Essays on Western World

The Tokugawa Period lasted between 1603 and 1867 (Yanemoto). It was founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu, and it was also called the Edo period. The Tokugawa period was characterized by political stability, internal peace, and economic growth. The people were led under military dictatorship. During this time, the Japanese society experienced some changes. Some of the transformation include educational expansion, commercialization and economic growth among others. The social order in the society was totally frozen. The society was divided into four classes: Samurai class, Farmers/Peasants, Artisans, and Merchants. Peasants were concerned with food production through farming. Artisans used their crafts ...

Introduction

Arabs, particularly from Middle East and North Africa have unique psychological challenges that are associated with the back rash that has been brought about by terrorism. In addition to the increased misconception of their religion being associated with the vice, they also face cultural challenges that dictate how they are supposed to live. There are numerous studies that have been carried out among the Arab women on the subject of their mental health. This paper will address the epidemiology of their condition, focusing on the special group on the immigrants, while comparing them with their counterparts at home and ...

Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History

“We are what we eat; in the modern, western world, we are made more and, more into what we eat, whenever forces we have no control over persuade us that our consumption and our identity are linked ( Mintz, 1985, 211).” In his book, Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History, Sidney. W. Mintz takes a historical and anthropological approach to the production and consumption of sugar and in the process explains the place of sugar in the human food chain and how capitalism and market forces changed the status of sugar from a luxury item into ...

INTRODUCTION

There are some events in the course of the world’s growth and development that seem likely to occur; people will experience conflict, social unrest, possible warfare and any number of natural disasters that can devastate communities all across the globe. In the modern era one of the most terrifying of occurrences are terrorist attacks. Terrorist threats can exist unnoticed; no one knows when they may occur and what public place, government buildings or function that may be targeted. This makes terrorist attacks a huge source of stress, fear and shock for the people and for the governments involved. ...

Introduction

Human sexuality refers to the capacity for one to have sexual feelings. It can be expressed in differently including same-sex relationships, heterosexual interactions and even relationships among different partners. The form of sexuality one follows is guided by their life teachings and influences by culture, global interaction, and religion. These factors determine how one would choose to live their life. Over time sexuality has changed especially in the past century. Freedom to express one’s sexuality has increased, and people are more willing to transform due to reduced fear of persecution and reproductive limitations. This paper will explore the ...

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Humanities 4501: 9/11 Literature and Film Introduction There are different portrayals of Mohamed Atta, one of the terrorists who participated in the 9/11 attacks, in the story “The Last Days of Muhammad Atta,” written by Martin Amis, and the film The Hamburg Cell, directed by Antonia Bird. This paper examines both the story and the film and provides a comprehensive comparison of their portrayals of Mohamed Atta. It is clear that there are significant differences and similarities between how the story and the film portray Atta. In particular, this paper compares how the two narratives portray Atta’s feelings ...

Argumentative Research Paper

Introduction In the recent decades, multiple economic, political and cultural factors have contributed to China’s increasing participation in the global market, particularly in the international retail. The country’s retail market is among the most dynamic in the world today, while the fast and decisive adoption of the technological opportunities for retail operations made China the largest e-commerce market worldwide with the sales revenue of estimated $589 billion as for 2015 (Tong). Chinese retailers readily use the modern technological means to reach both local and foreign consumers, which has led to the dramatic growth of China’s Business-to-Consumer ...

Abstract

Artefacts have been suggested as the primary points of insights into the culture and customs of a civilization and the way they interact with the world around them. Whilst many of the objects in question convey spiritual messages in terms of idols and iconography, it is important to consider the ways in which the objects communicate on an implied level also; for example, jade stone is one particular inclusion within many Eastern Asian ceremonies and ceremonial pieces and had been considered within these cultures’ as a precious stone, but also, for its ability to preserve an individuals spirit. As ...

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The article “Divorce Trends and Patterns in the Western World: A socio-legal overview”, written by Tony Fahey, contains a profound overview of all the patterns and trends in divorce in the modern world in developed countries of the Western World. It regards the definition of the world “divorce” and its meaning, the causes and reasons of divorce, the legal process, and usual consequences thereof. Tony Fahey has made a deep investigation of marital breakdown in the modern society over half of a century. The author indicates that though the number of divorces has radically increased recently, the reasons of ...

English

Intercultural Communication Culture refers to a particular society present at a particular place at a specific time. Culture can never be wrong, it is only different. With increasing globalization, people from around the world are constantly finding a continuous need to learn and utilize effective skills in communication. Moreover, diversity in workplaces, institutions, and other public places has led to an influx in the number of cross-cultural interactions between people from diverse backgrounds. However, without a clear understanding of cultural aspects of other people, communication can become a challenge. Learning about a new culture and the application of communication ...

Introduction – The Media:

The mainstream media had been used as a tool for propaganda for centuries, the ruler and governments over a period of time, have been using the media in different forms to primarily communicate the messages, with the intention to influence and control the masses. In an era of technological advancement, a digitized world has taken shape, the influence of media in different shapes and forms has increased significantly, and the advent and phenomenal success of the social media channels, the influence of public behaviour has become more controlled since, swaying public opinion is being utilized by people in control ...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie brings us the fictional work entitled “Birdsong” in 2010, and as is usual for her, does so in a way that seems to be nonfiction. Reading anything by Adichie, the prominent Nigerian author, who frequently puts a 21rst century face on the Igbo people, is almost an invitation to reading the private diary of someone’s life, whether that life is that of a person living through a civil war, a person struggling to grasp American culture as she arrives from Nigeria in search for a better life, or as the girlfriend to a married man, ...

International management in an Asian context: Business life and management in China

Introduction Globalization has complicated the management process. As such, for one to be an effective manager, that individual needs to understand the global context of the management process. Fundamentally, one needs to appreciate the role of culture in the management process (Luthans & Doh, 2014). As such, the paper shall examine several features of the Chinese society and evaluate the ways they will affect the management process.

Discussion

Culture sensitivity is highly linked to effective management (Luthans & Doh, 2014). Considering the Chinese society, the Chinese have been socialized to believe that they are the descendants of Hun. As such, the Hun ...

Is the idea of human rights a universal concept, or does it represent Western cultural imperialism?

What do we know about human rights? According to the United Nations definition, “human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status.” All humans are equal in their rights without any discrimination. In this article, I will analyze the difference of understanding of human rights between the Western and the Eastern worlds and will try to answer the question: Is the idea of human rights a universal concept, or does it represent Western cultural imperialism? James Paul and Joe Stork state “ ...

Dress is regarded as marker of identity. Dress in which veil is given importance is common is Middle Eastern clothing style. However, majority of women when talk about dress, they consider fashion, modesty, and convenience with reference to their religion and values as their reasons and logic for veiling. But, it is also a fact that every style related to clothing has its own aesthetic, and is an indication of control, social discipline, and pleasure (Ingham & Lindisfarne-Tapper, 2014). Dress is used for creation and confirmation or contesting collective and personal identities. This is because of the fact that every ...

Human Rights and Obligation

There is a sheer need to balance out rights and obligation in the Australian context. Human beings have the basic urge to demand their own rights, but when it come to provide rights to other, the attitude remains indifferent. Citizens should be made aware of the notion that with every kind of benefit, it comes a sense of responsibility. Human rights are the rights inherent to all people equally irrespective of their caste, creed, race, sex, nationality, religion or any other status. Every human being is entitled to human rights without any discrimination. These rights are indivisible, interdependent and ...

Abstract

This dissertation formulates a research dissertation and strategy for a study into the impact of Islamic banking on the economic development of societies within which such banks operates. To this end, the research examines the major tools and impacts of Islamic banks on society by conducting a literature review. This is followed by the deduction of research questions and a hypothesis that will be used to form the parameters of the entire research. The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the relationship between the growth of Islamic banking worldwide and economic development of countries wherein this growth is ...

Today, in the era of high-tech, super smart computers are extremely fast internet education is vital. The ability to write, to count and to read is not a privilege available to a limited number of people, but a necessity, with which we are confronted on a daily basis. Nelson Mandela has once said: «education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world» and there is no doubt about truthfulness of this statement. Issues that are questionable are the qualitative and quantitative indicators of these education. Can we say that today people are overeducated? Can ...

Growth of the internet affecting various cultures, leading to a western, homogenized world culture

Today, the world’s most prominent piece of technology is the internet. Present in every home, school, college and workplace of the developed world, the internet is also present in the developing parts of the world, and its influence and use are only multiplying with the passing days. The internet has brought convenience and expediency into the lives of its users, and it has changed the way people communicate and retrieve information. The internet has altered the way people maneuver their lives, and it has become so deeply ingrained in everyday tasks in the present day, that life is ...

Spanish colonization in the Americas ended with the defeat of Spain in the Spanish-American War (1898). After sensationalist newspapers publicized the horrendous methods Spain used to stop the struggle for independence in Cuba, the American public felt sympathetic and public opinion inclined towards American intervention (“Grover Cleveland: American Interests In The Cuban Revolution”). The United States public sympathized with the Cuban rebels. The Treaty of Paris was signed Dec. 10, 1898, and Spain relinquished its hold on Cuba. US’s involvement in global affairs heightened during the cold war. The cold war was a period of rivalry between the ...

Anti-Islam attitudes, particular towards the Muslims and their informal and formal policies and codes of conduct are has become the main target of the Western media. This prejudice has manifested itself in various parts of the non-Muslim world. The Muslims have been portrayed by the Western media as dirty, brutal, uneducated, untrustworthy and fanatical terrorists. Throughout the western world, there exist a strong Islam-phobia; the strong feeling of Islam-phobia takes very many forms including hate and discrimination. Islam-phobia linked to terrorist attacks that are carried by Islamic fundamentalists. The strong anti-Muslim attitudes are widespread in Britain, France, United States and other western countries ( ...

Introduction

Cancer affects the body’s most basic unit, the cell. Normally, cells grow and divide to form new cells. When cells grow old, they die to make room for new ones and new cells grow only when the body needs them. However sometimes the old cells do not die or new cells are produced when not needed by the body they form tumors. Tumors can be either benign or malignant (National Cancer Institute, 2011). and organs.

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Benign tumors are non-cancerous and when removed they do not grow back. Malignant tumors are cancerous and most instances life threatening. When malignant ...

Question 1: International relations mainstream theories

The contribution of post modernism to the field of international relations has been far-reaching. The major element of this approach is the criticism to Marxism. It takes various strands of thinking and among them is the constructivist which is based on the philosophy of constructivism being applied in social settings. The theory talks about what it means to say that something is socially constructed. It illustrates social beliefs and facts that seem to have some sense of reality in them. But in reality, these social beliefs would function for individuals as I they ...

The Western world continues to have misunderstandings and misgivings about the religion of Islam. Marred by increasingly violent global politics against Islamic extremist groups and nativist fears against Islam at home, the world have increasingly viewed even Islam’s benign activities through a lens of trepidation. While it is hard to argue that Islamic terrorism should be viewed negative, even more typical Muslim activities, such as the celebration of Ramadan can be met with mixed reactions. The following essay will look at what aspects of Ramadan major news carriers focus on and how they present Islam’s holy month.

Ramadan ...

Intercultural business communication is difficult even at the best of times, but when there are distinct differences in cultural realities, communication can be made even more difficult. Intercultural business communication and the difficulties associated with it can obviously also be made more complex by past conflicts between that nation and other nations. Vietnam, for instance, was embroiled in a bloody conflict with the United States for a number of years, and that conflict still influences Vietnamese-American relations today. Canada’s history with Vietnam is less problematic, but there are still issues that take place within cultural exchanges that cause problems for ...

The time is March 2004 and the place is Paraguay. It is there, where a group of hunter-gatherers, quite possibly one of the few willingly isolated societies in the planet, came running out of the forest in northern Paraguay, escaping from ranchers' earthmovers. The Gran Chaco forest, which means "hunting land" in the Quechua language, the language of the people, is a thinly inhabited, warm and semi-arid coastal natural area of the Río de la Plata basin, shared among Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, where it is attached to the Pantanal region. This area is often called the Chaco ...

Orientalism is criticized by Prashad in the popular New Age Spiritualism where the religious aspects are clearly reflected on how they influence the lives of the Asian community in the U.S. The way in which the new aspects of religion relates with medical and healing practices are elaborated. The Indian religious perspectives on the lives of the individual conflicts with the life conditions in the U.S making the Indian community members in the U.S to face challenges in the daily activities (Vijay 16). The economic forces in relation to Orientalism are discussed by the author criticizing the aspects of ...

When most people are asked to identify the reasons why a public support for an ongoing war changes, the media’s coverage usually comes on top of the list; yet most scholars neglect the influence of the media on war. The media has the ability to shape our outlook on almost every topic under the sun, this means that the general assumption that the support of a war depends on its cost and casualties alone is disfigured. Information on whether a war is being won or being lost is relayed through the media, also, are the reasons behind a war (Arraf, 2009). This ...

Environment is the surrounding natural manifestations, which are an integral part that enhances the life of all living things. It is the platform on which live thrives hence the need for human attention thus leading to environmental studies. This discipline is charged with the responsibility of addressing all issues pertaining to the surrounding natural life. Environmental studies involve a wide view; therefore, this paper gives short answers to questions on various dimensions pertaining to the environment.

- The two major environmental worldviews are the deep ecological and the Western world environmental views. The western world environmental view holds that the ...

Research background (Starbucks case study)

Starbucks is known for its role in providing coffee of the highest quality to people around the world. At present, Starbucks coffee can be found in over sixty countries in the world, but the company started in the United States in 1971. The worldwide expansion of the brand started as early as 1982 when Howard Schultz joined the company. He studied the Italian market and saw that the market could benefit from a branch of the company. It was not until the 1990s that Starbucks created the first expansion in the United States then Canada and later the Americas. But, ...

In the 19th century, sociologist theorists begun to formulate various theories on religion, most of them emerging towards the common agreement that religion with its cults, liturgical rituals or sacred practices was entrenched in the past and would soon decrease in importance (Norris & Inglehart, 2003). Emile Durkheim, the sociological founder of functionalist theory, linked religion to a social role of creating cohesion among society, departing from its spiritual connection with God and supernatural (Turner, 2011). Although his theory on the functionality of religion was shaped in the 19th century, it finds echoes in the way the Generation X and Generation ...

Introduction

The world is much smaller than it used to be in many different ways. Comparative education is a process that looks at the different educational traditions in one country or culture and then compares those traditions to the educational traditions in other cultures—this is a way of developing educational theory, and a method for utilising the vast amounts of data now available to glean new insights (Bignold and Gayton, 2009). These processes look at the many issues associated with education and try to draw parallels and examine differences between different cultures and the educational experiences offered by each culture (Bignold and ...

International relations looks at the international environment that is composed of the territorial states and it holds that that there is no superior authority over issues which they regard as vital interest. Therefore it tries to analyze the changing relationships between states as well as non state actors. International relations serve to promote peace and good co-existence between states. This is because countries need to communicate and relate well with one another to survive. Every country depends on trade for survival and no country can survive in isolation. Poor international relations can lead to negative consequences for instance during ...

Samuel P. Huntington (1993) propounded theory, ‘clash of civilizations’ suggests that religious identity of people will play the main role in a conflicting world that takes place in the era of post cold world war. This theory is one of the most discussed and disputed theories in the modern world. Edward (2006) said introduced the theory of ‘Orientalism’ that focuses extensively on the cultures other than the western world. This paper intends to discuss both the theories and further tries to find out political motivations of these theories. There are various aspects of Huntington’s theory. He believes that ...

INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION OF PRICELINE PHARMACY, AUSTRALIA IN TURKEY: INTERNATIONAL MARKETING REPORT

INTRODUCTION This is a feasibility study report for Priceline Pharmacy, an Australian pharmaceutical company that seeks to expand into Turkey, within the primary peripheral of Istanbul and Ankara. This research project will involve a critical review of the internal components of Priceline Pharmacy and its female-oriented product portfolio. This will be followed by an analysis of the Australian business environment and markets.

INTERNAL ANALYSIS OF PRICELINE PHARMACY

Priceline Pharmacy opened its first store in Highpoint, Victoria in 1982 and it has grown and expanded into many developed countries over the past 30 years. “Priceline is dedicated to helping women look good, live well and feel ...

Figure of Usnisha VijayaCast copper alloy(bronze?) with gilding, pigment and inlaid with semi-precious stonesCentimetres: 41.2 (height), 31.7 (width)18th century ADArea of Origin: TibetSir Christopher Ondaatje South Asian GalleryThe George Crofts Collection918.39.4.ADescription Ushnisha-vijaya is a peaceful white deity and an emanation of Vairochana Buddha, whose transcendent wisdom reveals the realm of highest reality. In her hands she holds a double vajra, representing the male aspect of compassion. The shape of the vajra – two identical ends bound by an unbreakable core – reflects the diamond-hard nature of the Buddha’s mind. She is known as the long-life deity. This deity ...

The Miniskirt

The origin of the miniskirt lies in the heart of the so called Swinging London of the 1960s. Mary Quant, a dressmaker who sold her own fashionable, and desired, designs from a store in the London district of Chelsea can be regarded as the creator of the (twentieth- century) miniskirt. Because of her privileged spot within the London fashion district and her grasp of how to connect to a mass audience (instead of relying on the ‘old’ trickle-down effect), her creation – that started out as simple street fashion – turned out to be an international fasion style. It was picked up by famous ...

THROUGHOUT THE DECADES

Relationship of Music Throughout the Decades Throughout the decades, music has seen a lot of changes. One thing that stayed the same is Rock. It was popular from the 60s all throughout the 2010s (Cox & Warner, 2004). It was the only genre to survive all five decades, and has constantly been reinvented. Many different artists saw their rise and fall throughout the decades; many have also made their comebacks in the 2000s. There are a couple of key artists that have made their name prominent in music history, changing the way people heard music (Cullen, 2001). The important eras were ...

IS THE WORLD ECONOMY BECOMING MORE GLOBALIZED, MORE INTERNATIONALISED, MORE WESTERNISED OR MORE NEOLIBERAL? DISCUSS

Introduction The world economy is a contemporary topic of study in the current century because of its uncountable benefits. People need to understand the economic situation of the world to foster local, regional, and international development. There are numerous benefits of understanding the economic trends in the world. Understanding the world’s economic trends enhances an individual’s purchasing powers, economization, and creating a platform of countering the effects of any economic problem such as recession and depression (Cannan, 1976: 34). From the past experiences, it is notable that the world economic recession affected many people and institutions. Although some ...

- Introduction Chinese and Japanese cultures have overlapped in practically all characteristics including political, cultural, business, and technological despite their immense historical differences dating back centuries. Yet their demonstrations of business characteristics are expressed diversely that their historical concepts of collectivism and individualism have often paralleled. Interestingly Chinese and Japanese business is extensively culturally driven by different reasoning even they seek the same result, but from different approaches even though they are geographically in close proximity of each other. Similarly as to how many ancient civilizations began, China and Japan have long histories of similar empirical rulership and ...

Arguments for and against the Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a digital system of currency that used for paying for goods and services online. The currency is available both in electronic form and minted coins. The electronic or online form is currently widely available especially in China. However, the founders are working hard to develop the currency note printouts. Since its invention five years ago, the currency has had both positive and negative arguments about it. Supporters of the currency purport that it will greatly reduce the online cost of doing. This is because it is widely available online so long as there is an internet connection. The ...

The Cold War One of the significant events that occurred in the 20th century is the Cold War. This “war” was the state of military and political tension after World War II between the powers of the Western world (the Allies) and the allies of the Eastern bloc (led by the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). The Cold War could be said to have lasted between 1947 and 1991. This event is noteworthy because it described the polarization of the superpowers of the world, and the consequential alliances that followed. In fact, the Cold War is important because ...

Abstract

The use of a systematic approach which eliminates wastes by the creation of a flow that is determined by customer pull has greatly transformed process design in organizations. This approach is known as lean thinking while the process of deploying this methodology and achieving its aim is known as the Lean process. This paper describes the concept of the lean process and manufacturing with focus on the Toyota Production System. A brief history and background of the lean process is described and the background of the Toyota Production System is also described.

Introduction

Several organizations today are making the lean process an ...

Zen Buddhism is a branch of Buddhism that focuses on the importance of mediation and oneness with other people and the universe. Alan Watts was partly responsible for introducing Zen Buddhism to the Western World. In this series of short talks, Watts begins by discussing how he is not a Buddhist, nor does he mean to “sell,” Buddhism to his audience. This itself is an aspect of Zen Buddhism. Unlike a few other Religions, such as Islam or Christianity, Zen Buddhism does not actively seek to gain followers.

In the segment titled, Appling, Watts expresses the idea that we call apple trees ...

The issue of the influence of the politics on the church is one that has plagued the nation for many years. But often one is left with the question: Can the society truly separate the church and politics in the society? For centuries the political structure of countries like the United Kingdom, the monarchy had a tremendous impact the overall governance of the country. Kings had control over the religious structure of the country and this led to a number of religious factors being affected by the political restrictions. The fact is that the relationship between the State and the Church ...

Samuel P. Huntington 1993, in his work, “the clash of civilization” denotes how the world politics is entering a new phase. At this stage, he recounts on how the conflict pulls of religion, tribalism and globalization are re-emerging. His arguments represent what most scholars and researchers believe on in respect to West-Islam relationship. In one accord, they believe that, these movements are most likely to marginalize Islam while at the same time making the West triumphant and vulnerable. Thus, Islam-Western specter is stirring abroad. According documentary records, Islam, Judaism and Christianity are closely linked, especially in their origin and ...

Should Fast Food Be Banned?

Human’s lives have changed over years and the nature of their actions. In these recent years, the cycle of life has become fast and time is almost out of peoples’ hands. The reason behind this fact is the cost of living is becoming higher. People have to work for many hours because nowadays’ life is becoming difficult. Therefore, the way of life must change to keep up with this style of life. Food was one of the main things that got changed because of this matter.New methods offood preparation were created and ways of cooking have changed mostly ...

- Introduction Euthanasia, sometimes called assisted suicide, is the practice of allowing an individual suffering from a significant, terminal illness or injury to end their life before the injury or illness takes them. The idea of euthanasia is to allow the individual freedom from pain and suffering; proponents of the practice suggest that euthanasia allows people to avoid the pain and humiliation that can come from long-term palliative care. Euthanasia is a process through which medical personnel or families help the patient to end his or her life. There are certain situations that are not considered euthanasia-- such as “ ...

Diamonds, they say, are a girl’s best friend. However, despite the positive press, the diamond industry has a long and torrid past that does not always live up to the romantic ideal. Today, the western world sees a diamond as a symbol of love and devotion to one’s partner. However, diamonds are neither as rare nor as valuable as many in the western world believe them to be. The existence of this disconnect is one of the most interesting and complex stories that have emerged since the Industrial revolution. Although the western world has come to know at least a little bit ...

Introduction

Deidre Sklar published her commentary “Five Premises for a Culturally Sensitive Approach to Dance” to provide premises as to why dance, as a form of art, is imbued with cultural values. The five premises include the following: “movement knowledge is a kind of cultural knowledgeis conceptual and emotional as well as kinesthetic,” and “intertwined with other kinds of cultural knowledge,” getting the meaning of dance requires looking “beyond movement,” and “movement is always an immediate corporeal experience” (Sklar). It is important to note said premises in further understanding the cultural significance of any given kind of dance. This study, in undertaking the ...

Introduction:

Muslim women and their stereotype have always been the topics of discussion, particularly in Western Media. The Western media has created a dark and negative image about entire Muslim community and Muslim women. They are treated either with sympathy or suspicion. In United States and other Western countries, a certain image has been created about Muslim women. This image is certainly not positive. The Muslim women are underestimated and people do not believe in their ability to change the world. I want to put before the readers some facts about Muslim women through which I want to refute such misconceptions. That ...

Introduction

The word music originates from the ancient Greek word muses that mean the nine goddesses of art and science. Music was formed long time ago when European musicians composed it for notation of rhythms. Music is an art that makes an organized sound effect through the elements of rhythm, pitch, and dynamics and is an expression of feeling and thought. Every culture past or present follows music. Since music is a part of all times and places in one or the other way, it is probable to be present before the dispersal of humans around the world. For hundreds of ...

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Introduction

In contemporary times, films with local Asian themes have become highly popular in Western media formats, especially those produced in Hollywood. A crucial factor to think about when it comes to the popularity of local Asian themes is the constant lookout of Hollywood producers for new themes that they deem as “exotic” or outside the typical Western contexts they have produced for so long a time already. Such is understood within the idea that Western media is much more popular compared to East Asian media, mainly because of the fact that English has ...

The Ming dynasty came into power in China right after the collapse of the Yuan dynasty. The dynasty was in power for close to 270 years and is regarded as one among the greatest forms of government and social order in history (Chan, 3). Zhu Yuanzhang, who was the emperor at that time, installed a number of robust changes that led to the dynasty become one of the most stable and autocratic in China’s history. The reign of the Ming Dynasty was a period of cultural restoration and expansion. Under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, Beijing, the current capital ...

Secularism is removing any religious rituals, beliefs and practices from the community’s way of life. It is a topic that has manifested thorough history in an objective and a subjective sense. In the objective sense, there has been the exclusion of religious ceremonies, institutions and offices from the life of the public. On the basis of subjective manifestation, there has been the disappearance of religious imagery, feelings and thoughts from the way people understand earthly things. On the basis of objective manifestation, many nations are highly secularized as even the Islamic states are ruled by the elites who have abandoned ...

Introduction

Comparative analysis is a vital tool in presenting an effective and efficient manner of presentation between any two or more impetuses of an event. It is even more imperative in the sense that subsequent acute analyses can be facilitated and done based on it (Demand media 2014 p.1). Ideally, the presentation of a comparative analysis attempts to bring forth a clear and rather more pronounced distinction that is inherent between two or even more stimuli. Accordingly; a more precise conclusion is more often than not deduced as a culmination of this exercise. Thus; it is in light of the above that this essay ...

What is the master-slave relation and how, according to Nietzsche does the slave achieve power over the master?

According to Nietzsche, the master-slave relation is determined by master-morality and slave-morality. These notions have its origin in the ruling caste as the subordinates were consciously different from the one that ruled. It is the ruler, the master who decides what is good, and displays contempt towards the weak. It refers to the “warrior caste”. Here, antithesis of “good” and “evil”, “noble” and despicable” is created. Those who are ruled are “distrustful” and deserve to be abused. On the other hand, slave-morality claims that it is a different form of power structure, in which the privileged section fails to maintain ...

1 Overview In order to assess the importance of modest concept in Islamic fashion especially for Muslim women out-wear this study investigates the effects of western fashion on the Islamic fashion. 1.1 Objectives - Evaluate the likelihood for long term adoption of emerging fashions. 1.2 Research questions - How can we define Islamic fashion concept? - How does a man’s concept of Islamic Fashion differ from a female? - What is the importance of modest concept in Islamic Fashion? - Is the Islamic world exposed to a wide variety of fashion or a narrow? ...

Sonbol’s “Women in Shari’ah Courts: A Historical and Methodological Discussion” look at the Shari’ah courts and qadis before modern legal transformation. In addition, the article looks at the laws and the Islamic legal system that govern the role and lives of women. Many critics of the Shari’ah’s customs justify the laws relating to women with the teachings of the Qu’ran. Sonbol attempts to show the system before the culture transformed to the modern days and ways of reasoning. Even though the standard of the society dictated the importance of women, and the qadis ...

Abstract

The project deals with changes in the federal law enforcement since 9/11 attacks. The opening paragraphs induct into the political microclimate of the early 2000s and the rationales behind the 2001 terrorist attacks. Further sections give insight into improvements and changes made by the Department of Justice, one of principal law enforcement agencies, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, its subordinate agency, and police. The paper reflects the opinion of prominent security experts, accomplished writers, and governmental officials. Keywords: security, counterterrorism, attack, law, enforcement, bureau, police, justice Being a big geopolitical player that it is, the USA has its ...