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The Modernization theory believes that arranged marriage will not be able to compete with the Western ideology of individualism and the need for romantic love. The Neo-traditionalists estimate that individualism will challenge the traditional collectivist ideology of Indian culture and as a result the Indian youth will want to protect their family…

Throughout Remarque’s novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, which is placed in World War One, it is evident that the German soldiers frequently dealt with loss. In various scenarios, Paul Baümer, the protagonist, is faced with loss, whether it is the realization that they have lost their youthhood and innocence, or whereas in many situations where he experiences his fellow comrades die and evokes emotions of sadness and woe. However, it is not the singular notion of loss that affects them,…

distances. The connection and communication between different nations allow for the audience to interact and interpret content (agency) of foreign nations (the structure). In cultural imperialism, “media products exported from nations (mainly from western and American culture) are so dominate that it shapes the culture of another.” (Croteau, David, and William Hoynes. Media/society: Industries, Images, and Audiences. 4th ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE, 2012. Print.). Many businesses use global…

The main issue is that Western powers use religion as an excuse to go to war. The causes of the called religion wars are mostly political and economic reasons. These countries want to enlarge their international influence and prove their military power. It could be considered that…

Christian burial it was necessary” (Silko 52). For centuries Christianity has been pushed upon Native Americans by missionaries and settlers, as a way to convert them into “modern” civilization. This quote exemplifies how the priest, a symbol of western culture, is frustrated the natives are choosing to do a burial in their own way, preserving their culture. Not discouraged, Leon asks again for Holy Water, but Father Paul goes even further when he answers, “You know I can’t do that, Leon. There…

society on the Modern Western World is still felt and seen in many different ways. The Ancient Greeks had many distinct views and contributions to Philosophy, Architecture, and Literature. Ancient Greece was the birth place of Philosophy. Many Greeks were wise beyond their years and had a curious and philosophical nature. “The Greek thinkers invented “natural philosophy”, a term that encompasses the fields we now call “Philosophy” and “Science”. Pg.47, Chapter 2: The Aegean. Western…

The plan was simple, practically unbeatable, and a sure win for the Allies. Nothing could possibly allow it to fail. The Battle of the Somme was a complete military blunder when the fight broke out on that dreadful July 1st morning in 1916, to when it ended on November 18th, 1916. Despite the fact that the French needed relief from the German’s at Verdun, the Somme Offensive was only supposed to be a short battle. What it turned into was a mass killing of numerous troops on both sides of the…

problem of migration has always been an issue, but recently it has escalated to the point, where politicians are paying close attention to it. They have also make immigration an issue on their agendas to be focus on in security matter, especially in Western Europe and the United States. The awareness of international migration poses a threat in conjunction with the ever growing number of immigrant in the world. Statistics has been showing that there were more than 191 million persons living…

Herbert Marcuse- Marcuse, Herbert. “Liberation from the Affluent Society.” July 27th 2016 The more money you make, the more likely you are to spend more. For us to be able to survive in our modern society we are enslaved to working every day to survive or live a certain lifestyle. The debate for the need to raise the middle class always seems to forget the lower class, for every election in North America we hear politicians argue about strengthening the middle class. Can a society have a…

-----The summer semester for Humanities is coming to an end and I can personally say on my behalf that this was a learning experience that I will not forget. I know it sounds cheesy but this class was different in comparison to the other classes that I had previously taken before; in this class I was able to learn about several cultures their art, rituals, places of worship and music. I said this class was different because I had never actually spent that much time looking at other cultures nor…