Printer Friendly
The Free Library
14,709,470 articles and books
Member login
User name  
Password 
 
Join us Forgot password?

Browse Western culture topic

 

Articles

1-64 out of 64 article(s)
Title Author Type Date Words
Revenge of the castle people: Reagan and Thatcher revived the principles of the marketplace. Can we restore its culture? Beran, Michael Knox Sep 7, 2009 3460
Calgary Stampede. Aug 1, 2009 15
Frontier joints thought inside the box to woo pleasure-seeking clientele: box houses provided drinks, theater and more private pursuits. Potter, Pam Aug 1, 2009 1153
Arabia Steamboat Museum captures life on the Missouri in 1856: showcases sunken treasures, harvested from a farmer's field. Lauterborn, Dave Aug 1, 2009 693
How Christianity shaped the West. D'Souza, Dinesh Jul 1, 2009 2278
My problem with giving children their rights; Africa, let's learn from the West. Let's not fall into the child right's trap. Our children have the right to be treated as human beings. They have the right not to be beaten, mentally, physically, or sexually abused. But in giving them the so-called rights as in the West, let's remember that it is up to us to guide them as to how to live in this world. Djanie, Akua Viewpoint essay May 1, 2009 1705
50 years ago ... Lee, Dorothy Brief article Jul 1, 2008 103
Rejoice, ladies and gentlemen: there is a new magazine in Britain called Standpoint. Brief article Jun 16, 2008 97
Beware the propaganda: the Western media serves as the propaganda arm of their governments. If you think this is not true, compare the number of services the BBC used to run when the Cold War was at its height, to the number of services it currently runs now that the Cold War has been "won" by the West, argues Cameron Duodu, one of Africa's veteran journalists. Duodu, Cameron Jun 1, 2008 3099
And now ... positive Africa: as explored in the preceding pages, the endemic Western media stereotyping of Africa has reinforced and crystallised an image of the continent so pervasive and profound that Westerners just believe Africa has intractable problems. In concluding this special extended cover story, our deputy editor, Regina Jere-Malanda, points to where the Western media fails to look-positive Africa. Jere-Malanda, Regina Jun 1, 2008 2687
How educated PNG youth perceive Western power (1). Watson, Amanda Report May 1, 2008 6906
Wars that won the world. Murray, Williamson Critical essay May 1, 2008 3396
Contraception: a barbarian invasion. Lower, Norman W. Apr 1, 2008 3101
Zimbabwe: burying the truth; Hajia Aminata Sow, a retired Guinean jurist and historian, spent six months in Zimbabwe earlier this year, and, encouraged by the "Zimbabwe debate" in our last issue, writes about what she saw during her visit. Sow, Hajia Aminata Nov 1, 2007 2826
Living in Iran: Western images of life in Iran tend to go no farther than mad mullahs and veiled women. Here Iranian photographers turn their eye on the diversity as well as the difficulty of everyday life. Mar 1, 2007 305
Hamilton capitulates. Jan 1, 2007 1608
Islam, Western civilization & the nation state. Johnson, Daniel Jan 1, 2007 5283
Announcements and activities. Aug 1, 2006 1294
Will Western civilization survive? Hunter, Ian May 1, 2006 667
Some Jewish reflections on Locke's Letter Concerning Toleration. Cohen, Jonathan Mar 22, 2006 9421
The West is decadent and decayed: we have managed to convert so much that is golden into base metal. Coren, Michael Column Feb 1, 2006 692
What is the "West"? Hart, Jeffrey Sep 22, 2005 2816
So, where exactly is the West? The West is a catchall phrase more than it is a geographical reality, referred to by politicians, terrorists and journalists as a convenience rather than an accurate description. Seymour, Richard Aug 1, 2005 1330
Neither Greek nor Jew. Shiffman, Mark Mar 22, 2005 1879
The gift of the West. Mates, Thomas Jul 1, 2004 3156
GULF WEDDINGS SHOW WESTERN INFLUENCES. Brief Article Jun 1, 2004 165
The world that is known: an interview with Michael Haneke. Sharrett, Christopher Interview Jun 22, 2003 4442
Revisiting Solzhenitsyn. Teichmann, Max Jun 22, 2003 1863
How to kill independence. (Not in Black or White). Orakwue, Stella May 1, 2003 1545
Temper, Temper! ISACOFF, STUART Apr 7, 2003 985
Oh dear! "Impressionable" Gambian parents are taking money and handing over their children to Western paedophiles who visit the country to prey on children. Abdoulie Sey reports from Banjul. (Around Africa: The Gambia). Sey, Abdoulie Brief Article Apr 1, 2003 647
What is an African body worth today? (Not in Black or White). Orakwue, Stella Feb 1, 2003 1586
China imports self-help. (Market Horizons). Crainer, Stuart Jan 1, 2003 672
American Muslims and a meaningful human rights discourse in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Shakir, Imam Zaid Jan 1, 2003 6273
Missing knowledge. (President's Message). Schneider, Carol Geary Jan 1, 2003 943
Toward "genuine reciprocity": reconceputalizing international liberal education in the era of globalization. (Featured Topic). Gillespie, Susan Jan 1, 2003 4571
All for one ... Egyptians are boycotting American and Israeli products in support of the Palestinians of the Occupied Territories. (Boycott). McGrath, Cam Dec 1, 2002 1038
Weapons of mass hypocrisy. (Lest We Forget). De Figueiredo, Antonio Nov 1, 2002 1483
Retreats into fantasy. Pryce-Jones, David Nov 1, 2002 2867
A nation worth defending. (American Thought). Bennett, William J. Cover Story Nov 1, 2002 3164
Earth summit: the Africans steal the show. (Special Report). Commey, Pusch; Mbakwe, Tom Oct 1, 2002 3242
Ghana does the African have a religion? (History Month). Williams, Chancellor Oct 1, 2002 1375
The fortunes of permanence. (The survival of culture: X). Kimball, Roger Jun 1, 2002 7752
In praise of vulgarity: How commercial culture liberates Islam--and the West. Freund, Charles Paul Mar 1, 2002 8536
The Pro- & Anti-Western Split Within Regimes. Brief Article Jan 21, 2002 502
The cultural war on Western civilization. (The survival of culture: V). Windschuttle, Keith Jan 1, 2002 7265
Theology and the Clash of Civilizations. Miles, Jack Jan 1, 2002 2802
Safe for Democracy, and a Nation : The idea of this country post-9/11. O'SULLIVAn, JOHN Dec 17, 2001 1909
Forgive and forget? But we are Westerners! (Not in black or white). Orakwue, Stella Brief Article Dec 1, 2001 946
AT WAR: Identity Unknown: The case for civilizational confidence. O'SULLIVAN, JOHN Nov 19, 2001 1215
Fatal Contact: The Western influence on Islamic radicals. O'SULLIVAN, JOHN Nov 5, 2001 1695
Special Section: At War - Why They Hate Us: Sources of terror in the Arab world. PRYCE-JONES, DAVID Brief Article Oct 1, 2001 976
ARAB-EUROPEAN RELATIONS - Sept. 26 - Berlusconi Vaunts West's 'Superiority'. Brief Article Sep 29, 2001 419
The refugee speaks. (Baffour's Beefs). Ankomah, Baffour Editorial Jul 1, 2001 2248
ISLAM AND THE WEST: FROM DISCORD TO UNDERSTANDING. Shuja, Sharif Critical Essay May 1, 2001 3401
The perils of designer tribalism. Kimball, Roger Apr 1, 2001 4269
Geography and Empire in the Late Renaissance. Botero's Assignment, Western Universalism, and the Civilizing Process [*]. HEADLEY, JOHN M. Dec 22, 2000 15402
LONELY NEW WORLD. PFAFF, WILLIAM Brief Article Jan 28, 2000 827
The Drama of Modern Western Identity. GRESS, DAVID R. Jan 1, 2000 1710
AFRICA: BEYOND 2000. Versi, Anver; Nevin, Tom Jan 1, 2000 7861
CHANGING BRITAIN. Wedd, George Dec 1, 1999 3241
Blaming the barbarians. Parenti, Michael May 1, 1998 1312
Notes & aides: a commencement speech given at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, on May 19, 1996, by Wm. F. Buckley Jr. Jul 29, 1996 1439
The intellectual bankruptcy of multiculturalism. Famularo, Thomas J. May 1, 1996 2260

Terms of use | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc. | Feedback | For webmasters | Submit articles