http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/autonomy Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:44:17 -0400 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:44:17 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/915/holly-golightly-and-the-endless-pursuit-of-self-actualization-in-breakfast-at-tiffanys By Zachary B. Wunrow - By one interpretation, Blake Edwards’ comedy Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) conveys the disillusionment experienced when the prize of the Cracker Jack box – and correspondingly the film itself – cannot be equated with surprise. When an astute Tiffany’s salesman is presented with a ring from a Cracker Jack box, he remarks that the continued existence of such prizes “gives one a feeling of solidarity, almost of continuity with the past, that sort of thing.” In Tiffany’s, the prize does not represent the thrillingly unknown, but instead the comfortably... Sat, 20 Sep 2014 12:37 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/915/holly-golightly-and-the-endless-pursuit-of-self-actualization-in-breakfast-at-tiffanys http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/550/reading-deeply-how-the-internet-may-limit-our-autonomy By Jesse A. Goldberg - Traditionally, human beings and tools are thought to be in a simple relationship with one another. All agency is located in the person, consequently making the human being the sole object of power which acts on its subject, the tool. As we move forward into an era of increasingly powerful digital technologies, this model has to be re-examined. Instead of a one-way relationship in which the human agent has total control as the sole actor and the tool is merely the object acted upon – a mere means to an end which the human agent has in mind, it would be more accurate today in the face of digital... Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/550/reading-deeply-how-the-internet-may-limit-our-autonomy http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/516/custine-tocqueville-and-intellectual-autonomy-in-comparative-politics By Tristan Gans - The most obvious and immediate difference between Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America and Astolphe de Custine’s Letters from Russia is one of style.[1] Put simply, Tocqueville’s text is an impersonal social-scientific treatise, while Custine’s is a personal narrative of observation. However, the two men traveled abroad with the common intention of examining societies that functioned through certain idealized political and social paradigms. More specifically, one might say that both examine the role of government and political culture in suppressing the subjective... Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:15 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/516/custine-tocqueville-and-intellectual-autonomy-in-comparative-politics http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1233/decentralization-examined-conditions-dependent-path-towards-success By Nenna Ibeanusi - However, an examination of the empirical findings from several case studies suggests that decentralization can oftentimes fail to usher in the type of reform that it is associated with. Furthermore, decentralization can encounter impediments to its success either in the failure to fully implement the policy of decentralization, a shift towards re-centralization, or an inherently incoherent policy framework. The success of decentralization is thus contingent upon several factors including but not limited to the sequence of decentralization, the incentives of political actors, and the institutional... Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1233/decentralization-examined-conditions-dependent-path-towards-success http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/237/the-dalai-lama-buddhism-and-tibet-reflecting-on-a-half-century-of-change By Maria T. Otero - Throughout history, there have been several ways in which people perceive Tibet. Since it has traditionally been isolated from the world, culturally and geographically, the mystery it provokes has shaped most people’s beliefs into viewing it as a Shangri-La, or sacred land. This popular view is supported by the fact that Tibet is a place where its people see Buddhism as so important that it is not only their religion, but also the essence of their identity. The Dalai Lama is their most important figure as a religious and spiritual leader. Due to the circumstances in which he came to his... Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:59 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/237/the-dalai-lama-buddhism-and-tibet-reflecting-on-a-half-century-of-change http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/221/birobidjan-the-story-of-the-first-jewish-state By Michael C. Wiseman - The world's largest menorah is not in Jerusalem, Lakewood or even in Crown Heights; it can be found in the town square of  Birobidjan, the capital city of the eponymous Jewish Autonomous Oblast of the Soviet Union. The menorah is 21 meters high, uses nine 500 W lamps and is visible from a great distance away from the town. (Chabad) The Jewish Autonomous Oblast is a far Eastern, landlocked Russian province on the border with China. It is approximately the shape and about half the size of West Virginia (Some time after 1951, Birobidjan's northern finger was ceded to other provinces so the resemblance... Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:12 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/221/birobidjan-the-story-of-the-first-jewish-state http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1112/a-parcel-of-rogues-scotlands-politicians-and-the-issue-of-independence By Matthew Cambell - But the position becomes more interesting if one looks at how the House of Commons would be affected by the removal of all the Scottish MPs. The Tories have only one MP in Scotland5 (the constituency of Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale), out of a grand total of 193 UK wide.6 Labour, by comparison would lose no less than 39 MPs. While this is less than their current majority, it is still a significant number of MPs, especially if you consider that Scotland contains some of Labour’s safest seats, as well as the constituencies of the current Prime Minister, Chancellor and two other Cabinet... Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1112/a-parcel-of-rogues-scotlands-politicians-and-the-issue-of-independence http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1307/can-kosovo-be-a-precedent-for-south-ossetia-and-abkhazia-recognizing-differences-in-dynamics-of-recognition By Anna V. Dolidze - The issue of whether the recognition of Kosovo as an independent state might serve as a precedent for former autonomous republics of Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia has been often debated. This paper aims at comparing the processes of recognition of these three entities. It illustrates that the international community has been gradually recognizing Kosovo as a State while South Ossetia/Abkhazia have been subjected to the policy of non-recognition. It argues that because the dynamics of recognition of Kosovo and South Ossetia/Abkhazia have been very different, it is less likely that the establishment... Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1307/can-kosovo-be-a-precedent-for-south-ossetia-and-abkhazia-recognizing-differences-in-dynamics-of-recognition