Westernization
Westernization
Westernization
Westernization
The Spread of
Worldview and Culture
Where is the “West”?
The Globe Focus
Map of Western Europe
“Western Civilization”
West East
Latin = “Occidens” Latin = Oriens
Occidental Oriental
US THEM
When a country takes control of land, resources, and
people beyond its borders to exploit them for the
country’s own benefit,
The Globe
Western Europe and Global Impirialism
Westernizing
the Americas
(1492 to the present)
The Globe
Westernizing
Africa
( 19th & 20th Centuries
to the present)
The Globe
After WWI
Western Powers divvy up Ottoman Empire
Western Powers Created
State of Israel
1948 after WWII
Wars
1948
1956
1967
1973
1982
2006
2014
The Globe
The Globe
Western Colonization in the Pacific
Areas of the Globe Controlled by Western Nations
Western World Today
World Civilizations Today
Just One View
Western Worldview
• What are the predominant
ontological-epistemological perspectives?
• What are some dominant values?
• United Nations
• World Court
• World Bank
• International
Monetary Fund
• World Trade
Organization
Global Projects
International Olympics
Transportation
Global Telecommunications
Mobile Phone Subscribers
Global Telecommunications
Internet Users
Global Telecommunications
Pop Culture Distribution
The Processes of
Globalization &Westernization
• Military conquest, colonization, imperialism,
regime change
• Global Organizations
• Exchanging Worldviews & Problem-solving
• Commerce
• Transportation
• Communications
Exploring ‘Worldviews’
Differences between Western and Eastern Worldviews