Assignment on 4-07
Westernization
The Spread of
Worldview and Culture
Where is the “West”?
The Globe
Focus
Map of Western Europe
“Western Civilization”
West
East
Latin = “Occidens”
Latin = Oriens
Occidental
Oriental
Land of the Setting Sun
Land of the Rising Sun
US
THEM
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)
The Globe
Western Europe and Global Impirialism
Westernizing
the Americas
(1492 to the present)
The Globe
Westernizing
Africa
( 19th & 20th Centuries
to the present)
The Globe
After WWI
Western Powers divvy up Ottoman Empire
Western Powers Created
State of Israel
1948 after WWII
Wars
1948
1956
1967
1973
1982
2006
2014
The Globe
The Globe
Western Colonization in the Pacific
Areas of the Globe Controlled by Western Nations
Western World Today
World Civilizations Today
Just One View
Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations
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-technologicaleducational development
Common levels of wealth and poverty
World Civilizations Today
Just One View
Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations
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?
Global Commerce
Global Commerce
Global Commerce
Global Commerce
Commerce
World Organizations
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United Nations
World Court
World Bank
International
Monetary Fund
• World Trade
Organization
Global Projects
Global
Environmental
Agreements
World Conference on Women
Beijing, 2005
World AIDS Conference
International Olympics
Transportation
Global Telecommunications
Mobile Phone Subscribers
Global Telecommunications
Internet Users
Global Telecommunications
Pop Culture Distribution
The Processes of
Globalization &Westernization
• Military conquest, colonization, imperialism,
regime change
• Global Organizations
• Exchanging Worldviews & Problem-solving
• Commerce
• Transportation
• Communications
Exploring ‘Worldviews’
 Differences between Western and Eastern Worldviews
 Western vs Deep Ecology Worldviews
 East vs West: The Myths that Mystify
West and East