 2010 An ethnic elite refers to an ethnic group which in a local context has gained a position of economic and power over that of other groups. Ethnic elitism elites may also foster ideologies and beliefs which serve to sustain their relative power. The ethnic elite may be divided in two basic ways &mdash either an elite ethnic majority or an elite ethnic minority . The term Market dominant minorities market dominant minority has also been used. See also Minority rights Dominant minority Minoritarianism Ethnocracy Sinocentrism White Latin Americans References references DEFAULTSORT Ethnic Elite Category Ethnicity Culture stub Ethno stub ... more details
The elite media is a term used to describe newspapers, radio stations, TV channels and other media that influence the political agenda of other mass media . According to Noam Chomsky , t he elite media set a framework within which others operate. http www.chomsky.info articles 199710 .htm The New York Times is used as an example of elite media by both Chomsky, a left wing intellectual, and Bill O Reilly political commentator Bill O Reilly , a right wing commentator. http www.foxnews.com story 0,2933,113614,00.html Thus the term denotes a structural position within the mass media, rather than a particular political agenda. However, the term, like its sibling term liberal elites , may be used by Conservatism conservatives in a pejorative context. See also Academic elitism Media studies Noam Chomsky External links http www.foxnews.com story 0,2933,113614,00.html Bill O Reilly s definition of elite media http www.chomsky.info articles 199710 .htm Noam Chomsky, What Makes Mainstream Media Mainstream? DEFAULTSORT Elite Media Category Journalism Category American political media US poli stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub date December 2009 Italictitle The Theatre and Its Double Le Th tre et son Double is a collection of essays by French poet and playwright Antonin Artaud and published in 1938. Artaud intended his work as an attack on theatrical convention and the importance of language of drama, opposing the vitality of the viewer s sensual experience against theatre as a contrived literary form, and urgency of expression against complacency on the part of the audience. The collection s more famous pieces include No More Masterpieces , an attack on what Artaud believed to be the elitism of an irrelevant, outdated literary theatrical canon, and The Theater of Cruelty , where Artaud expressed the importance of recovering the notion of a kind of unique language half way between gesture and thought. The collection is still read to this day, and strongly influenced the directing philosophies of such renowned figures as Peter Brook . See also Le Monde s 100 Books of the Century Le Monde s 100 Books of the Century DEFAULTSORT Theatre And Its Double Category 1938 books Category French books Category Theatre non fiction Category Works by Antonin Artaud Nonfiction book stub Theat stub ... more details
Image Redneck nation.jpg right thumb 175px The cover of the book. Redneck Nation How the South Really Won the War ISBN 0 446 52884 6 is a book by conservatism conservative personality Michael Graham radio personality Michael Graham . Released in 2002 by Time Warner Warner Books , the book covers a wide variety of Graham s personal opinions on current and historical events in the context of southern ideas and a Redneck stereotype redneck political point of view. His views on race and social politics within this framework have become a source of contention amongst supporters and critics alike http www.newsjobs.net literalmind content review4.asp?book 140 . His invoking of H. L. Mencken in a quote to begin each chapter is often discussed due to Mencken s sometimes controversial writings on race and elitism. However, National Review National Review Online where Graham is a frequent contributor , in their review of the book, noted that Graham s Menckenesque scorn for boobery happily knows no geographical bounds, http www.nationalreview.com dreher dreher121602.asp . Category Books about politics of the United States Poli book stub ... more details
Infobox Political Party name english Independent Party name native De Uafh ngige party logo image logo name here Party logo colorcode blue leader none foundation 1953 headquarters Ger Engvej 55 br 9340 Asaa ideology Classical Liberalism , Anti elitism international None website http www.deuafhaengige.dk The Independent Party De Uafh ngige in Danish language Danish is a liberalist and anti elitist political party in Denmark . It was formed in 1953 as a breakaway party from Venstre Denmark Venstre as a protest against the established centre right parties cooperation with the Social Democrats Denmark Social Democrats . The Independent Party later got an anti elitist character. External links http www.deuafhaengige.dk Official website Category Political parties in Denmark Category Political parties established in 1953 Denmark party stub ca De Uafh ngige da De Uafh ngige no De Uafh ngige ... more details
An Oxbridge reject is someone who has been rejected from either the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge . ref http community.livejournal.com oxbridgerejects Oxbridge rejects , Live Journal . ref The term Oxbridge is a portmanteau of Oxford and Cambridge . The term has received some criticism for its derogatory and elitist nature. Eric Thomas academic Eric Thomas , Vice Chancellor of Bristol University has criticised it because of the way in which it makes people view British higher education through an Oxbridge prism. ref Liz Lightfoot, http www.telegraph.co.uk education main.jhtml?xml education 2004 01 21 tenedu321.xml Bristol may reject candidates who favour Oxbridge , The Daily Telegraph The Telegraph , 21 January 2004. ref In 2000, Gordon Brown , then Chancellorship of Gordon Brown Chancellor of the Exchequer and subsequently Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , started a major political row about higher education when he accused Oxford University of elitism in its admissions procedures. ref cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi education 759114.stm title Oxford reject wins Harvard scholarship accessdate 2007 03 30 date 2000 05 22 work BBC News publisher BBC ref The Laura Spence Affair , as it became known, is one of the most publicised cases of an Oxbridge reject. Rejected from Magdalen College, Oxford to read medicine, Laura Spence went on to study with a scholarship at Harvard in the United States . The rejection was seen as discrimination because of her state school background. ref http education.guardian.co.uk oxbridge article 0,,326388,00.html The war of Laura s rejection , The Observer , 28 May 2000. ref She subsequently went on to study graduate entry medicine a 4 year course at Wolfson College, Cambridge ref cite news url http www.guardian.co.uk education 2008 oct 27 oxford elitism laura spence location London work The Guardian title Elitism row student gets Cambridge distinction first Anthea last Lipsett date 27 October 2008 ref . In ... more details
Albertoni, Ettore, Mosca and the Theory of Elitism . Oxford Basil Blackwell 1987 . ISBN 0 631 ..., Maurice A., Beyond Right and Left. Democratic Elitism in Mosca and Gramsci . New Haven, London ... more details
Miervaldis Polis born 23 July 1948, Riga , Latvia is a Latvia n Painting painter and performance art ist. ref cite web url http www.camp.lv lat kolekcija darbi visi makslinieki miervaldis polis title Miervaldis Polis publisher camp.lv language Latvian accessdate 2010 04 07 ref In the early 1970s, he and L ga Purmale , his wife at the time, started a new trend of photorealism in Latvian painting. In the early 1980s, he turned to performance art , one of his most notable performances being The Bronze Man , wherein he roamed the streets of Riga , Latvia , in a bronze suit, covered from head to toe in bronze paint . In the 1990s, after Latvia regained independence, Polis became known as the Latvian Noble court court painter, receiving commissions to paint the portrait s of the Latvian Elitism elite , including former presidents Guntis Ulmanis and Vaira V e Freiberga . References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Polis, Miervaldis ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 23 July 1948 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Polis, Miervaldis Category 1948 births Category Living people Category People from Riga Category Latvian painters Category Performance artists Latvia painter stub ... more details
Other uses Yahoo disambiguation A Yahoo is a legendary being in the novel Gulliver s Travels 1726 by Jonathan Swift . Swift describes them as, filthy and with unpleasant habits, resembling human beings far too closely for the liking of protagonist Lemuel Gulliver , who finds the calm and rational society of intelligent horses, the Houyhnhnm s, far preferable. The Yahoos are primitive creatures obsessed with pretty stones they find by digging in mud, thus representing the distasteful materialism and ignorant elitism Swift encountered in Britain. Hence the term yahoo has come to mean a crude, brutish or obscenely coarse person . ref Collins Dictionary ref American frontiersman Daniel Boone , who often used terms from Gulliver s Travels , claimed that he killed a hairy giant that he called a Yahoo. ref http www.encyclopedia.com doc 1G1 16334432.html Did fiction give birth to Bigfoot? by Hugh H. Trotti ref Yahoos were referenced in a letter sent by serial killer David Berkowitz to New York City police while committing the Son of Sam murders in 1976. Citation needed date June 2011 Participants at the Burning Man Festival use the term Yahoo to refer to non participatory, obnoxious attendees. Citation needed date June 2011 See also Caveman Houyhnhnm Struldbrug Brobdingnag Lilliput and queers Yahoo References references Gulliver s Travels Category Fictional human races Category Pejorative terms for people Category Gulliver s Travels ca Yahoo literatura es Yahoo literatura eu Yahoo literatura fr Yahoo litt rature it Yahoo letteratura pt Yahoo povo fict cio ru ... more details
primarysources date July 2010 Les Inrockuptibles is a France French cultural magazine . Started as a monthly magazine in 1986, it became weekly in 1995. The name is a play on Les Incorruptibles , the French language French title of the American television series The Untouchables 1959 TV series The Untouchables . Les Inrockuptibles is routinely nicknamed Les Inrocks . It s a french music magazine that periodically issues CD compilation s. In the beginning, rock and roll rock music was the magazine s primary focus, though every issue included articles on other artistic domains. Currently, many other topics are tackled film cinema , books , society, etc. The magazine tends to take a left wing and intellectual approach to art and society, lending itself to accusations of elitism and snob bishness. Despite this, the magazine was instrumental in popularising indie music indie rock music with bands such as the Smiths and The House of Love in France and Francophone countries. It was unofficially coupled with the radio show by Bernard Lenoir having a nearly identical name L inrockuptible. They produced several tribute records, including the influential I m Your Fan to Leonard Cohen in 1991, The Smiths is dead in 1996 and Monsieur Gainsbourg revisited in 2006. There is an Argentine edition, with the name of http www.losinrockuptibles.com Los Inrockuptibles External links http www.lesinrocks.com Official Website in French http www.losinrockuptibles.com Argentine edition DEFAULTSORT Inrockuptibles, Les Category Art magazines Category Music magazines Category French magazines Category Publications established in 1986 Europe entertainment mag stub ca Les Inrockuptibles es Les Inrockuptibles fr Les Inrockuptibles ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2009 For nationalist movements in general, see Nationalism . For other meanings of activism, see Activism . The Nationalist activism was an elitism elitist political movement of the early 20th century in Scandinavia , Finland and the Baltic countries . The Activists advocated in brief a close cooperation with Imperial Germany , and active support of Germany s military aims &mdash primarily directed against Imperial Russia , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Bolshevist Russia and the Soviet Union . The activism was revived in both Finland and Sweden in connection with the Winter War . This activism was ideologically related, although distantly, to the thoughts that would result in Fascism in Italy . Activists were often ardent anti Communism anti Socialists and deeply suspicious of democracy and parliamentarism . In Scandinavia, activist policies were judged unsuccessful when occasionally half ways implemented, as in the years before the dissolution of the Sweden Norway union between Sweden and Norway and in Sweden in the first two years of World War I but in Finland the Activism was seen as successful in establishing the White Guard Finland White Guard , the German trained Finnish J gers J gers , the victory in the Finnish Civil War , and the thereby secured independence. While in Finland the activism would continue in movements of the interbellum the Academic Karelia Society , the Lapua movement and the Patriotic People s Movement Finland Patriotic People s Movement in the Baltic countries and Sweden it hardly survived outside some narrow circles of military officers, industrialists and aristocrats with political ambitions. In Latvia Nationalist activism was represent by P rkonkrusts . In Estonia was Nationalistic Vaps Movement . Category Activism Category History of Sweden Category History of Finland Category Finnish nationalism Poli term stub ... more details
Selection is the stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding recombination or crossover . A generic selection procedure may be implemented as follows The fitness function is evaluated for each individual, providing fitness values, which are then normalized. Normalization means dividing the fitness value of each individual by the sum of all fitness values, so that the sum of all resulting fitness values equals 1. The population is sorted by descending fitness values. Accumulated normalized fitness values are computed the accumulated fitness value of an individual is the sum of its own fitness value plus the fitness values of all the previous individuals . The accumulated fitness of the last individual should be 1 otherwise something went wrong in the normalization step . A random number R between 0 and 1 is chosen. The selected individual is the first one whose accumulated normalized value is greater than R . If this procedure is repeated until there are enough selected individuals, this selection method is called fitness proportionate selection or roulette wheel selection . If instead of a single pointer spun multiple times, there are multiple, equally spaced pointers on a wheel that is spun once, it is called stochastic universal sampling . Repeatedly selecting the best individual of a randomly chosen subset is tournament selection . Taking the best half, third or another proportion of the individuals is truncation selection . There are other selection algorithms that do not consider all individuals for selection, but only those with a fitness value that is higher than a given arbitrary constant. Other algorithms select from a restricted pool where only a certain percentage of the individuals are allowed, based on fitness value. Retaining the best individuals in a generation unchanged in the next generation, is called elitism or elitist selection . It is a successful slight variant of the general process ... more details
Walter Ellis born September 7, 1948 is a Northern Ireland born, United States based writer . Ellis is the author of The Beginning of the End The Crippling Disadvantage of a Happy Irish Childhood , the story of his early life in Belfast , Durham , Cork city Cork , and Brussels , and his uneasy relationship with his cousin, Ronnie Bunting , a leading member of the Irish National Liberation Army, shot dead in 1980. He also wrote The Oxbridge Conspiracy How the Ancient Universities Have Kept Their Stranglehold on the Establishment ISBN 0718137485 ISBN 9780718137489 , a study of elitism in higher education in England . He has lived in New York since 2001. His wife Louisa is a graphic design er and Painting painter . Their son, James Ellis musician Jamie Ellis , is a record producer. Walter Ellis, formerly a journalist and foreign correspondent for several British and Irish newspapers, now writes obituaries for The Times of London. He is also moving into the field of fiction. His thriller, The Fleeing Man, was published in Italy in 2010 as Il Codice Caravaggio and comes out in Ireland in the autumn of 2011. External links official http www.walterellisauthor.com References refbegin 2 Ellis, W. 2006 . The Beginning of the End the Crippling Disadvantage of a Happy Irish Childhood . Edinburgh Mainstream Press. ISBN 1 84596 056 4 refend Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ellis, Walter ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1948 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ellis, Walter Category 1948 births Category Living people Category Journalists from Northern Ireland Category Non fiction writers from Northern Ireland Category People from Belfast Category People from New York City Ireland writer stub UK nonfiction writer stub ... more details
Dr. Morris Meister was the founder and first principal of the Bronx High School of Science as well as the first president of Bronx Community College . He is regarded for his support and application of laboratory based methods in science education as well as interdisciplinary study. Early life Empty section date July 2010 Principal of the Bronx High School of Science 1938 1958 Early Obstacles Recruiting the Class of 1941, Charges of Elitism, World War II, Co education President of the National Science Teachers Association In 1971 he was awarded the NSTA s Distinguished Service to Science Education Award. President of Bronx Community College 1959 1966 Empty section date July 2010 Theories on Education Interdisciplinary Study Laboratory Based Science Education Famous Quotes Think of science as a powerful searchlight continuously widening its beam and bringing more of the universe into the light, But as the beam of light expands, so does the circumference of darkness. Legacy Meister Auditorium , The Auditorium of the Bronx High School of Science is named after Dr. Morris Meister. His portrait is displayed at its doors. Meister Hall , A building on the campus of Bronx Community College is named after Dr. Morris Meister. External links http www2.bxscience.edu alum bhss meister.htm A Tribute to Founder Dr. Morris Meister Bronx Science http www.bcc.cuny.edu CollegeHistory BCC History of the College s start succession box before none title Principal of The Bronx High School of Science years 1938 &ndash 1958 after Dr. Alexander Taffel s end DEFAULTSORT Meister, Morris Category School principals and headteachers US academic administrator stub ... more details
Typicity French typicit , Italian tipicit is a term in wine tasting used to describe the degree to which a wine reflects its varietal origins, and thus demonstrate the signature characteristics of the grape from which it was produced, i.e., how much a Merlot wine tastes like a Merlot . It is an important component in judging wine competition when wines of the same varietal are judged against each other. ref name Oxford pg 716 J. Robinson ed The Oxford Companion to Wine Third Edition pg 716 Oxford University Press 2006 ISBN 0198609906 ref In some countries, such as Austria wine Austria , typicity is used as part of a qualitative hierarchy that takes into consideration soil, climate and vintage . A similar concept to the French terroir , though slightly less controversial, Austrian Qualitatswein literally quality wine is tested for typicity with the classification printed on the wine label. ref name Oxford pg 54 J. Robinson ed The Oxford Companion to Wine Third Edition pg 54 Oxford University Press 2006 ISBN 0198609906 ref As a concept, typicity relies on both historical precedent and a sentiment of what the present day majority view how a certain variety should taste . This can be considered a subjective and unreliable way to measure wine, ref name Oxford pg 716 opening the door to elitism with what has been criticized by some, such as Sean Thackrey , as viticultural racism . ref Allan Bree http www.gangofpour.com bree profiles thackrey thackrey4.html An Afternoon with Sean Thackrey Califusa s Archive, Gang of Pour Accessed October 15th, 2008 ref References portal wine reflist Category Wine tasting ... more details
Onesource date May 2008 BOPA lang da Borgerlige Partisaner , Civil Partisans was a group of the Danish resistance movement operating at the time of the occupation of Denmark by Nazi Germany during the Second World War . In 1942, the illegal Communist Party of Denmark had begun organising small sabotage cells across the country, mainly formed by veterans who had been part of the volunteer anti Francisco Franco Franco brigades of the Spanish Civil War . However, as arms were scarce, the weapon of choice was often petrol and match es, and only small scale operations were carried out. On January 25, 1943 a group of students who had previously been refused membership of the communist resistance group due to the mistrust held by its members toward any elitism set fire to a stock of German listening devices at Dansk Industrisyndikat in Hellerup using a bottle of Alcohol spirit . The students were hereafter accepted into the group, and this caused a change of name from the original KOPA Kommunistiske Partisaner , Communist Partisans to BOPA. The new name was at first used jokingly by old members, but it soon became the most widely used name. The name was also changed because it were easier to obtain arms from the allies if you were not an openly communist resistance group. Fact date March 2008 Operations grew in magnitude as individuals with inside knowledge of possible targets joined the group. Especially young apprentices from large factories proved useful in identifying targets which were supplying the German military, and this resulted in attacks on factories such as Burmeister & Wain and Riffelsyndikatet in 1943, Riffelsyndikatet again and Global in 1944 and Always in 1945. References da icon http frihed.natmus.dk rundvisninger bopa1.htm The Museum of Danish Resistance BOPA http www.holocaustresearchproject.org revolt danishresistance.html Denmark hist stub Danish resistance movement Category Danish Resistance Category History of Denmark Category World War II resistanc ... more details
Refimprove date April 2011 Chinweizu is a Nigeria n critic , poet , and journalist . Though he has identified himself and is known simply as Chinweizu, he was born Chinweizu Ibekwe at Eluoma in Isuikwuato in the part of Eastern Region that is known today as Abia State , and was educated at Government Secondary School, Afikpo . He later attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT for college education. While studying in United States America , during the civil rights era, Chinweizu became influenced by the philosophy of a black arts movement. He is commonly associated with Black orientalism . Background He enrolled for a Ph.D. at the State University of New York SUNY , Buffalo, under the supervision of political scientist Claude E. Welch, Jr. http www.polsci.buffalo.edu faculty staff welch Chinweizu apparently had a disagreement with his dissertation committee and walked away with his manuscript, which he got published as The West and the Rest of Us White Predators, Black Slavers, and the African Elite by Random House in 1975. He took the book to SUNY, Buffalo, where he demanded, and was promptly awarded, his Ph.D. in 1976, one year after he had published the dissertation. Thus, the publication settled his disagreement with his advisors in his favor. Chinweizu started teaching overseas, at MIT and San Jose State University . He had returned to Nigeria by the early 1980s, working over the years as a columnist for various newspapers in the country and also working to promote Black orientalism in Pan Africanism. In Nigeria, he became a literary critic, attacking what he saw as the elitism of some Nigerian authors, particularly Wole Soyinka . References Simon Gikandi, Encyclopedia of African Literature , Routledge, 2002 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ibekwe, Chinweizu ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ibekwe, Chinweizu Category Nigerian poets Category Abia State Catego ... more details
Image Pdc universit populaire amlr.png thumb right 200px Poster advertising free courses at the Universit The Universit populaire de Caen Popular University of Caen is a free school free university created in October 2002 by Michel Onfray in the north western France French city of Caen . functions on a guiding principle of exemption from tuition fees . Access to the Popular University does not require any academic qualifications, and is open to all. It does not have any examinations nor does it award diplomas. The proposal of the Popular University tries to find a way between the elitism of a traditional university and the openness and improvisation of a Cafe Philosoph . Critics point out that, unlike other countries, ordinary French universities already provide free access to philosophy and other lectures to anyone through the auditeur libre system. Teaching venues The seminars of the university take place in the following locations Tocqueville amphitheatre, University of Caen Mancel coffee, Caen Castle Museum of the Fine arts of Caen, Caen Castle Room in the Panta Theatre, Caen See also Coll ge international de philosophie External links http upc.michelonfray.fr Universit Populaire de Caen http uplyon.free.fr Homepage of the Universit Populaire de Lyon http uplyon.free.fr printemps.htm Printemps des Universit s Populaire The above information is taken from the fr Universit populaire de Caen French Wikipedia article on the subject. DEFAULTSORT Popular University of Caen Category Popular education Category Free universities Category Educational institutions established in 2002 de Universit populaire de Caen fr Universit populaire de Caen ... more details
Infobox Political Party party name Common Course party logo image logo name here Party logo colorcode red leader Preben M ller Hansen foundation 1986, dissolved 2001 headquarters ideology Communism , Anti EU , Left wing Populism , Nationalism international None website Common Course lang da F lles Kurs was a political party in Denmark, which held 4 seats in the Danish parliament Folketinget 1987 1988. It was officially formed in 1986, but it was built on several fractions of the Communist Party of Denmark emerging in 1979 already. The party leader was Preben M ller Hansen , leader of the Danish sailors organization, who was excluded from the Communist Party of Denmark in 1979. He was known for his outspoken way of expressing himself, using a lot of swearwords , generalizations and anti elitism anti elitist statements. The party itself gathered both communists and left wing socialists, united in an inveterate struggle against EU membership. Its official immigration policy was quite restrictive, contrary to other parties on the left. It actively supported communist regimes in the Soviet Union and Cuba later also North Korea and Colonel Muammar al Gaddafi in Libya and was a collective member of organizations supporting these regimes. At the Danish parliamentary election, 1988 elections in 1988 , the party achieved 1.9 of the votes, thereby failing to pass the 2 threshold. In an attempt to regain parliamentary representation, Common Course started cooperating with Mogens Glistrup s right wing Prosperity Party , causing many members to flee. The attempt failed, the party was dissolved in 2001, and members were recommended to join the Communist Party of Denmark instead member of the Red Green Alliance Denmark Red Green Alliance since 1991 . Current deputy Line Barfod Red Green Alliance Denmark Red Green Alliance is a former member of Common Course and was chairperson of its youth wing 1984 1985 before the actual formation of the party . Category Defunct political parties ... more details
refimprove date April 2009 An elite party is a political party consisting of members of the societal elite, particularly members of parliament, who agree to co operate politically in the spirit of principles and goals. The first to describe this party model was Edmund Burke in 1770. More recently, the elite party model has been outlined by Maurice Deverger. ref Maurice Duverger, Party Politics and Pressure Groups A Comparative Introduction , Robert Wagoner trans. , Nelson, London, 1972. ref Elite parties form as groupings of elite members particularly in situations where an individual politician s political standing can be secured without the support of large populations. An elite party can form internally in the parliament and its political power is derived from that of its individual members. Elite parties have practically no extra parliamentary structure and a generally more flexible than mass parties. The central role of independent, powerful individuals implies that their structure is often loose and that their policy may be internally disputed due to disagreements between individual members. As Duverger states, in elite parties the members of Parliament play a key role . ref Duverger, p. 7. ref Elite parties are contrasted to Mass party mass parties that largely consist of masses of laymen. Mass parties can be democratic, such as decentralized liberal parties, or massive but centrally controlled like Nazi or Communist parties these are occasionally classified separately. Elite parties, despite their origin in the elite, need not to be elitist and may represent any ideology. For example, there have been elite parties supporting ideologies as diverse and conflicting as classical liberalism , nationalism and aristocracy elitism . A prominent example of a political system based on elite parties were the Hats party Hats and Caps party Caps parties in Sweden during the Age of Liberty 1719 1772 . See also Elite Global elite References references DEFAULTSORT Elite Par ... more details
unreferenced date January 2010 Rabbi Abraham Ben Alexander Ha Kohen of Kalisk 1741 1810 was a prominent Hasidic Judaism Chassidic Rebbe of the 3rd generation of Chassidic leaders. He was a wikt disciple disciple of Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch who was the successor of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov . Biography In his youth, Rabbi Abraham was a Torah study study partner of Rabbi Elijah, the Vilna Gaon , who became the leader of the opposition against Chassidic Judaism the Misnagdim . Rabbi Abraham and his Chassidim were prominent among the Chassidic movement with their emotional approach towards the service of G d and their opposition against the intellectual elitism of the establishment s scholars Misnagdim . After the death of Rabbi Dov Ber, the Maggid of Mezeritch, most of the opposition against the Chassidism was directed against Rabbi Abraham and his disciples. In 1777, Rabbi Abraham joined the first Chassidic aliyah under the leadership of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk and emigrated to the Holy Land . He died in Tiberias on the 4th of Shevat of the year 5570 from creation 1810 CE . External links http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 57&letter K His page on The Jewish Encyclopedia Persondata NAME Abraham of Kalisk ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abraham Ben Alexander Ha Kohen of Kalisk SHORT DESCRIPTION Rabbi DATE OF BIRTH 1741 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1810 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Abraham of Kalisk Category 1741 births Category 1810 deaths Category Hasidic rebbes Category 18th century rabbis Category Kohanim authors of Rabbinic literature he ... more details
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