Culture is part of every society and is the basis on how people within the society react and live their lives. Every culture is subject to change in order to match the society around the world. However, there are several obstacles that are in the way of such cultural change. Through the different surroundings, a deep social connection to religion, and a lack of technology, cultures have a resistance against change. An example will be given of how it prohibits the growth in certain societies, because within each society, there are certain things that hinder the change and growth of a culture, as well as keep a culture together and unique. Culture is always present and never the same between different societies. Cultures, societies, and their
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In fact it is the basis on which America was founded upon. The freedom of a religion, the American dollar reads, ‘In God We Trust’. With something so prominent in life, something to believe in, it can and does have a direct link to the ability to have change and evolve. It is easy to follow a religion, as humans we like to have rules, not necessarily follow them, but have rules and a religion gives us just that. ‘Societies with religion were more likely to survive than those without because of the community, compassion, lack of anarchy or murder, family structure, etc. enforced by religious beliefs’. An example of a society that is highly dictated by religion would be, the Islamic ones such as Pakistan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. These countries base their laws on sharia law, and follow strict Islamic culture. Islamic culture is very simple and easily defined. ‘Submit freely to The Commandments and Will of The One and Only God (Allah). This submission should come from within, from sound belief in and conviction to Allah, with no doubt. It should also come from love, trust, and affection’. It is very simple and yet dictates so much about how a society can react within itself and with others. Muslims practice this, although there are many Muslims around the world, Islamic countries are more incline to be led by Muslims in the Islamic belief system. In Islamic culture women must keep their faces covered, and eat in …show more content…
With technology many things can and have been achieved through religious, scientific, health, and educational aspects of the world. The world is ever growing in technological advances. With these changes cultures must learn to adapt to be able to keep up with the rest of the world. Most cultures and countries try to out do the other in scientific achievement. Like the great space race from 1955-1972, which was a competition between USA and the USSR to see who could get to the moon the fastest. It was a way of showing of superior intellect and technologies, in a non-violent way. ‘Each side sought to prove the superiority of its technology’. However in poorer country the cultures there have not been able to adapt to the change in technology and have fallen far behind. For instance Cambodia in homes and outside of the tourist areas there are only old, bulky, windows 98 computers, and never a Television over twenty-five inches. The lack of being able to have, access to, even the smallest amount of technology has little, to no, hope of ever being able to progress technologically. Technology helps society in a way that can be good or bad. It can make daily and work related tasks easier, like the coffee machine or tractor. Or it can cause laziness in people, like the television and video games. Since Cambodia, among other cultures, do not have access to these technologies; they rely on
In fact it is the basis on which America was founded upon. The freedom of a religion, the American dollar reads, ‘In God We Trust’. With something so prominent in life, something to believe in, it can and does have a direct link to the ability to have change and evolve. It is easy to follow a religion, as humans we like to have rules, not necessarily follow them, but have rules and a religion gives us just that. ‘Societies with religion were more likely to survive than those without because of the community, compassion, lack of anarchy or murder, family structure, etc. enforced by religious beliefs’. An example of a society that is highly dictated by religion would be, the Islamic ones such as Pakistan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. These countries base their laws on sharia law, and follow strict Islamic culture. Islamic culture is very simple and easily defined. ‘Submit freely to The Commandments and Will of The One and Only God (Allah). This submission should come from within, from sound belief in and conviction to Allah, with no doubt. It should also come from love, trust, and affection’. It is very simple and yet dictates so much about how a society can react within itself and with others. Muslims practice this, although there are many Muslims around the world, Islamic countries are more incline to be led by Muslims in the Islamic belief system. In Islamic culture women must keep their faces covered, and eat in …show more content…
With technology many things can and have been achieved through religious, scientific, health, and educational aspects of the world. The world is ever growing in technological advances. With these changes cultures must learn to adapt to be able to keep up with the rest of the world. Most cultures and countries try to out do the other in scientific achievement. Like the great space race from 1955-1972, which was a competition between USA and the USSR to see who could get to the moon the fastest. It was a way of showing of superior intellect and technologies, in a non-violent way. ‘Each side sought to prove the superiority of its technology’. However in poorer country the cultures there have not been able to adapt to the change in technology and have fallen far behind. For instance Cambodia in homes and outside of the tourist areas there are only old, bulky, windows 98 computers, and never a Television over twenty-five inches. The lack of being able to have, access to, even the smallest amount of technology has little, to no, hope of ever being able to progress technologically. Technology helps society in a way that can be good or bad. It can make daily and work related tasks easier, like the coffee machine or tractor. Or it can cause laziness in people, like the television and video games. Since Cambodia, among other cultures, do not have access to these technologies; they rely on