Euro *1050-A Cultural Diverse Europe.
...the rise and fall of empires, national sovereignty, lingual differences and religious disputes etc. While cultural diversity still exists on many different social planes, people are still fascinated by the idea that culture as we have known it, is dead, or at least dying. The histories of homogenous cultures in Europe and throughout the world is varied. As we look back to empires that ruled and dominated, we can note how their (imperial) culture spread through the occupied territories. When investigating the trend of European homogeneity we must look critically at how the dominant culture is either coexisting with, or oppressing the local culture.
Culture can be said to be specific to nations. In cultural geography a nation is a culture group often living under one sorverign state with other nations (culture groups) for economic necessity and political power (Knox, Marston, Nash, 190). Thus from an understanding of cultural geography we see that no European countries can consist of a monoculture. In respect to the subject at hand, culture can be seen as defining geography. The main aspect of European unity is the European Union. The E.U has transformed the way Europeans identify and relate to one another. Yet lest we forget the original function of the E.U was for economic co-operation not cultural assimilation. Food and music are integral forms of cultural identification and the features of music culture and food culture are not unchanging over time and space in Europe. And lastly globalisation effecting Europe in much the same way the rest of the world making this phenomenon seem as if is is European. Therefore the creation of a united Europe will not undermine cultural diversity.
For the most part in Europe, it is the diversity of linguist groups and cultural ridings that have created a divided Europe. Meaning that the countries that we...
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