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Essay on Cultural Erosion as History Throughout The world

Historically throughout the world, in past centuries, "cultural erosion" as Helena Norberg-Hodge refers to it ("The March of the Monoculture") was forced upon "traditional peoples" by world conquerors (at different times in world history, the British; French; Spanish, etc.). According to Goulet, "traditional peoples must be shocked into the realization that they are living in abnormal, inhuman conditions as psychological preparation for modernization". Today, however, as Norberg-Hodge suggests, Western influences, including advertising, television, the internet, and other technologies bring about cultural erosion on their own, by introducing, through those media, a westernized way of life that seems (erroneously) more luxurious, more glamorous, and relatively effortless, especially compared to their own jobs, looks, and lifestyles. Moreover, as D. Varan suggests, the imposition, by media and trans-globalization, of western values and influences, creates:

. . . cultural abrasion, resulting from friction between the contrasting values

reflected in a cultural terrain and a foreign media agent; cultural deflation,

whereby least consolidated facets within a cult

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  • Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore needs to make itself more "relevant"

Terminology mentioned in this research paper
foreign media, communication systems,

Names mentioned in this research paper
Helena Norberg-Hodge, Norberg Hodge, Lee Kuan Yew, Goulet, Daniel Salau, D. Varan,

Locations included in this term paper
Africa, Singapore, Asia, Kashmir, Latin America,

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