... sovereign power, he is temperamentally drawn to the monarchial concept as the best method of achieving his objectives. Power is for Hobbes indivisible, and a monarch is proof against any slippage in this respect. Assemblies, on the other hand, are only too likely to break up into warring factions ... objected that indivisibility raises the question of the arbitrary exercise of power, but Hobbes sees this as a negligible threat compared to those attendant on the absence of a strong central power. Where absolute sovereignty is wanting, civil discord will follow, and from Hobbes" perspectiv...

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... own life and interests. Thus, "pedagogists", as Laurie Grobman (1999) maintains, " have turned to the resistance model, which proposes that we encourage students' appropriation of academic discourse to enable them to critique it" (432).1 By allowing students to bring their own stories, experiences, ideas, and critiques into the classroom, this provides the students with opportunities to ... work together, to learn from one another, and respect one another's differences-social and cultural. Previous Experiences of Teaching My previous method of teaching was teacher-centered one in which, ...

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