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Asad was able to trick me into a much more pertinent discussion of terrorism than I could have ever imagined. Asad’s analysis of power dynamics within Western liberal discourses of war, terrorism, the civilized, ‘the other,’ and justice is phenomenal, for he places each term in its Western context and analyzes the discrepancies between Western theories and their worldly manifestations. The essence of power is what makes this book so amazing, for as Asad says it best, “My argument, however, is…

of the Chinese to the possibilities of the Western knowledge, which could open new realms of development. These claims led to strained relationships between China and the West. Across the Europe, the ideas of rationalism had given way to the enlightened thought of modern life with the Western faith in progress. As such, ideas crystallized, and the need to promote expansion was critical. China provided a supportive theater for that. However, the Western nations, to their dismay, realized that…

The Sound of Waves, the foil characters, Shinji and Yasuo, exemplify contrasting traditional Japanese and Western cultures and values in their economic background, treatment of women, and their connection to the island they lived on, in order to show that traditional Japanese values are superior to Western values. The first way Mishima showed the superiority of Japanese values over Western values was in Shinji and Yasuo’s contrasting economic background. Shinji comes from a much more humble…

centralized to the western world. Over 90% artists who performed in binneials came from western countries according to Chin-Tao Wu . So it doesn 't strike as a surprise that it is considered a controversial exhibition to this day, it penetrated the art world by the introduction of a new idea. The idea was a protest against the traditional Paris biennial where most of the art, and artists were western. The magicians of the earth exhibit featured 50% western artist and 50% non western artists,…

traditional nations to fit the standards of Western ideals (Potter et al., pp.6). These nations were seen as uncivilized. Much of the western ideals and standards for development were set by the period of enlightenment and scientific advances. This form is criticized because it is ethnocentric and Eurocentric and because the standards of western development cannot be applied to the entire world. Authoritative intervention is development through aid. Western countries felt that developing…

Colonialism is the imperial expansions with political, economic and military forces. Colonialism in 19th century is a period of territorial expansion which mainly led by European powers. In the late 19th century, because of the developed transportation, globalization grew fast. So far, it became a movement of people, information, goods, services, culture, and politics in world wide range. There are lots of similarities and differences between these two terms. While both Colonialism and…

take the first steps forward to questioning topics 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…

brilliant mind as she expanded Russia in a myriad of ways geographically and economically. Her expansion was not a unique idea but she led her military with the values of amelioration and westernization and ultimately expanded to be noted by modern western countries. She began the expansion of Russia by Turkey, declaring war on Russia in October of 1768. The war became calm and wasn’t a persistent issue until 1784. In 1784 a treaty was signed and Russia officially gained Turkish land,…

well advanced in terms of medicine, logistics and technology. The Western Middle Ages were restricted from advancing, and they gathered much of their knowledge from the Eastern Empire. As a result, the Eastern Middle Ages became substantially more advanced. Paragraph 1. Topic sub question: What was the Middle Eastern Middle Ages like? Key question: To what extent was the Eastern Middle Ages more advanced than that of the Western during the 1100-1300’s? The medical knowledge of the Middle…

Baroque theme that looks very much like wallpaper in the painting’s background, reminiscent of luxurious French fabric. The background is also filled with tiny paintings of sperm which is Wiley’s way of parodying the style of art traditionally seen in Western portraiture which is filled with masculine figures. The whole painting is set in an elaborate gold colored frame, just as many European portraits of rulers were framed. This sets the tone for the portrait.Inspiration: The obvious…