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Western world or western culture
- May 28, 2012
- Posted by: admin
- Category: 21st to 25th of december Europe Political system politics psychological
Western culture originated with Greece and Rome.
The concept of the Western part of the earth has its roots in Greco-Roman civilization in Europe, with the advent of Christianity.
The components that makes up the western culture:
The cultural traits of the western culture also defines the white supremency as the superior race over the other races.
Western culture also being the European way of life style, the setting up of political policies, president and office executive over the colonized regions, the system, technologies, culmination of history’s progress, theory of Darwin and the social structure, which spread into the other parts of the world through colonization.
The western culture is built on the explotations of intellectual knowledge of academic studies in philosophy, Humanism, and the new age movement. (the picture shows a symbol of humanism by Leanardo Da vinci).
In the modern era, Western culture has been heavily influenced by the traditions of The Renaissance, The vikings, The Protestant Reformation, democracy, The Enlightenment, and shaped by the expansive colonialism of the 16th-19th centuries.
The western world or culture and it’s influence also structured a lot of nations in the different parts of the world which were colonized by Europe.
Places like; Asia, Africa, Australia, America, United States of America, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Argentina, Chile, etc.
Western culture, sometimes equated with Western civilization or European civilization, is a term used very broadly to refer to a heritage of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, the Christian belief, political system, and specific artifacts and technology which were inveted by Europe.
Article written by Ap Ngabo Alex for self education and conscious lifestyle