Friedrich Neitzsche describes the faith of modern humanity as follows: "Modern men, with their obtuseness to all Christian nomenclature, no longer sense the gruesome superlative which lay for an antique taste in the paradoxical formula `God on the cross`." ... It is this technology and computerization which will be the topic for the final part of this essay. Technology is a loose term that people apply to any modern advancement. ... This indicates that technology is basically the science of fabricating goods and materials. ... The ideals and values of their community seem ancient and foreign w...

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The whole city is equipped with high technology, so on and so forth. ... In most western developed countries, there are well-known modern cities. ... The consequence may be highly developed cities with advanced high technology but without history. ... There is a point of view that our modern cities should have distinguishing features and competitive ability. ... City is the center of politics, economy, science, technology, culture, education and etc. ...

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Therefore, these technological advances and innovations led directly to Europe's rise to capitalism in modern times. White supports his theory by way of technological determinism, or the claim that new technology is the primary cause of change, regardless of where the technology came from. ... As a result, he is unable to see that much of the technology that supposedly led to Europe's rise to power can be found in other parts of the world long before it shows up in Europe. ... While innovations in technology are important in changing a society they are only building blocks that le...

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Crashed by powerful Western values and technology in an increasing globalized world, a modern China cannot keep practicing the rigid doctrine taught by Confucius, a philosopher lived in more than two thousand year ago, but to think independently. First, individual independence is the theme of this modern world, which Confucianism failed to adapt to. According to Chen Duxiu, modern life is based on economic, which is the result of individual independence. ... Although Western values are infamous for their excessive materialism, we need to adopt the Western scientific methods, which are the main...

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As an engaging cultural critic, professor at New York University, and author of numerous books on the themes of education and technology, Neil Postman is well positioned to comment on the relation of technology to culture. ... The resistance fighter is aware of the advantages and disadvantages associated with technology. Technology is therefore seen as unnatural, controlling, and dangerous. ... As Postman introduced in chapter 8 ("Invisible Technologies"), the form of a question can produce many different answers. ... The idea of semantics relates to chapter 8 ("Invisible Technologies"),...

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The modern business world is all about change. Companies must stay on their toes and must be able to adapt to the times. In the past change occurred but it was not so drastic since technological advances were occurring at a slower pace. In today's age technology has made for a totally different busi...

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In addition to the effects music has on individuals, it has an important role to play in the functioning of society and has had for many thousands of years. Cave paintings of flutes, and bull roarers dating back 30,000 years have been found in Southern France, the Pyrenees and Russia indicating the ...

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Interpreting Prospero's book as the symbols of a literate technology with which the ruling classes of Europe controlled the subliterates of the Third World, critics regarded that Prospero's suppression of the Caliban-Stephano-Trincilo plot emblemized the cultural invasion of the imperialist America, and The Tempest foreshadowed the fate of the deprived and cultureless local aborigines. ...

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The beginning of the culture of consumption and the modern world system starts with the conquering of land of the indigenous people. ... "In large-scale societies, central politician rulers take production and distribution functions away from households and individuals and promote subsistence intensification, new technology, and population growth to enhance their personal social power." ...

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The reason being, a certain group of individuals may gravitate toward a traditional set of beliefs while another group may favor modern, progressive beliefs. ... Another example where some individuals prefer a simplistic lifestyle with no technology or modernized mentalities, while others desire extravagant, excessive material within their progressive lifestyles suggests this ever so dominant conflict of values within a given society. ...

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People also took advantage of new leisure time by going on family outings to modern amusement parks, such as Disneyland, or by taking up a hobby, such as the new paint-by-number craze. ... Tomorrowland lauded American technology and a new innovative future, Frontierland praised a mythic American frontier past, and Fantasyland stood right in the middle. ...

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In our modern world everybody talks about globalization. ... With technology breaking our Ecuadorian boundaries is time for business managers to go a step further outside of a country's frontier. ... According to Guvenli, Turgut, and Rajib Sanyal "the enormous growth in international business over the past 60 years has been accompanied by an increase in bribery" making it a trend in our modern world (1). ...

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This was the period known in Japanese history as the Meiji Restoration; after centuries of military governments which had followed a policy of enforced isolation from the outside world a revolution led to the re-establishment of imperial rule and the opening up of the country to overseas trade and technology. ... For example, there was a concern among some not to lose the soul of the nation in the rush towards modernization, which leaded to the popular slogan, "Eastern ethics, Western Science".[5] In the early 1870s, Fukuzawa was against the Christianity because he thought it could have no ser...

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Technology has now created the possibility of a global culture. ... Anyone with access to this technology can gain information concerning any part of the globe. ... Activist groups now use technology, such as the Internet and telephone, to bring together volunteers, educate about environmental and human rights activism, publicize events, and raise support for their cause (Krieger 76). ...

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At last, as I mentioned in the previous papers, Tokyo is a city that full of traditional Japanese culture and modern culture. ... Besides, many of the Japanese MNCs represents the advanced technology especially in the automobile and appliance industries. ...

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She was sitting in a room quietly trying not to pick up her head, afraid of what she might see if she will. Hiding in a place of her clothing and wishing she was back in her environment with her people who were not that much different from her. Feeling uncomfortable from all the glances people were throwing her way, perhaps trying to figure out what she had done wrong or haven't done when she should've. She knew that she was different. She knew that the moment she moved to this place and from the first time went outside. ...

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When one considers the mother-in-law taboo in its relationship to the place of residence of a newly married couple, the customary division of labor between the sexes, their respective roles in the society, and these in turn to the technology of society, the mother-in-law taboo becomes, again by definition, culture. ...

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1. Introduction 1.1 Background In the course of the most recent years it has gotten to be basic that some huge leading firms are extending their products in a lot of nations and becoming tremendous both in size and financially. Something intriguing can be found is the point at which these sorts of firms need to achieve another market far from the local market, the marketing managers need to settle on the decision either to take a similar strategy as the one implement in their local market or to change it to fit in with the host nation. At the point when picking the universal marketing strategy...

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Abstract As long as languages appear, there have also been cultures. Culture is a vital part of the communication process. Consequently, it may be impossible for students to use the language appropriately without culture awareness. In fact, culture teaching in English Language Teaching has got more attention than ever before (Brooks, 1968). The aim of this paper is to identify the content, reasons and approaches culture teaching is applied in ELT classrooms. ...

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A report to the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs stated that American Indians, particularly adolescents, have more serious mental health problems than are reported for all the other race populations in the United States (Office of Technology Assessment, 1990). ...

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