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Since Hegel, western European writers and leaders have been pushing the idea of progress, putting darkness, savagery, the past, and societies outside of Western civilization on one end of the spectrum, and light, consciousness, technology, the future, and the modern Western world at the other end. Of all the civilizations and cultures that once lay beyond the dominion (and ken) of Western civilization, those located in Africa have been portrayed as the furthest back on the dark end of the continuum. Hegel wrote, “Africa proper…is the land of childhood, which lying beyond...
...most other places where the descendents of western Europeans are a minority) falling into the latter category. The implication being that these regions of the world are or should be trying to become like the “developed” world. It seems as though the spectrum of progress hasn’t changed much since the days of Hegel and colonization...
...Western societies, and the bright future of modern technology and the American way of life. One of the unstated goals of globalization seems to be the cultural assimilation of poor Africans into the American middle-class culture of consumption. Unfortunately, this “new” spectrum of progress seems to have become almost universally accepted on both sides of the have/have-not divide...
...ended on a good note this year,” alpine coach Tim Mitchell said. “Everyone has been making progress, and it is something to build on for next year...
...Faust. From his appointment to lead the newly-created Mind, Brain, and Behavior program at Harvard in 1994 to his close involvement with the University Planning Committee on Science and Engineering and his vocal support of the creation of University-wide departments today, Hyman personifies academic collaboration and progress at Harvard. Interdisciplinarity is an issue that Faust will need to address immediately, and the presence of an adviser who has thought deeply about how to improve interdisciplinary research and who understands the politics involved in breaking down departmental barriers will be an invaluable resource. Hyman will likely prove most valuable...