Modernity

Life at Latrobe in the late modernity has been easier in term of interaction between student/student and student/teacher because of the online environment that has been around for a while such as LMS, Facebook, Latrobe Library page online, and many others. All these sites mentioned above are used in a way to help all students to be part of the university social life. In addition, it is an easy way to connect with others (teacher or/and students) share experience, thoughts and ideas from…

Hallyu and Cosmetic Surgery in China Introduction In episode 5 of Hurry Up, Brother!, a Chinese version of the South Korean hit reality game show Running Man, Deng Chao, the team’s leader, said “What? No! I can’t do that, my nose is fake! I just had it done in the Korean style! (YouTube)” In fact, this is not the first time Deng has parodied the prevalence of cosmetic surgery in China. In fact, undergoing the knife is neither a rarity nor a secret in the PRC’s entertainment industry; in truth,…

integration between those who had a better economic life and the peasants. This is presented in the relationship between Miss Liu and the village of the Jinci village. In the midst of the society in the villages to keep up with life, the influence of modernity also crept in. One of the main aspects of modernization that crept into the village was Christianity as a new religion. For instance, Catholicism came into the society through the merchants that had interacted with the missionaries. It is…

In chapter 1, Takeyama articulates the development of Tokyo as a place in which people pursue their future successes in the neoliberal society. In the 1980s, the government started to develop Tokyo as a global city, which demonstrates Japan’s modernity and prosperity; and this not only makes Tokyo a place where wealth and resources concentrate, but also makes Tokyo a place that reflects national identity (Takeyama 26). Since then Tokyo has developed as a place where people enjoy luxurious…

Although the Republicans strongly advocated the concept of free labor and believed that the society in the North based on such an ideology was much more superior to the one in the South, they faced certain challenges from the Southerners while promoting their political ideology. First was the antagonism between the average Americans and the capitalists as the market economy kept developing. As a result, the social mobility and equality that made the Republicans so proud of did not exist at all.…

These two objects create a battle between antiquity and modernity. In fact, the wall text next to this piece explains that this deck was an addition to an abandoned windmill that afforded a spectacular view of Paris, a city developing into one of the worlds most modern (Art Institute). Gustave Caillebotte’s seminal…

The Influences of Languages in the Maghreb Language is regarded as the most basic means of expression across every culture and has continued to have significant impacts throughout history. Language precedes art as the most basic means of expression since it consists of unique personality, which is a reflection of the individual that speak it. Language basically solidifies the figurative thought processes and conveys information, aspirations, values, and beliefs. Cultures use language to…

The world we live in today can be best described as the “age of modernity”. Technology has come to define the smallest aspects of our lives. We are able to interact with millions of other people through social media networks – regardless of gender and age. What we seek and desire is “MODERNITY” – in the way we dress, the way we work, the way we live in this society - and in this process, religion becomes the first casualty to criticism. Misconceptions about Islam usually center on Sharia – the…

Gender, Kinship and Marriage in ‘A Faraway, Familiar Place’ (Question #5) Word count: 1 193 (excl. in-text references and bibliography) Across the scattered region of Melanesia, the relationships between men and women are akin. There is the overall theme of the powerful and fearful nature of women’s bodies as well as their traditional role in caretaking and providing domestic support. This is contrasted by men’s expected abilities to carry themselves with confidence, bravery and to demonstrate…

Social Weather” (256). Almost everyone has thoughts about happiness and it seems that everybody has created their own, idiosyncratic idea of it. The study of happiness has now advanced for more than a century, and what has changed on the way to modernity is mainly restricted to happiness. In new research approaches, happiness is conceived as subjective wellbeing, more precisely as the overall enjoyment of life. However, compared to the classic notions about happiness and how it is achieved,…