MEDIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION T R A N S C R I PT EDWARD SAID THE MY TH OF ‘ THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS’ Challenging media EDWARD SAID The Myth of ‘The Clash of Civilizations’ Executive Producer & Director: Sut Jhally Editor: Sanjay Talreja Featuring a lecture by Edward Said Professor‚ Columbia University and author of Orientalism Introduced by Sut Jhally University of Massachusetts-Amherst Media Education Foundation © MEF1998 2 PART ONE – INTRODUCTION Thank you very much. I’m
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compare and contrast mesopotamia‚ egypt‚ and harappan civilization politically‚ socially‚ and economically. 8) Antony and Cleopatra – Octavia’s wife‚ Cleopatra‚ had an affair with Mark Antony. They fell in love after the Battle of Philippi. Antony conquered land in the East with Cleopatra’s money. They had three children together. In 33 BCE‚ the civil breaks out; and in 31 BCE‚ the Battle of Actium begins. Antony kills himself in 30 BCE‚ eleven days later‚ Cleopatra kills herself. 9) Pax Romana
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Harappan and the Minoan civilizations disappeared‚ the civilizations had some of the greatest religions‚ writings and laws‚ and evident social hierarchy and city structure. Ancient civilizations are fascinating‚ brilliant‚ beautiful‚ and harsh. Each civilization had a quality that made it special‚ but each civilization also had a quality that made it horrible. The Harappan and Minoan‚ both civilizations people know virtually nothing about‚ were one of few ancient civilizations that we get the pleasure
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ion1-Western civilization : Contemporary Western civilization is based on deep-rooted intellectual foundations that date back as far as ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Five characteristics of Western thought were brilliantly outlined by Dr. Yussuf Al Qaradawi as follows: (Youssef Al-Qaradawi‚ Islam‚ the Civilization of the Future‚ p. 15‚ Wahba Library‚ Cairo‚ 1995.) 1- The flawed knowledge of the divinity : Western perception underlying Western civilization does not have a neat‚ clear-cut vision
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“I’m trying to think. Supposing we go‚ looking like we used to‚ washed and hair brushed- after all we aren’t savages really and being rescued isn’t a game.” The theme The Need of Civilization affects both individuals and society by fairness‚ loss of control or power‚ and fear. The book‚ The Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding‚ is about how a group of boys are stranded on an island and they are the only ones there. These boys need to find ways to survive. The main characters are Ralph
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Comparing Ancient Civilizations The word civilization is defined as “an advanced state of human society”. When thinking of an ancient civilization though‚ people of the present do not really consider these societies advanced technologically or culturally. The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Shang and Zhou dynasties prove that their thinking is a misconception with their innovations in the ancient world. The Chinese and the Mesopotamia’s similarities proved why these civilizations thrived in
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always been and always will be an infinite number of ways a civilization can fail‚ succeed‚ and evolve. Failure is an inevitable outcome for a civilization‚ whether sooner or later. Causes of failure in a civilization may be famine‚ a lack of resources‚ or over extension‚ which has occurred multiple times through history‚ whether it be Napoleon freezing to death with his army after they got stuck in mud‚ or the leader of a civilization simply trying to manage and pursue too many things at once. It
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The Development of Civilization Civilization is a complex way of life that came about as people began to develop urban settlements. The inventions‚ techniques‚ and concepts enabled the advancement of humankind and lay of foundation in the modern life. The way a civilization was developed was how humans shaped it and made it into resources. Some examples include the culture during the Paleolithic age through the refining period of the Neolithic age. The first age was the Paleolithic age‚ it began
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The factors that lead to the "collapse" of civilizations are almost directly related to those that created it. Archaeologists characterize collapse by a number of elements‚ some of which we have evidence for‚ others we do not. Most archaeologists are unsure of exactly what caused the decline of most civilizations in the ancient world‚ yet there are many clues to some of the events that could have contributed. The collapse of the ancient Roman Empire‚ the Mesoamerican Mayan‚ and the Egyptian cultures
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until approximately 1000 CE‚ and during this time period major civilizations developed in Rome and China. These civilizations were influenced by the political‚ economic‚ religious‚ and social structures‚ which played heavily into the success and collapse of each civilization. The creation of an unstable political and economic structure‚ with a lack of universal religion‚ resulted in the destruction of the Roman Empire. Chinese civilization also declined due to weak political and economic systems‚ however
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