Globalization on Non Western Cultures Examples of Globalization’s Impact Globalization is far reaching in this day and age. Globalization is the worldwide flow of goods‚ services‚ money‚ people‚ information‚ and culture. It leads to a greater interdependence and mutual awareness among the people of the world (Tischler‚ 2011‚ 2007‚ p. 430). One non-Western culture that has been impacted by globalization is China. An example of the impact of globalization on China is their economy. Since joining the
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Western Influence on Chinese Music China has long been the cultural hub of Asia‚ and has had the longest amount of contact of any Asian country with other Western countries. Ever since the Silk Road was established‚ China has been trading with other Western countries and exchanging aspects of their cultures with one another. One of these aspects is music. But how exactly has Western music influenced Chinese music? In order to understand this‚ we must look at the history of Western encounters
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*** The Impact of Western Culture on Eating Disorders and Poor Body Image in Hispanic Americans While obesity stands as one of the leading causes of death in the United States‚ with the much of Latino community at risk of the disease‚ another potential health problem stemming from the association of food is the concept of body image‚ as well as its correlation to eating disorders. And while it is duly noted that many of the studies conducted have focused on the female Caucasian population‚ there
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Aristotle’s Impact Throughout the centuries civilization has been constantly changing in ideas. Some noticeable changes in western civilization have been formation of polis along in new religion from Greek gods to the spread of Christianity. There were many philosophers that impacted western European society‚ one happens to be a man named Aristotle. Aristotle influence impacted future generations and changed views on philosophy‚ art‚ and literature. Aristotle taught his students that developing
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difference between the countries is the way the West influenced each region‚ and the way China and Japan responded to this influence. China focused more on the idea of being a "status oriented" society‚ while Japan was more "goal oriented" based. In China‚ anyone had the ability to better themselves and change their status through civil examinations given by the government. Western impact however slowly changed this old age system. Japan’s caste system viewed certain aspects of life differently and
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David Brion Davis‚ The problem of slavery in Western Culture (Ithaca‚ New York: Cornell University Press‚ 1966) David Brion Davis in his book ‘The Problem of Slavery In Western Culture’ has given an historical research of societies attitude towards slavery. In no ancient society was the distinction between slave and free man so sharply drawn in America. Although European morals had progressed in the age of enlightenment‚ the slave trade in America gave a constant stimulus to the worst vices and
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Throughout history‚ two movements have had a significant impact on Western civilization: the spread of Greek culture and the religion of Christianity. The rise of Greek influence brought with it a new form of government‚ language‚ history‚ and beliefs. Additionally‚ a very influential part of the growth of Western civilization was the rise of Christianity. Christianity preached an inviting message of acceptance and salvation from sins. Both of these movements made a lasting impression because
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India is now at a stage where we will see slow growth and high inflation for some time—GDP growth has slowed to a 9-year low of 5.3% in January-March 2012‚ with WPI inflation staying sticky near 7.5% in May and CPI inflation in double digits. Ideally‚ it should have been the reverse: GDP growth should have been 7.5% plus and inflation near 5%. Clearly‚ the growth-inflation dynamics have reversed. As it stands now‚ we are in a low growth and high inflation trap. Getting out of this will require
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Many countries have different religions and cultures. Culture is a form of human intellectual achievements. It is like learning a human’s behavior pattern. It does not matter what background you have or which part of the world you are from‚ everybody has a culture in them in some way. It involves interactions between people‚ for example verbal communication‚ non verbal communication and or facial expressions. For verbal communication people tend to greet each other in the politest way using common
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pollution is a major global problem. It has been suggested that it is the leading worldwide cause of deaths and diseases‚[1][2] and that it accounts for the deaths of more than 14‚000 people daily.[2] An estimated 700 million Indians have no access to a proper toilet‚ and 1‚000 Indian children die of diarrheal sickness every day.[3] Some 90% of China’s cities suffer from some degree of water pollution‚[4] and nearly 500 million people lack access to safe drinking water.[5] In addition to the acute problems
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