An Analysis of Cultural Developments and Their Modern Impacts

This essay delves into the significant cultural developments that have shaped modern life, examining twenty key changes from the past and their impact on society and individuals. The paper explores various aspects, including the influence of technology, globalization, the rise of cities, changing social dynamics, religious beliefs, and political ideologies. It investigates how these cultural shifts have affected daily human activities, personal thoughts, and feelings. The essay discusses the impact of these developments on communication, travel, arts, and societal structures. Furthermore, it addresses the complexities of modern life, including the impact of individualism versus collectivism, and the empowerment of women, offering a comprehensive analysis of how cultural evolution continues to shape the world. The essay highlights the importance of understanding cultural developments to comprehend the current state of society and its future trajectory.

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Humanities in Modern Life
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Introduction
The purpose of the following paper is to describe the most important issues in the cultural
history of the society and the world from the past. The aim will be to find out twenty significant
cultural developments from the past that have been crucial to the growth and development of the
overall world culture. The cultural developments are indeed very much important for their
applications in the modern life (Zittoun & Gillespie, 2015). This has to be done in order to
understand how the cultural developments have the impact on the society and the minds of the
people. These items are very important to find out the traces of the cultural significance in the
society so that the nature of the cultural developments could be understood. The impacts of these
changes will have to be evaluated on the basis of daily life of the human beings. The change of
the society definitely has some underpinnings about the personal thoughts about the human
beings and their feelings. I believe the religious and aesthetic issues can also be discussed in this
section as well. The cultural developments will surely have an impact on the day to day activities
of the human beings.
The cultural developments
Some of the cultural developments that will be discussed in this paper are-
1. Connection
2. Place
3. Cities
4. End of the majority among classes
5. Polarizing of the people
6. The Self shot

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7. Rise of the pornography
8. Informality
9. Liquidity
10. Complexity
11. The growth of the internet
12. Changes in the natural environment
13. Acculturation
14. Contact between the different societies
15. Religious beliefs among the people
16. Differences between individualism and collectivism
17. Globalization of the aesthetic concepts
18. Clashes between communism and capitalism
19. Empowerment of the women
20. Faster communication between the people in the society
Impact of the cultural changes on the human lives
The changes in the human culture and the development of the cultural issues have been
so important that the changes in the culture can be traced and it can also be assumed how the
people have accustomed to the changes pursued (Zittoun & Gillespie, 2015). The changes that
have been discussed in this section will be very much crucial to be discussed since these changes
have made a huge impact on the everyday lives of the human beings. The impacts of these
cultural changes on the society and the everyday human lives will have to be discussed in order
to address the success of these changes indeed (Simon, 2013). The first aspect is that of the
connection among the human beings in a fast paced manner. It has been possible by the

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improvement of the science and technology and its application on the lives of the human beings
(Przybylski & Weinstein, 2013). The people belonging from different countries can stay in touch
with each other on a regular basis as the different devices like the mobile phones, several social
media platforms and the emails. It has been much impactful from the positive aspects since the
human beings would be able to make the proper connections and take the decisions very fast
with prompt answers. Thus the organizational cultures can also be shaped in a better way indeed.
If the managers can communicate with each other with the help of the technological in a faster
manner they will surely be benefitted (Simon, 2013).
The values and ethics of the human beings have also been shaped in a better manner
through the use of these changes (Griffin, 2015). Another impact can be felt on the development
of the vehicles and the growth in their numbers. This fact has made it easier for the human
beings in order to travel to several places. The development of the travel and transport has made
it easier for the human beings to travel from one place to another in a lesser amount of time.
Thus the society has been benefitted by the implementation of this development as well
(Przybylski & Weinstein, 2013).
The development of arts has also been a very significant matter in the context of the
cultural development. In the age of the globalization, the artistic creations of various countries
have got mixed with that of the other ones (Griffin, 2015). From the past, the Greek and Roman
artistic creations had been molded with the Indian artistic creations and gave birth to a new set of
artistic culture. Thus the birth of the new culture can say to have a better impact on the lives of
the human beings of thee contemporary times (Malamuth, 2014).

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The cities have been developed to improve the style of living for the human beings. The
cultures of the human beings will also be improved by this sort of development. The human
beings can be able to live a better life and contribute more to the development of the society as
well (Malamuth, 2014).
However, it has been found that the cultural majorities in the world are not at all like it
was before. It has been observed that the black neighborhoods in the world had become half
Hispanic and a large amount of immigration came from the regions of Asia and Latin America.
This has some religious undertones as well since the priests of the European countries and USA
would go on to convert the black people into Christianity by force. This has happened in the past
and this can happen again. These religious conflicts have been very much predominant in the
current times as well. The conflicts between the diverse communities are rising and this can be
challenging to form a prosperous community.
The polarity in the society had been observed in the United States of America. The
political views of the individuals have been very much strict and both the democratic and
republican followers have become more firm in supporting their ideals. This is why the cultures
of the society have evolved to be centered on their political ideologies (Yoon et al., 2013).
The cultures of the films will evolve again if the directors would like to make the movies
in the 2030s and make the people believe that the film has been set in the 2000s. This would
need the self shot in the digital cameras. However, this kind of technology can be handful the
evolution of the cultures. This is indeed very much important for shaping up the cultures of the
human society in the various ways (Yoon et al., 2013).

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The rise of pornography has also been a cultural issue from the past. This simply has a
negative effect on the life of the human beings in the contemporary society. Pornography has
been considered as an ancient visual art that has got the digital shape in the contemporary times
(Afshar, 2016). This topic has always remained as a matter of shame among the human beings.
Some of the directors also have been using this fact for exploiting the young generation of the
society. This has been very harmful and many crimes have been recorded due to this fact as well.
The informality in the business culture has also been a development of the culture in the
society. In the recent times it has been seen that many organizations prefer the informality among
the employees. This has also been quite important for the organizations to practice in their
society. The religious movements relating to the Roman Catholic Church has also been
interpreted as something critical for the cultural issues on the society and the human lives. The
human beings might lose their faith in the religions if something bad happens (Afshar, 2016).
The complexity in the human minds and lives has been depicted as a very important
factor for the reflection on the society. The human beings nowadays live a very complicated
lifestyle that has impacted on their personal lives as well. The number of family disputes has
been on the rise. Thus the impact on the families and the human minds has not been that much
positive from various angles. This would be harmful for the families of the individuals as well.
However the evolution of the human brain can also be considered as an important factor for the
overall improvement for the same (Hunter, Jason & Keys, 2013).
The acculturation is also an important aspect for the overall development in the cultural
perspectives from the past. I must mention that many people come out of their comfort zone of
their areas and come to different regions for their work and other purposes. This is the reason as

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to why the people would go on to mix with the other cultures and assimilate with it by the virtue
of the good points of those cultures (Beck, 2018).
The tremendous development of technology also has a significant element of cultural
improvement in our societies (Arensberg, 2017). In my own experience I can say that I can stay
connected with the several people through the modes of social media outside my home country.
Apart from that the technological devices have also made my life much easier than before. Thus
I have been able to get in touch with the popular culture, music and arts of the other cultures
through improved technological assets (Hunter, Jason & Keys, 2013).
The religious issues have also been considered as the developments in the cultural
panorama. In the era of globalization several people have believed in the renewal of the religious
theories. Most times the contemporary people would believe in the religious idea of worship for
keeping the peace in the irrespective of the religions (Matarrita-Cascante & Brennan, M.2012).
Another development from the past related to culture is the rise of the individualism and
collectivism. This cultural factor got its rise from the business issues and is expansions in the
current times (Beck, 2018). Mostly the Asian and Latin American countries believe in the
collectivism while the European and American people believe in the individualism (Triandis,
2018). However, I feel this has a strong impact on the proceedings of the business organizations.
Many cross cultural issues can come to the point because of these issues. This is how the cultural
impacts have evolved over the times (Baylis, Smith & Owens, 2017).
The clashes between the communism and capitalism are never ending. The people who
believe in the communism have often raised their voices against the capitalism. On the contrary,
the capitalists have just signed off the claims by the communists. This clash has impacted in the

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well-being of the nature of the politics as well. This has led to some negative impacts since the
political issues have come up regarding this.
The empowerment of the women has also been one of the cultural developments from the
past centuries. Today we see several women taking up the role of the business leaders in several
organizations and in the governments as well (Baylis, Smith & Owens, 2017). This has been
quite inspiring and my opinion is this will have a positive influence on the several people of the
world. More women will come up to lead the country and the business organizations and build a
society with equal rights to both men and women.
Conclusion
The essay can be concluded by saying that the cultural developments have led the way to
the overall success of the society. The impact of these cultural developments has been very much
influential in the overall shaping up of the society. I have discussed the twenty relevant changes
from the perspective of the cultures of various countries. I believe it will be really important to
view the different issues to understand what impacts have been there on the everyday operations
of the human beings and the society as well. The rise of the technology, individualism versus
collectivism and other issues has been discussed in this paper to address the situation perfectly.
These social and cultural issues have been observed for the better practices that have both
positive and negative impacts indeed.

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