why we are adopting western culture ? do you think ,it is a good sign for our country or not ?

Answer 1

I don't know what country you're from but I would say adopting or practicing modern or otherwise foreign ways is okay as long as in the process you don't loose sight and knowledge of your own history and traditions. Not everything needs to be assimilated simply because its popular but at the same time there are many instances in even western culture in which we adopt customs of other countries and vice versa for various reasons. In any instance, as you raise future generations there are certain things you don't want to loose sight of, and situations that make your culture what it is that don't require change. I don't think any culture should be fully assimilated into western world but taking parts of it for entertainment or advancement may be a benefit to its people worth considering.

Answer 2

Adopting western culture is not very bad, but only to certain extent. India has its own culture. Mostly teenagers are attracted towards western culture because they think it is cool. But i think India's culture is far better. Even foreigners come to India to learn our culture.

Answer 3

As much as it would bridge certain styles, I believe it is a a bad thing. Simply stated, there would be no remarkable difference, and it would only throw the native culture to the backseat. That would only refute the unique identity of such country.

Answer 4

Westernization is a process whereby non-western societies come under the influence of Western culture in such matters as industry, technology, law, politics, economics, lifestyle, diet, language, alphabet, religion or values. Westernization has been a pervasive and accelerating influence across the world in the last few centuries. It is usually a two-sided process, in which western influences and interests themselves are joined by a wish of at least parts of the affected society to change towards a more westernized society, in the hope of attaining western life or some aspects of it.

Westernization can also be related to the process of acculturation. Acculturation refers to the changes that occur within a society or culture when two different groups come into direct continuous contact. After the contact, changes in cultural patterns within either or both cultures are evident. In popular speech, Westernization can also refer to the effects of Western expansion and colonialism on native societies.

For example, natives who have adopted European languages and characteristic Western customs are called acculturated or Westernized. Westernization may be forced or voluntary depending on the situation of the contact.

Different degrees of domination, destruction, resistance, survival, adaptation, and modification of the native culture may follow interethnic contact. In a situation where the native culture experiences destruction as a result of a more powerful outsider, a “shock phase” often is a result from the encounter. This shock phase is especially characteristic during interactions involving expansionist or colonialist eras. During the shock phase, civil repression using military force may lead to a cultural collapse, or ethnocide, which is a culture’s physical extinction. According to Conrad Phillip, the westerners "will attempt to remake the native culture within their own image, ignoring the fact that the models of culture that they have created are inappropriate for settings outside of western civilization" (Phillip, Conrad. (2005). Window on Humanity. New York: McGraw-Hill).

Europe and USA
Americanization is the term used for the influence the United States of America has on other cultures.
Anglicisation is the process of making something English.
Europeanisation can either mean the process of transforming a society into a more European society or the process of growth towards an European identity in Europe.
Francisation is the process of giving a French character to something or someone.
Germanisation is defined as either the spread of the German language and culture, or the adaptation of a word to the German language.
Hellenisation, the spread of Greek culture and language.
Latinisation is a system for representing a word or language with the Latin alphabet, or the traditions of the Latin Rite into Eastern Catholic Church Liturgies and practices.
Romanisation, the spread of Roman culture and language.
Korenisation or Korenizatsiya was the early Soviet ethnicity policy.
Magyarisation or Magyarisation refers to spreading the Hungarian language and culture in general.
Polonisation is the assumption or assimilation of the Polish language or another Polish attribute.
Russification is an adoption of the Russian language or some other Russian attribute by non-Russian communities.
de-Russification is a process in the post-Soviet countries to overcome the consequences of the Russification.
Slovakisation refers to the policies of Czechoslovakia then Slovakia against the ethnic Hungarians there.
Turkification is a term used to describe a cultural change in which something or someone who is not a Turk becomes one, voluntarily or by force.
Ukrainisation was the policy conducted by the Bolshevik party and the Government of the Ukrainian SSR during 1920s and 1930s to increase the presence of Ukraine
Western culture or Western civilization is a term used to refer to the cultures of the people of European origin and their descendants. It comprises the broad heritage of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs (such as religious beliefs) and specific artifacts and technologies as shared within the Western sphere of influence. The term "Western" is often used in contrast to Asian, African, or Arab nations.

The East-West contrast is sometimes criticized as relativistic. In some ways it has grown out of use, or has been transformed or clarified to fit more precise uses. Though it is directly descendent from academic Orientalism and Occidentalism, the changing usage of the distinction "East-West" has come to be useful as a means to identify important cultural similarities and differences — both within an increasingly larger concept of local region, as well as with regard to increasingly familiar "alien" cultures.

During the Cold War, the West-East contrast became synonymous with the competing governments of the United States and the Soviet Union and their allies, respectively.

Answer 5

Idly every body should take good things from other culture and follow in their life. But what is actually happening is people will take only easy things from other culture and follow

Answer 6

Presently, west is dominating the world with power e.g. political power, economic power and media power. If any body wants to resists that influnce, he/she should have that strength. Actually, this world is like jungle.