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Is Western Culture Fundamentally flawed?
Hey,
Basically I've been thinking about this and wonder what others think. Basically is Western culture essentially flawed compared to Eastern culture?
What sparked this idea is that of religion and general monarchy...
Started by TCD23 on
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Now I realise that families are "important" no matter who you are or where you live.
But, comparatively speaking , I've found that familial relations tend to be less emphasised in the Western way of life.
Think about all the Asian, Pacific, African, Middle...
Started by pristina on
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Economy is a factor....
It's unusual, in fact frowned upon, for an adult to still be living as that .
Families generally aren't less important in western culture, however independence is more important in western culture.
Our love.
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"Feeling" in Eastern Culture vs. "Thinking" in Western Culture It is said that language affects thought processes. This is true when considering the ways to ask for an opinion as it is found in Eastern (Chinese) culture, and Western (American) culture...
Started by Sparky on
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Individualism=Primarily in Western Culture, must of the group to survive....
Individualism=Primarily in Western Culture, must be self-sufficient in order of the group to survive, social identiy within the group.
Within the group.
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Started by tripleg on
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So why is it so.
At least back to the Minoans and their snappy fasion sense .
True enough.
Thanks! More in American culture than Western.
In Western culture is known, or at least, how far back we can trace it.
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Western culture - superior? So I once wrote a thread about my ESTP ex fling (harhar)
ESTP ex fling
He once said that Western culture is superior above all cultures, because it's the culture that supposedly promotes most freedom of thought, expression ...
Started by Raichan on
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In Western culture Posted....
By Western culture, your friend was referring to modern-day western Europe and North superior because different types of people will enjoy different types of culture.
To start off...
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Eating manners, Chinese vs. Western culture? I'm doing a comparison on how eating manners represent the two different cultures. What should I compare?
Here's what I have in mind:
1) Eating sequence (e.g. Western starts with soup and Chinese ends with ...
Started by Beam on
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Soup, in Western culture, is a MAIN course, as far as the average family goes in their mouths because their mouths are open while they chew, then again Western culture is also full of people consume....
Appetizer/main/dessert).
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Remember the old adage that your car will lose its value the moment you drive it off the car lot? On February 6, 2012, the Wall Street Journal reported: The average price tag on previously owned vehicles is on track to rise 1.8% in 2012, with much of ...
Started by Functianalyst on
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Please show me how this is ....
Originally Posted by Functianalyst Is this the beginning of the end for Western Culture as we know by Functianalyst Is this the beginning of the end for Western Culture as we know it? The plight.
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Why did Africans, Native Americans, Australian aboriginals fight Western culture whereas Chinese embraced and? adopted Western culture and became the most prosperous country in the world?
1870s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_cor…
1970s http://www...
Started by fat kid on
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If I say one was inferior will....
English destroyed a lot of heritage of the africans, native americans and aboriginals .
Because china is still full of chinese, and has not been taken over by white people .
Because, they didn't sellout and bow down to them.
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Yes. what's good for the individual usually isn't good for the group
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Why? I'm not ....
In the prosperous western nations of today that necessity no longer exists, so now have a divorce problem.
People have marriage together.
Western culture promote? I never understood what was so great about marriage.
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My Human Geography professor asked this question, as we were talking about population pyramids. Professor is apparently more of the liberal mindset and in favor of reducing population growth in post-modern countries. I do not share that mindset, but I...
Started by Quill on
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I almost made it multiple choice, but I'd be most interested in seeing people decide what was THE reason, the topmost reason? ... .
Needs to be multiple answers...mine is most of the above .
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