Western world

community, especially in areas where democracy and freedom are the cornerstones of society. They have shaken the very core of the world’s stance on human rights and have perplexed many world leaders on how they should be fighting the group. In order for leaders to effectively combat ISIS and its influence in our world today, they must first understand the causes of this deadly organization. These include, but are not limited to, a radical ideology, the influence…

westernized credit to the globalization. Back to the days, not that many people can speak a second language. No need to mention they certainly cannot communicate with foreigners. Only few elites have the resources to acknowledge western cultures. Nevertheless, globalization made western way of life approach majority people in China. For instance, you can find simple English words on the street in China that was impossible 50 years ago. I personally think there are many reasons devoted to…

that were often noted as dogmatic (Stumpf 3). Western philosophy took questions about the universe, world, and everything inside of it and searched for a reasonable and logical explanation to elucidate why things are the way they are. Simple answers to questions deemed as dogmatic no longer satisfied or fed their growing curiosities. Subsequent to Western philosophy, Eastern philosophy brought a whole new spectrum of thought to the philosophical world, opening new doors and presenting new…

wearing one. The writer is attempting to create the impression in her article that the Hijab is rather routine and common in sports, when in fact, the reality is, it is seldom seen on the pitch. As an example of its rarity, for the 2015 FIFA World Women’s World Cup, not a single female was observed wearing the Hijab during play, even though many Muslim countries participated in the event. Khan references the fact that Asmahan has been playing for many years in Ontario with the Hijab with no…

I have always found psychology to be a fascinating subject in itself and unsurprisingly a great number of the specialties associated with it were of great interest to me. Among them, cultural, evolutionary, and social psychology were particularly appealing to me. However, it was cultural psychology that really stood out from the rest. Given that I aspire to someday be a cultural anthropologist, I can hardly say I found this to be surprising. It makes sense that applying the same cultural focus,…

This is an entirely different style of painting compared with the traditional Western paintings. In the history of Western art, sexuality is usually defined precisely by the portrayal of bodies. For instance, women are often portrayed in various passive positions, in order to cater to male viewer’s satisfaction. The composition of a picture, selection…

The notion and study of orientalism in the West reached a different understanding from an iconic book called „Orientalism“, written by Edward Said. Nevertheless, contemporary discussions have highlighted various types of orientalism in the Western world, their perception of the „East“ , frailty of epistemological distinction made between "the Orient" and "the Occident“ and have moved way further than Said's description of the phenomenon. The author, Vera Tolz, wrote this book as a study of…

technological development revolutionize western civilization around 1500 centuries which unhurriedly metamorphose Europe into the commercial and military leader in world . One main reason for this growth in Europe in 1500 was because of continent’s pluralism. The rise of western civilization continuity around pre 1500 and post 1500 , western civilization characteristics that helped it grow were factor such culture , religion geography and european state system. western civilization greatest…

Western culture is thousands of years old. It has been influenced by the Greeks and Romans on its slow conquer of the world. European countries developed Western culture even more as they spread it across the globe to the Americas and parts of Asia and Africa through colonization. Government and education travelled with it as well as the Christian faith. Millions of people were affected by colonization. Its purpose was intended to be good by spreading what Europeans saw as civilization, but it…

How is the different between ancient Chinese astronomy and the western Astronomy is one of the most ancient disciplines and it can be traced back to around thousands of years ago. (Unsold et al 2001, p.6) As for the ancient Chinese astronomy and ancient western astronomy during their origin period both had a very similar purpose – fate and surviving. More specifically, when ancient human realized to observe stars by naked eyes, they all thought the stars and sky are holy; during the ancient…