“While [European] national cultures were concocted to distinguish one economic unit of capital from another, civilizational thinking was invented to unify these cultures against their colonial consequences. Islamic, Indian, or African civilizations were invented contrapuntally by Orientalism... in order to match, balance and thus authenticate 'Western Civilization'.” ThinkingOrderCultureEconomicBalanceCivilizationConsequenceWesternIndianIslamicUnitsWestern CivilizationOrientalismNational Culture Author:Hamid Dabashi
“The psychological consequences of this spread of white culture have been out of all proportion to the materialistic. This world-wide cultural diffusion has protected us as man had never been protected before from having to take seriously the civilizations of other peoples; it has given to our culture a massive universality that we have long ceased to account for historically, and which we read off rather as necessary and inevitable.” MenWorldLongHas BeensCultureGivenWhiteThis WorldCivilizationConsequenceAccountsSpreadWidePsychologicalInevitableProportionMassiveProtectedMaterialisticUniversalityDiffusion Author:Ruth Benedict
“The coarsening of our culture towards violent death has more consequences than war. Tragically, this same culture has led to the death of 50 million unborn children in the last 40 years. I don't think a civilization can long endure that does not have respect for all human life, born and not yet born. I believe there will come a time when we are all judged on whether or not we took a stand in defense of all life from the moment of conception until our last natural breath.” ThinkingYearsBelieveHumansChildrenLongDoeWarMomentsLastsCultureI BelieveBornNaturalMillionsCivilizationConsequenceBreathsEndureDefenseViolentHuman LifeConceptionJudgedUnbornUnborn ChildViolent Death Author:Rand Paul
“Astronomers do not commonly use Venereal, in favor of the less contagious-sounding Venutian. Blame the medical community, who snatched the word long before astronomers had any good use for it. I suppose you can't blame the doctors. Venus is the goddess of beauty and love, so she ought to be the goddess of its medical consequences.” LongUseCultureCommunityOughtConsequenceDoctorsAnd LoveBlameMedicalFavorsGoddessContagiousVenusAstronomersBeauty And Love Book:The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist Source: The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist
“Sentimentality, like pornography, is fragmented emotion; a natural consequence of a high visual gradient in any culture.” CultureNaturalEmotionConsequenceVisualsPornographySentimentalityFragmentedNatural Consequences Author:Marshall McLuhan