My Own Cultural Clash All parents have high hopes for their children, they want them to become a: lawyer, doctor, engineer, or something along those lines, most adults just want their children to be successful. My career was practically chosen for me as early as the 3rd grade. I stood above everyone in the crowd, literally, I was 5’4”. I’m tall and black, so everyone had assumed I was either heavily into some kind of popular sport, but stereotypically the question I was most frequently asked…
fights monsters to save his mother; in the movie, Perseus goes on a similar adventure but for the princess and to challenge the Gods. There are many similarities and differences between the story of Perseus and Clash of the Titans. The underlying story line in the story of Perseus and Clash of the Titans is very similar. Perseus goes on a dauntless adventure to save a woman in both stories. In the movie, when Hades appears in King Acrisius’ palace he threatens to release the Kraken unless he…
Park Hill was opened in 1961 and designed by architects Jack Lynn (1926- 2013) and Ivor Smith (born 1926). Their design was very ambitious for the era, 1,000 new homes were to be built. The homes were organised as three types of apartments to replace the poor quality terraces. It was said to be the first effective action to remove a community from the horrific and poor terraces. The unique shared walkways were tribute to Le Corbusier’s principle on residential housing design, Unité d'Habitation.…
Clash of Civilizations In 1993, Samuel P. Huntington, an influential American conservative political scientist, adviser and academic, published an article in the Foreign Affairs – “Clash of 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…
Samuel Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" is one of the most influential articles that is used by policymakers in formulating foreign and international decisions. However, It is also one of the most controversial articles at the time for it claims that a religion will be the main reason for future conflicts. This article has attracted a lot of criticism from many different academics and scholars, predominantly from fellow Harvard academic Edward Said, who is the speaker of the lecture " the…
East vs. West: The Great Hemispheric Clash The Eastern and Western hemispheres are unique in their own ways, the individualities between the two regions is explained by the isolation the Atlantic ocean gave them. The hemispheres had no idea of the others existence until the late 15th century. The Eastern hemisphere had resources at their disposal to help travel vast regions. Horses and camels enabled them to transport heavy materials, which help build kingdoms and empires. The Western…
End of History” which talked about the political ideologies, was the first and the earliest paper written about this matter, but the most influential and the one that gained the most popularity and attention was Samuel P. Huntington’s article “The Clash of Civilizations?” . This article of Huntington’s which was published in the Foreign Affairs in 1993, started a debate around the whole world. Huntington’s article showed a…
Plot Clashes in Clash of the Titans Between Clash of the Titans, the original Greek story, and the 2010 movie, there are a variety of similarities and differences. Although both plot lines follow a similar pattern, the details in the Greek story are much different than the movie. Simply stated, in the movie version it is more about Perseus saving Princess Andromeda and reuniting with Io, while in the Greek mythology plot, Perseus is attempting to save his mother, Danae, from marrying the awful…
society, it can also be a hinderance. As a multitude of different cultures clash for what they think is right, each just as strong-willed and unchanging as the next. A clash of cultures is apparent even in our modern society, America is still the melting pot it started as, and it is…
1. WHAT IS A RESEARCH QUESTION? The research question in Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations is: Will civilization/culture be the new basis of conflict between countries after the end of the Cold War? 2. A) WHAT IS/ARE THE MAIN HYPOTHESES AND NULL HYPOTHESES? Huntington had several hypotheses in his article. They include: i) The end of the Cold War between the West and East will create a new form of conflict among different religious and cultural identities; ii) This new form of…