Thursday, August 21, 2008

What is Civilization?

Civilization:

It is a complex society characterized by its agricultural value.
It is a society better organized than others.
Civilization involves everything that people were accustomed to doing.



According to the old definition of civilization, a civilization needs to have, among other characteristics, morality, faith, laws, government, reasoning, philosophy and science. This is what ancient civilizations such as: Greeks, Romans and Hebrews had. Every single one of them gave us some knowledge about civilizations and what their main characteristics are.

Nowadays, civilization is a concept related especially to development and wealth. Countries such as the United States and China are huge civilizations. Civilization is no longer referred to culture, costumes, and religion as before. African countries, even though they have these characteristics, are not considered as civilized countries. The concept has, unfortunately, been narrowed to big buildings and modern stadiums.

In my opinion, civilization has to do with development, but not only with modern constructions. It has to do with how a certain society has learnt from its past and moves towards a future of satisfaction and progress.
Therefore, is Chile a civilized country? I guess we have to think about it.
Source: Wikipedia