Barrett, The Honors College Thesis/Creative Project Collection
Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University proudly showcases the work of undergraduate honors students by sharing this collection exclusively with the ASU community.
Barrett accepts high performing, academically engaged undergraduate students and works with them in collaboration with all of the other academic units at Arizona State University. All Barrett students complete a thesis or creative project which is an opportunity to explore an intellectual interest and produce an original piece of scholarly research. The thesis or creative project is supervised and defended in front of a faculty committee. Students are able to engage with professors who are nationally recognized in their fields and committed to working with honors students. Completing a Barrett thesis or creative project is an opportunity for undergraduate honors students to contribute to the ASU academic community in a meaningful way.
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- Creators: Cunneen, Michelle
- Creators: O'Flaherty, Katherine
The Role of Hypocrisy in Slavery: Harriet Martineau and the Social Contract The social contract, by very definition, exists only by agreement of all parties to relinquish certain freedoms in exchange for safety and prosperity. This logically renders slavery a paradoxical phenomenon that should not exist within a social contract. How then, does slavery thrive within these systems? Hypocrisy exercised by those in power sows the injustices necessary to grow and maintain slavery. Harriet Martineau unapologetically calls attention to hypocritical practices, most prevalently within her work examining the education of women, marriage, and her critique of slavery. In this paper presentation for the International Martineau Society Annual Conference, I discussed Harriet Martineau’s work as it relates to oppression and slavery within the social contract. Although Martineau participates in the hypocritical systems that she denounces, which is in itself, hypocrisy, she leverages this duplicity in order to advocate for change.