UNESCO defines culture as
an
"aggregate of distinctive, spiritual, material, intellectual, and
emotional
traits, which characterizes a society or a social group. It includes,
alongside with arts and literature, ways of life, basic human rights,
systems
of values, customs and traditions, and faiths". This is the definition
that
helps to articulate the concept of cultural dimension of development.
Obviously, the concept of
cultural
dimension cannot be tackled as a usual one, as long as it represents
the
fundamental reference to measure and compare the importance of other
factors.
No development or modernization will be real and sustainable unless it
makes
allowance for and turns to good account the power of culture; unless
it does
not ignore the life style, values systems, traditions, faiths, talents
and
knowledge of the human community. The decision-making persons who
neglect the
cultural dimension will be punished by the generations to come. The
famous
Romanian writer Nocolae Iorga says that "without a culture banner a
people is
not an army but a band".
Il'ya Efimovich Repin was a great Russian artist. He played a prominent role in the development of Russian democratic art of the 19-th century. Repin with Kramskoy, Surikov, Ge occupied the central place in the development of new art. Working at all ways of painting, the artist put his main problem to tell truthfully about the soul of Russian people, to show it's typical representatives, to give an idea of the history of the country. The portrait painting is one of the brightest pages of Repin's creations. Expression of people's faces always attracted Repin.
"The family is the
ultimate source
of social inequality”. Does it still hold?
The most important element of
social
structure -social institute - is family. The family status is an index
of the
condition of society; it shows the degree of its development. Family
is a very
old social institute, which have different forms. Arguments can't stop
about
what form is more alive able and fit to traditions and national
peculiarity of
a country. In the last century Russian "slavianofils" expected the
males to
dominate in all family decisions making - a patriarchy. Other members
of the
family had to carry out his will. The role of women was to
reproduction and
upbringing the children and to run a farm. But there were a lot of
opponents
against such position.
In every country and society
people
collide with different kinds of crimes. Sociologists are trying to
find the
best and more democratic way to punish criminals. There are such kinds
of
crimes as: murders, assaults, robbery, burglary, sexual offenses,
thefts,
smuggling, mugging, house-breaking and drug peddling. Punishment of
offender
depends of the infringement of the law. It is divided into crimes and
offences
(civil, administrative and disciplinary). Offenders of crimes are
sentence to
life or temporary imprisonment, conditional discharge, penalty or
sometimes
death punishment. I think that violence itself is a very vicious
circle. When
petty offenders are sent to prison they are generally kept in
unbearable
conditions, they may lose their jobs, their homes or even their
families.
Moreover, acquire more criminal experience. Thus by the time they come
out
again they may be set on a life of crime again. Therefore some
punishments are
not very weighty.
I think movies and television in whole make big influence on people of all kinds especially teenagers. I consider myself as a modern person so I can't stay away from such rapidly developing art as cinema. No doubt I have my favorite genres and actors. I keen on psychological, historical and war dramas. My favorite actor is Jared Leto, I'd like to tell you some facts about him.
"My favorite singer" (Vladimir Kuzmin)
Music is an important part of our life. There are huge numbers of different styles. From techno to metal, from pop to classical rock. I like rock music. My favorite singer is Vladimir Kuzmin. He has reached success in 1980's and his songs are still listened to.
Terrorism is a premeditated, politically motivated violence, aimed on
civilians and carried out by sub-national groups. It usually takes the form of
bombing, shooting, hijacking, hostage capture and assassinations.
It may
sound strange but terrorism as a phenomenon existed even in Ancient Greece.
First known terroristic act was setting Arthemida's temple on fire, that took
place in the year 356 B.C. and was made by a man called Gerostratus. But at
that time such acts were an exception, not a rule.
Things
first changed when the sea piracy came to the period of temporary
legalization. Then it had some traits of the "classical" terrorism, for
example the pirates could act as mercenaries, and a huge fleet of hired
pirates' ships could be a major threat for most cities and fortresses at that
time. This was often used then for existing political pressure on hostile
countries.
Male feminist? What the devil
is that?
Isn't that a contradiction in terms? Or even an oxymoron? No! It is
not.
Feminism is the idea, and the
organized movement that supports it, that advocates political,
economic, and
social equality for both men and women - the key word being equality.
A feminist is a person who
believes in
and supports this idea. So, a male feminist is a man who believes in
equal
rights for both men and women.
To answer often thought but
unasked
questions in some men's minds, no, this does not mean that women want
to be
the same as men; they simply want equal rights, and no, a male
feminist is not
a man who wants to be a woman; he, too, is a person who simply wants
equal
rights for both sexes.
There are many young people
in our
country. Each of them has one's own point of view on their life and
their
future. There are many problems which are common for all young people.
For
Example: how to spend their free time, what to do after school,
choosing a
profession, how to deal with a girl and boy-friends and so on. There
are a lot
of programmes on TV which try to help them, but it's too little.
The problem number one of
most young
people is the problem of fathers and sons. All young people want to be
independent; they want their parents to listen to their opinion, not
to
interfere in their private life. Some parents neglect their children,
because
they can't find a common language with each other. Different
newspapers and
magazines try to solve this problem and I advise such parents to read
them.
