East/West Characterising Toilet attendant: “this in nothing yet.” “I don’t know if it’s a threat or a boast. This is what they call Berliner Schnaeize –snont. Its attitude; it in your face.” Anna: “I liked the sweeping rouge of words from ‘heartfelt’ to ‘heartsick’. And I liked the order‚ the directness that I imagined in the people.” On the former GDR “….its bewildered people.” “The demonstrators‚ in shock‚ obediently pulled their cards from their wallets. Then they seized the buildings
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A: The Decline of the West The Decline of the West is a short story by Hanif Kureishi. It is about a husband and father‚ named Mike‚ who comes home from an over twelve hour day at his job‚ to find his wife annoyed and not pleased with him‚ his oldest son the same‚ and his youngest son happy to see him because he have promised to buy him a guitar‚ an amplifier and a microphone. Because of these troubles at home‚ he does not get a chance to tell his wife or the children that he earlier the same
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I found the Cornel West speech rather interesting because of the way that he used his words and his expressions during his speech. Cornel West is one of the leading African American individuals that appeared in a lot of programs. He used to be a professor in Albert and now a professor at Princeton University. He is controversial because he is outspoken and is very engaged socially. “Getting to know Cornel West has been one of the genuine pleasures of my life‚” Gates said. “I have never met a person
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Doing business in Japan. Konnichiwa! Today I’m going to cover a very interesting topic – Doing business in Japan. At first let me introduce myself – I am Linda-san. And it would be a great pleasure to present this mini-guide of doing business in this unique country. So let’s start. Japan’s cultural identity is as strong as that of any nation in the world. Her closed door policy‚ which existed from the early 1600s to the middle of the nineteenth century‚ created an isolated society. Much of the
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Good Hotel: Doing Good‚ Doing Well? Joie de Vivre is a hotel management group that is located in San Francisco that was founded in 1987 by Chip Conley. He liked commercial real estate but did not like doing the transaction part of it. He stated to Travel Weekly the branding strategy for Joie de Vivre. In article he said that they know California better than anyone‚ approximately 40 percent of consumers are from California. He knows that his company comes up with unique hotels‚ with own personality
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The Decline of the West “The world of the post 9/11 era‚ used interminably by politicians and psychologists‚ was “security”‚ and the more the country had appeared to be policed by men in fluorescent jackets with “Security” stamped on the back‚ the more afraid Mike felt. “ 1 and this development is not only on that turf‚ Couse the post 2000s has provided us whit gang violence on the street‚ kids playing games that can disturb there sense of reality and much more. Mike lives in the upper-class
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The Veil and The West When it comes to Women in Islam much has been written about their dress‚ hijab‚ veils and burqas. Katherine Bullock and Asma Barlas are examples of such examiners; these two women investigated the veil and western politics of the body. Katherine Bullock observes veiling in her book “Rethinking Muslim women and the veil” by critically examining western media’s representation and perceptions of the veil. She also takes it one step further by interviewing sixteen Muslim women
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Islam and the West: Conflict‚ Democracy‚ Identity Akeel Bilgrami‚ Columbia University This short essay analyzes the deception and self-deception in talk of ‘the clash of civilizations’ and proceeds to diagnose what is wrong in the standard understanding of Islam in the Western media today by looking to the abiding history of colonial relations with Islam down to this day and also looking to the relation between ideals of democracy and the formation of religious identities. The essay closes with some
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A: The Decline of the West af Kristoffer Lindegaard The capitalistic world was doing great‚ everyone was making money‚ and spending it like there was no tomorrow. Banks were lending people money to buy bigger houses‚ faster cars‚ and all other material things that an upper class family might need. Everything seemed perfect‚ until the financial world suddenly discovered that these methods weren’t sustainable and thus firing‚ and making no money available for lending anymore was needed. Mike‚ the
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A: Decline of the West Hanif Kureishi´s short story “Decline of the West” was first published in 2010‚ in London. It deals with the financial crisis in 2007-2008 and about a fired banker and his family. The capitalistic world was doing well. People where earning‚ and spending money like there was no tomorrow. The banks where stable‚ and could lend money to people who wanted to build bigger houses or drive the newest car – just any new and expensive material stuff people couldn’t “live without”
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