Civilization: the West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson is a nonfiction book dedicated to answering the question: What makes a civilization such as the West more successful than the rest? The author believes that the secret lies within six “killer applications” that have been acquired over time: competition‚ science‚ property‚ medicine‚ consumption‚ and work. To start off‚ the first of the ‘killer applications’ that Ferguson identifies is competition. He begins with a comparison of the 15th century
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In this ambitious and polemical introduction‚ Niall Ferguson launches an assault in the contentious debate about the rise of the West. His opinion being that the “West is better than the Rest”. He defines his idea of civilization as being about architectural establishments as well as its inhabitants. He states that he views both characteristics as being equally important in the definition of civilization. His ideas mainly revolve around the need for a high standard of living and a great quality of
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‘If the Rest was necessary for the political‚ economic and social formation of the West‚ it was also essential to the West’s formation of both its own sense of itself – a ‘western’ identity – and of western forms of knowledge’ (Stuart Hall‚ ‘The West and the Rest: discourse and power’‚ in Formations of modernity‚ Stuart Hall and Bram Gieben (eds)‚ 1992‚ p. 138). Discuss with reference to the history of anthropology. The idea of ‘the west’ or ‘western’ culture is vague and has been for centuries
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“America’s ‘Oh Sh*t!’ Moment”‚ written by Niall Ferguson‚ a historian who teaches at Harvard University‚ in 2011‚ explores why civilizations collapse‚ and how America can avoid this. He does not focus only on America‚ but many civilizations in the past that have collapsed. Niall Ferguson is the author of Civilization: The West and The Rest. The article is creatively and cleverly written using the metaphor of modern technology to describe the way in which the societal collapse occurs. This shows that
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The discourse of “The West versus the rest” has certainly shaped attitudes and‚ hence‚ the realities of colonization and subsequent development of the world outside of Europe. The evidence of this is perhaps most striking in the Americas. We can clearly see the roles played by European’s existing “archive” of information regarding the outside world and the stereotypes that developed‚ post “discovery”‚ of America’s native inhabitants. I should note here that in writing this paper I am doing so
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DISCUSS THE CHILD‚ S INNER DRIVE TOWARDS INDEPENDANCE. HOW DOES THE MONTESSORI PREPARED ENVIRONMENT SUPPORT THIS DRIVE? BY 2012535 INTRODUCTION In this essay I will be discussing the Montessori method. I will discuss the importance of Independence‚ Observation‚ Following the child‚ Prepared environment‚ Correcting the child and the Absorbent mind on the development of the child ’s independence. First we need to know what the Montessori method is. The Montessori method is... ’ ’ self-reliance
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The Hebrew civilization was one of the most influential civilizations in the west. The Hebrew bible or what the Christians call the Old Testament‚ their history has been disputed because most it has been drawn from oral and written sources. Deep rooted in their traditions with not having a centralized political power‚ they decided to go against the grain and decided that having a king would give them stronger leadership. Their first king was Saul‚ after twenty years David was named king. During his
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Samuel Huntington‚ The Clash of Civilizations?: Islam and the West When taking another glance at Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations?”‚ the provocative nature of his arguments and the fervent scholarly debate that followed are hardly surprising. Although‚ for myself‚ I remain troubled by one important question. Is Huntington completely wrong‚ as many propose‚ about a rising conflict between the nations of Islam and those of the West in the post cold war era? Huntington contends that the future
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black boxes to “demonstrate that Western institutions have indeed degenerated” (Ferguson page 11). The first of these “long-sealed” boxes is “ labelled ‘democracy’. The second is labelled ‘capitalism’. The third is ‘the rule of law’. And the fourth box labelled ‘civil society’” (Ferguson). Each one of these boxes are an important part of how our civilization works. The purpose for revealing these black boxes‚ Ferguson states‚ is “that inside these political‚ economic‚ legal‚ and social black boxes
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