Was conflict inevitable? It is commonly accepted today that perceptions form the views of reality. Our perceptions shape our world view. "It is the gift that enables you to become acquainted with the world around you." What happens when people who perceive things differently meet? Their realities ...
In Amitai Etzioni's chapter, "Back to We," strong emphasis is placed on the need for a "communitarian nexus" (124) that would be able to repair the moral infrastructure of the gesellschaft, the German term used to define a large community with few bonds (116). To remedy and restore the "moral voice"...
Millicent Brennan 19 August 2015 HIST 4563 Hostility in the New World In the early 1600s, tensions were reaching a breaking point between the Native American tribes of Virginia and the English settlers at Jamestown. Cultural interaction had allowed for the impending impact to be staved off for a little longer – some Native Americans were employed as day laborers by the English, and some indentured servants had fled their English masters to Native American villages. Relations were improved upon even more with the marriage of Chief Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas, to Englishman J...
