Essays on Civilizing

The main purpose of the current paper is to provide a brief response to the article written and further published by Erika Fischer-Lichte under the title “Theatre and the Civilizing Process: An Approach to the History of Acting”. Prior to discussing the details of the article, it is worth defining that the overall narration and language of the article appears to be more journalistic rather than scientific, which seems to be rather strange taken into consideration the fact that the author of the discussed article aimed to prove that there is an undeniable and undoubtful connection between the history ...

Stalking Ableism: Using Disability to Expose ‘Abled' Narcissism

Meaning of terms in the context of the chapter One of the key terms in Chapter 13 is the ableism. According to Campbell (2012, p.213), ableism is defined as "denoting an attitude that devalues or differentiates disability through the valuation of able-bodiedness equated to normalcy." Alternatively, ableism is used in the perspective of able-bodiedness to mean "a way of being" (Campbell, 2012). In other words, according to the chapter, ableism can be defined as processes, beliefs, and processes that generate a particular perception of body and self, which is reflected as species-typical and perfect. Therefore, ableism is significant and ...

Concentrating on Sri Lanka

(Name and A#) Colonialism had long reaching effects on indigenous cultures, economic systems, literature, and religions. Of those four, religions were the most personal and the most stubborn to change. It was not until the late 18th and early 19th centuries that the British first contacted the Buddhist religion. For the British, it was a bit of a shock to find a civilization willing to accept their rule and yet, a religion so constant and resilient as to be able to reject Christianity while absorbing bits and pieces of the religion and the British culture into their own. The ...