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Research paper thumbnail of AN ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUALISM AND HUMAN NATURE IN ROBINSON CRUSOE

This paper attempts to focus on the issue of human nature in different political stages in Robins... more This paper attempts to focus on the issue of human nature in different political stages in Robinson Crusoe with some comparative examples from Gulliver's Travels and study the theories of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke on individualism and human nature. Hobbes and Locke, the seventeenth century philosophers, are known for their political philosophies on human nature and the development of social societies and governments by this. These features can be seen in Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe clearly and they can be scrutinized in this respect, for Defoe's views on human nature are similar to these two philosophers' thoughts. We can recognize both the individualism and egocentricity in Robinson Crusoe's character, and his fears and doubts that depict human nature perfectly. Moreover, Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, which was written as a satire on human nature in the same period with Robinson Crusoe, also points out and criticizes different emotions in human psychology.

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Research paper thumbnail of The teacher as model agent

The teacher as model agent, 2020

This presentation explains how a teacher is a model to his/her students

Drafts by Mohammed Laour

Research paper thumbnail of The importance of critical thinking

The importance of critical thinking, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Discourse and Racism

Discourse Analysis and Racism, 2019

Discourse Analysis and Racism

Research paper thumbnail of Teaching Civilisation

Teaching Civilisation: Approaches and Methods For professional civ-History teachers, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of AN ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUALISM AND HUMAN NATURE IN ROBINSON CRUSOE

This paper attempts to focus on the issue of human nature in different political stages in Robins... more This paper attempts to focus on the issue of human nature in different political stages in Robinson Crusoe with some comparative examples from Gulliver's Travels and study the theories of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke on individualism and human nature. Hobbes and Locke, the seventeenth century philosophers, are known for their political philosophies on human nature and the development of social societies and governments by this. These features can be seen in Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe clearly and they can be scrutinized in this respect, for Defoe's views on human nature are similar to these two philosophers' thoughts. We can recognize both the individualism and egocentricity in Robinson Crusoe's character, and his fears and doubts that depict human nature perfectly. Moreover, Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, which was written as a satire on human nature in the same period with Robinson Crusoe, also points out and criticizes different emotions in human psychology.

Research paper thumbnail of The teacher as model agent

The teacher as model agent, 2020

This presentation explains how a teacher is a model to his/her students

Research paper thumbnail of The importance of critical thinking

The importance of critical thinking, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Discourse and Racism

Discourse Analysis and Racism, 2019

Discourse Analysis and Racism

Research paper thumbnail of Teaching Civilisation

Teaching Civilisation: Approaches and Methods For professional civ-History teachers, 2019

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