Essays on Westernization

Foremost, about the losses that the Westerners caused in countries with which they came into contact, imperialism revolved around perceptions of white supremacy. The possession of white skin became the ticket one needed to guarantee his or her place among the civilized nations while that of any other shade belonged to a lower class. Surprisingly, while signs of the given perceptions were present even when the Portuguese used religion as a cause for exploration and domination of the world in the seventeenth century, it was not until the mid-nineteenth century that the West found conclusive proof. In 1859, Charles ...

Question 1: Globalization is the movement towards a global interconnectedness from an economic, political, and social standpoint. Many consider the process of globalization to be a modernization or Westernization of nations throughout the world (Power Point, “Globalization”). There are advantages to globalization which include benefits to undeveloped nations, such as the economic opportunities, transaction between nations that also increase global GDP (Power Point, “Globalization”). The disadvantages include the economic decline of certain nations that has weakened the nation-states, and in turn the citizens of the region; Westernization of non-Western nations is another disadvantage because of the loss of culture ...

For the social fabric of the society to be in the required equilibrium state of balance, various documents in the form of regulatory constitutions are laid down in any society to govern the day-to-day human and state interactions. However, no particular government body can abridge or limit her citizens through judicial mechanisms. Although the scope of the freedom, rights and responsibilities is explained differently in different countries today, there are many universal rights enshrined in the international bills of rights. Many early writers and thinkers such as Rousseau, Kant, Marquis de Sade, and Sieyes espoused different opinions on the ...

Introduction

Socrates once declared that the fundamental rule, which most need to follow is in regard to national character. This statement that for every group that makes a nation, it must create it’s own character, lack of this thereof means that the people must start embracing one (Moulioukova 2011, p. 3). Scholars studying the concept of identity and its relation to foreign policy is one that has been donebefore, however, more research is needed and gaps that had been present in previously available literature be addressed. Altoraifi (2012, p. 27) explains that foreign policy and national identity cannot afford ...

Gender roles have undergone dramatic changes in modern China during the 20th century, particularly since the rise of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. There are three main ancient philosophies that have substantially influenced and deeply rooted in China for a long time. They are Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Among three philosophies, I believe Confucianism has influenced China the most and still have a lot of remains when closely looking at every aspect of the Chinese culture. Confucianism is defined as every human relationship has superiority and inferiority and a superior person should take care of an ...

1- "My World of the Unknown"--background

- What sorts of background information might (Western) readers need to make sense of Rifaat's story? Some helpful background information might include some scaffolding about the role of the snake in different mythologies as well as its role in the culture under study. While many cultures view the snake as a source of temptation, it is fairly clear that the snake here is a positive sign, as the sheikh calls its appearance a blessing and the snake spirit has the only fulfilling relationship with the woman that she has ever found – no wonder Aneesa didn’t want to leave! ...

Q2.Mustafa Kemal’s on the abolition of a caliphate and Hassan Al-Banna’s text “towards the light text” on political life. Mustafa Kemal and Hassan Al-Banna are two important figures in the history of the Arab world in terms of their influence to nationalism and the current state of their nations. To begin with, Mustafa Kemal was an author with a liberal mind that made his works and line of thought free from the influences of the situation at the time where people had limited line of thought owing to the forms of leadership and religion. While he did ...

Iran Revolution of 1979

Abstract The Iranian Revolution of 1979 involved the popular uprising in Iran against the regime of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. This paper examines many of the leading explanations for the uprising, including the rise of militant Islam, structural weaknesses of the Shah regime, the coalition of three important social groups (e.g. woman, youth, and the intelligentsia), the composition of the reform movement, and the effect of the Shah’s policies of accommodation and repression, to name a few. This paper also draws on leading theories in social movement theory, contemporary field work involving discussions with the Mullahs and their ...

Westernization refers to the process by which the western culture is assimilated and absorbed into another culture. It is the social process in which the customs and practices of the so called western civilization becomes the order of the day in a different culture.

It is the process of absorbing one cultural group into another and assimilating it in away that they, to some extend show your culture and practices in them. Westernization is also called occidentalisation i.e. a process by which societies adopt the Western culture in such matters as technology, industry, politics, lifestyle, economics, language, law, diet, philosophy, religion ...

Westernization through Commerce: Mcdonadization

Westernization is perceived to be the slow but sure process by which western countries, especially the English speaking, spread their way of life into other countries. Integration of the American and British way of life into foreign cultures has been perceived to mean westernization, where almost all aspects of culture in the foreign countries were being affected by the new culture. Recently, the trend seems to take a ne direction, where the American way of life or the so called Americanization, has taken the frontal stage. American culture is slowly being integrated into the cultures of other nations, including the ...