Short Answer Questions
(class 25)

Notes:

1) This assignment, like ALL assignments in this class, must be typed. See handout on class expectations

2) You MUST use blackboard's digital dropbox (details here) to submit this homework; if you do not use microsoft word, be sure to follow these directions

3 ) BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE FILE-NAMING CONVENTIONS FOR THIS COURSE.

All files should be saved on your computer as: your last name, followed by an underscore ("_"), followed by the first two letters of your first name, followed by an underscore ("_"), followed by the assignment number. So if a student named Saddam Hussein were to submit assignment number 25, the file name would be:

hussein_sa_25.doc

THIS IS ASSIGNMENT 25

This homework is due at the start of class and can NOT be turned in late
This homework can NOT be revised
This homework is worth 1% of you final semester grade, or 100 Fritz Points

1) How attractive, according to the author, are “freedom” and a “consumerist paradise” beyond the borders of the west? Use your own words and only your own words

2) Why, according to the author, do the attractions of Western culture compound for some people their resentments against it? Use your own words and only your own words

3) How and why, according to the author, is western consumer culture a threat to the values of “social stability, solidarity, and permanence.” Use your own words and only your own words

4) According to the author, how and why is the west viewed by non-westerners in much the same fashion as people in the west once viewed unwed mothers? To what does the author attribute the change in our sexual morals?Use your own words and only your own words

5) (A) How did many Turks understand the story of the Turkish waiter and the British girl? (B) What, according to the author, was the real reason for the British objection to their intended marriage? (C) How does the author use this story to develop his argument? Use your own words and only your own words

6) How did Industrialization change both (A) the relationship between the individual and the family and (B) the role of the family in society?Use your own words and only your own words

7) What, according to the author, are the negative consequence of the West’s objections to cruelty? Use your own words and only your own words

 

Extra-credit (potentially worth 50 points)
The author speaks of the history of “economic and cultural juggernaut” destroying non-western cultures without realizing it, but does not actually provide specifics. Using the textbook, provide three examples that testify to the author’s claim and explain how they do so.