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world view
(redirected from Weltanschaung)

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world view [werld vu]
the perspective a culture takes of the world, which is shared by cultural group members. Though not always overtly recognized, world views influence health and illness beliefs and behavior; for example, a world view of harmony and balance shapes a view of health as a balance of natural forces, a world view that is largely technological leads to a view of illness analogous to the breakdown of a machine, and a world view focusing on fear and violence shapes a perception of illness as the result of evil forces.


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It is not a book about Israel and Islam, because Israel is viewed by Muslims as a sub-set of Western Weltanschaung, but about the Islamist resistance and the West.
In contrast, the weltanschaung (German word for world view) from Mountain View (pun intended) is refreshingly clear and easily understood.
Improving A-level results are, of course, convenient for the Government, who are able to claim that they are a vindication of educational policy and a justification for the expansion of the universities where they can circulate their very own political weltanschaung, even if moronic tuition fees are required to fund this.
 
 
 
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