Risks to civilization

• 3,500B.C.E- Sumerians developed the first case of writing. • Transformed from pictures to represent objects to shapes to represent sound. • Sumerian alphabet had 2000+ symbols but reduced to 300. • With its small number, literature was complex to learn and Sumerians only wrote on clay tablets with styluses. • Sumerian culture consisted of figures and paintings mainly of gods that could be placed in homes or temples. • Sumerians were first to discover astronomy from the curiosity of the movement

the Clash of Civilization written by Samuel Huntington tries to analyze the world after the cold war. Huntington in his thesis clearly states that the new era of world politics will not be based on conflicts occurring due to ideological or economic clashes amongst states, but rather the dominating source of conflict will be cultural. Huntington proposes that instead of classifying countries into first, second or third worlds, one should classify countries in terms of their civilization. He defines

been a villain at a certain point in time, then you will never be a hero. And they day you become a hero, you may become a villain the next day” ~Carlos Ghosn. Alexander the Great would give a civilization a chance to surrender and if they didn’t he would build up an army so strong and quick that the civilization does not get a chance to build up their own army. What happened to Alexander that made him do so many bad things?To be a hero you need to protect people and save the people when they are in

In reading both Freud’s “Civilization and Its Discontents” and Foucault’s “Discipline and Punish” it is apparent that they have different views on the function of human society. Freud’s general claim in his writing is that the purpose of human life is happiness. Though our current civilization often does not offer direct, intense satisfaction of our carnal desires, it does offer a more stable lifestyle that avoids pain and results in smaller, simpler pleasures. Foucault’s claims, on the other hand

the western modernization begins to diminish their traditions and way ways of life. In Lord of the flies of a group of British schoolboys find themselves stranded on an island. The novel shows the true nature of man and helps analyze the root of civilization. Both of these media, through archetypal ideas, show the threat modernization proposes to individualistic ways of life. The documentary begins in a gold mine in Brazil, miners carry heavy sacks of dirt up a hill. The slow motion pace shows sweat

chapters analyze both the psychological functions and terms of civilization. When Freud looks at the definition of a civilization, he sees it as a body of people that are linked to a specific guideline of rules and are used for controlling the wealth and actions of other among the certain population. He furthers this argument by explaining these two topics mentioned above do not work separately of each other and the primary problem of a civilization is to control social desires. Freud then goes

does really happen to a civilization that preserves honor? Most of the people in the society think that honor can save them. Since honor is something that will make you think that you are doing the right thing. The word honor itself sounds equitable and justified; in fact, it sounded like it is on the positive side. Thus, many people will argue that honor is a good concept for the civilization. However, people are not aware that honor can also be a threat to the civilization. There are certain negative

circumstance of our civilization was all developed in less than 3 decades. We are exposed to the Internet in such a young age and grow up with it that we are automatically accustomed to it and deem the Internet as an essential of life. “How do people even live without the Internet?”, most of us wonder. The older generations, such as our parents and instructors, were born in a simpler era, completing their tasks manually and enjoying their lives in a more simplistic way. The civilization was aggrandized

Samuel Huntington has made famous his thesis "the clash of civilizations", which was developed in his article in Foreign Affairs in 1993 and in the book that followed, in which the author expanded his thesis and reaffirmed the validity of his theory after the success and controversy that followed the publication of his article. In fact, the “civilizational” approach of conflicts today is now intrinsically linked to a comprehensive theory of international relations, which Samuel Huntington has developed

his message to the reader. The novel successfully reveals how a group of school children that are trapped on an isolated island lose their connection with the civilized world. Civilization is one of the main themes of the novel, and its downfall has depicted by the help of symbolic aspects. The inclination toward civilization has lost its pace as the plot advances. Through the