Publications. 6) Ritze‚ G.‚ & Atalay‚ Z. (2010). Readings in globalization: key concepts and major debates. Chichester‚ West Sussex‚ U.K.: Wiley-Blackwell. 7) Hopper‚ P. (2007). Understanding cultural globalization. Cambridge‚ UK: Polity. 8) Appiah‚ A. (2006). Cosmopolitanism: ethics in a world of strangers. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.. 9) Kumaravadivelu‚ B. (2008). Cultural globalization and language education. New Haven: Yale University Press. 10) Young‚ R. (1995). Colonial desire: hybridity in theory‚
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Literature is yet another genre that Africa’s intellectual elites struggle to elucidate coherence for dissemination and consumption to ingrain within viable institutions. Modern African literature is considered a byproduct as well as an explicit goal engineered at the Berlin Conference (1884-5) by the imperialist nations of Europe. The challenge for African literature is to be incorporated in the ‘universal’ standards of literary canons without the demeaning criticisms of this controlled universalism
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Happiness‚ something that everyone strives for‚ but not everyone achieves. Happiness is intangible‚ its a feeling. In “ If you’re happy‚ and you know it” by Kwame Appiah he said‚ Happiness is a feeling‚ you are happy if you think you are happy.”(449). It is really is a state of mind. Some people might think that objects will bring you happiness‚ but none of this will ever make you truly happy. What gives people happiness‚ it really depends on the person. Different people want different things‚
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How does Beverly Naidoo use the theme of truth in the novel “the other side of truth” In the novel " The Other Side of Truth" there are several themes‚ however one of the most important themes is the theme of truth. Both Sade’s mother and father believe that telling the truth is very important. Although Folarin believes telling the truth is good‚ this brought him harsh consequences‚ the death of Mrs.Solaja‚ and it separated him from his children. Even Sade and Femi believe in the truth‚ but end
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References: Amin‚ A. (2004). Multi-Ethnicity and the Idea of Europe‚ Theory‚ Culture and Society‚ 21(2): Appiah‚ K Beck‚ U. (2006) The Cosmopolitan Vision. Cambridge: Polity Press. Gitelman‚ Z. (1992). Development and Ethnicity in the Soviet Union. New York: Columbia University Press. Hall‚ J. (1995). In Search of Civil Society‚ in: J.A. Hall (Ed.) Civil Society:
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to mingle before. Cultures meeting for the first time may regard each other as alien‚ and find each other’s practices to be odd‚ even shocking. Though morals are fairly similar worldwide‚ the specifics of cultural customs are often different. Appiah writes of the Akan and their concept of abusua‚ a matrilineal idea of what constitutes “family” (381). While harmless‚ and certainly not immoral‚ this idea is starkly in contrast with family concepts in other cultures‚ and it can easily be imagined
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References: Appiah-Ankam‚ MB‚ ChB‚ FRCA‚ J.‚ & Hunter‚ MB‚ ChB‚ PhB‚ FRCA‚ J. M. (2004). Pharmacology of Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs [Electronic version]. Continuing Education in Anesthesia‚ Critical Care & Pain‚ 4(1)‚ 2-7. http://www.drugs.com/drug-class/neuromuscular-blocking-agents
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ an American Slave & Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. By Frederick Douglass‚ Harriet Jacobs (Introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah). (The Modern Library: New York. c. 2004. 434 pp. $6.95). Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas‚ an American Slave is a firsthand account of the struggle of Fredrick Douglas who was born into slavery. The book hits on several main points of slavery from the brutal beatings that were inflicted upon slaves to
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account for everything that one has to do to reach that goal. People get set in their beliefs and do not want to change their ways‚ and in the book Things Fall Apart‚ you can clearly see how people get set in their ways. Two concepts from the book Cosmopolitanism‚ are the mindset of modern day people and how people will always disagree. Until the white people in the book Things Fall Apart stop failing to understand that because of a person’s mindset and the fact that people will always disagree‚ there
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To what extent did the development of the Cold War influence Stalin’s policies inside the USSR? Up until 1945 the tensions between the USSR and the USA had been covered by the fact that both sides were trying to fight against Hitler and therefore relations up until the war had been relaxed. However this changed after 1945 the victory against Germany brought them international superpower status giving them more control and influence over many countries especially in Eastern Europe. As a result Stalin
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