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The Trope of the Bacchante And the Iconography of Agency In 18th Century Neoclassical Painting
No full textResearch paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis optio
Rebirth and Humanity: Incarnationist Theology and Stained Glass in the Florence Cathedral Dome
No full textResearch paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis optio
THE PRAXIS OF RELIGIOSITY IN HENRY DARGER'S THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL
No full textResearch paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis optio
Isaiah Berlin, Machiavellian Liberal
No full textAlthough recognized as a major liberal thinker, Sir Isaiah Berlin failed to leave scholars with a systematic treatise of his central ideas. Scholarly debate about his conceptions of liberalism and pluralism and how they relate to the idea of democracy is continuing. The research into what is most distinctive to Berlin's thinking brought to mind his famous dichotomy between the hedgehog and the fox. Berlin argues that a fox knows “many things” while a hedgehog knows “one big thing.” He aspires to articulate the merits of foxiness in a pluralistic society. The “foxes” do not pursue a single end but many ends that are, as Berlin stresses, often in conflict. Foxiness represents for Berlin the ideas of pluralism and negative liberty, which he spends a lifetime defending. This dissertation demonstrates that Berlin’s desire for foxiness and his prejudice against the hedgehog discouraged him from attempting a unifying theory of pluralism, but it also shows that just beneath the surface a hedgehog is lurking. That Berlin exhibits a unifying pattern of thought, comes to light when one examines an issue of central importance to Berlin, the “question of Machiavelli.” The latter turns out to be at the crux of Berlin’s work on pluralism. Making a significant contribution to scholarship, the dissertation shows that Berlin’s pluralism and his deep interest in its origins is rooted in his fascination with Machiavelli. Berlin’s central objective is to protect foxiness through negative liberty – i.e., freedom from ideological or political coercion. He views positive liberty – the supposed duty to do the right thing – as potentially tyrannical. However, when celebrating culture and empathy, Berlin is in fact endorsing elements of positive liberty. By bringing out and assessing this unresolved tension in Berlin’s work, the dissertation elucidates a problem that continues to haunt liberalism.Political scienceAmerican studies, History, Law, Literature, Philosophy, Political SciencePoliticsDegree Awarded: Ph.D. Politics. The Catholic University of Americ
An algorithm for evaluating stable densities in Zolotarev's (M) parameterization
No full textPublished in: Mathematical and Computer Modelling 29 (1999) 229-233.Abstract-one of the major obstacles to the use of stable distributions in applications is the lack
of formulas for their densities. A program is described to calculate a general a-stable density for
o > 0.75 and any skewness value p
Letter from George Washington to Robert Brooke, 16 March 1795
No full textPhiladelphia 16 March 1795
Sir [His Excellency Robert Brooke, Governor of Virginia]
Ever since the General Assembly of Virginia were pleased to submit to my disposal fifty shares in the Potomack, and one hundred in the James River company, it has been my anxious desire to appropriate them to an object, most worthy of public regard.
It is with indiscribable regret, that I have seen the youth of the United States migrating to foreign countries, in order to acquire the higher branches of erudition, and to obtain a knowledge of the Sciences. Altho[ugh], it would be injustice to many, to pronounce the certainty of their imbibing maxims, not congenial with republicanism; it must nevertheless be admitted that a serious danger is encountered, by sending abroad among other political systems those, who have not well learned the value of their own.
The time is therefore come, when a plan of universal education ought to be adopted in the United States. Not only do the exigencies of public & private life demand it; but if it should ever be apprehended that prejudices would be entertained in one part of the union against another; an efficatious remedy will be, to assemble the youth of every part under such circumstances, as will by the freedom of intercourse & collision of sentiment, give to their minds the direction of truth, philanthropy, and mutual conciliation.
It has been represented, that an University, corresponding with these ideas, is contemplated to be built in the federal city; and that it will receive considerable endowments. This position is so eligible from its centrality – so convenient to Virginia, by whose legislature the shares were granted, and in which part of the federal district stands – and combines so many other conveniences, that I have determined to vest the Potomack shares in that University.
Presuming it to be more agreeable to the General Assembly of Virginia, that the shares in the James River company should be reserved for a similar object in some part of that state, I intend to allot them for a Seminary, to be erected at such place, as the wisdom of the Legislature shall deem most proper.
I am disposed to believe, that a Seminary of learning upon an enlarged plan, but yet not coming up to the full idea of an University, is an institution to be preferred for the position which is to be chosen. The students, who wish to pursue the whole range of Science, may pass with advantage from the Seminary to the University; and the former, by a due relation, may be rendered cooperative with the latter.
I cannot however dissemble my opinion, that if all the shares were conferred on an University, it would become far more important, than when they are divided; and I have been restrained from concentering them in the same place, merely by my anxiety to reconcile a particular attention to Virginia, with a great good, in which she will abundantly share, in common with the rest of the United States.
I must beg the favor of your Excellency to lay this letter before that honorable body, at their next session; in order that I may appropriate the James River shares to the place which they may prefer. They will at the same time again accept my acknowledgments for the opportunity, with which they have favored me, of attempting to supply so important a desideratum in the United States as an University, adequate to our necessity, & a preparatory Seminary.
With great consideration & respect
I am Sir
Y[our] most Obed[ient] Hum[ble] Ser[vant]
G[eorge] Washingto
Outreach to Non-Degree Seeking Graduate Students: Aspects of Student Focused Critical Librarianship and Fostering an Inclusive R
No full textA presentation that was delivered in the Twelfth Annual Symposium, "Bridging the Spectrum: A Symposium on Scholarship and Practice in Library and Information Science" at the Catholic University of America in 2020
Comparing the Online Viewers of Three Digital Manuscript Repositories
No full textA presentation that was delivered in the Twelfth Annual Symposium, "Bridging the Spectrum: A Symposium on Scholarship and Practice in Library and Information Science" at the Catholic University of America in 2020
The Vincent Van Gogh Portrait Deception and Homage
No full textResearch paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis optio
Johns' Johns: Homosexual Imagery in the Early Work of Jasper Johns
No full textResearch paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis optio