It describes how these have intersected in the past with religion in determining cultural identity. ... Apart from the demise of the political ideologies described earlier, Huntington gives six specific reasons for civilizational identity. First, the fundamental and basic levels of identity and differentiation noted above. ... Finally, the rise of "economic regionalism" (Huntington, 1993) tends to enhance cultural identity, as in the "shared foundation of European culture and Western Christianity" (Huntington, 1993). ... Beliefs are generally intended to reinforce a sense...

• Word Count: 1840
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The various works of Michael Ondaatje entail themes of identity. Ethnicity is often incorporated as an essential property to identity in the works. ... Certain structures give credit to the presence of national identity in the novels. ... Through recognition of structures as a powerful force in the realization of identity, Ondaatje places emphasis on ethnicity in context to the nature of identity. ... Through the use of the two world wars in recognizing identity, importance is based on nationality and its dominant presence in the notion of identity. ...

• Word Count: 1671
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Identity: Postmodern theorists argue that individuals no longer have an innate self or a fixed identity from within which they would live out their lives, but today's fragmented society has made it so that we pick and choose who we want to be, change at any given circumstance, and the emphasis on who we are is having less to do with the individual within, and more to do with our social standing and what we consume. ... In the new capitalistic world, consumerism is paramount, our identity is based on what we wear, what we drink and what kind of car we drive, the difference between wear...

• Word Count: 1928
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She had to stay behind in the Villa San Girolamo to try to regain her self identity and recover from her shell shock. ... Identity is inescapable. ... Almasy forges this identity through his character, his work, and his interactions with others. ... He found that the idea of Western society welcoming from Lord Suffolk and had no racial identity for some time. ... (Sage, 198) But again the characters find that national identity is prized above all else. ...

• Word Count: 2010
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• Grade Level: High School

Questions of his identity and his past, center and periphery can be found all over Diaspora, because these were the biggest issues to Tillers. I believe that Tillers being an Australian-born child of Latvian immigrants is experiencing lost of self across the two cultures, and he aims to find his complete identity through creating the Diaspora Trilogy. ... I think he knew in order to find his own identity; he must release himself from the confinement of the art-world and his past, and break free to find himself in the real world. ...

• Word Count: 1554
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The idea of identity had replace the earlier question during the early period of the cold war that is "which side are you on?" Every state has to know their answer of its cultural identity, which defines the state's place in world politics, its friends, and its enemies (Huntington 126). ... The struggle brought people together like never before and the result was a revealing of identity that is unparalleled in modern times." ...

• Word Count: 1527
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Agunpakhi shows us how millions of people-Hindus and Muslims - lost their home and were bound to leave their home losing their identity for good only for the cause of religion and how trust and sympathy were replaced by distrust and religious hollowness between the warring communities. ... The lady narrator of the novel questions the very identity of human being as the best creation of God possessing intellect which they boast of. ... Millions of people lost their identity overnight and became stateless as a result of forced migration. ...

• Word Count: 2420
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• Grade Level: High School

Fascist belief was such that national identity was the foundation of individual identity, and fascists are still fundamentally xenophobic. ... The chosen scapegoats here were immigrants, particularly Muslims, who, according to Le Pen, were responsible for high unemployment and crime, and threatened French national identity with their presence (Elliott, 2002). ...

• Word Count: 1719
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Sugar may be used in almost all, if not all, cultures, but the way it is used defines part of the food culture of different groups and gives them identity. ... Labor brought these groups involuntarily to these nations only for them to stay and establish their own cultures and identities. ...

• Word Count: 1292
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Finally, the last forsaken misconception, and the most damaging to my idea of the American identity, was that I had been raised to believe that Japan as a whole had been warned of an attack, that civilians had been given a warning, possibly even one to evacuate. ... My imagining Caucasians in place of Asians was completely subconscious and I believe inadvertently showed me that I was not as freely tolerant as I"d like to be, possibly caused by my Americanized identity. ...

• Word Count: 1909
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is a social identity characterized by metaphoric or fictive kinship. ... Nationalism identifies a primary political and territorial community- the state with a common ethnic identity- the nation. ...

• Word Count: 1928
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• Grade Level: High School

Where the Early Modern Era was still deeply rooted in its recent past due to the ideals of communal sentiment, religion, and the rule of the monarchical government , the Modern Era saw the world transform from empires to nation states with respective national identities and hardened geographic boundaries. ... However, this system, though dominant, is under threat from competition, especially relating to rising countries such as China and Russia who maintain distance, as well as internal problems such as the threatened loss of cultural identity and meaning. ...

• Word Count: 1673
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

For example, many people, including Leo, waited to receive a birth certificate which would change their identity. Once the identity card was given, Leo was no longer Leo instead he became Max Henri Lefevre. ...

• Word Count: 1567
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• Grade Level: High School

In the process of learning to overcome difficulties, the children will grow strong and find their own unique identities. ... The religious values and spiritual beliefs formed an important part of my identity. ...

• Word Count: 1455
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They observed and analyzed over a thousand Holocaust patients and were able to come up with ten common symptoms that were shown by all of them: Survivor's guilt; sleep disturbances such as nightmares; isolation, lack of trust, being suspicious of their surroundings; emotional numbing; the memories they witnessed; controlling anger and arousal; depression, being suicidal, or questioning identity; always having to be prepared for survival; stress; anxieties and expecting a catastrophe to occur. ...

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"It is their sense of identity and destiny which gives their industrial machine its effectiveness. ... Although having had a very unique culture, Japanese are also good at mixing other cultures with theirs As a result of this blending; they come out with their own identity. ...

• Word Count: 2410
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Rosie the Riveter On December 7, 1941, 12 million women were already in the work force, comprising one-fourth of all workers. Most of these women were single, divorced, or widowed and were supporting themselves and their children. It was not yet common for married women to work outside the home ...

• Word Count: 1403
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In a world of battling monsters, Canada seemed quiet during the constant dissension of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Although the Cold War focused mainly on the two most powerful countries of that time, this event, lasting approximately four decades, shaped our humble c...

• Word Count: 1290
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" "Fly Away Peter" charts Jim's loss of innocence as he confronts the brutality of war and the truth about human nature." DISCUSS "For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow" - ECCLESIASTES 1:18 David Malouf's "Fly Away Peter" is the story of one ma...

• Word Count: 1373
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Fascism was forged in the crucible of post-World War I nationalism in Europe. The national aspirations of many European peoples nations without states, peoples arbitrarily assigned to political entities with little regard for custom or culture had been crushed after World War I. The humiliation impo...

• Word Count: 1866
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Anti-heroes have been around for centuries. Their origins can be traced back thousands of years, especially in ancient Roman and Greek mythology. Literary works such as the Iliad and Odyssey by Homer show evidence characteristic of an anti-hero. Anti-heroes are protagonists who, unlike the traditio...

• Word Count: 1474
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After WWII Native Americans faced many serious issues involving their freedom and rights as people. One of these issues was termination. Termination was when federal officials tried to throw out the reservation system and attempt to bring Native Americans in to mainstream society. There were many re...

• Word Count: 1633
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The great Mahatma Gandhi once said, "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent." In other words, violence is not the correct way to resolve problems between two or more opposing groups. Violence will always serve its long term ...

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Furthermore, he defines this "space of flows" to have the following effect: It, dominates the historically constructed space of places, as the logic of dominant organizations detaches itself from the social constraints of cultural identities and local societies through the powerful medium of information technologies. ...

• Word Count: 1722
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On December 7, 1941, 12 million women were already in the work force, comprising one-fourth of all workers. Most of these women were single, divorced, or widowed and were supporting themselves and their children. It was not yet common for married women to work outside the home (Gluck 22). The greate...

• Word Count: 1406
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School