Global Culture Worldview

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Global culture tied with knots unimaginable manifests such a peculiar blend of unity and diversity. Civilization seemingly thousands of miles part manifest marvelous similarities yet within five miles there will be cognizable differences. These are the factors which construct the personality of the whole culture and are carried as an eternal flow.
Worldviews enable a society and related individuals to perceive and analyze an event or product in a particular way. In simple terms it can be understood like the point of view of a certain group and nationality of people. Nation is more of a cultural idea so the idea of worldview can be found more and more associated with the nation rather than with a state. However the effects are observed across a political unit and in fact it helps in uniting the structure of a state in a peculiar way.
In the study conducted by Fitznor (1998) and Gill (2002) it has been concluded that indigenous worldviews are result of people’s close relationship with their environment. Geographical attributes influences every aspect of the orientation.
History of societal function has been a history of modifications and arbitration in these factors. This paper intend to point out in brief differences and similarities among the worldviews of various cultures.
Worldviews are also dominated by the states influencing the territorial boundaries. It has been true for the worldviews developed in the past. It is also true in the modern cognitive way. Little bear (2000) noticed a clash of worldviews and maintained argument to manage them in a way that the worldviews different from the dominating one are also taken into account. Despite this it cannot be ascertained whether worldviews are solely attributes of local circum...

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...published master’s thesis, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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6. Fitznor, L. (1998). The circle of life. Affirming Aboriginal philosophies in everyday life. In D. C. McCance (Ed.), Life ethics in world religions (pp. 21-39). Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press.
7. France, H. (1997). First Nations: Helping and learning in the Aboriginal community. Guidance and Counseling, 12(2), 3-8.
8. Garroutte, E. M. (2003). Real Indians: Identity and the survival of Native America. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
9. Gill, J. H. (2002). Native American worldviews: An introduction. New York: Humanity Press.

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