Master Kudsi Erguner, sheds light on the main problems of Makam Music experienced today, and the approaches to their resolution. 

Sharing some illustrating records from his personal archive and selected works.

Ep97: Approaches to The Problems of Makam Music Today |   Kudsi Erguner

In this episode, I delve into the issue of American cultural imperialism and how the US has monopolized global markets to the point where boycotting becomes difficult.

Uncle Sam's Everywhere

Now that westernization has lost its grip on society, is Israel returning to the ethos of the Zionist era or advancing to a new stage of national development?

Yehuda HaKohen is joined by Rav Gavriel Reiss to discuss the meaning and potential ramifications of the mentality shift that's taken place within Israeli society since the Hamas attacks of Simḥat Torah.

The Next Stage

TNS 114: Israel's Wake Up Call (with Gavriel Reiss)

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher and head of the Japanese Kyoto school, Nishitani Keiji's book, The Self-Overcoming Of Nihilism

Specifically it examines chapter 9, "The Meaning of Nihilism for Japan". This one examines his discussion of how Japan opened itself up to a crisis of nihilism precisely through modernization and westernization, and what the possibilities for post-World War II are.

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Exploring the decline of woman-to-woman marriage in West Africa, driven by education, medical advancements, economic shifts, and changing gender roles in traditional African societies.

Forgotten West Africa Female Husbands Decline Impact

We follow Korea's thousand-year struggle to maintain its integrity and independence, fending off cataclysmic invasions by the Mongols, the Manchus, and the samurai of Japan, and repeatedly transforming itself -- from a confederation of Buddhist warrior-nobles, to a strictly Confucian surveillance state, to a fledgling modern industrial nation -- before finally falling to Meiji Japan.

Suggested reading: Han Woo-Keun, “The History of Korea”; Michael J. Seth, “A History of Korea” & “A Brief History of Korea”; Takashi Hatada, “A History of Korea”; Ki-Baek Lee, “A New History of Korea”

Image: Seokguram Grotto, outside Gyeongju, late 700s

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Korea, pt. 2 -- The Perfect Kingdom

History lectures by Samuel Biagetti, a historian (and antique dealer) with a Phd in early American history; my dissertation was on Freemasonry in the 1700s. I focus on the historical myths and distortions, from "the Middle Ages" to "Race," that people use to rationalize the world in which we live.   More info at www.historiansplaining.com

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New tracks tagged #Westernization