Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Modern age


Related Topics

In the News (Thu 26 Nov 09)

  
  Conquering modern age - A & E
While some artists of this golden age of rock are still shaking their prosthetic hips on stage, Dylan is the sole torchbearer of his generation who is still making music that compares with his best.
With Modern Times, Dylan's first album in five years and the 44th of his career, this 65-year-old proves that he is anything but over the hill.
It is hard to say that Modern Times has cemented Dylan's status as a legend or an icon, for that position has preceded him for decades now.
media.www.pittnews.com /media/storage/paper879/news/2006/09/11/AE/Conquering.Modern.Age-2265021.shtml   (888 words)

  
  Modern Times (history) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The concept of the modern world as distinct from an ancient world rests on a sense that the modern world is not just another era in history, but rather the result of a new type of change.
The Modern Age, when used in reference to the arts, is the period from around the beginning of the 20th century, up to the present day.
Modern art is typified by self-awareness, and by the manipulation of form or medium as an integral part of the work itself.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Modern_world   (2255 words)

  
 The Chronicle: 4/26/2002: It's the End of the Modern Age
The Modern Age was, by and large, marked by an increase in the numbers of people; and by an increase in the production of goods and in their availability.
The Modern Age was the age of the town.
The rapid dissolution and the malfunctioning of the institutions and ideals of the Modern Age gathered speed during the 20th century, and especially during its second half.
chronicle.com /free/v48/i33/33b00701.htm   (4387 words)

  
 Beavis, Butthead, and the End of the Modern Age
The Modern Age emerged in the 17th century, with the triumph of science and the final victory of the moderns over the ancients in the battle of the books.
The Modern Age was characterized by a fundamental confidence in the ability of humanity to master its environment and perfect its condition.
Modernism, and with it the tottering edifice of the Modern Age, is dying not with a bang, but a whimper.
history.hanover.edu /texts/beavis.html   (2180 words)

  
 TIME 100: Person of the Century - The Age Of Einstein
He was the first modern intellectual superstar, and he won his stardom in the only way that Americans could accept--by dint of intuitive, not scholarly, intelligence and by having his thought applied to practical things, such as rockets and atom bombs.
The entire thrust of modern art, whether it took the form of Expressionism, Cubism, Fauvism or fantasy, was a conscious effort to rejigger the shapes of observable reality in the same spirit of liberation and experimentation that Einstein brought to science.
He was similarly associated with the pluralism of modern music and the eclecticism of modern architecture.
www.time.com /time/time100/poc/magazine/the_age_of_einstein8a.html   (639 words)

  
 The fragility of democracy Modern Age - Find Articles
Greek democracy was a brief historical episode and is not to be taken as the exemplar of modern democratic governments.
Modern democratic ideas were shaped to a large extent by medieval ideas and institutions, notably by the concept of divine, natural, and customary law as a restraint on the power of kings, including the right to levy taxes.
Contributing to the development of modern democracy was the introduction into political discourse of a number of profound intellectual ideas, notably the concepts of "natural rights" and the "equality of all mankind," ideas that played an important role in the American War for Independence and in the French Revolution.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0354/is_2_48/ai_n16689921   (801 words)

  
 Islam and the Modern Age
It means that the modern world neither accepts, nor should it be expected to accept, the laws and regulations belonging to the ancient times.
It means that human societies, in every age, desire law and morality to be according to the temper of that age.
In the modern world, where life is as fast as electricity, tremendous diversity of jobs and professions has emerged due to the variety of work.
www.al-islam.org /al-tawhid/islam-modern.htm   (7746 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Outlook: Iraq and the Modern Age
Instead, she says, the stakes are how the final phase of the Modern Era will play out.
But look at Turkey, where an Islamic party is now in power and it is fully committed to fulfilling all the obligations of reform involved in membership in the European Union.
Religion is often a function of a transition and once Islamic parties come to power, they have to deal with the realities of modern states--or face opposition.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A27535-2004May14?language=printer   (2382 words)

  
 The Birth of the Modern Age - ART DECO
Originally referred to as Art Moderne, the name Art Deco was a shortening of the title of the first international display of objects in the style at the above noted 1925 Paris Exposition.
The Art Deco style, with its flair, extravagance and risque attitude is the basis upon which modern design is rooted.
Art Deco was a perfect way for the modern chic with no real social standing to create a totally new look and conceal humble beginnings.
www.dreamsalivemagazine.com /christmas2003/features/artdeco   (954 words)

  
 Modern Age (US Version), MP3 Album Music Download at eMusic
Aside from being the opening salvo that introduced the Strokes to a largely unsuspecting world, The Modern Age sparked a renewed interest in other like-minded garage revivalists such as the White Stripes and the Hives, and also managed to fuel a Seattle-esque record label feeding frenzy in the emerging New York scene.
Through the spring and summer of 2001, the Strokes and their EP amassed an immense amount of buzz (particularly in the U.K. press), which lofted the anticipation for the group's full-length debut album, Is This It?, into the stratosphere.
Now, looking back at The Modern Age EP, it might not be readily apparent what all the fuss was about — even a cursory listen reveals all three tunes to be in considerably cruder form here than the versions that would later appear on Is This It?.
www.emusic.com /album/10777/10777065.html   (580 words)

  
 Buddhism and problems of the modern age
Modern man has, therefore, the right to ask, what use religion has for us of this age.
The second is the modern technologically organised society, liberal in outlook, trying to adapt itself to changes taking place around it, with almost breathtaking rapidity.
However, there are those, who, having made a close study of counter-culture, maintain that the popular image is wrong, shallow and superficial, and that their unorthodox behaviour is only a means of protest against established society which they regard as completely motivated by prejudice and self-interest.
www.purifymind.com /ModernAge.htm   (4208 words)

  
 Jodo-Shinshu Buddhism, Dharma for the Modern Age
Modern Shin Buddhism: The Living Dharma Library: Dharma Talks and Articles.
Shin Buddhism in Modern Culture: A Self Study Course."
The Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research.
web.mit.edu /stclair/www/amida.html   (538 words)

  
 The Modern Age
In the Modern Age, the events within each decade affected these entertainment forms dramatically.
Now, many years into the Modern Age and after a long absence, heroes are reappearing, and so are the earlier sources of entertainment, joined by television, are interwoven and turn to each other for inspiration.
The Modern Age, influenced by the times, was generally an unimpressive period for BLBs and similar books, until recently.
www.biglittlebooks.com /modernage.html   (704 words)

  
 Committee on Cultural Resources of the Modern Age
The SHRC Committee on Cultural Resources of the Modern Age was formed in 2002 to encourage awareness, scholarship, and the exchange of ideas on resources of the mid-century and to study thresholds for significance to facilitate national and state registrations.
Such property types as auto and roadside related properties including motels, hotels, restaurants, cocktail lounges; subdivisions and tract housing; cold war properties, corporate architecture; and modern landscapes reflecting the aesthetic values, technological developments, and rapidly changing and diversifying cultures of the mid-twentieth century were now old enough for consideration as potentially significant historic resources.
Property types addressed in the essays include the skyscraper, the modern house, modern religious architecture, the modern college campus, and modern art museums.
ohp.parks.ca.gov /default.asp?page_id=23486   (720 words)

  
 Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age - (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age
Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives portrays the early history of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico through first-person accounts, political writings, and histories drawn from the Library of Congress's General Collections.
Among the topics it highlights are the land and its resources, relations with Spain, the competition among political parties, reform efforts, and recollections by veterans of the Spanish-American War.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/collections/puertorico   (164 words)

  
 Modern Age of Comic Books - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Modern Age of Comic Books is an informal name for the period of American comic books generally considered to last from the mid-1980s until present day.
Because the time period encompassing the Modern Age is not well defined, and in some cases disputed by both fans and most professionals, a comprehensive history is open to debate.
The Uncanny X-Men is the most definitive example of this impact as Bronze Age characters such as Wolverine and Sabretooth would have a huge influence on the Marvel Universe in the 1980’s and beyond.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Modern_Age_of_Comic_Books   (8064 words)

  
 Intercollegiate Studies Institute - Journals - Modern Age
Click here for Russell Kirk's 1957 editorial announcing the aims of Modern Age and the vital role of the academic journal.
In addition to ordering online, you may also place an order by printing and mailng (or faxing) the order form or by calling (800) 526-7022.
For information on advertising in Modern Age, please consult our Modern Age rate card.
www.isi.org /journals/modern_age.html   (269 words)

  
 The Sick Nation of the Modern Age
It was obviously impossible for a nation that had been overtaken by the tide of Western civilization to shut its eyes to the reality and escape the effects of the tide.
In almost all the Islamic countries, a large section of leaders of religion still stick to the old attitude that was initially responsible for their failure.
Of course, they never tire of denouncing and decrying the factors and forces that tend to alienate the new generation from the fundamental principles of Islam; but they are not prepared to take the trouble of providing the necessary remedies.
www.al-islamforall.org /litre/englitre/Sickntmodernage.htm   (3633 words)

  
 ARTKids - ARTAges Modern Age Page 2
Characterized by geometric forms, asymmetry, and such modern materials as concrete, steel, and glass, the style was a reaction against tradition.
The International Exhibition of Modern Architecture in 1932 (Museum of Modern Art, New York City) publicized the style.
Pop Art (1961-1968) - Pop Art was a movement that departed from the clichés of boldness so often portrayed in modern art.
www.artfaces.com /artkids/modern3.htm   (505 words)

  
 Title the Modern Age - GameDev.Net Discussion Forums
Calling it the computer age or information age is somewhat ignoring the huge changes that took place right after this age, because while comparing my future with our present, computers and information is about the only common flavor between them.
Then maybe "the Golden Age" would be good, since it would be when civilization had reached its highest level yet achieved before it collapsed.
I would hope that the Obesity Age would be cut short from advancements in Medical Science, and that it would no longer be a problem by the time period in question.
www.gamedev.net /community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=414738&whichpage=3�   (633 words)

  
 Amazon.fr : Mysticism at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Livres en anglais: Rudolf Steiner,K E Zimmer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Amazon.fr : Mysticism at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Livres en anglais: Rudolf Steiner,K E Zimmer
In it Steiner deals with the impact of modern scientific thinking on our spiritual experiences and the conflict between reason and revelation.
He looks at how eleven European mystics resolved the dichotomy between their inner spiritual perceptions and the age of invention and discovery then coming to birth.
www.amazon.fr /Mysticism-at-Dawn-Modern-Age/dp/083341786X   (315 words)

  
 Icon of the Modern
It did have the unusual top, and the gargoyles covered in a new kind of steel--planished, enduro, or nirosta--depending on which article you read, but the cladding was still brick, and the tower form was conventional.
However, it was very modern in its decor, its construction, its operation and most of all in its spirit--something that Walter Chrysler had consciously created.
It was would always be the first skyscraper to be synonymous with the modern age and it ushered in a decade of reaching for the sky.
xroads.virginia.edu /~1930s/DISPLAY/chrysler/modern.html   (1312 words)

  
 Modern English vocabulary word origins derived from Latin, Greek, and other word sources
We live in an age of constant oral and written expressions.
This is what Words for Our Modern Age is all about.
If you have any comments, the flying scarab will provide an e-mail form for your statements or questions about these words for our modern age; or you may send a message to words@wordsources.info.
www.wordsources.info /words-for-modern-age.html   (244 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Legitimacy of the Modern Age (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought): Books: Hans ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The issue concerning the legitimacy of the modern age was more pressing for the Europeans than for the Americans, largely because of the latter's historic distancing from Catholicism and the tradition of scholarship funded by the catholic church.
This book defends the status of the modern age against any suggestion that somehow it may be an aberration, a condition gone awry.
The modern age, in all its seeming anti-religious tendencies fueled especially by the scientific drive for the truth, is the 'legitimate' heir to the tradition of taking literally to heart,"Ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free".
www.amazon.com /Legitimacy-Modern-Studies-Contemporary-Thought/dp/0262521059   (1849 words)

  
 eBay - modern age, Comics, Lamps, Lighting items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
JEFFREY LEWIS: The Modern Age rare 2002 7" THE STROKES
FORGING THE MODERN AGE 1900 - 14: The 20th century
The Legitimacy of the Modern Age (Studies in Contempora
search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=modern+age&newu=1&krd=1   (566 words)

  
 Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Main Page
It is intended to serve the needs of teachers and students in college survey courses in modern European history and American history, as well as in modern Western Civilization and World Cultures.
The great diversity of available sources for use in modern history classes requires that selections be made with great care - since virtually unlimited material is available.
To present a diversity of source material in modern European, American, and Latin American history, as well as a significant amount of materal pertinent to world cultures and global studies.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/modsbook.html   (951 words)

  
 A Labor manifesto for the modern age - theage.com.au
A Labor manifesto for the modern age - theage.com.au
Commentators over the past decade have argued that we are in an age of political convergence in which ideological distinctions are less relevant than ever.
But, if our overriding purpose is to offer a vision for the nation that is fundamentally different from that of our opponents, our challenge is how to best express the strengths of the Labor tradition in the language of modernity.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/07/06/1025667073518.html   (603 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.