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    Snitow Feminist Futures

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    in the Former East Bloc” is an intriguing text that presents twelve points that draw a comparison between Western and Eastern European understanding of feminism and why it has not taken shape in Eastern Europe as it did in the Western part of the world. Although I find the list portrayed by Snitow slightly subjective in tone, since the list is presented through her perspective as a Western feminist, I appreciate the effort in bringing into the conversation such aspects that exemplify some…

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    Whilst The Hobbit offers a Western interpretation of good and evil, Le Guin’s The Wizard of Earthsea propose an alternative perspective of what good and evil entail. These two worlds differ in many different ways. For example, the landscape of the Hobbit tends to resemble that of Europe and all the characters tend to be described with European colouring. Whereas Earthsea is a mixture of islands that house “isolated communities”, the cultures and people of each islands ranging from “pale haired…

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    Liberality scores are most noteworthy in Latin America, parts of Africa, the Anglo world and Nordic Europe; limitation is generally found in East Asia, Eastern Europe and the Muslim world. The accompanying guidelines may be helpful, particularly on the off chance that you are new to the association:- 1. Be mindful of your individual predispositions, style, inclination, lens and centering…

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    Other People Die Analysis

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    In the philosophical world the east side of the world and the west side of the world focus on different ideas and concepts. One of the more interesting concepts that east and west differentiate on is how they value death and dying. Western culture focuses on getting over the individual 's death and preparing for it. Eastern culture focuses on getting over your friends and family’s death. My first thought when I was taught this was, “Wow we’re selfish.”. I then read Dr. Olberding’s Other People…

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    In his definition, Orientalism is not wholly concerned with anthropological or epistemological studies of the “Orient,” but with a caricatured portrayal of the people who live in these areas to demean their humanity using the powers of Western hegemony. Said states on page 6 of Orientalism “I myself believe that Orientalism is nothing more than a structure of lies or of myths… more particularly valuable as a sign of European-Atlantic power over the Orient than it is as a veridic discourse…

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    By comparing these two operas, it would help to understand how the fantasy of Orient formed. Although the Orient is far from the West in terms of geographical location, the rich imagination of the Westerners in the actual exchange of Eastern and Western cultures has led them to think of the East as a beautiful, rich as and also an ignorant land due to geographical discoveries and colonial expansion of the Europe and the USA. That was also why the West saw the East in an appreciation, coveted and…

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    Ethical Apparel Industry

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    International firms now see Bangladesh as a place which is unsafe to operate in doing so would likely to affect their brand and company image. Ethically , international firms have the right to move their operations to more reliable places around the world. There business comes first for international firms as they have to ensure all stakeholders are satisfied. Any conflicts between stakeholders over this issue can be detrimental for its future operations. However, if firms decided to cease…

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    spirit in A Thousand and One Nights. Men fall victims to her beauty and her spells and go through suffering and even torture to gain her favour.” (, P. 162) In this passage, El Saadawi expresses an opinion that is very popular within the literary world especially with orientalists. Many believe that in books such as A Thousand and One Night, women are portrayed as manipulative creatures who use their beauty to gain what they want. This is an example of what Edward Said describes in Orientalism…

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    words with respect to the geography and particularly Diamond’s argument. While Acemoglu and Robinson do admit that it “is a powerful approach to the puzzle on which he focuses,” they dismiss it offhand because it cannot be extended to explain “modern world inequality,” or regional/intracontinental disparities (52). It is here that they lose a huge opportunity by falling into fallacious reasoning. Geography played an initial roll — just because it might not substantially effect things now,…

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    Edward Said’s book Orientalism challenges a vast amount of scholars and their work on the Orient. Said discusses the knowledge and power, the separation of the West and East, and the obsession with the Orient. In his works he analyzes many scholars, political leaders, and military leaders justify his argument. Because Said’s work attacked years of scholarly work done by what he calls Orientalist, he received many criticisms, which would then tear apart his book just as he did. One of the larger…

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