Westernization has also been
beneficial in globalizing the economy and creating more efficient ways of producing goods and services
. Another benefit is the modernization of medical practices, resulting in the extension of life expectancy.
What are the positive points of Western culture?
Western culture also
improved Indian culture with the development of a road network, telephone and telegraph lines, many dams and bridges and irrigation canals
. During British occupation, these developed systems of transportation and communication benefited the British, rather than Indians.
What is bad about Westernization?
Westernisation fades away our religious values
. Media shows different programs that leave a negative impact on the children about drugs, disobedience, unnecessary freedom. Media plays a prominent role in ruining the culture and moral values and is encouraging youth to adopt western culture in the name of modernisation.
How has westernisation affected our society?
Printing machine helps in the transmission of modern knowledge as well as knowledge of the traditional epics, mythology, religious literature etc. Likewise, in the political and cultural field, westernisation has
given birth to nationalism
and also to revivalism, communalism, casteism, linguism and regionalism.
What is the disadvantage of Western culture?
Western culture has a
few number of family restrictions and moral values
. Such a radical undermining of people’s existing values and cultures has a corrosive impact on their sense of who they are, what they want and what they respect.
How does Westernization influence culture?
The process of Westernization comes when
non-Western societies come under Western influence
or adopt Western culture in different areas such as industry, technology, law, politics, economics, lifestyle, diet, clothing, language, alphabet, religion, philosophy, and values.
What is western influence?
Western culture, sometimes equated with Western civilization, Western lifestyle or European civilization, is a term used very broadly to refer to a
heritage of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, belief systems, political systems, and specific artifacts and technologies that have some origin or
…
What are examples of Western culture?
French culture, Spanish culture, and British culture
are all sub-categories under the broad, loose category of Western culture. Europe and much of the Western Hemisphere is Western in culture.
Is Western culture the best?
The truth, he said, is that cultures can and should be rated on the basis of the values that describe them. Accordingly, Berliner continued,
Western culture is objectively superior to others
because its values, including life, logic, individualism, progress, and science, are superior values.
What India should learn from west?
Accountability
: Another attribute we must learn from the West is accountability. There, you are held responsible for what you do irrespective of your position. However, in India, the more ‘important’ you are, the less answerable you become.
What are the characteristics of westernization?
- Avoidance of uncertainty,
- Inclusion of new economic and political rules and policies,
- A greater emphasis on the models of rationalism and humanitarian doctrines, values and understanding the souls,
What do you mean by westernization?
Westernization,
the adoption of the practices and culture of western Europe by societies and countries in other parts of the
world, whether through compulsion or influence.
What is the biggest influence of Western culture?
Western culture is most strongly influenced by
the Greek philosophy, Roman law, and Christian culture
. Ancient Greece is considered the birthplace of many elements of Western culture, including the development of a democratic system of government and major advances in philosophy, science and mathematics.
What are the impacts of westernization of Indian society?
Westernisation has contributed to the re-emergence of a pan-Indian culture on new grounds. Some areas of western impact include
education, law, science, technology, new forms of politicisation, urbanisation, industrialisation, the press, means of transport and communication
.
How is westernisation linked to Globalisation?
Westernization is the
changing from the traditional cultural to the western dominance and western imperialism
, but globalization is infect the tendency in which technologies, philosophical and economic advances can be made throughout the world with a global time zone and boundaries.
What are the disadvantages of Indian culture?
- Indians often labelled as “TAXI- DRIVERS/CURRY-MUNCHERS” in most of the countries.
- Hard to find accommodation in some countries.
- Often get racism from different races.
- Indians often get the impression of poor and poverty stricken people.
