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Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
Al Azhar Mosque
Al Azz
Al Tonsi
Albanian Nation
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Balkan Countries
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comparative cultural studies
Contemporary English Literature
cross-cultural analysis
cultural encounters in modern societies
Dry Plate Photography
Egyptian Revival
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Federal Republic Of Germany
Foreigner Complex
Gaston Roberge
GDR's Economy
GDR’s Economy
Gezim Alpion
intercultural communication
Mad Hatter's Tea Party
Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
Malcolm Muggeridge
media representation studies
Middle East Times
Miss World Contest
mother
Mother Teresa's Life
Mother Teresa's Work
Mother Teresa’s Life
Mother Teresa’s Work
Nelson Mandela
Nobel Prize Award Ceremony
Pharaonic Civilisation
postcolonial theory
Ramses III
social identity formation
United Nations Interim Administration Mission
West Germany
Western Travel Writers
Product details
- ISBN 9781138522824
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 25 Sep 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Encounters with Civilizations is a broad-ranging work, uniting sweeping themes such as history, culture, the media, social issues, and politics. Building around comparative analyses of aspects of Albanian, Egyptian, British, and Indian cultures, Alpion addresses the problems people experience in their encounters with civilizations different from their birth cultures.The course of history has made the confrontation and comingling of different cultures inevitable. It has also engendered ambivalence toward the cultures involved, including a desire to emulate the new culture, or resentment, or conflicting attitudes toward the relative strength or weakness of both birth and new cultures. Alpion describes how Egyptian culture and politics have been shaped by foreign domination while retaining ancient customs at the social level. In comparison, Great Britain has been an imperial power whose cultural preeminence has shaped the images of smaller countries in the eyes of the world. Alpion writes of English images of his native Albania and offers a penetrating analysis of Mother Teresa as a Christian missionary in Hindu and Muslim India, focusing on her cultural presentation via the media and the cult of celebrity.Whether discussing the customs of Egyptian coffee houses or Alexander the Great as a defining figure in Western and Eastern culture, Alpion grasps the impact of these cultural encounters. He makes us aware that understanding and resolving such differences involves considering ultimate issues of life and death.
