SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Japan and Western Influences

Essays 871 - 900

Comparing the Philosophies of Buddhism and Aristotle

by way of recognition toward such shortcomings that humanity could overcome this "profound error" (Nehamas, 1994, p. 40), diligent...

China v. Western Europe Expansionism

to the brink of a new world direction. Interestingly, however, that direction would end abruptly as the leadership of China fell ...

Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution

the flow of information. Prior to the effects of the printing press, it was relatively easy for the Church to suppress books and w...

Culture of Japan and Zen Buddhism

into Zen Buddhism, which absorbed much of its metaphysical orientation from Taoist teachings (Suzuki 4). Unlike Indian Buddhism,...

Student Supplied Case Study on a Japanese Joint Venture and Labor Problems

which would result in very expensive litigation in both Japan and the United States. The situation will cause the company to lose ...

Overview of Okinawa, Japan

a fourteenth-century palace that doubled as a fortress during the war, housed Japanese soldiers far beneath its fortified structur...

American and Japanese Cultures Case Study

just be that the customer service department gets an overhaul. In fact, many firms today are criticized for giving shoddy customer...

The Time for Acupuncture

the skin (Kuhn, 2000). Then, the practitioner may flick, manipulate, or rotate the needles to achieve the desired effect (Kuhn, 20...

Western Culture and Variations of Lingusitics, Socioeconomics, and Gender

criticism. Regardless of the form, however, it is an acknowledged fact that most forms of communication operate on a basis of rec...

Marketing Strategies For The Great Western Hotel

once a month for the "The Toyota Extreme Superbull Bullriding Series", the level of attendance it at roughly two thirds of the ful...

Automobile Industry Competitors Detroit and Japan

Japanese Toyota Fore Runner and the Japanese Nissan Pathfinder are leading the pack in sales. Even though General Motors Corpora...

East Asia Negotiations

is macho, it is akin to war, something that reflects their concept of masculinity (Martin et al, 1999). They have already decided ...

Overview of Ethnomusicology

seen with a study on Chinese music by J van Aalst in 1884 and Japanese music with F T Piggotts Music and Musical Instruments of Ja...

Nursing and the Culture of Japan

and individuality as young children, they begin to assimilate their role in Japanese culture via such conventions as school unifor...

Concept of Spirituality

from its past and divorced it from having any real sense of future. "The past becomes merely a theme park to visit occasionally fo...

The Reasons Why the Predictions of Karl Marx Never Materialized

such as the labor theory of value and economic determinism. Economic determinism, above all, embraces the concept that economic fa...

Brief Overview of 5 Monarchies of Western Civilization

territories" a process that wasnt stopped until the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 (Holy Roman Empire, 2005). As to the various empe...

Reasons Behind Atomic Bombing of Japan by the United States

lost on the world, and is one of the reasons why the attacks remain controversial to this day. This paper explores the reasons gi...

Fourteenth to Sixteenth Century Church and State Relationship

that the secular governments. Priests were often criticized as being greedy and extortionate. As a result of this unrest conflict...

U.S. Bombing of Japan

politically expedient to do so; Russia was about to enter the war, and Truman felt that dropping the bomb would show the Russians ...

U.S. and Japan Health Care

(Wise, 2005). One of the major health issues in the U.S. and other Western countries is obesity (Wise, 2005). It is estimated tha...

Second World War and Racial Propaganda

In the eyes of propaganda, the American cultural commitment to individualism was transformed into overwhelming self-interest and a...

Traditional Japanese Footwear Geta and Zori

some traditions are simply not embraced. The zori is also known as the flip flop (Kim, 2003). Obviously, the Zori is rather sophis...

Mysticism in Island by Aldous Huxley

anywhere else. We are all, if we already knew it, already there" (Huxley 35) displays a sharp Taoist influence. Looking at Huxle...

Overview of Family Health Nursing

says that families have been sorely neglected as a great deal of nursing practice continues to focus on individuals (Denham, 2003)...

Wedding Dress History

at" (Davies, 2001). In essence, in many cultures, if not most, the wedding dress was the closest most women would ever com...

Imperialism in Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe

and threatens the other into a role of servitude to him, clearly reflective of the imperial mind that believes all other cultures ...

3 Simulation Expansion Strategies

Pursuing profitability at the cost of social responsibility (i.e., decisions about European cutbacks) can provide positive results...

Ballast Water and Invasive Species

and the Issue Group on Sustainable Shipping (IGSS) are the coordinating agencies seeking the cooperation of the European Union, OS...

Review of WOMAC Study

a measure of internal consistency. Items in an instrument are considered to have internal consistency, that is, similar constructs...