final exam 12/16

Final exam 12/16/2011

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Benjamin VS. Junger

Assignment: Compare Benjamin and Jünger's views on photography. Why does Jünger refer to the camera as the "evil eye". How does Benjamin's views compare?

      Junger views on photography are negative or evil rather than positive or good. It captures and records images of past events that were destructive, violent and evil. It demonstrates the aftermath of war and the pain individuals encountered during these memorable events. He states, “One can tell that the event photographed is seen by an insensitive and invulnerable eye”. To not recognize the pain and suffering of the photographs show humans are not vulnerable or sympathetic. These photographs exhibit malicious acts of our own people being murdered, hurt and tortured. According to Junger photography is the cruel way we view situations. “It is a kind of evil eye” as Junger said.

      Benjamin views on photography were positive, useful and good. With photography a person can examine and analyze images in a way other materials can’t. It let us see the unknown or a moment lived in a prior time. It is up to us to enjoy the images or not. It makes the images come alive instead of being a mystery or being unrealistic. It takes art to another level in which is not only considered traditional or religious. Art can help individuals get a visual outlook of what occurs around them. Photographs freezes the moment occurring in the images so we can analyze it from different angles or aspects. It helps us become more knowledgeable of past history and connect it to present events. In my opinion photography can demonstrate evil events but it can also help us individuals to realize the events that occurred in the past. It is up to us and government to use it for evil or something positive.

Quiz #2 

1. Which critical event happened in January 1919 in Germany?

A.  Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht are murdered in Berlin

2. What article in the Weimar Constitution gave the legal pretext to suspend liberty?

A.  Article 48

3 . Which political party was the most dominant after the German revolution in 1918-1919?

C.   Social Democratic Party (SPD)

4. What does Völk mean?

C.   People

5. What are the three forms of domination (authority) that Weber speaks of and describe what they are?

(1)Charismatic Domination: it is found in a leader or master whose goals and visions inspire others. It is mostly based on the intellectual characteristics of a individual. Leaders take advantage when individuals start losing hope or interest.

       (2)Traditional Domination: This is the type of authority where the traditional rights of a powerful and dominant individual or group are accepted and passed down. It can be religious, sacred  and changing to another culture or family structures.

      

       (3) Rational-legal Domination: it is the belief in the content of the law (legal) or natural law (rationality). Weber thought that legal-rational authority was a perfect example of bureaucracy (political or economic).

6.Weber defines the state as...

               D.   an organization that monopolizes the use of force in a territory

       7. What year did Hitler assume power in Germany?

C.   1933

Nazism

Assignment: Choose either a passage from this blog and write out the way in which we have done all the assignments 1) Quote; 2) Interpretation; 3) Why you chose the quote. Or choose a scene from the movie, describe it, interpret it, and explain why you chose this scene. 

Major corporations in Germany benefited during the Nazi regime. Especially in the first few years of the Nazi regime, Hitler believed that automobile production was the key to reviving German industry (much as it had become the cornerstone of American industry). Companies like BMW profited under the Nazi regime. BMW actually stands for Bavarian Motor Works, it was founded in 1916 producing airplane engines for the German air force. This origin can be seen in the BMW emblem which is actually a plane propeller spinning against the blue sky. After the Treat of Versailles was signed in 1919, a stipulation of the treaty made it illegal to produce airplane engines in Germany for five years. The company switched to making motorcycles and cars, part of the reason why BMW’s are so powerful is because they started off by taking stripped down airplane engines and putting them in cars and motorcycles. After 1924 they were allowed to resume making engines. During the Nazi era after 1933, production of airplanes increased dramatically. The No. 2 person in the Nazi regime was Hermann Göring, the head of the Air Force (Luftwaffe), which was a key element in the German strategy of warfare the Blitzkrieg (lightning war). BMW now admits to using as many as 20,000-30,000 slave laborers during the Nazi regime as well as producing military equipment for the Nazis.

                                                                                                                              

The passage means how corporations in Germany benefited during the Nazi regime. Companies like BMW profited because they produced airplanes engines for the Germany air force.  After the treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919, it was illegal to produce airplanes engines in Germany for 5 years. BMW then started making motorcycles and cars but then resume to making engines again. During the Nazi era productions of airplanes increased. BMW admitted to using many slaves to produce military goods for the Nazis.

I chose this passage because I really like BMW cars. It surprised me to know how the BMW Company goes back in history. From making airplane engines to making cars, motorcycles and even military equipment. It shocks me how the Nazi influenced these major corporations to make weapons for violence or war. What really bothered me is that the BMW Corporation admitted to using 20,000 to 30,000 slave laborers during the Nazi revolution. This explains Hitler’s and Herman Goring priorities and self interest. To have innocent individuals or slaves produce violent weapons for them. It demonstrates form exploitation from these leaders’ behalf.