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Title: Diffusion of Western Culture in Every Aspects of Traditional Bhutan. The wave of modernization is inevitable. It has taken over almost the entire world. Of course there are still countries that have been undaunted by the wave of modernization. Bhutan for so many years has resisted the wave but the wave is slowly taking over Bhutan like countless other countries. The diffusion of western culture in a country poses a great threat to its traditional values, beliefs and practices. Bhutanese people

influence on America. This is not to say that the prevalence of these institutions is not specific to the United States’ culture, but present in all cultures labeled as inherently “western.” The concept of institution is an idea constructed by humans, and as a human construct, the idea must have implemented itself successfully into human culture to be present today. Western culture (today primarily North America and

Communication and the Conflicts between Chinese Culture and Western Culture Abstract There are many matters of cultural conflicts in intercultural communication of Chinese culture and western culture, and it seriously affects the course of communication. So, it is necessary for us to find the in-depth reason and make some plans on how to improve the ability of intercultural communication. This is the right way to avoid the cultural conflicts. There are several culture conflicts: the conflicts on privacy, the

Differences in Relationships Between Western and Non-Western Cultures Most of the research on interpersonal attraction has been carried out in Western societies, especially the United Kingdom and United States. This limitation is very important as it argues that the behaviour and communication need to be understood within the context in which they occur, and this context considerably differs from one culture to another. Therefore we can readily accept that there are large

spread of ideas and cultures across countries and continents on a new scale never seen before. The spread of culture began a long time ago with people sailing around the world in search of adventure and resources. People were able to interact and share cultural beliefs and practices with dominant cultures imposing themselves on less dominating cultures. Countries that had more economic power than others, and those cultures that viewed themselves as more civilized imposed their cultures on countries that

Karma in Hinduism & Western Culture Karma is a well known term that has been used throughout the ages. Though it was first used through Hinduism, people from all over the world and from different cultures have all learn its definition and use it in their daily lives. While in Hinduism, karma is a normal part of their lives and path to God, but in Western culture, karma is normally welcomed when there is revenge to be had or a reward to be received. In some cases it could be both. In Hinduism, karma

In today’s world, cross culture communication is used every day within every industry. The ability to communicate effectively between two cultures can be quite a difficult task. In this essay some do’s and don’ts regarding cross cultural communication on a business level between the Egyptian culture and general Western culture will be discussed. The essay will explain the differences in listening and responding in regards to communicating, relationships, and business etiquette. The differences between

the ways in which global movements of commodities, capital and Western culture are modified by local cultural systems. Since the advent of modernisation and the rise of globalisation around the world, issues regarding the cultural homogenisation of the world have arisen. Anthropologists have raised concern about the spread of capitalism as the dominant form of market exchange, the commodification process and the prominence of Western media in contributing the erasure of cultural difference in many

cultural diversity and language, whereby Western culture and ideals have extinguished other beliefs and practices, ingraining the idea that western is ‘best’ and other ways of living are immoral or unethical. This wide scale homogenisation has allowed extremist groups such as ISIS to take advantage of the impressionable or naïve, as well as encouraging hazardous global ties and bigotry within the global community. Due to the globalised world we live in, western culture and ideals have begun to erode and

Non-Western cultures? Merrim-Websters dictionary defines globalization as, “the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets”. When identifying the pieces of globalization, outsourcing may be the first thing that comes to mind. However, globalization and modernization are larger than outsourcing alone. In this paper we will look at two separate examples of native non-western cultures