Civilization and tuberculosis

Medicine and western civilization

heart. Margaret was not left in doubt about the risks, benefits and responsibilities of the rational, male education she was receiving. Her learning was to be of purely private benefit. She was warned not to pursue her academic interests to the detriment of those domestic duties for which nature had providentially formed her, or to reveal the extent of her learning to female friends or "ignoran...

Civilization and Culture

A current and major difficulty in civilizational studies is how to deal with the concepts of “civilization” and culture.” As these terms are simultaneously distinct and overlap, arose through a historical process that was key to modernity and are also at the root of a variety of disciplinary connections, they constitute a perfect case of semantic entanglement. Confusion has resulted from this e...

Russian Culture and Civilization

Russian Culture and Civilization Class 1 What is Culture? Western vs. Russian Approaches to Culture: Observers and Participants Russia has inspired centuries of commentary and analysis by Western travelers and observers; the academic study of Russia began in the late 19th century. Russia was seen as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." Western researchers are trying to "crack the c...

Science and Civilization in Islam

The history of science is often regarded today as the progressive accumulation of techniques and the refinement of quantitative methods in the study of Nature. Such a point of view considers the present conception of science to be the only valid one; it therefore judges the sciences of other civilizations in the light of modern science and evaluates them primarily with respect to their "develop...

Destroying Civilization, Destroying Nature