Western culture

Specifically, cultural diversity focuses in on the differences between cultures. One of the main ways for isolated communities in the past to share and experience different cultures were through trade. However, due to the limited means of transportation and modes of communications, cultural diversity happened gradually. This began to change at the turn of the century, as advanced cultures hit their industrial age and the world saw the first results of globalization. As the world…

Everyday life revolves around food. In western cultures the day consists typically of 3 main meals. The morning starts off with breakfast, this meal generally focuses on milk based items e.g. cereal or coffee. Later on during the day, typically around midday, its lunch. Lunch usually consists of some type of sandwich. And finally later that evening is dinner time. Dinner generally consists of a serving of meat and vegetables that is followed by dessert which is a sweet based meal. Food, taste,…

prisoners of war, and disappearing as suddenly as they appeared. This style of book and movie uses these themes to appeal to people’s xenophobic, and western-centric view of the universe. Because of this western xenophobia, this genre tends to depict the westerners as the victors of those intergalactic battles. To appeal to the xenophobic western culture, Science fiction media tends to depict aliens in a negative light. H.G Wells’ War of the Worlds, describes the Martians in the beginning of…

Differently...and Why. Richard Nisbett’s psychological and philosophical analysis in The Geography of Thought, is Nisbett’s way of “pushing the world in a certain direction” as he examines the pros and cons, of two very different societies: Asian and Western. Nisbett’s purpose is to examine why the world behaves as such and how different outlooks on life can skew an entire society. Nisbett uses comparison and contrast, studies and statistics, and exemplification, to explain how and why the…

Assess the impact of events such as 9/11, 7/7 and the Paris attacks on the prospects of ethnic minorities across Western societies. __________________________________________________________________________________ Multiculturalism has been happening for countless centuries, however the amount of it has drastically increased in volume since the post-war era, mainly as a result of refugee’s and issues that came along with the cold war. Since the first Iraq war, and general the modern…

The “Divergent” trilogy is a series of movies that display classic components of cultural Marxism. There are many aspects of “Divergent” that have comparisons to Western Civilization, and just as many instances of Cultural Marxism at play. On the surface, “Divergent” presents itself as a series in which its heroes defy expectation and go against the “norms” by breaking tradition, but underneath therein lie the seeds of Cultural Marxism, planted by the creators of the series. However, in order…

Vietnamese living in the United States. In fact, it is the highest number of Vietnamese living outside of Vietnam. How did they retain their language and cultural practices virtually unchanged after they immigrated to the United States? The preserve their culture and traditions and continue to teach it to the following generations that follows. Although, some of the children are born here they are still fluent on their Vietnamese language and carry on with their heritage. Americanized but still…

Through my initial research, I observed that the Gulf Coast Olmec culture is generally accepted in the scholarly community as the first Mesoamerican civilization through its display of sociopolitical complexity. However, there remains quite a considerable amount of debate regarding how the Olmec iconography, specifically in regards to Olmec style ceramics, disseminated and interacted with neighbouring regions. Blomster et al. (2005) and Backes et al. (2012) propose that the standardized Olmec…

Corporate Globalization may be the end to what is left of the people in this world. The people of the world see the bad side because of the way we act on a daily base. It defines who we are and how we must deflate ourselves into the society in which we live. The lack of knowledge of cultural Globalization isn’t making it better. What people do not know cannot be fixed. When the people, whether in America or in Asia, open their eyes and decide to stand up to the injustice being thrown at our feet…

The song “The Globalist” by MUSE emphasizes the message that monstrous human behaviors are byproducts of humanity itself. The subject of this song is about human nature in the context of wars and dictatorships. Through the use of changes in tones throughout the piece like going from a cinematic to a harsh and then a melancholy tone, MUSE really wants people to hear the rise and fall of an empire both lyrically and musically. They use heavy drumbeats to really express this. MUSE emphasizes three…