1. In the article “Clocking Cultures” by Carol Ezzell‚ the author focusses on a more intellectual audience that value the concept of time throughout the globe. Ezzell provides an understanding of how time can be perceived differently by what the culture values. It gives the reader a better comprehension of time globally that can allow them to grow intellectually. The readers that want to expand their knowledge and conduct business with other cultures would value from this article. “Autism Spectrum
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The article “Through the Mirror of Beauty Culture”‚ by Carla Rice‚ describes the struggle women experience to fit in the ideal picture of “beauty” that society constructed. The main argument is to change our way of defining beauty. To support the argument‚ most of the cultures view beauty as women being used as objects and sex symbols. I agree with the author’s opinion about rethinking beauty. The image of beauty changes by society and most importantly by media‚ because they are deciding what should
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THE PRIMACY OF CULTURE By Francis Fukuyama Democracy’s Future Francis Fukuyama argues that for any new ideology or political trend to emerge that rival those of liberal democracy‚ it requires the precursor of developments at the level of civic society and culture. Accordingly‚ he sees the only civic society‚ and culture that seems poised to do so is Asia. Fukuyama bases his judgment on the claim that for the consolidation of democracy‚ there must exist four levels of change: On the first
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insists on the often ineffable or unsayable aspects of ritual practice and belief. At the same time‚ in her descriptions of these practices‚ Armstrong makes recourse to a methodology and vocabulary for giving voice to these many cultures. Even in the case of the culture at Lascaux - people we know very little about- Armstrong puts forward ideas about the motivations and possible symbology of the representations in the cave.
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Rape culture‚ particularly on college campuses‚ is a pervasive part of our current society. As more young women speak out against attacks made against them‚ the issue has made a prominent place for itself in the media and has given a stronger voice to those who have suffered abuse. Camille Paglia‚ a humanities professor and cultural critic‚ examines rape culture through the lens of personal responsibility in an editorial that she wrote for the San Francisco Examiner. She expresses the opinion that
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Pierpaoli’s‚ Truman and Korea the Political Culture of the Early Cold War‚ written in 1999‚ focuses on the American decision to mediate in the Korean War and the political‚ military‚ and social impact it left behind. Pierpaoli provides an understanding into America’s first undeclared conflict and the building of the national security state. The main emphasis is to analyze how the nation mobilized for the war and how that affected the economic scene and political culture of the United States. He mentions
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public schools?” Have we given up on the kids because we have given up on the future? Benjamin Barber stresses this thought-provoking idea because there is‚ without a doubt‚ a need for a change. In a book written by Deborah Tannen called The Argument Culture: Moving from Debate to Dialogue‚ she expresses the idea that when two parties have a debate over an issue then usually there can only be two sides to a solution; no more no less. The more one side gets into conflict with another‚ the more it is willing
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Varda Burstyn provides great insight on hypermasculinity and modern sport in her book‚ The Rites of Men: Manhood‚ Politics and the Culture of Sports. In this book‚ Burstyn asserts that performance enhancing drugs have become institutionalized as part of the “hypermasculinization” in sports and society. Athletes use performance-enhancing drugs to receive an energy boost as a means of playing through the pain endured during a sporting event. Especially in modern sports‚ competition has increased dramatically
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Most people living in big cities‚ such as Beijing and Jakarta‚ generally complain about one common problem‚ traffic jam. In São Paulo‚ the length of traffic jam once reached 129 km. Transportation analysts and governments of cities have suggested solutions to this problem‚ one of them is to create a good public transportation system throughout the city. There are some characteristics that a good transportation system should have. First‚ a good transportation system has to serve most of the city’s
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With the increasingly rapid economic globalization and urbanization‚more problems are brought to our attention.One of them is traffic jams. The reasons can be listed as follows .For one thing‚it’s cheaper to buy a car than a few years ago.In previous years‚a car was a luxury that Chinese families cannot afford‚but cars are now becoming more accessible to the common people because of the reduction of the price.Therefore we can see so many cars driving on the road.For another reason‚with the people’s
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