Orhan Pamuk and Cosmopolitanism: An Analysis of The Silent House, The White Castle and Snow Nasir Butt Research Scholar Deptt of English Central University of Jammu Abstract: In today’s world, when no nation or culture can remain isolated and pure, it is imperative to expand the concentric circles of belonging to the global level. Cosmopolitanism, as Nussbaum believes means to expand one’s allegiance from local, ethnic and expand it from national through international. This is the possible way…
perceived as a façade that distracts individuals from seeing underlying socio-political issues that are rooted in the region that they’re visiting. It should go without saying that different regions will undergo dissimilar socio-political issues that aren’t necessarily a direct result or impact from tourism. However, the point is more so that in many cases in lesser developed regions, socio-political issues go unseen when culture is staged. Additionally, Kithiia and Reilly cite further evidence…
Multiculturalism, the view that cultures, races, and ethnicities, particularly those of minority groups, deserve special acknowledgement of their differences within a dominant political culture. That acknowledgement can take the forms of recognition of contributions to the cultural life of the political community as a whole, a demand for special protection under the law for certain cultural groups, or autonomous rights of governance for certain cultures. Multiculturalism is both a response to…
Cultures around the world share four common characteristics: culture is shared, it is learned, it is based on symbols, and it is integrated. (Haviland, 2002, pp. 34-42). The members of a culture share a set of "ideals, values, and standards of behavior," and this set of shared ideals is what give meaning to their lives, and what bonds them together as a culture. (p. 34). Culture is not an innate sensibility, but a learned characteristic. Children begin learning about their culture at home with…
International Club A college campus is a place where cultures collide. Every aspect of the campus can be simplified to being its own unique group subject to different norms and traditions. These group differences can be anywhere from the art department’s use of symbols to express themselves, to shared practices in the wellness center, to the rituals honoring an individual, such as of Doc Farber for the political science department. As with the expectations of this assignment we were supposed to…
the majority. Today, multiculturalism creates conflict between ideals, rises tensions between ordinary citizens, and has been used as a tool for political appeal. The Sociological definition of multiculturalism states that cultures, races, and ethnicities deserve special acknowledgment of their differences within a particular dominate political culture ( Eagan, Jenifer 2015). In this essay, I will…
The role of culture in health care is important as it has the power to influence illness in how it is perceived, expressed and what sorts of healing remedies will be noted during the process (Srivastava, 2009). Practices among health care giving to the aging are very important and crucial. The Canadian health care system tries it very best to incorporate the understanding of different cultures to be diversified in the approach of holistic caring. Whereas…
a little more work, this portion of study can be published. The second contribution is that no study so far has made the connection between state political culture and teacher autonomy. The literature I have fund discusses how the school and school district characteristics impact teachers. However, no research has studied the impact of political culture on the schools and its impact on teacher autonomy. This study makes an important contribution to this fundamental…
related to culture since it is used to convey culture and cultural ties. It is almost impossible to understand a culture without using language to teach and educate others about it. There are various topics that relate to both language and culture which explain why they are interdependent and connected. Verbal performing arts, bilingualism, and political language are just some examples of such topics. These topics will be discussed to demonstrate the close ties between language and culture.…
churches, sports clubs, gregarious work offices, and other venues, with a view to performing their culture and, simultaneously, challenging…