The Atlantic Monthly: November‚ 1987 A DAMAGED CULTURE A New Philippines? By James Fallows IN THE UNITED STATES THE COMING OF THE AQUINO government seemed to make the Philippines into a success story. The evil Marcos was out‚ the saintly Cory was in‚ the worldwide march of democracy went on. All that was left was to argue about why we stuck with our tawdry pet dictator for so long‚ and to support Corazon Aquino as she danced around coup attempts and worked her way out of the problems
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The Hopewell Culture The Hopewell culture left a magnificent legacy behind of earthworks and mounds that are found in what is now southern Ohio and across the United States. These earthworks would be lost if they were not federally protected by congress. What is so special about the mounds the Hopewell culture built is that they are the largest of any found earthworks and mounds. The Hopewell culture was known for the construction of huge geometric mounds‚ as the walls were built from the earth
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POPULAR CULTURE By definition‚ popular culture is associated with the everyday‚ the mainstream and that which is commonly accessible: in short‚ culture produced for mass consumption. If there’s one thing people like to consume more than almost anything else‚ it’s popular culture. Television‚ music‚ movies. Every year it seems‚ the popular culture goes a little bit further‚ louder and faster‚ more action‚ bigger explosions. Is it good or bad? Popular culture is hard to ignore. It affects nearly
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the sea into the Western Hemisphere. What allowed these Levantines to become such capable seafarers and what had forced them to turn their culture to the sea? Many answers can be given to these two question when one looks at both the political environment‚ the geography‚ and the technology of the kingdoms in the Near East that allowed for the Phoenician culture to emerge. The Phoenicians
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Indian Culture It is easy to tell whether a person is raised in India or in North America by his or her knowledge of their Indian culture. Those who have been raised in India have a lot of moral values‚ because everyone around them shares the same culture. Those who have been raised in North America may lack certain moral values because not everyone shares the same culture. Some people think that those who have never been to India may not know the Indian culture‚ but that is definitely incorrect
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of religion in the cultures in the United States and an Arab nation of Egypt. Comparative Culture Essay The roles that Religion have played in developing the cultures of the United States and the Arab nation of Egypt have many similarities and differences‚ such as beliefs‚ laws‚ and social norms. I am going to start by talking about the history of religion in of both the United States and Egypt. The culture of the United States is considered to be of Western culture‚ it has also been
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first part‚ I will talk about the first step‚ sending and production and deeply explain how the production step contains message sender’s ideology. In the second part‚ I will focus on circulation and distribution by analyzing Barthes’s semiology and culture discourse in it and how does the ideology of the code transform to the audiences. In the third part‚ I will talk about decoding part and analyze three forms of decoding which presents how audiences receive the messages.
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could make an impact on the world around it‚ first it became part of the culture‚ the language‚ integrate into the cities and religions‚ and then part of the Empires. Despite some resistance‚ the Hellenism world took high appeals to the people. The Hellenistic culture was one that was developed from the small‚ individual city-states and then grew greatly through the entire Mediterranean and then even further. (207) The culture itself was based on “philosophical and political thinking” as well as disciplines
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According to Franz Boas‚ pioneer of Psychological Anthropology or the study of the relationship between culture and personality‚ personality is obtained thru culture and not biology. His theory called Cultural Relativism gives a comprehensive understanding of the underlying relationship between culture and personality. Boas’ student Ruth Benedict expounded the research on the effect of culture to personality through studying cultural various patterns and themes. Although she admitted that the global
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Culture and Personality National Character (18 century to 1960’s) • National Character Relatively enduring personality characteristics an patterns that are modal among the adult members of the society. • Experimental psychology and psychoanalysis of cultures • National Character remained simplistic stereotypes Quantitative Approach (from 1960 to Present) • Statistical Analysis • Adoption of a Trait perspective in understanding Personalities • Identification of common dimensions of culture.
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