... beliefs something contemporary to 1954 Japan as a much needed change was required and put in place after a war against America which resulted in destruction, mass death and defeat produced a huge paradigm shift which saw Japan become a much more westernised country.  The farming village within Seven Samurai is used to act as a microcosm to Japan, making the important battle being about the interaction ... men. And you kill them when they resist. You hear me – you damned samurai?!" Although he is not saying society and Japanese civilians are completely blameless, he does shift blame ...

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... the West's desire for trade during this time period, and didn't practice the open door policy until much later. Perhaps this serves in itself as an example of a lack of paradigm shift. They refute other ideas or sciences, and continue to practice what they think is right, just because of tradition or culture. Science is ignored in a sense. If you think about ... ...

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... subjective and therefore cannot be set up as right' or wrong'. To this end, in terms of globalisation, those organisations planning to trade in the Orient need to embark upon a paradigm shift to assimilate into a foreign culture in order to become commercially effective in their respective host countries (Ross 1997:1-2). The Oriental worldview is very close to the Afrocentric mores. Having said ... ...

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