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Cultural Imperialism and
       Capitalism
Cultural Imperialism

• Cultural imperialism is the practice of
  promoting the culture or language of one
  nation in another. It is usually the case that
  the former is a large, economically or militarily
  powerful nation and the latter is a smaller, less
  affluent one. Cultural imperialism can take the
  form of an active, formal policy or a general
  attitude.
Cultural Imperialism—Short History
• Empires throughout history have been established using war and physical
  compulsion (military imperialism). In the long term populations have
  tended to be absorbed into the dominant culture, or acquire its attributes
  indirectly.
• One of the first known examples of cultural imperialism was extinction of
  the Etruscan culture and language caused by the influence of the Roman
  Empire.
• The Greek culture built gyms, theatres and public baths in places that its
  adherents conquered (such as ancient Judea, where Greek cultural
  imperialism sparked a popular revolt), with the effect that the populations
  became immersed in that culture. The spread of the koine (common)
  Greek language was another large factor in this immersion.
• As exploration of the Americas increased, European nations including
  Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal all
  raced to claim territory in hopes of generating increased economic wealth
  for themselves. In these new colonies, the European conquerors imposed
  their language and culture.
20th Century Cultural Imperialism
• Cultural imperialism in the twentieth century was
  primarily connected with the United States and
  with the Soviet Union, and to a lesser extent with
  other countries that exert strong influence on
  neighboring nations. Most countries outside the
  US feel that the high degree of cultural export
  through business and popular culture--popular
  and academic books, films, music, and television-
  -threatens their unique ways of life or moral
  values where such cultural exports are popular.
  Some countries, including France, have policies
  that actively oppose Americanisation.
Capitalism
• Capitalism is an economic system that is based on
  private ownership of the means of production and the
  creation of goods or services for profit. Competitive
  markets, wage labor, capital accumulation, voluntary
  exchange, and personal finance are also considered
  capitalistic. There are multiple variants of capitalism,
  including laissez-faire, mixed economies, and state
  capitalism and capitalism is considered to have applied
  in a variety of historical cases, varying in time,
  geography, politics, and culture. There is general
  agreement that capitalism became dominant in the
  Western world following the demise of feudalism
Feudalism—A Brief description
• Feudalism was a set of legal and military
  customs in medieval Europe that flourished
  between the 9th and 15th centuries, which,
  broadly defined, was a system for structuring
  society around relationships derived from the
  holding of land in exchange for service or
  labour.
Elements of Capitalism
•   Capitalist economics developed out of the interactions of the following elements.
•   A product is any good produced for exchange on a market. "Commodities" refers
    to standard products, especially raw materials such as grains and metals, that are
    not associated with particular producers or brands and trade on organized
    exchanges.
•   There are two types of products:
•   capital goods and
•   consumer goods.
•   Capital goods (i.e., raw materials, tools, industrial machines, vehicles and factories)
    are used to produce consumer goods (e.g., televisions, cars, computers, houses) to
    be sold to others.
•   The three inputs required for production are:
•   labor,
•   land (i.e., natural resources, which exist prior to human beings) and
•   capital goods
Capitalism
• Capitalism entails the private ownership of the latter
  two — natural resources and capital goods — by a class
  of owners called capitalists, either individually,
  collectively or through a state apparatus that operates
  for a profit or serves the interests of capital owners.
• Labor includes all physical and mental human
  resources, including entrepreneurial capacity and
  management skills, which are needed to produce
  products and services. Production is the act of making
  products or services by applying labor power to the
  means of production.
Capitalism
• Capitalism is the system of raising, conserving and spending
  a set monetary value in a specified market. There are three
  main markets in your basic capitalistic economy which are
  labor, goods and services, and financial. Labor markets
  (people) make products and get paid for work by the goods
  and services market (companies, firms, or corporations,
  etc.) which then sells the products back to the laborers.
  However both of the first two markets pays in to and
  receive benefits from the financial market, which handles
  and regulates the actual money in the economic system.
  This includes banks, credit-unions, stock exchanges, etc. On
  a monetary stand point governments control just how
  much money is in circulation worldwide which plays an
  immense role on how money is spent in our own country.

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Cultural imperialism

  • 2. Cultural Imperialism • Cultural imperialism is the practice of promoting the culture or language of one nation in another. It is usually the case that the former is a large, economically or militarily powerful nation and the latter is a smaller, less affluent one. Cultural imperialism can take the form of an active, formal policy or a general attitude.
  • 3. Cultural Imperialism—Short History • Empires throughout history have been established using war and physical compulsion (military imperialism). In the long term populations have tended to be absorbed into the dominant culture, or acquire its attributes indirectly. • One of the first known examples of cultural imperialism was extinction of the Etruscan culture and language caused by the influence of the Roman Empire. • The Greek culture built gyms, theatres and public baths in places that its adherents conquered (such as ancient Judea, where Greek cultural imperialism sparked a popular revolt), with the effect that the populations became immersed in that culture. The spread of the koine (common) Greek language was another large factor in this immersion. • As exploration of the Americas increased, European nations including Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal all raced to claim territory in hopes of generating increased economic wealth for themselves. In these new colonies, the European conquerors imposed their language and culture.
  • 4. 20th Century Cultural Imperialism • Cultural imperialism in the twentieth century was primarily connected with the United States and with the Soviet Union, and to a lesser extent with other countries that exert strong influence on neighboring nations. Most countries outside the US feel that the high degree of cultural export through business and popular culture--popular and academic books, films, music, and television- -threatens their unique ways of life or moral values where such cultural exports are popular. Some countries, including France, have policies that actively oppose Americanisation.
  • 5. Capitalism • Capitalism is an economic system that is based on private ownership of the means of production and the creation of goods or services for profit. Competitive markets, wage labor, capital accumulation, voluntary exchange, and personal finance are also considered capitalistic. There are multiple variants of capitalism, including laissez-faire, mixed economies, and state capitalism and capitalism is considered to have applied in a variety of historical cases, varying in time, geography, politics, and culture. There is general agreement that capitalism became dominant in the Western world following the demise of feudalism
  • 6. Feudalism—A Brief description • Feudalism was a set of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries, which, broadly defined, was a system for structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.
  • 7. Elements of Capitalism • Capitalist economics developed out of the interactions of the following elements. • A product is any good produced for exchange on a market. "Commodities" refers to standard products, especially raw materials such as grains and metals, that are not associated with particular producers or brands and trade on organized exchanges. • There are two types of products: • capital goods and • consumer goods. • Capital goods (i.e., raw materials, tools, industrial machines, vehicles and factories) are used to produce consumer goods (e.g., televisions, cars, computers, houses) to be sold to others. • The three inputs required for production are: • labor, • land (i.e., natural resources, which exist prior to human beings) and • capital goods
  • 8. Capitalism • Capitalism entails the private ownership of the latter two — natural resources and capital goods — by a class of owners called capitalists, either individually, collectively or through a state apparatus that operates for a profit or serves the interests of capital owners. • Labor includes all physical and mental human resources, including entrepreneurial capacity and management skills, which are needed to produce products and services. Production is the act of making products or services by applying labor power to the means of production.
  • 9. Capitalism • Capitalism is the system of raising, conserving and spending a set monetary value in a specified market. There are three main markets in your basic capitalistic economy which are labor, goods and services, and financial. Labor markets (people) make products and get paid for work by the goods and services market (companies, firms, or corporations, etc.) which then sells the products back to the laborers. However both of the first two markets pays in to and receive benefits from the financial market, which handles and regulates the actual money in the economic system. This includes banks, credit-unions, stock exchanges, etc. On a monetary stand point governments control just how much money is in circulation worldwide which plays an immense role on how money is spent in our own country.