In the 'about' page of my blog I wrote that as a Humanities Core student, I will be exploring complex ideas like Manifest Destiny, Imperialism and the modern day influence that the US has on different countries. Many of the posts throughout this year contained news articles and analyzed how events can tie into the... Continue Reading →
Since the 2016 election some people have argued that America has changed for the better and other people have argued that the nation is crumbling apart. However the one thing that everyone can say with certainty is that things have changed. The one thing which is not subjective is the summary of numbers which shows... Continue Reading →
1947. The year that India was liberated from the rule of the British Empire. People like Savarkar, Gandhi and the common people played a huge role in this process. Gandhi is probably one of the most prominent and known freedom fighters and his ideas echoed all across the world. Dr. Matin Luther King Jr. heard... Continue Reading →
In my previous blog I discussed in detail what power means and how the implications of power have neither boundaries nor limits. Power can be exercised in any part of world and for this specific post I will be focusing on colonialism. After talking about the Incan Empire and the Spanish Empire my class discussed... Continue Reading →
The most basic definition of power is the “ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.” This meaning is extremely broad because it only tells us that power is the capacity to reach a particular end goal. But as a student in the humanities I have been analyzing the Spanish Empire, one... Continue Reading →
The dictionary definition for imperialism is “the policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation.” This behavior is exhibited when a nation does everything to establish a relationship of superiority over another nation. Throughout history the word ‘imperialism’ immediately led people to think about old empires like Rome, China and... Continue Reading →
At the end of the previous blog, I questioned why empires still end up in ruins even if they employ the concept of creating large establishments and increasing their chances of survival? After the previous week’s lectures and readings consisting of Jean Jacques Rousseau’s discourse on inequality and the Ruins of Empires by Volney, the... Continue Reading →
Now that we’ve partly established that a large empire may end up in ruins, I want to go back in history and trace the origins of where the idea of empire came from? What were the forces behind its creation and what has made all of the past and present empires so successful? In my... Continue Reading →
As World War II came to an end, the The United States began its journey as one of the most powerful countries in the world, exerting influence in every corner of the world. Times before WWII describe the US following “isolationism” and not getting involved with the war in Europe. But as things took a... Continue Reading →
Pieces of An Empire 
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