Indoctrination

The grounds on which the debate on sati was taken up was through the invention, preservation and gendering of Indian culture and tradition. British Colonial authority employed orientalist scholarship as a way to challenge sati from within Indian tradition and in turn become masters of that tradition . Thus, the protection of women and women’s agency became absent in the discourse as scripture was used as the defining feature of sati, furthering the project of preservation. Scripture was thus…

Like many other nations in the world, the people of the United States of America has wandered into a trap of conceiving their own nation as the “greatest”. Far from being the first nation to assume superiority over others, Americans often believe that their culture is somehow richer than of those on the other side of the World – regardless of how advanced a nation is in the first place. But “exceptionalism” – as it has come to be known – does not appear in a day to night fashion. As a very…

The original utopia, devised by distinguished humanist Thomas More in his eponymous novel — Utopia (1516), was the faultless product of a superior race. The term itself is the coalescence of two Ancient Greek expressions evoking simultaneously ‘no place’ and ‘good place’, a characteristically classical play on paradoxical concepts. Since its creation, utopian literature have continually critiqued the defects of contemporaneous societies through the modelling of alternatives far superior in moral…

Moreover, money’s influence also depends on one’s cultural indoctrination. In certain cultures, money is the pinnacle of society where it defines one’s virtue. Meanwhile, some cultures put honor and reputation above it. As society modernize, “culture sunk into materialism; where men have lost all spiritual values in…

Strong, determined yet graceful and refined, the transcendent power of women is an attribute that has been misconstrued throughout centuries. Women have the ability to raise and educate generations all the while possessing a fierceness that allows them to accomplish anything they desire. In modern society, the power of women is limitless. They are free to follow their individual paths and choose their own fate. Although modern women have the opportunity to attain their goals, a woman…

The dictionary definition of objectification is: The action of degrading someone to the status of a mere object. Sexual Objectification is defined as: The act of treating someone degradingly for your own sexual desire. Women have been portrayed by the media as objects of desire. In consequence to this, young women of today’s society possess a heavy burden on them to look a certain way, or to dress a certain way in order to “fit in” or so they can appear to be “normal.” The rationale as to why…

Nationwide, there is an educational reform effort underway that holds the power to change how we as Americans perceive literacy forever. This movement addresses implementation of true cultural pluralism in the classroom. In doing so the seal of biliteracy seeks to remediate loss of language and culture of non-English speakers assimilating to American culture and the English language as well as to provide to all students the opportunity to cultivate both linguistic and cultural knowledge other…

Throughout history there has been many different psychologists who have each theorised their own different approaches to further the knowledge of human behaviour and psychology; undertaking several social and scientific experiments in an effort to provide validity to their studies. Taking a closer look into the ‘Behaviourism’ approach and the Social Learning Theory one can describe and evaluate each perspective to help better understand the theories and gain and slight insight into the validity.…

Within this writing assignment, I will discuss my opinions on, how Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development might be incorporated into the Justice System. I will show how the concept of justice relates to the field of criminal justice and how it’s applied by law enforcement officers. - Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development took place in a sequence of events that developed into a broad growth of rational ability or knowledgeable reason. Kohlberg’s studies led him to believe there are three…

Shobha De has been a dynamic personality of nearly three decades; she has been the reigning deity of the written world. For years she has defined what society has been about and focused on the world of man and matters. De was born in Maharashtra on January 7, 1948; 7:21:00; 5:30 (E of GMT); 72E50; 18N58. According to Phyllis Chubb her fiery ascendant Sagittarius, as an odd numbered sign, sets the stage for an independent, open-minded, frank, generous, sympathetic, and truthful and just one…