Western culture

Literature has always been a great escape from reality for me, even when assigned by a professor or teacher for homework. However, I have always been that student who did not understand why I had to pick up or cue in on every little gesture of symbolism or foreshadowing. For me, literature has always been about the journey, personal understanding or connection, and the eloquence of the words used. Therefore, I believe each person concentrates on what they need to hear and what the specific piece…

The world is an integrated whole, but throughout history, society has divided itself. The modern geopolitical imagination is the latest in a line of the ever-changing ways we organise the world. While it has its benefits, it also has limitations. It seems like an efficient structure of independent states but these divisions are essentially imagined by the dominant society. In some cases, the modern geopolitical imagination was thrust upon a region and is not a perfect system; international…

Introduction Throughout the course of this class, we have learned about numerous individuals and topics, which have had an immense influence on molding western civilization. It has been built upon the achievements of history’s greatest leaders, ideas and documents. The most important, however, was that of Greek mythology, the philosophies of Socrates, and Augustine’s, Confessions. From the beginning of the belief in higher powers, to the philosophical advances and growth of religion, it is…

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…

Ancient Greece Legacy is knowledge of information that is handed down from one generation to another without written instructions. A legacy is a tradition inherited. A gift from the past. The Greece way of life have greatly impacted the Western World. Greek have influence our lives in several ways such as law, literature, Philosophy, sculptures and architecture. The law in Ancient Greece had no court system at first making it impossible to prosecute anyone for a criminal offense. Since there…

historically, and the Classical education movement, a knowledge of Greek, Homer, and Latin has become considered the epitome of education. The Iliad’s adoption into the institution of education has placed it into tradition. In his book on the history of Western education, Edward J. Power stated that Hellenistic education followed a familiar cultural doctrine, prioritising…

society. In the case of Western civilization these structures are explored historically by Michel Foucault and dissected, asking why they are the way they are, what station they occupy in our society and how this affects those of us who live within this civilization. Foucault leads us on a journey fraught with insights to the mystery, terrors and trials of the treatment of madness and how this acts as a kind of case study for the general perspective and health of Western society. It is in the…

citizenship. Therefore, the contribution of the diverse citizenship to the modern form is confirmed. In assessment the limits of the modern citizenship and its diverse form, the author concludes that the first type is restrictive in nature to the Western cultures. Although, the diverse form of the citizenship manages to survive under any conditions and legal inequalities. In fact, people always looking for the extension of the limits of freedom. Given the fact that the operation of the modern…

Portrayal of Bengali Renaissance in Satyajit Ray’s films Western education / Modern ideas (Mahanagar, Devi) The liberal ideas of the West played a crucial role in the awakening of Bengal. Modern ideas substituted the age old customs and it began with the establishment of Brahmo Samaj and spread of English education. The concepts and ideas from the West forced the educated youth to think in a rational manner and they started despising everything that is traditional. In this concern, the historian…

For starters this is a book about many characters in a futuristic society that are controlled by the society. They are always watched and they never really question if this is the way they should live. They live and get the jobs they are picked and they live by the rules of the society. The book was written by Aldous Huxley and it is a book based upon the society in the book but also can be seen as our society today. There are many questions that make you think hard and long about today’s…