Globalization and Cultural Hegemony Quiz

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What does identifying 'Europeanness' as an inevitable stage in 'non-European' development imply?

It implies that non-Europeans do not exist as directives, influences, or agents of change.

According to JOHN H. BARTON ET AL., what assumption do they make about Western law?

They assume that Western law is an integral expression of Western culture and differs from law outside the West.

What common historical roots do all Western legal systems share?

They share common historical roots that give rise to common terminology, techniques, concepts, principles, and values.

In what way is the exclusion of other legal traditions described?

It is described as dismissing them as mere 'cauldrons of custom and religious influences.' Signup and view all the answers

What does Merryman assert about European legal traditions compared to others?

Merryman does not suggest that European legal traditions are superior to all others. Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of identifying 'Europeanness' as a stage in 'non-European' development?

It implies a sense of superiority and dominance of European culture over non-European cultures. Signup and view all the answers

What cultural style does Hilliard argue is stultifying and debilitating to African people?

atomistic-objective Signup and view all the answers

What does Ani refer to as the 'authoritative literate mode'?

The preference to explain the universe wholly in rational terms. Signup and view all the answers

According to Kambon, what basic values define the European worldview?

materialism, control, aggression and linear-ordinal ranking, conflict and opposition Signup and view all the answers

What does Wade W. Nobles note as the differences between African and European psychology?

spiritually-based vs. objective psychology supporting racist views Signup and view all the answers

According to Eurocentric belief, how is the universe explained?

The universe is believed to be explained wholly in rational terms, organized around cause and effect principles. Signup and view all the answers

According to Elleni Tedla, what has Western culture led to the development of?

racist social theories and exploitative economic and development policies Signup and view all the answers

How does critical theory aim to overcome polarization?

Critical theory tries to overcome polarization through ontology, epistemology, theory of action, and nature of explanation. Signup and view all the answers

What cultural reality does Ani point out in societies?

People in all societies must abstract from experience to organize, build, create, and develop. Signup and view all the answers

What traits are highly privileged in social structures produced by the core cultural dynamics of Western societies?

male traits, material possessions, white racial characteristics Signup and view all the answers

What worldview is exemplified by individualism, rationalism, and materialism according to Na'im Akbar?

Eurocentric worldview Signup and view all the answers

How has extreme rationalism in Eurocentric societies been described?

It has been described as an attempt to explain all of reality as if created by the European mind for control purposes. Signup and view all the answers

What remains largely unquestioned despite challenges to objectivism?

The objective account of reality remains dominant and largely unquestioned. Signup and view all the answers

What problem do courts face when trying to define reasonable doubt?

They try to make an objective concept out of a subjective idea. Signup and view all the answers

What does common law rely on, rather than directly referring to custom?

An abstraction of custom. Signup and view all the answers

What did the transformation of English custom into common law require?

A new professional class to navigate its complexity. Signup and view all the answers

What provided lawyers with expertise in the common law?

The extraordinary technicality of the common law. Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes legal reasoning from common-sense reason according to the text?

The artificiality and complexity of the common law. Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of the Eurocentric desire to abstract, rationalize, and objectify?

Complexity in European-centered law. Signup and view all the answers

What is the central question posed in the case mentioned in the text?

What role did race play in the decision to create this district? Signup and view all the answers

How is the law viewed in non-Western societies according to the text?

The law is part of the seamless web that binds the community together, not seen as an object separate from custom, culture, and morality. Signup and view all the answers

What term is used in the text to describe the Western view of law as a separate and autonomous entity?

Eurocentricity Signup and view all the answers

How does the text describe the misconception regarding the existence of law in non-Western societies?

It is mistakenly believed that there is no law in non-Western societies. Signup and view all the answers

What aspect of African societies' view of law differs from the Western perspective?

In African societies, law is understood as part of the seamless web that binds the community together. Signup and view all the answers

How does Eurocentricity view law according to the text?

Eurocentricity insists on the elevation of 'the objects,' including law, as a distinct constellation of action. Signup and view all the answers