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the West. Western civilization has the view that western culture is superior to all. Edward Said explains how the West views the Orient and oriental cultures and literature as irrational, depraved, and often they are misrepresented. These false representations of the East have been a result of one’s point of view – the West’s. Arab women in particular have been subjected to these stereotypes, as they are perceived to be the weaker force. Often in literature authors, particularly western men, are criticized

a suppressant to the spread of non-western thought. Even though Eastern ideologies tend to differ greatly from thoughts of the western world, there is some level of unity between the two. Unlike the ecclesiastical influences, seen in the west, Confucianism and Sikhi present thoughts about the individual and humankind’s natural goodness. In many cases of political and social order, Eastern and Western philosophy have found themselves parallel in thought. Western society views Confucianism as only

Article Summary This article is focused on the effects of western culture, particularly the modern ideals of ultra-thin bodies, on non-western women. The author, Jaita Talukdar, decided to spend some time in India in order to conduct research on the topic. During her stay, she discovered many different things about these Indian women, including what motivates them to want to lose weight, their opinion on the current standards of beauty in western culture, and how these ideals have become ingrained into

things. For example, Westerners express their emotions and thoughts frequently through words, which can relay the way that they think about the world. 4)Can you describe the two styles of negotiation (Erabi and Awase)? As Nisbett explained, Western Cultures practice erabi, whereas eastern cultures practice awase. Erabi focuses on arguing or defending a point and using that point to achieve the goal that you have in mind for the negotiation. People disagree about something and then spend

division between the Eastern, and the Western Rome which occurred in 285 A.D. After the fall of Rome, the literature, its art, history, and technology were scattered and was lost near the western part of the empire. This scattering of lost history made the formation of a new West Empire. Christianity and Roman Catholicism played a dominant role in the shaping of the Western. There are three major parts that influenced and helped the development of the Western Civilization which is Mesopotamia, Ancient

Introduction Culture is a broad term which has been described by various philosophers since decades. It has been claimed by Raymond Williams to be “…one of the two or three most complicated words in English language” (Williams, 1976). Different definitions of the term, culture may have distinct descriptive ways and criterion to evaluate human activity. It is important to define the broad base of the sophisticated term ‘culture’, in the sense used later in the paper, to narrow down the discussion

time in history. Over the past few years, there has been a concentration of these savage events in major Western European countries such as, but not limited to, Great Britain, France, and Belgium. Powerful terrorist organizations, like ISIS, have used these highly developed nations as backdrops to inflict havoc on innocent tourists and civilians. Once a symbol of peace and prosperity, Western Europe is currently enveloped in a state of turmoil where people everywhere are fearful for their safety

Huntington's claims that Western ideas do not resonate with civilizations from the East is incorrect. Huntington only acknowledges that Western ideas were developed by the West when ideas such as the separation of the church and state weren’t practiced by Western civilizations all throughout Western history, while also ignoring the history of Eastern civilizations having similar ideas, namely liberty. The separation of the church and state is so-called a Western idea when most Western civilizations at

There are many things that have shaped Western views of other cultures. When it comes to the Middle East, these views are often rooted in very distorted and out of date foundations. The main influence of Western concepts of honor and honor crimes specifically originated from Colonialism and Orientalism, which has led to an ironically negative attitude about Middle Eastern culture and Islam. Colonialism and Orientalism are interrelated especially when limiting the geographical context. In this gender

Since the Enlightenment, western society began to massively shift in norms and behaviors. Authoritarian governments and the heavily religious society began to die away to make way for more enlightened leadership. As art is one of the major definitions of society, art went through drastic changes as well. Instead of focusing on nationalism, religion, and the positive effects of the enlightenment, artists began to depict the more dark and abstract sides of society. Artists of many future movements