Merina Henam Term paper: Eurocentrism Then and Now West is considered to be the pioneer of the modern world. West itself considered to be grand‚ superior and pristine than the rest of the world. This notion brings in the concept of Eurocentrism. Though the term was coined much later in the late
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Westernization is a word that is gradually becoming synonymous with modernization. There does‚ however‚ exist a clear and distinct difference between the two notions that must be clarified before moving forward. The former concept revolves specifically around the spread of western ideas to other cultures influencing everything from morals to general practices. The latter‚ on the other hand‚ involves a rather rationalist and positive essence to it [1] in that it could be a change in ways that are
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How significant is the concept of time as a way that we classify society? Explain some different cultural notions of time. The concept of time is not universally defined; it is a socially constructed entity‚ as different cultures in the world interpret time in different ways. So‚ do we share time? We all live in the present‚ but do all cultures in the world view the past and the future as holding the same level of importance? In a globalised world it is easy to synchronize clocks‚ but is synchronizing
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Emman U. Jumpay Honey Joy M. Bellen Myza F. Rodeo Patricia M. Medina Ronnel C. Andal Homosexual Males within the culture of Metrohair Salon I. INTRODUCTION Sex and Gender are concepts not to be static within just the identity of the people in a society. The diversification of both sex and gender comprises a good population of people not of the same features; this offers our society the beauty of being complex. As researchers as we are‚ we were interested on the
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wealth of nations‚ ed. K. Sutherland (Oxford‚ 1993). Allen‚ Robert C. ’Progress and poverty in early modern Europe ’‚ Economic History Review‚ vol. 56‚ 3 (2003)‚ pp. 403-43 Blaut‚ James M.‚ The colonizer ’s model of the world : geographical diffusionism and Eurocentric history (New York ; London‚ 1993). North‚ D.C. and Weingast‚ Barry R.‚ ’Constitutions and commitment: the evolution of institutional governing public choice in seventeenth-century England ’‚ Journal of Economic History‚ vol. 49
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IRAWATI KARVE Early Life: Irawati was born in 1905 and named after the river Irawaddy in Burma where her father‚ Ganesh Hari Karmarkar worked. At seven‚ she was sent to the Huzur Paga boarding school for girls in Pune. One of her classmates at the school was Shakuntala Paranjapye‚ daughter of Wrangler Paranjapye‚ Principal of Fergusson College‚ Pune. Shakuntala’s mother took an instant liking to Irawati and adopted her as her second child. In her new home‚ Irawati experienced a stimulating
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* what is anthropology? * Anthropology uses a holistic perspective to understand human culture and what it means to be human * The working definition: the empirical comparative study of humans as biological and cultural beings‚ informed by the overarching principles of cultural relativism and by the avoidance of ethnocentrism * Four Traditional Fields of Anthropology * Physical anthropology * Also known as biological anthropology. Examines the biological and behavioral
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Introduction:- The Zamindarana Nizam or Feudal system is a phenomenon that has affected Pakistan’s history time and again; sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. There are many salient features of the Feudal system in Pakistan. They are large landholdings by joint families; Lambardari of the local landlord family‚ work done by peasants or mazeras‚ complete rule of the landlord in the vicinity and often its surroundings too‚ debt bondage and sometimes absentee landlordism. The Pakistani
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Bibliography: Blaut‚ James M.‚ ‘Environmentalism and Eurocentrism’‚ Geographical Review‚ 89: 3 (1999)‚ pp. 391-408. Blaut‚ James M.‚ The Colonizer’s Model of the World: Geographical Diffusionism and Eurocentric History. New York & London: Guilford Press‚ 1993. Conrad‚ Geoffrey W.‚ & Demarest‚ Arthur A.‚ Religion and Empire: The dynamics of Aztec and Inca expansionism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press‚ 1984. Diamond‚ Jared‚ Guns‚ Germs
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Culture:- Culture is one of the most important concepts of social science. It is a unique possession of man. Only man in born and brought up in a cultural environment. It is a very broad term that includes in itself all our works of life‚our modes of behavior‚our philosophies and ethics‚ our morals‚ manners‚ our customs and traditions. Definitions:- 1.B.Malinowski defined culture “cumulative creation of man.” 2.Graham Wallas‚ culture as an accumulation of thoughts values and objects‚ it
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