In his essay on number, for example, Zerzan starts by contrasting the " civilized " emphasis on counting and measuring with a " primitive " emphasis on sharing, citing Dorothy Lee's work on the Trobriand Islanders in support, before constructing a narrative of the rise of number through cumulative stages of state domination, starting with the desire of Egyptian kings to measure what they ruled.

With an emphasis on simplicity, freshness, seasonality and regionalism – Cambodian food has won praise for its elegant and understated use of spice, its harmonious arrangement of contrasting flavours, textures and temperatures within the overall meal rather than a single dish, and its thoughtful and, at times extravagant presentation of dishes with plenty of herbs, leaves, pickles, dipping sauces, edible flowers and other garnishes and condiments.

The changing values of exhibition are analysed, from historic works which were for private viewing and religious works which were for limited viewing contrasting this with the publicity of modern art which has an emphasis on mass exhibition, coupled with the means to show it to much larger audiences than previously possible.

The band's music resembles that of illustrious predecessor Hoover, with more of an emphasis on taut, mechanical basslines and feedback-laden, spare guitar lines, as opposed to Hoover's fluid, jazzy basslines and contrasting guitar styles.

Accordingly we may speak of the Platonism peculiar to Shelley's poems or the type of Stoicism present in Henley's `` Invictus '', and we may find that describing such Platonism or such Stoicism and contrasting each with other expressions of the same attitude or mode of thought is a difficult and challenging enterprise.

The Twenty-second Soviet Communist Party Congress opens in Moscow today in a situation contrasting sharply with the script prepared many months ago when this meeting was first announced.

-- Congress starts another week tomorrow with sharply contrasting forecasts for the two chambers.

The Rachmaninoff Prelude No. 12, Op. 32, for instance, gave her an opportunity to exploit one of her special facilities -- the ability to produce fine deep-sounding bass tones while contrasting them simultaneously with fine silver filagree in the treble.

" In his book Indoctrination and Self-deception, Roderick Hindery tries to shed light on these tensions by contrasting them with impostors of authentic self-affirmation and altruism, by analysis of other-regard within creative individuation of the self, and by contrasting love for the few with love for the many.

Since in practice it is not worth contrasting a zero probability with one that is nearly indistinguishable from zero, he prefers to categorize himself as a " de facto atheist ".

The city exported meat, wool, wine, fruit and wheat by the time Grey left in 1845, contrasting with a low point in 1842 when one-third of Adelaide houses were abandoned.

The Black Sands, as the contrasting name would suggest, have a rockier and darker sand, and are also popular with visitors exploring the rock caves and fascinating sea life.

The second funeral is distinguished by themes contrasting with those of the first, as well as by a change in the direction of the plot which leads to Beowulf's fight against Grendel's Mother.

However, the length and weight of pieces was still set with some Baroque characteristics: individual movements still focused on one affect or had only one sharply contrasting middle section, and their length was not significantly greater than Baroque movements.

Daniel Kehlmann's 2005 novel Die Vermessung der Welt, translated into English as Measuring the World ( 2006 ), explores Gauss's life and work through a lens of historical fiction, contrasting them with those of the German explorer Alexander von Humboldt.

The river Nile flows through Cairo, here contrasting ancient customs of daily life with the modern city of today

During this time he also created Man Seated with Travel Bag ( c. 1938 – 40 ), showing the seedy and bleak environment, contrasting with work like the racially charged Vaudeville ( c. 1930 ) and its caricature style of a man in blackface.

The rear articulation had been thought to be velar, with a few languages contrasting a uvular place of articulation.

European-style dominoes are traditionally made of ivory / bone, or a dark hardwood such as ebony, with contrasting black or white pips ( inlaid or painted ).

It may also refer specifically to the role of Charles Darwin as opposed to others in the history of evolutionary thought — particularly contrasting Darwin's results with those of earlier theories such as Lamarckism or later ones such as the modern synthesis.

Germany never forgot Beatty's treatment, and indeed, Germany chose to ignore the news of Beatty's subsequent death: this contrasting with the condolences and honours rendered by Germany at the news of Jellicoe's passing.

Like Euripides, both Aeschylus and Sophocles created comic effects contrasting the heroic with the mundane but they employed minor supporting characters for that purpose whereas the younger poet was more insistent, using major characters too.

Thus the " white " elves proper are named ljósálfar " light elves ", contrasting with døckálfar " dark elves ".

In Following the Fashion ( 1794 ), James Gillray caricatured a figure flattered by the short-bodice d gowns then in fashion, contrasting it with an imitator whose figure is not flattered.

A " blockbuster " or " roller " is a large piece, almost always done in a block shaped style, done simply to cover a large area solidly with two contrasting colours, sometimes with the whole purpose of blocking other writers from painting on the same wall.

The contrasting views of Creon and Antigone with regard to laws higher than those of state inform their different conclusions about civil disobedience.

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In this regard, it is frequently used as a contrasting term to popular music and traditional or folk music.

Advocates for causes across the political spectrum use this phrase in attempting to engage in persuasion, particularly by contrasting some situation which has been allowed to continue for pragmatic or social reasons, but which those advocating action regard as being wrong in principle.

However, A. Vishnu of The Hindu had contrasting opinions with regard to Rihanna's vocal performance, writing the song further " exposes her versatility and vocal range ".

In keeping with Brant ’ s belief that music can be as complex and contradictory as everyday life, his larger works often employ multiple, contrasting performing forces, as in Meteor Farm ( 1982 ) for symphony orchestra, large jazz band, two choruses, West African drum ensemble and chorus, South Indian soloists, large Javanese Gamelan ensemble, percussion orchestra and two Western solo sopranos.

At this point they ring in Madhumitha's alter ego, contrasting Madhumitha with a very demure, typically traditional Indian version.

In supporting the African origin of Tituba, Veta Smith Tucker claims that Puritan society “… did not perceive African and Indian as thoroughly contrasting racial identities ,” and often lumped the two together.

Indian nationalism refers to the many underlying forces that molded the Indian independence movement, and strongly continue to influence the politics of India, as well as being the heart of many contrasting ideologies that have caused ethnic and religious conflict in Indian society.

His music is known for employing unusual time signatures, and superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, and tonalities.

The march music form's origins can be derived from the sonata form, as it shares similar ideas of contrasting sections.

The title track sequence, filmed in black-and-white, is arguably one of the prime archetypes of the modern performance-style music video, employing rhythmic cross-cutting, contrasting long shots and close-ups, and unusual shots and camera angles, such as the shot near the end of the song, in which George Harrison's left hand and the neck of his guitar are seen in sharp focus in the foreground while the completely out-of-focus figure of John Lennon sings in the background.

The dynamic energy of Beethoven, the dramatic ebb and flow of his music and his use of strongly contrasting, even opposing elements to create a musical argument are all characteristic of Tippett's music.

Ayler, in a 1970 interview, calls his later styles " energy music ," contrasting with the " space bebop " played by Coltrane and initially by Ayler himself.

In composing his incidental music, Gray made extensive use of two contrasting, yet similar, themes to illustrate Spectrum and the Mysterons.

: The second movement is a delicate Ländler in A-flat major with two contrasting sections of slightly darker music.

The mood of the first part is quite bleak, contrasting with the second part which is livelier and provides evidence of the inspiration Bartók's drew from Hungarian folk music, with dance-like melodies to the fore.

Tiomkin's contrasting musical themes continue throughout the film, delineating two characters with substantial differences: " For ' Guy's Theme ', Tiomkin created a hesitant, passive idea, made-to-order music for Farley Granger's performance.

Brassens grew up between these two starkly contrasting personalities, who nonetheless shared a love for music.

The sacred music in particular shows the influence of the Venetian school, with polychoral writing as well as contrasting duple-versus triple-time sections.

Inspired by the combination of gothic imagery and music, the members have been known, musically, for composing midtempo songs consisting of prominent guitar lines and contrasting dual female / male vocal harmonies to help create a melodic, detached sound.

According to Cole, when REV started, it would play the newly popular Green Day next to old Who songs, comparing and contrasting two different instances of similar music.

Now openly describing themselves as performance artists, COUM looked up to the work of the Dadaists and emphasised the amateur quality of their work, proclaiming that " he future of music lies in non-musicians ", and strongly contrasting themselves with the classically-trained figures involved in progressive rock which had attained mainstream popularity in Britain at the time.

From here, the music alternates with contrasting sections of grandiosity and delicacy.

" In the quartet the adagio follows a violently contrasting first movement ( Molto allegro e appassionato ) and is succeeded by music which opens with a brief reprise of the music from the first movement ( marked Molto allegro ( come prima ) – Presto ).

On “ Cutting ”, the experience of self damage takes the form of the music itself reflecting both pain and its overcoming, encapsulating the theme as though it is itself made of music, her tempos driving in sharp contrasting time like a cut.

Since it was difficult to get widely separated choirs to sing the same music simultaneously ( especially before modern techniques of conducting were developed ), composers such as Adrian Willaert, the maestro di cappella of St. Mark's in the 1540s, solved the problem by writing antiphonal music where opposing choirs would sing successive, often contrasting phrases of the music ; the stereo effect proved to be popular, and soon other composers were imitating the idea, and not only in St. Mark's but in other large cathedrals in Italy.