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1 Westernization The Spread of Worldview and Culture

2 Where is the “West”? or What is the West?

3 The Globe Focus

4 Map of Western Europe “Western Civilization”

5 Some Elements that Bind Civilizations  Shared historical experiences  Shared religious traditions  Interconnected language families  Shared artistic traditions  Similar economic and governmental institutions  Common levels of industrial-technological- educational development  Common levels of wealth and poverty

6 When a country takes control of land, resources, and people beyond its borders to exploit them for the country’s own benefit, Impirialism (The Idea) Colonialism (The Practice )

7 The Globe Western Europe and Global Impirialism

8 Westernizing the Americas (1492 to the present)

9 The Globe

10 Westernizing Africa ( 19th & 20th Centuries to the present)

11 The Globe

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13 After WWI Western Powers divvy up Ottoman Empire

14 Western Powers Created State of Israel 1948 after WWII Wars 1948 1956 1967 1973 1982 2006 2014

15 The Globe

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18 Western Colonization in the Pacific

19 Areas of the Globe Controlled by Western Nations

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21 World Civilizations Today Just One View Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations

22 Global Commerce

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26 Commerce

27 World Organizations United Nations World Court World Bank International Monetary Fund World Trade Organization

28 Global Projects World Conference on Women Beijing, 2005 World AIDS Conference International Olympics Global Environmental Agreements

29 Transportation

30 Global Telecommunications Mobile Phone Subscribers

31 Global Telecommunications I nternet Users

32 Global Telecommunications

33 Pop Culture Distribution

34 The Processes of Globalization &Westernization Military conquest, colonization, imperialism, regime change Global Organizations Exchanging Worldviews & Problem-solving Commerce Transportation Communications

35 Now, let’s explore the Western Worldview What are the predominant ontological-epistemological perspectives? What are some dominant values? What are some defining cultural practices?

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37 Exploring ‘Worldviews’  Differences between Western and Eastern Worldviews Differences between Western and Eastern Worldviews  Western vs Deep Ecology Worldviews Western vs Deep Ecology Worldviews  East vs West: The Myths that Mystify East vs West: The Myths that Mystify

38 West and East

39 Assignment on 10-26


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