Quarter I V 2010 ISSN 2229 – 5313 THE EFFECTS OF WESTERN CIVILISATION AND CULTURE ON AFRICA Dare Arowolo (Lecturer‚ Dept. of Political Science & Public Administration‚ Adekunle Ajasin University‚ Nigeria) ABSTRACT The central argument of this paper stems from the submission that colo nialism‚ slave trade and missionary are the platform upon which Western civilisation and culture thrive and are sustained. While insisting that Western civilisation and culture has precariously contaminated the traditional
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of the Balkan region or simply Balkans. The Balkans are geographically part of Europe‚ but conceptually excluded from the Western European political and economic sphere as well as culture‚ beliefs and values. The “Balkan construction” was part of the Western Hegemonic discourse and it has been seen as a ‘remote area’ - the dark and barbaric side of Europe. The typical Western – created the concept for Balkans reflect stereotypes such as violence‚ ferocity‚ irrationality and uncontrollable passion
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that were particular to my culture. Later on that evening she had pulled me to the side and told me that the culture that she was raised in was completely different from mine. She was raised in New York all of her life and she had never experienced such a distinct culture. At that time I told her that she did not know half the story! As time went on‚ she attended more and more Indian functions and realized that the main differences between the western and Indian cultures were religion‚ marriage
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The Influence of Western Culture on Youth: is it corrupting? Nowadays‚ having a wide range of media sources such as radio‚ television‚ typography‚ and of course World Wide Web we have an easy access to all kinds of different information and materials. This provides a lot of opportunities such as education and entertainment. But with all these advantages we could also unintentionally absorb unnecessary or even harmful information. It could easily affect even the minds of educated grown up people
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ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN MUMBAI MICHAEL RAJU MARIADAS F09038 Contents INTRODUCTION 3 HISTORY 3 GEOGRAPHY 3 CLIMATE 4 CULTURE 4 CHRONIC RESPIRATORY
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Rum‚ Coffee‚ and Tea are three drinks that had a large effect on the culture of Western Civilizations. Rum was a large part of the life of a slave‚ it was their reward for many tasks. The establishment of coffeehouses brought about the age of reason. Tea culture traveled throughout the continents‚ starting many traditions still performed and done today. Their influence helped move the course of history along‚ and began some great movements in economics and politics. Rum is an alcoholic drink made
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been efforts to investigate microbial rubber degradation: However‚ only recently have the first proteins involved in this process have been identified and characterized and have the corresponding genes cloned. Analysis of the degradation product of natural rubber and synthetic rubbers isolated from various bacterial cultures indicated without expectation that there was oxidative cleavage of the double bond in the polymer backbone. A similar degradation mechanism was postulated for the cleavage of
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Environmental Degradation Analysis By Anupam Rozario - 26 Anupam Gogoi – 27 Anupam Verma – 28 ABSTRACT Urbanization refers to general increase in population and the amount of industrialization of a settlement. It includes increase in the number and extent of cities. It symbolizes the movement of people from rural to urban areas. Urbanization happens because of the increase in the extent and density of urban areas. Due to uncontrolled urbanization in India‚ environmental degradation has
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of children’s literature in Western culture. More specifically‚ this paper includes descriptions of major trends and developments‚ including social functions‚ of children’s literature in various times and cultures. In addition‚ this paper includes information relating the timeline developments to folk literatures and a discussion of the role of historical children’s literature in a pluralistic society. Trends and Developments with Social Functionalism in Time and Culture Up to around the Renaissance
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The people of fugawiland are composed of at least two different cultures. They are characterized by the type of pottery that they used and the shape of their houses. The eastern culture used the banded pottery and constructed the square huts. They also utilized the resources of chert. The reason is the location of the chert. The western culture used the zig zag pottery and constructed round huts. They were all hunters and gatherers utilizing the time seasons and game for that time. White
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