Introduction
The process of modernization does not mean that societies evolve in terms of commercial activity and people start to follow latest fashion as far as their dressing is concerned, but the epidemical development is rather psychological and mental in nature. One can infer that modernization really occurs when communities demonstrate detailed and engraved social, ethical, and economic growth that Arabian society is not doing because they are majorly operate as sellers of crude oil, and therefore, they do not have to work very hard in order to earn their bread and butter. They have become profoundly habitual to remain lazy in terms of making any effort regarding attainment of professional and social betterment of any sort at all. The nation of Saudi Arab has outsourced operations of oil extraction and purification to Americans and Europeans in the recent years, and they are earning royalties over the sales of the oil products in the worldwide market. However, they are not living for the future as other progressive nations are doing in order to serve the futuristic needs of their next generation, but Arabians are not willing to expand their cultural and social horizons. They intend to merry-make when developed nations are worrying in order to find out alternative sources of energy that they can apply in the distant times when oil supplies of the world will run out.
The educational sector of the nation is not committed towards development and scientific growth whatsoever. However, the current government of the Kingdom is working to enhance the overall educational outlook of the society. They are apparently failing in this regard because the society is not developing as a result of the featured literal efforts, and the individuals are trapping themselves in the illusion of knowledge when all they have is a pile of informative documents that cover scientific and corporate practices of the developed nations. The research does not mean to copy the models of other scientists, and develop what others have invented before. There is no need to invent the wheel once again. The scientific developing is an ongoing process, and because of this reason, the Arabians have to proceed with further evolutionary trends in science and technology. They are presently engaged in replicating the scientific and technological wonders of the west, and there is their problem because they do not consider themselves as inventive race. The ignorant person will never make valuable decisions on his or her own, and he or she will refer to the alleged good judgment of the qualified one. The entrapped person who considers him or herself the possessor of all the wisdom in the world will decide impulsively, and will take the decision without having all of the facts before him or her. The latter example aligns with the behavior of the Arabian nation because they do not know what they are doing, but they still look quite adamant to carry on the path of educational oblivion. The countries develop as a direct response to the intellectual development in the educational sector of the society.
Literature Review
The dream of social and economic development does not come true in just one day, but the process takes multiple ages in order to reach logical and understandable end result. The current philosophy of the Arabian government is working blindly in order to grow in every field of life. The governments do not have the competence to attain growth in every aspect of life simultaneously, and they have to pick and choose the areas where maximum results in shortest timeframe. The rule of efficiency should be followed in great detail. The private sector is famous for generating powerful economic and fiscal activity in every nation in the world. The educational sector does not perform in industrial based economy because the innovative spirit has to be integrated within a service based system where technological development is a primal force that helps in the further moment of the economic systems in terms of bringing betterment in the living standards of the societies. The Arabian economy is nearing inflection point where the leaders have to take painful and difficult decisions. The oil is running out in the Arab, and they have to find new products that have a marketable nature. Secondly, they have to improve the quality of processed oil so that they can generate more revenue with selling less of the oil available in the countryside. Additionally, the government has to find out newer resources of natural stature that can be sold in order meet future needs of money. The services industry of relevant nature should be promoted, but the major one will and have to remain attached to excavation and purification of oil. The Arabians must continue research in the scientific and technological area of refining, finding and purifying oil reserves. The Arabian oil reserves are not the last ones in the world, and therefore, other nations such as Afghanistan, Iraq, and other countries of the Middle East have oil deposits that are largely unexplored, and they will be benefitted from in due time when there will be shortage of fossil fuels. The research and development conducted by the Arabians in the present times will gain the value of intellectual asset in the future. This literature will assist the nation in terms of transforming into intellectual society in the field of oil extraction and purification in the upcoming times. However, the area of specialty for Arabians will always the one related with oil and its purification. The nation does not have anything else to offer to the world that can generate economies of scale to the concerned businesses. The national competitive advantage lies within the field of oil processing, and the foreigners are driving the next generation away from their natural talent, and they are made to seek careers in other professions that are not so generous regarding creation of wealth. The business of oil will always remain the core professional area for the Arabians, and they have to attach towards it as well. The educational development in the industry of oil processing is much needed requirement so that futuristic human resources can be grown in the backyard in order to cover needs of the industry that are yet to surface. The educational development has to occur in the relevant industry only because the concerned and material geographical location does not have the natural ability to offer substantial careers in any other field of work. Additionally, the management and economic studies will create business and fiscal success in the country that will lift of standards of living in the general public eventually.
Methodology
The research effort would be qualitative in nature, and we had to select this method of study because of financial and time related constraints that plagued us during the completion of the project. The method of meta-analysis was applied in order to evaluate and summarize the findings of previous, but recently conducted researches in the subject area of influences of modernity on social setups of the world.
The population of the study that it targeted was youth of Saudi Arab, and the recent studies were analyzed in order to find out common social, economic and religious factors that have hindered the trend of modernization from integrating itself into the very fabric of the Saudi culture.
The target studies were selected by using a convenient and time-framed sampling, and the researchers that were conducted since 2005 were considered to be valid for the detailed analysis that this paper entailed.
Findings and Implications
Most of the studies blamed socio-religious factors that are quite significantly present in the target population. The Islamic teachings allegedly impressed the youth not to engage themselves in the attainment of worldly happiness. The current outlook of Islam is stopping modernism from advantaging the society.
The Islamic version of the modernism will be different than that of the west. However, the featured culture has to value people on the basic level, and they have to learn to live outside the social divides that are founded on the basis of cast and religion in most of the cases.
The human capital will be the driving force behind the development of Arabia as a modernist culture, and therefore, females have to be engaged into profession business so that their intellectual powers can be used to serve the nation.
Conclusion
The trend of modernization is defined as a ripple effect that works its way from intellectualities of the communal system, and then, with the passage of time, it engulfs every aspect of life in the give socioeconomic system. However, the ripple has to start from somewhere, and often the econometric experts think that it is best to focus on the industrial area where the society has already generated partial or significant success. Those who have their bellies full can achieve the ethics, civic values, and higher purpose of life, and therefore, socioeconomic development is a necessary step toward prevention of law and order breach in the society.
On the other hand, one can hardly say that Saudi culture has evolved into a better one with the advent of the 21st century. The public does not have the higher sense of purpose in their lives, and they are hardly scraping by, and therefore, the culture needs to value human capital in order to become truly modernized in the future. Furthermore, the process of modernization is presently kicking in, but it is having an outward nature. The future may induce the process to become more internalized in nature, and the society will get plagued with paintings, books, music, and other dynamic fields. Before that, the government has to secure the fiscally related future of the nation that appears to be in turmoil in the light of present perspective of the state.
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