Essays on Culture

The rise of the modern nation-state occurred mostly in the years 1800-1900 in Europe. The French Revolution is credited with stoking the embers of nationalism that resulted in the weakening and abolishing of monarchies. In essence, nation-states were the totality of two definitions: the nation and the state. The nation...

Introduction With the rise of globalization and improved transport and communication, the level of interconnection has improved between nations hence the concept of the nation-state as the best form of organizing society is not realistic. The Origins of the Nation-State The nation state began as an idea whereby a political governing body; the...

Nkisi Nkonde: A Protective Religious Idol Nkisi nkonde is a protective religious idol which belongs to a subclass of minkisi (sacred objects that are curved in the form of human beings and believed to possess spiritual powers). The symbols are associated with some communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and...

Jane is a 22-year-old and an HIV positive single mother living in the slums located on the outskirts of the Chicago state. Jane was born to the African American parents who came to the U.S. in search of better living. When she was fifteen, her parents divorced based on the...

Taoism and its Guiding Principle Taoism is a religious belief with a Chinese background, which doesn't put its faith in a single creator but instead places its faith in the natural order of the universe (Stephen et al. 2000). The guiding principle for Taoism encourages or emphasizes on creating harmony with...

Ariel Levy’s argument in her article tries to argue how on a raunch culture women tend to engage themselves in sexuality performances, which are not usually their sexuality expressions but are premeditated for the pleasure the males in the society or appear as if they are trying to be pleasurable...

Finding a Universal Definition of Culture Finding a universal definition of culture that fits every academic or social frame can be an overwhelming task (Kidd and Alison 59). However, it is true to suggest that every individual around the world has a certain culture with whom he/she identifies with. Generally, there...

Cave art emerged during the Upper Paleolithic period, with France and Spain (especially Cantabrian region) providing the most numerous and famous cave art. Cave art spread rapidly around the expansion of Homo sapiens throughout the world (although artistic expression in Neandertals is being disputed), which was around 40,000 years ago....

The Ancient Near East begins this discussion by describing The Stele Code of Hammurabi which basically defined a set of rules (or laws) whose enactment was done by the Babylonian King Hammurabi. His reign commenced and ended in the period of 1792-1750 BC. This code of Hammurabi is basically inscribed...

We wish to take this opportunity to draw your attention to the fact that henceforth, we are terminating our reformation program for the Kisumu-based street children. It has taken a period of exactly 26 months since you (Kisumu County Government) entered into an agreement with us (Center for Reformation and...

It is said that art is the Universal language, clearly understood by a larger proportion of the global demographics.  Art best describes the norms and cultural orientations of the people habiting a certain locality.  This explains why it is simpler to explain life affairs using a simple piece of art...

As a robust way of knowing the universe, painting assembles the personal aesthetic emotion and artistic capability of humans. In the history of art, Canadian and Chinese landscape painting use nature as the figure of performance, present significant differences in the eyes of painters and their tools due to the...