The deep rooted embedded cultural values in our society are becoming hollow and gradually fading away. Various catalysts of change are responsible for this scenario‚ the foremost being the deep impact of westernization. The European and American culture is slowly embraced in by our society. The role of media is enormous here .Westernization has been spread through out our country because of the media. The TV channels shows various newscasters and different characters in the dramas wearing westernized
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Globalising world‚ the different cultures constantly come across each other. As a consequence‚ the ability to understand other cultures and to deal with cultural differences will probably be a major quality required in our future professional life. This year‚ thanks to the "Ichec housing project" we had the opportunity to gain experience on this subject. The topic of this essay is to explain the cultural differences that can exist between the Indian society and the Western society. In order to do that
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Modern western culture arguably fails to meet the most fundamental requirements of any culture: to provide a sense of belonging and purpose‚ a sense of self-worth and meaning‚ and a moral framework to guide youth. Countries like New Zealand and Australia are categorized as “new” western nations‚ young countries without a long‚ shared cultural heritage or strong sense of identity (Eckersley. R 2008). I believe the contribution of western societies has created a worsening precedent‚ one that in particular
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jolly time with parents and otherwise too. What can one infer after reading the above lines? I guess‚ the first answer would be that India is changing over the course of time. India‚ as the name flickers‚ one thinks of religion‚ traditions‚ art and culture and it’s apt to think so because India is the country which is famous for its diversity in these aspects. The land where the great Raja Ram Mohan‚ Tagore‚ Gandhi transformed the thinking of people and removed the social stigmas like sati pratha (the
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Western civilization is what we call modern society that mainly includes North America and Western Europe. But how did this western way of life come to be? Their are many different ways but mainly through ancient cultures. The two main ones are the Greek and Roman. Greece with their golden age and Rome with its great Empire and Republic and also together. Their are many ways in which western civilization is like the ancient Greek civilization. They started the Olympic games
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The first full civilization emerged by 3500 B.C. in the Tigris-Euphrates valley in the Middle East. Relatively soon thereafter civilization developed along the Nile in Egypt‚ and later spread to other parts of the Middle East and one region in Africa. The advent of civilization provided a framework for most of the developments in world history. Additionally‚ the specific early civilizations that arose in the Middle East and Africa had several distinctive features‚ in political structure
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Introduction Culture is a broad term which has been described by various philosophers since decades. It has been claimed by Raymond Williams to be “…one of the two or three most complicated words in English language” (Williams‚ 1976). Different definitions of the term‚ culture may have distinct descriptive ways and criterion to evaluate human activity. It is important to define the broad base of the sophisticated term ‘culture’‚ in the sense used later in the paper‚ to narrow down the discussion
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westernized culture and its effect on us. I feel we are imitating the western life too much; not that western culture is all that bad‚ just that we are chasing our tradition away. We are instilling social and political ideas that are not indigenous to India. Those days whatever we borrowed from British were good; we realized that Government is an acceptable institution. Britishers also made us realize that Government would give us freedom of opinion‚ expression and the right to drive public demands
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Abstract Western pop culture has been a phenomenon that it has influenced every aspect of society. In this paper I looked into how it has affected a third world country such as the Philippines‚ how pop culture has changed the country and its people. I find that some of the changes were for the better and some changes had a negative impact. Influences of Western Pop Culture Culture and traditions are significant in countries like Philippines‚ which has always cherished its rich heritage and
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similar not only in their survival tactics‚ but in many other facets of life. Many hunter/gathering cultures‚ regardless of having glaring geographical differences‚ remain similar in many ways as well. In fact‚ such groups tend to live in similar ecosystems even when living across the globe. Obviously these areas that foragers have chosen to inhabit have dictated their lifestyle. The !Kung of South Africa and the Aborigines of Australia are two foraging groups that display more similarities than differences
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