complex work, masterful and abstruse satire with its deep idea of common principle the people compose the wealth of the country. However, the mentioned principle is effective if only the population is provided with jobs for livelihood. By creating the nameless projector, who promotes A Modest Proposal, Swift, illustrates the poor living standards in Ireland, where nobody wished to take any efficient measures to improve the situation. The satirical effect is created by the fact that through a dispassionate efficiency and accuracy of the good intentions, the fictitious author "projector" discovers a monstrous cruelty, and his manipulation of the precise calculations gives the appearance of a real project. Works cited and consulted Cunningham, Lawrence S., John J., Reich. Culture and Values: A Survey of the Humanities with Readings. 7th ed. Wadsworth: Cengage Learning, 2010. Print. Kiberd, Declan. "Jonathan Swift: A Colonial Outsider" Irish Classics. London: Granta, 2000. Print.
the N a z i s have tainted the concept. N a z i s m and German militarism manipulated and distorted the powerful symbols of the hero myth, invoking its passions to en slave, dehumanize, and destroy. Like any archetypal system, like any philosophy or creed, the heroic form can be warped and used with great effect for ill intention. In the p o s t - H i t l e r period the idea of hero has been given a rest as the cul ture re-evaluates itself. Dispassionate, cold-blooded anti-heroes are more in keeping with the current German spirit. A tone of unsentimental realism is more popular at present, although there will always be a strain of romanticism and love of fantasy. Germans can enjoy imaginative hero tales from other cultures but don't seem com fortable with home-grown romantic heroes for the time being. XX PREFACE
digestion a higher percentage of protein calories are "lost" as heat vs. carbohydrates or fat. This has led some scientists to suggest that the 4 calories per gram assumed for protein should be downgraded 20% to 3.2 calories per gram. GROUND ZERO-- Getting Started and Swaraj At the individual level Swaraj is vitally connected with the capacity for dispassionate self-assessment, ceaseless self- purification and growing self-reliance.... It is Swaraj when we learn to rule ourselves. --Mahatma Gandhi, Young India, June 28, 1928, p. 772 THE HARAJUKU MOMENT The Decision to Become a Complete Human I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me