If we look for the word culture in dictionary, we will
find this explanation: “Culture refers to the cumulative deposit of knowledge,
beliefs, values, religion, relations, material objects and possessions acquired
by a group of people in the course of generations through individual and group
striving.” And this is what a person or
a society is appreciated by. It is send from generation to generation and it’s improving
every decade. So that, this is an invaluable treasure, that makes us different
from other creatures on this earth, and it’s a treasure that we should promote
and develop. But nowadays the society is
the leader, people with all their sudden ideas , decisions, imagination and
problems, with all the modernizations and freedom can produce a real chaos, a
chaos that may lead to improvement or to a disaster. Thus, there is a direct connection between the way society
changes and the improvement or, on the contrary, the decreasing of the culture
of people.
For example, the development of the technological innovations can
improve our knowledge and the future generations will become professionals in
what they do, and the level of their culture will increase fast and in a
impressive way. On the other hand, if we and the future generations don’t
control ourselves with all these innovations, we can become victims of the
virtual life and so we will destroy even what we have. It is important
to pass the barriers and to know the limits.Likewise, if people are forced by government to do or to accept
something that they don’t want, for example a law , like marriage between two
persons of the same sex, they may be influenced in a bad or a good way, but in
both cases the national values and beliefs are affected, children become
confused and this may slow down the natural development of the culture and
thinking. Therefore, everything should be controlled, even freedom, because too
much freedom leads to stupidity and forgetting of what is really important.In addition to what was said about the society I would like to mention
that a society, a country , a nation is united trough it’s own values,
language, attitude toward things and education, and others. So, if a nation is
attacked or dismembered, as it happened with all the countries from the Soviet
Union, or with other little countries which were subjugated by bigger and more
powerful ones, as France with Napoleon, then the national culture is injured
for sure, and its wounds remain fresh even after centuries or are never treated.
If we speak about Moldova for example, our culture and national beliefs are
still alive and people are still confused about everything, they don’t know
what is their mother language, or who their ancestors are, they still speak
their own language with mistakes and mix Russian with Romanian language when speaking….and there are more other
examples. So, how can we speak about cultural development when we don’t know
who we are?Similarly to the things mentioned above, religion is also an important
factor that participates at the process of slowing or speeding up the cultural
development. Furthermore it educates and gives hope to those who are in need or
to those who want grow, to improve the world. And depending on their
nationality and religion, we can speak about the speeding the process of
cultural development or about the slowing down. Consequently, if the religion is based on good and peaceful ideas, then it brings a great
benefit for the humanity, it highlights the beauty and makes a better place to
live, its concepts lead to a world with smart, educated and good people. But
such religions as Muslim or others less known, which allows hitting the women
when they do something wrong or killing them when they want to divorce, then ,
this kind of religion is for sure a curse and it may lead to consequences that
can’t be repaired.
In conclusion, the cultural
development is a treasure that ancestors left us and we should promote and
develop it because that is what makes us different from animals and that is
what a society needs for living in a world where peace, love and intellect
dominates. The social, economical, political, historical and religious changes
may improve or decrease the culture of people.
