Strayer talks about how the "four dimensions of European imperialism confronted these societies." He says "... Finally, Asians and Africans engaged with the culture of modernity...ideas of nationalism, socialism, feminism, and individualism."
Nationalism is a person or groups "loyalty and devotion to a nation" which is like when we put our right hand over our left side of our chest and sing the star spangled banner before certain events. This was a newly accepted idea, as Strayer says, and it was newly established with the Asian and African culture at this time. As was socialism, feminism, and individualism.
Socialism is the idea that things should be part of the community as a whole and not as separated or individual. It goes with the word social which is hanging out with other people and being part of a group. This was a Marx idea as we had learned one of our previous units.
Feminism is the idea that all genders should be equal, men and women should be treated the same. This was not as accepted before because many religions believe or did believe that men are superior. Men being incharge was also what people back then had accepted and didn't really bother to argue with. It was what people were accustomed to and so they went with it.
Individualism is the idea that people's individual thoughts should be allowed or accepted. Many people used to think that having your own idea was somewhat rebellious in a way because it set you apart from others or a group. They thought that you should stick with the beliefs of your religion or culture and anything different made you an outcast. I remember something from World Religions last year and there was something about the caste system and there was a group of people who were the outcasts of society and they were considered lower. It wasn't necessarily because they had separate ideas, it was more because of what the people were taught and used to.
This goes with all of these ideas, that many of these changes were advancements for society and positive changes for the people, and they had previously not been accepted because people don't like dramatic changes. They like to stay "in their comfort zone" and keep things the way they are. That is why these changes occurred now rather than earlier.
Strayer, Robert W. Ways of the World (560-563)
Merriam Webster Dictionary
may i inquire as to the purpose of this post?
ReplyDeleteI wanted to define the terms so I could understand them clearly and so that I could relate them to the reading. I am was looking them up and I thought that incase other people weren't exactly sure about what one meant then I could save the the step of having to look it up in a dictionary or online (which isn't that hard anyways) I am sorry if you didn't find this helpful. Is there something else I should have done?
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