Meiji Restoration

The Plague of Progress: Mishima’s Characterization and Views of Westernization A common misconception is that change always equates to progress, yet sometimes change can strip a society of its fundamental characteristics. Japan endured similar events, surrounding World War II that resulted in an increasingly Westernized country that lost it’s integrity and beliefs. In this allegorical novel, The Sailor who fell from Grace with the Sea, Yukio Mishima uses the characters Fusako, Ryuji and Noboru…

Japanese painting is one of the oldest and most elegant of the Japanese visual arts, embracing many varieties of genres and styles. The long history of Japanese painting expresses synthesis and competition between native Japanese aesthetics and the adaptation of imported ideas. From a decorative view, Japanese paintings are full of mesmerizing Asian charm. Although, this can also be a confusing subject for novices that want to learn more about it. Different painting styles and schools, a…

The second paper, by Harold John Cook (Cook 2004), states that the scientific revolution was built not by a few geniuses thinking in their rooms, but from the collective efforts of countless people, and argues for a geographical de-centering of the concept of scientific revolution. To argue for his theses, Cook documents the case of Willem ten Rhijne. Willem van Rhijne went to Japan, by the means of the East India Company, because the government of Japan wanted to enrich their knowledge about…

Background and Significance In the past half century, the world populous has dramatically shifted from rural environments into urban centers. In 1950, as little as 30% of the world 's population resided in urban centers. Now, that proportion has risen to 50% and is predicted reach over 70% by 2050 (“World Urbanization Prospects: The 2014 Revision, Highlights”). This shift in the world 's populous has been termed urbanization, which is the increase in number of cities and amount of people that…

Example Consider a participant that is 80 years old and has experienced a Victrola to listen to 78’s, record player for their 45’s and LP’s, am radio, transistor radio with am/fm, HiFi stereos, 8 tracks, cassettes, Walkman’s, CD players, CD/Walkman’s, and satellite radio all to play music. Now imagine handing this same participant a smartphone and asking how they feel about getting their music on their smartphone via an app, what do you think their positivity reaction would be? I imagine…

This study was investigating the diffrences in reactions to angry and neutral stimulus at 100ms, 500ms and 900ms and also if responses were faster if the probe appeared in the emotional or neutral location. It was predicted that high anxious participants would be quicker to attend to angry faces because they are threatening and so we would observe a main effect of anxiety. If anxiety is related only to certain stages of attention then we expect anxiety and presentation time to interact with high…

This Essay will firstly focus on my experience with nature. Relating to my experience of walking around a local unused golf course. The theory which relates to this experience is Attention restoration theory (ART). ART believes there is a type of attention which becomes exhausted and can be restored with nature. In addition, Restorative Components of Environments Scale (RCES) and Ulrich’s Psychoevolutionary theory will be examined to demonstrate how they also relate to my experience with nature.…

believe contraceptives should be given under the affordable care act. The other side consisted of people with strong religious belief that believe ones the egg is fertilized it is alive. The religious group felt protected under the religious freedom restoration act. This act gives them a right to express their religious belief. Both groups that were involved were expected to be involved. This case does not fall into larger participation at the time other than the idea that it is possible for…

Hobby Lobby’s case argued that their right to religious freedom and beliefs were being violated. They also argued that obligating them to provide contraceptives to their employees violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The RFRA was enacted in 1993 and requires that the government not hinder an individual’s freedom to exercise their religion unless “doing so is the least restrictive way to advance a compelling government interest” (The Economist 1-2)…

birth control options that also includes the abortion pill. Hobby Lobby opposed to this idea and due to their religious beliefs. they believe that they should not be required to supply such coverage for birth control under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Free Exercise Clause. Originally the Supreme Court agreed and voted for the mandate under Obama care, but has since then voted against the mandate which had complicated…