CMLT 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mass Production
10 Jan 2018
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Russia, georgia, romania, eastern europe they"re all part of western culture. Geographical boundary of western world euro-mountains. Let us recreate the historical development stages of western culture. Plague, life sucked, slowing of intellectual thought. A move for reason and science against belief. The king is no longer sacred; he simply has a duty to protect the people. Ideas developed in modern period are being implemented today (government) All ideologies, no matter how persuasive, have no worth but to hinder people to thrive on the beautiful potential of truth. For the political left, western is imperialistic, defined by colonialism, oppressive and toxic . For the alt-right, western is all glorified images of a imagined perfect society. it is superior european culture. Reality: western is both. not perfect nor evil. for example, the british empire had colonies but also developed a political culture that emphasized the individual rather than the group.
