Relationships Between Western And Western Culture

In the third grade, I remember bringing noodles to lunch, and all of my white classmates looking at me strangely. Little did I know, Americans did not bring noodles to lunch, but rather simpler things, such as peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and lunchables. Although my introduction to the western culture was nothing as close to the Ibo people’s introduction to the western culture, it is clear that different cultures often have a hard time understanding the customs of another culture. Okonkwo’s response to new western influences spreading through his clan depicts how the introduction of different cultures can lead to disagreement because of contrasting religious values and customs.

The first work that will be discussed in this essay is The Epic of Gilgamesh, a story that was written thousands of years ago. The second work is Disney’s Tarzan, a children’s movie made in 1999. Although these works were made thousands of years apart, there are still striking similarities between them. Perhaps the most striking similarity between these two works is the similarity between Enkidu in Gilgamesh and Tarzan in Tarzan. Both of these characters are raised outside human civilization, and then are brought into contact with human civilization.

“ The civilization of the West, which was brilliant by virtue of its scientific perfection for a long time, which subjugated the whole world with the products of this science to its states and nations, is now bankrupt and in decline.” -Hassan Bana. All the advances started from the Golden Age of Islam that led to the western civilization renaissance that has impacted us to this day, but also caused the Catholic church to decline in power as the study of science that started from the Islamic Empire started to diffuse. The Dome of the Rock is an artistic response to the decline of the power and influence of the Catholic Church throughout Europe and beyond as shown in the features of the shrine that express a message to the Christians to recognize

Globalization is far reaching in this day and age. Globalization is the worldwide flow of goods, services, money, people, information, and culture. It leads to a greater interdependence and mutual awareness among the people of the world (Tischler, 2011, 2007, p. 430). One non-Western culture that has been impacted by globalization is China. An example of the impact of globalization on China is their economy. Since joining the World Trade Organization, China has transformed from a culture that relied on economic self-sufficiency and shunned the thought of globalization to an economy that is progressively more open to trade and foreign investment.

Sugar had a major influence of the rise of the West; social, cultural, and political factors all contribute to the Rise of the West, and was essential to make this happen.

Western culture and policies have shaped the modern world, especially the Middle East, in many ways. Since the sixteenth century, the nations of Western civilization have been the driving wheels of modernization. Globalization is simply the spread of modern institutions and ideas from one high power to the wider world. Technological innovation and economic growth along with such concepts as democracy, individualism, and the rule of law administered by an impartial judiciary, set Western societies above and beyond any possible rival. Other cultures looked to the West as a model, a threat, or some combination of both. One country that was most successful in their confrontations with Western states was Japan, who incorporated Western

Those how German or Norse there background have sometimes felt not to look more deeply into mythologies. In part it because they associated with war and in part because the Nazis trashed them in their attempt to regress to the thought patterns of an earlier time.

Within every culture, there is a set of specific norms, values, symbols, and classifications that are followed by each member. While a norm is a typical behavior or action that is standard within a particular setting or culture, a symbol is an object or visual that is representative of a specific meaning. Regarding the health care system in Western culture, an ambulance with its sirens and lights turned on forces other drivers to pull over to the side of the road. In this example, the ambulance symbolizes a medical emergency, and it is a cultural norm to pull over to let the vehicle pass. In addition to norms and symbols, a value is something that holds an explicit importance to members of a society. For example, in Cuban culture, it is crucial

Augustine believed that the ideal state existed only in heaven; therefore, the collapse of Rome did not diminish the greatness of Christianity because the true Christian was a citizen of a heavenly city that could not be pillaged and would endure forever (188). Augustine’s belief did not focus on the passing of cities and empires, but the individual’s spiritual

Throughout premodern history, the West held relatively idle next to their Asian and Middle Eastern counterparts. However by the middle of the nineteenth century, the West emerged as a global powerhouse. The West stood apart from their counterparts as the world’s dominant economic, military, and geopolitical powers. Their transformation didn’t happen overnight, a chronological evaluation of premodern events supported their emergence. From their plaques in late 14th century to their dominance in by the 19th century, this chronological approach tracked the economic, military and geopolitical changes of the West compared to their Asian counterparts. The chronological approach included the Renaissance, the West’s integration of gunpowder and print products, investments in the British and Dutch East India companies, and their exploration for new land.

“Sometimes it is impossible to know where you are headed without reflecting on where you came from. Understanding your heritage, your roots and your ancestry is an important part of carving out your adventure.” When reading from Close Range and A Radiant Curve the reader gets the feeling that both of these women have strong ties to their heritage, their roots. It is evident in Luci Tapahonso’s poem “The warp is even: taut vertical loops”. Tapahonso wants the reader to feel close to her family as she feels. “Suddenly I miss my father to. How he savored such mornings (Tapahonso 3).”

Western Civilization has had a tremendous influence on many different cultures worldwide. From the Hispanic cultures in South and Central America, to the Caribbean islands, and also to the various exotic African countries, and even to the distinguished cultures that reside in the continent of Asia. In many ways than one, these cultures have been molded to be as westernized as they could possibly be without losing their traditional customs indefinitely. They’re religion, fashion sense, and family structures have all been altered in some form so that it could resemble the western nation’s patriarch. Countries in North America and Europe have for centuries traveled to different continents in the world and colonized many nations, as a result of that, many of the customs and traditions of those people have been shaped to be a bit more westernized.

Westernization is the result of the contact between western and non-western cultures. Beginning in the fifteenth century and playing out until the nineteenth century, colonialism and neo-imperialism by means of the Euro-Atlantic economy’s authority, played a major part in the spread of western culture. For example, even after decolonizing and becoming their own countries with their own governance, many former-colonies adopted aspects of western politics, even if they firmly opposed other aspects of western culture. Twentieth-century and twenty-first-century globalization took various forms. In the 1950s, there was accelerated postwar globalization through American and European multinational corporations, like McDonald 's and “mcdonaldization” throughout the world. Then, beginning in 1970, the rise of industrializing economies meant the international division of labor, with low-wage and high-wage zones, and in the 1980s, the United States took on an important role in neoliberal globalization through the Washington Consensus, a reform package designed by Washington D.C. comprised of a set of specific economic policy prescriptions for critically economically unstable developing countries, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Bank. In 2000, globalization was heightened through the emergence of the economies of countries including India, China, Brazil, and Russia (the BRICs). In recent decades, as opposed to during colonial and recent post-colonial times,

The conflict between modern and traditional culture continues to have a significant impact on people with strong cultural beliefs. In “Dead Men’s Path”, Chinua Achebe uses literary elements of setting, symbolism, conflict and irony to analyze the theme of cultural conflict between people with modern values and traditional culture. To set the background, Achebe begins the story with a twenty-six years old young man being elected as a principal of a rural school located in a village in Nigeria during British colonization in the first month of 1949. He sets the mood beginning with happiness, as the protagonist Michael Obi receives the new assignment as principal of the school and enthusiastically prepares for the new school year, and ends the

Have you ever wondered what the purpose of education is? Or what a good education will get you in this life? From a young age, we are sent to a building with adults who tell us what to do, how to do it, and when it is to be done by. Although everyone learns differently we are all taught the exact same way. This unfortunately can lead to students falling behind at a young age and then staying behind for if not all then a good portion of their school years. Our world now has many different aspects of teaching but the two main ones to compare are the ways of the east and the west. Which area produces the people who will change the world for the better?