Great Books of the Western World

nihility, and religion in his book Religion and Nothingness. He comes from Japan and grew up in a time of economic ups and downs. He provides an Eastern perspective on the world and religion. He makes his argument with the idea of nihility in mind and seeks to explain why Western thought has such difficulty with the concept of nihility and the absence of religion. He considers the importance of religion in the world and especially in Western culture. According to Nishitani, Western thought is…

that were often noted as dogmatic (Stumpf 3). Western philosophy took questions about the universe, world, and everything inside of it and searched for a reasonable and logical explanation to elucidate why things are the way they are. Simple answers to questions deemed as dogmatic no longer satisfied or fed their growing curiosities. Subsequent to Western philosophy, Eastern philosophy brought a whole new spectrum of thought to the philosophical world, opening new doors and presenting new…

Book summary The book, “Feeding Desire: Fatness, Beauty and Sexuality among a Saharan People” is written by Rebecca Popenoe. This book explores the traditions of the semi-nomadic Moors in the Azawagh area of the Niger basin of purposely fattening their young girls starting at an age as soon as they start growing their baby teeth. This is believed to hasten their maturity and transition to puberty, hence this practice is viewed as a way of preparation for the female for marriage. This they do by…

The Great Warming: Critical Analysis In a time referred to at the Medieval Warm Period, the earth faced a rise in temperature that altered the climate worldwide. In a New York Times Bestseller, The Great Warming, written by Brian Fagan, we learn how the history of the world a half millennium ago implies that we still are misjudging the power that climate change holds. Brian Fagan, an anthropologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, works his way across the globe to find evidence…

What has the world come to? In 2393, life is completely different, and Earth is barely able to sustain the lives it protects. In “The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View From the Future”, written by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, the audience is taken on a literary journey to the end of the world. The figurative language and imaginative scenes that fill the imagination help support the evidence of the decaying Earth. The Collapse of Western Civilization essentially talks about the end…

The Westerns The Genre As a Whole I will be researching how old style westerns have influenced modern day superhero movies from their editing, writing, and their aesthetic appeal. I will be going through the history of westerns as well as discussing what makes a western a western, how they’ve changed through the years, and why they’re still relevant. I will then talk about superhero films and how they have started, their brief history, how they’ve changed, and how westerns have influenced them…

The world has been conditioned to believe that early European societies were the only advanced and highly populated nations for centuries. No one ever really tried or cared to look into what was happening in the New World, and when people did start to care, much of the Western Hemisphere’s culture had been erased. It has only happened within the past couple of centuries that real, fundamental research has gone into what the New World was like before Europeans set foot on it. Despite what society…

Civilizations?”, which was subsequently published as a book in 1996, discussing a theory that in the post-Cold War world, people’s cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict. Huntington begins the article stating that the world politics is entering a new phase, he means that, in the past, world conflicts had been between ideological camps grouping the first, second and third world into warring entities. The new style of world politics which he mentioned would entail…

it is important to the the literation? All Quiet on the Western Front is set during World War I, behind the German frontlines where Paul Baumer is assigned. The setting intertwines back and forth between the warfront and the camp where Baumer stays. Once during the novel, Baumer goes home on leave, but the setting quickly deteriorates to the warfront. The only additional setting in the novel is in the hospital. Erich Maria Remarque did a great job at showing the reader a clear picture of what…

How a TV Sitcom Triggered the Downfall of Western Civilization - David Hopkins We live in a problematic society that is highly accompanied by technology. The digital world of social media, television and internet has resulted in a decreased capability and inclination to individualized thinking and reflection. According to David Hopkin’s article, “How a TV Sitcom Triggered the Downfall of Western Civilization”, written on 22th March 2015, the world is profoundly marked by stupidity, and the root…