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or shouldn’t be worn. The niqab and burqa area hindrance to women and their rights in Islamic, male dominated countries like Iran and Afghanistan but in Western democracies it should be each individual’s choice is strange. Feminists want freedom to dress anyway they choose but at the same time sacrifice some women to a cult of misogyny. Western democracies need to be leaders in progressive ideals…

Orientalism, is a book by Edward Said in which was very influential and controversial in postcolonial studies. Said redefined the term “Orientalism.” He defined it as a constellation of untrue assumptions expressing how the western attitudes toward the East were romanticized. Said starts off his book with the fact that the Orient played a key role in the “construction” of European and American culture, “the Orient has helped to define Europe (or the west) as its contrasting image, idea,…

According to statistics, more than one billion people in the world are undernourished today. In his article “Attention Whole Foods Shoppers”, Robert Paarlberg discusses recent food policy of Western countries, according to which food products should be organic and local. In result, poor African countries experience hunger and worsening of the agriculture infrastructure because most Western countries lost their interest to invest the agricultural systems of developing countries. While in the West…

South Asian, and Eastern Cultures. According to public intellectual and theorist; Edward Said, Orientalism is the “general patronizing Western attitude towards Middle Eastern, Asian and North African cultures based on underdeveloped theories and fabrications that are not accurately studied”. CITE. The argument that Ruth St. Deni’s Radha (1906) is an obscure Western interpretation of the Hindu Myth of Radha and Krishna is evident through St. Denis’ customized costume use, obliteration of the…

Exploring Violence within the Travel Narrative. Geoff Dyer travels to Cambodia, Emily Malone to Brazil, and Joan Didion to Las Vegas, Nevada. They all share a common experience - they are travellers, and authors, they come bearing a western perspective and they deal with the reality and effect of violence. When an author from a privileged background, defined in this instance as a background free from governmental or militarized violence, travels to a country or place affected by violence, do…

Same-Sex Marriage On 26 June 2015 the United States Supreme Court voted 5-4 to strike down statewide bans on homosexual marriage that existed in 14 of the 50 states. This was the culmination of a decades long controversy for the American public. With gay marriage supporters hailing the decision, and many gay couples promptly flocking to obtain marriage licenses, the reaction was swift. No less on the other end of the political spectrum; the backlash from Christian conservatives was immediate…

This essay will discuss capitalism as a system using influential theorists such as Karl Marx and Erich Fromm to explain in detail the influences this system has on our modern day relationships; with specific focus on the western wedding as the epitome of capitalistic control on intimacy. Capitalism can be explained as an economic and political system in which a country 's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, as opposed to the state (Marx, 1956). It is characterised by…

That’s how economy works under imperialism. As important as the first reason, imperialism is spurred by the political need. With the territorial expansion, the colonial nation acquires more power which puts it in a more prestigious level in the world. And for maintaining this authority, the White Man kills or imprisons all those who form an opposition to the colonial policy like the originally ruling class or social and religious leaders just to implement his policy in the new acquired…

Orientalism, it was used generally by western Scientists and Historians, especially when it comes to the study of the East within the academic field. However, after the publish of his book this term became a sigh…

Social Issues in Russia Every country in the world has its problems with society. Many have issues with feminism, homosexuality, racism and much more. However, Russia has been through a lot as a country. They went through two world wars where for the majority of the time, most of the world saw them as the enemy. They have dealt with the Cold War, communism, nihilistic movements, and other such matters throughout their long history. Each country’s history affects the course of how their…