如何写一片关于跨文化交际的英语作文
如何写一片关于跨文化交际的英语作文
如何写一片关于跨文化交际的英语作文
如何写一片关于跨文化交际的英语作文
WesterntraditionalCulture
ThebombersinLondonandtheinsurgentsinIraqmaythinkthattheyareavengingthemselvesonWesterncivilization.SomeinWashington,LondonandTelAvivmaythinkthattheyareblockingtheambitionofradicalMuslimstocreatesomemarvelousnewcaliphatetoruletheworld.Botharewrong.
Thecivilizationsatwararemodernityontheonehandandthetraditionalworldontheother.TheIslamicfundamentalists'terroristattacksontheWestaremerelyasideshow-abitterbutdoomedreactiontoawarthatmodernsocietyhasalreadylargelywon,withliberalsandconservativesunitedintheirbattleagainstthevalues,assumptionsandmodeoflifeofthevastmajorityofnon-modernmankind.
TheyWesternersbelievetheyarecreating,asRogerCohenrecentlywroteinTheInternationalHeraldTribune,"acenturythatwillmakeadiverseworldmoreunified,prosperousandfreethaneverbefore."
TheliberalsandtheconservativesofmodernWesternsocietyfirmlybelievethat.Itisinconceivabletothemthatthetraditionalworld,inwhicheveryoneexceptthemselveslives,remainsavalidchoiceforthosewholiveinit.
Themodernworldistheaggressor,determined-withoutevenseriouslythinkingaboutit-todestroythebackwardcivilizationsofeveryoneelse,whichitseesasdiscreditedremnantsofthepast.Todestroythemisprogress.Progressleads-where?
Heretheyrunintotheproblemofutopia.
Utopiainaworlddominatedbyreligionisarewardforaworthylife,andisenjoyedinanafterlife.Itexistsoutsideoftime.Oraftertimehascometoastop,inatimelessparadise.