Topic 1- Western Culture

• Western Culture- Where?


  Ancient - Mediterranean World

  Medieval- Europe

  Today- Europe, Americas, World
• Western Culture- What?


  3 Elements

  • Classical ( Greco-Roman ) culture
  • Judeo-Christian culture
  • Germanic culture
• Western Culture- Why Studied?

  • Globally influential
  • Source of great human achievements
  • Carrier of Christian faith

  Our culture

  We study Western Culture not because it is the best culture but because it is ours, and because it is us
• Western Culture- Patriotism

  • The preferential love of one's own
  • Based not on superiority, but on possession and identity