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1. In These Corners of Kabul, Western Influences Live On

Author

Goldbaum, Christina and Huylebroek, Jim

Subjects
Kabul, Afghanistan -- Social aspects, Civilization, Western -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Taliban -- Political activity
Abstract

While the Taliban have erased most obvious vestiges of the U.S. nation-building effort in Afghanistan, the cultural legacy of two decades of American occupation has been harder to stamp out. [...]

Published
2023

2. 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

Author

Jere-Malanda, Regina

Subjects
Africa -- Portrayals -- International relations, Continents -- Portrayals -- Social aspects, Civilization, Western -- Social aspects, General interest, Government, Business, international, Social aspects, Portrayals, International relations
Abstract

In the words of Vaclav Havel, the playwright and former president of the Czech Republic, the media not only has a great deal of accountability for humanity's common fate, it [...]

Published
2008

3. Death Of The West

Author

Alter, Jonathan

Subjects
Conservative literature -- Criticism and interpretation -- Social aspects, Civilization, Western -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

You may remember him. The name's Buchanan. Patrick J. Buchanan. High- level adviser to Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. Right-wing columnist and TV blowhard. Even fellow conservative William F. Buckley [...]

Published
2002

4. When did basic human values become un-Chinese?

Author

Saunders, Doug

Subjects
Social values -- Analysis, Civilization, Western -- Social aspects, Nobel laureates -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: DOUG SAUNDERS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE OSLO -- dsaunders@globeandmail.com The morning before the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded, the Communist Party-controlled media released a statement denouncing the man who would [...]

Published
2010

5. When pub crawls clash with prayer calls

Author

McQueen, Ann Marie

Subjects
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (City) -- Demographic aspects, Civilization, Western -- Social aspects, Cultural relations -- Evaluation -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: ANN MARIE McQUEEN; Special to The Globe and Mail DUBAI -- The British expatriates who stood outside the Double Decker pub under Friday afternoon's 50 C sun were already [...]

Published
2008

6. The West is decadent and decayed: we have managed to convert so much that is golden into base metal

Author

Coren, Michael

Subjects
Christians -- Religious aspects, Christians -- Social aspects, Christians -- Ethical aspects, Degeneration -- Analysis, Civilization, Western -- Religious aspects, Civilization, Western -- Social aspects, Civilization, Western -- Ethical aspects, General interest, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

It's very comforting for us to dismiss as extreme, unreasonable and even insane all of the demands and complaints of Islamic fundamentalism. In an unstable age it reassures us of [...]

Published
2006

7. The west's intellectual crisis

Author

Lowenthal, Richard

Subjects
Social change -- Causes of, Intellectuals -- Political activity, Civilization, Western -- Social aspects, General interest
Published
1978

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