When all that is Solid Melts into Fashion - fashion’s FLIRT with modernity DKDS // CDF // 2006 Two Papers on Fashion Theory TWo PaPeRS on FaShIon TheoRy 2 When all that is Solid Melts into Fashion - fashion’s FLIRT with modernity Nikolina Olsen-Rule // External Lecturer‚ University of Århus // nor@dkds.dk // Research Assistant // Danmarks Designskole // 2006 0 Ferns in Fashion - on the Logic of Trends Maria Mackinney-Valentin // Ph.D. Scholar // mmk@dkds.dk // Center for Design Research
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The establishment of the Meiji restoration was the beginning of modernisation in Japan. Japan moved from a traditional to a modern state or from a confucian world view to a secular‚ modern‚ scientific and rationale world view. The Meiji government used the ancient Chinese ideal of enriching the country at the same time strengthening the military to secure a place among the aggressors instead of being a victim of aggression. The economic development of Japan was modernised using western ideologies
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heroes can be intelligent‚ brave‚ kind‚ loving‚ or anything else that you may consider as a heroic trait. For me personally‚ I consider my mom to be an everyday hero in my life. One of the heroic traits I see in my mom is that she is always there for me no matter what. She is the one who comes to my mind when days are filled with dread and then‚ my days become bright once again. If I am going through a "rough patch" in life she is there‚ standing by my side ready to do whatever she can to make
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HOW DID MODERNITY AND NATIONALISM CHANGE EUROPEAN SYSTEM How did modernity and nationalism change the European system? Nationalism is the conviction‚ principle or political philosophy developed within a person that attaches them closer to their nations. Modernity‚ on the other hand‚ refers to the time when tradition became ineffective due to rejection by its followers owing to quest for sovereignty‚ self-determination and formal equality. Primordialist theorists describe nationalism
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Romeo and Juliet: Medicines Used In The Renaissance Romeo and Juliet both killed themselves with poison‚ although it was not synthetic drugs. The poison had to be as powerful‚ some scholars believe that it was hemlock that sealed the fate of the two start crossed love‚ other are skeptical‚ but we will probably never know. The methods and medicines used in Renaissance and Medieval times were very primitive compared to today’s standards. medical concepts were magical and demoniacal. With no
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While he was in China‚ he saw the real state of living in China that impressed him deeply‚ it was completely different from what he hand thought of‚ or studied of before. It is how he threw himself into a study of the modern colloquial language and his maiden work‚ the book-length study Lu Xun. One of his essays‚ ‘What is modernity?’ became popular‚ as a result‚ gained great public attention in 1948 during the Japanese occupation. It is from such an essay that his status as an important postwar critic
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MSA 180 SQ 2013 Analytic paper two Colonial Modernity and Human Differences Colonization is the process through which one nation asserts its sovereignty over another for the following reasons. This process is both a mental and physical process that affects both the colonizer and the colonized. The first reason mentioned here for a nation to pursue a policy of colonialism is economic incentive. The imperial state could require more resources to continue its growth. Military incentives are
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Enlightenment thinkers‚ such as Benjamin Franklin‚ along with “modernity’s spirit of progress‚” have had a strong influence on human thinking “well into the twentieth century” (p. 98). In Bressler’s (2007) summation‚ the fundamental features of modernity include the ideas that not only are truth and reality discoverable through rational thought‚ but also truth and reality are universal. As such‚ “for Franklin and other modern thinkers‚ the primary form of discourse is like a map‚” and this map “is
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as time passes‚ more people choose to abandon traditional way of life‚ to move to the "big city". Modern way of life has nothing in common with the traditional one. Human habits‚ values‚ norms have changed. The most important of these social changes can be observed in human relationships‚ family economy‚ education‚ government‚ health‚ and religion. To be able to examine these changes‚ one has to compare traditional and modern way of life. In traditional societies‚ to begin with‚ there is a strong
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as a Springboard Diver for six years. Diving helped me discover and further explore the nature behind what motivates me and keeps me mental strong and capable‚ which is now an immense aspect of who I am. Although I am no longer a Springboard Diver‚ it still influences aspects of my everyday life. Diving is unique in how it is more mentally taxing than it is physically. Diving has a major mental aspect that many people do not realize at first. Standing backwards at the end of a springboard‚ ten
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