Westernization… What exactly is westernization? Is it a bad thing or is it something good for us? Picking up the westerners dressing style‚ their ideas is that what westernization is? Wikipedia says.. It is a process whereby societies come under or adopt Western culture in areas such as industry‚ technology‚ law‚ politics‚ economics‚ lifestyle‚ diet‚ language‚ alphabet‚ religion‚ philosophy‚ and values. We have almost covered all areas except for law‚ politics and economics.. We are way behind
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Over the years the civilizations of the world have adopted many of the West’s styles and ways of life. This “Westernization” has started a downward spiral in destroying the cultural diversity of the world. As one of the oldest nations in the sense of tradition and culture‚ India has been a land of sages‚ saints and various renowned scholars. Countless religious temples and shrines built in different parts of the nation expose the devotion to religion and family that dwells within all aspects of India’s
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have achieved half your success; if you don’t‚ you have achieved half your failure. – David Ambrose Home History Economy Polity Geography International Relation P.T (SPECIAL) Scien N T ech Tuesday‚ 16 October 2012 [Essay] Modernization and Westernization are not Identical Concepts Introduction The battle between the east and the west still continues as each try to preserve its culture and assert its powers. Just as the fight to be superpowers continues‚ the west and east continue to outdo each
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A Historical Analysis of Factors leading to Westernization of Egypt Hist 405 MODERN HISTORY OF MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES 1948-2008 FORMAN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE UNIVERSITY‚ LAHORE SUBMITTED BY SUBMITTED TO Muhammad Umer Toor 12-10662 Mr. Khizer Jawad INTRODUCTION “The Muslims of the world are passing through the most critical period in their history. The western civilization called modernism has dominated over all other civilizations with the forceful hammerings of scientific advancement
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of an ethnic group. An example of this would be the Westernization of cultures. Westernization has caused an massive impact on acculturation. Acculturation is proposed as a multidimensional process consisting of the confluence among heritage-cultural and receiving cultural practices‚ values‚ and identifications (Schwartz‚ Unger‚ Zamboanga‚ & Szapocznik‚ 2010). Writer‚ Paul Harrison‚ in his cause and effect essay evaluates how westernization is eradicating the cultural diversity of the world.
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becomes globalized‚ countries are trailing behind their cultures and their identity‚ for them to be cohesive with the Western ideal. The alteration in clothing style‚ religious beliefs‚ family roles are few of the examples of the impacts of which Westernization has had on developing countries. With that said‚ a medical practice common in developing countries such as Uganda‚ Sudan and Iraq‚ is female circumcision (Keilburger‚ 2013). Often linked this practice to Islamic teachings‚ it is incorrect as in
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Elizabeth Lee Mr. Brondel East Asians Studies 8 December 2014 Westernization of China and Japan Non Western countries such as China and Japan dealing with the pressure from the West to modernize‚ industrialize‚ and westernize. Japan and China both had significant differences in terms of how both parties dealt and responded to the pressure of West expanding throughout their lands. Although both countries had remarkable differences‚ there were definitely similarities. The differences
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Modern Egypt. These changes include the history of European imperialism‚ the westernization of Egypt‚ and the impact on their education. Egypt borrowed a lot of money from European countries‚ mostly Britain and France‚ for internal improvements. Egypt’s most important cash crop was cotton. Around the time of the American Civil War‚ cotton gained a growing demand around the world. Egypt used the cotton market to their advantage to pay of their debt to Britain and France. Unfortunately‚ the demand for
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Although the 1890s saw a reaction against the onslaught of Western influence‚ naturalists argued in favor of the best that was Japanese‚ but they did so in a thoroughly Western frame of reference and could identify little of exclusive value aside from the physical beauties of Japan‚ especially Mt. Fuji. Thus‚ Japan came to be under western influence. Due in part to the western influence‚ Japan has received many effects‚ both good and bad. In the same way that various cultural influence has helped
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is a glaring observation to be made‚ and that is interest in India by the West seems closely tied to economic profit. Britain realized it when they took India from the East India Company and today the United States and European powers are taking advantage of a large and cheap labor force and emerging middle class. Indian artists are benefitting especially from this economic boom as the middle class and wealthy in India are their main supporters. The strife of the lower class seems to be one of the
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