Essays on Primal

Discussion Essay

Goleman, Daniel, Richard E. Boyatzis, and Annie McKee. Primal Leadership: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence. Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business Review Press, 2013. Print. The book reviews the importance on the emotional intelligence to managers and professionals for the success of any business. The data has a basis on two different outlooks, leadership in companies and the psychological aspects of managers. The data of the book came from interviewing more than 3,000 executives in various industries and reviewed their reports. The author’s research focuses on illustrating the necessity of emotional intelligence among leaders in the business world. ...

Background

Domestic violence has occurred for as long as their has been a written record. This is evidenced by laws, usually permitting it, throughout antiquity. It has most likely existed since humanity began, as it is observed in our closest genetic relatives, and seems to be stimulated by very primal parts of the brain. The Journal of the American Medical association began to describe battered child syndrome in the 1960’s, and between the beginning of humanity and when domestic abuse began to be described as a societal problem, little if anything was done. Since then, the United States has ...

Fairy tales and folklores are nothing but the reflections of the society. Authors and artists depict the world through their lens to highlight social elements. The Company of Wolves by Angela Carter is a fairy tale built on the theme of the Little Red Riding Hood. In a very subtle way it depicts the patriarchal structure of the society and what it means to be a liberated woman. In an interesting way she has shown what a feminist means, as it brings harmony and order into an otherwise sexist and chaotic society. Carter’s Company of Wolves might not ...

Compare and Contrast Classic Horror Movies to the Type of Horror Movies We See Today

Compare and Contrast Classic Horror Movies to the Type of Horror Movies We See Today

Introduction

Horror movies encompass a genre of films that are geared towards eliciting and provoking an emotional response from viewers by preying on their fear of the unknown inclined on the primal emotions. The genre of films has been in existence for an extended period estimated to more than one century (Jones, 2005). Horror movies just like any other kind in the entertainment industry have changed and evolved over time. The paper focuses on the similarities and differences of the classical horror films vs. the ...

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The worldview of a person is their view and understanding of their entire existence, including the world they live in. Religious beliefs reflectcolor a person’s worldview very strongly. In a comparative look, Christianity and Sikhism have some commonality as monotheistic approaches to the world, in the necessity for moral and ethical behavior that is good, in seeking truth, and in serving an all-knowing God Wwho imparts some of that knowledge to mankind. However, there are noticeable differences in beliefs about death and afterlife, human definition, and the meaning of human history. These beliefs structure their worldviews ...

The Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Society by S. Freud

Besides the fact that Sigmund Freud is the founder of psychoanalysis and many other important psychological theories, this great psychoanalyst also had his own unique views on society and the processes within it. Most of his theories related to such concepts as "libido", "groups", and "crowd" form rather a strange and ambiguous interpretation of society. Freud hardly distinguished the individual from the context of the whole society and divided the society itself into the crowd, or the groups, which is compared with the primitive horde. This radical disregard for the human qualities of the individual, as a separate and ...

In the pursuit to explaining the creations, mankind has developed theories and beliefs to feed the curious minds. Transcendence is an important concept at understanding the theories and beliefs. For Christian theology creation is found in the Bible specifically in the Genesis. Transcendence in the Bible is the existence of a supreme being who has created all the living and non-living things from nothingness. The Creator is the lord of everything under the sun.

Transcendence in the Bible

In the Christian Bible, transcendence means that God is the most powerful who is above all the creations. God created all the creatures including a ...