White Lotus Society

Examples of White Lotus Society in the following topics:

• Rise of the Ming Dynasty

  • He buried them by wrapping them in white clothes.
  • His rebel force later joined the Red Turbans, a millenarian sect related to the White Lotus Society, and one that followed cultural and religious traditions of Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and other religions.
  • Although the White Lotus had instigated his rise to power, the emperor later denied that he had ever been a member of the organization, and suppressed the religious movement after he became emperor.

• Namibia

  • In the 19th century white farmers, mostly Boers, moved farther north, pushing the indigenous Khoisan peoples, who put up a fierce resistance, across the Orange River.
  • But white settlement in the area was limited, and neither the Dutch nor the British penetrated far into the country.
  • In 1805 the London Missionary Society began working in Namibia, moving north from the Cape Colony.
  • In the 1840s the German Rhenish Mission Society started working in Namibia and cooperating with the London Missionary Society.

• Introduction to the Enlightenment

  • This perspective directly attacked the traditionally exclusive position of the European aristocracy but was still largely limited to expanding the political and individual rights of white males of particular social standing.
  • She argued for a society based on reason, and that women, as well as men, should be treated as rational beings.
  • Science during the Enlightenment was dominated by scientific societies and academies, which had largely replaced universities as centers of scientific research and development.
  • Societies and academies were also the backbone of the maturation of the scientific profession.
  • Many, like Voltaire, held that without belief in a God who punishes evil, the moral order of society was undermined.

• Historical Bias

  • The practice of viewing and presenting the world from a European or generally Western perspective, with an implied belief in the pre-eminence of Western culture, dominated among European historians who contrasted the progressively mechanized character of European culture with traditional hunting, farming and herding societies in many of the areas of the world being newly conquered and colonized.
  • With this assumption, Europeans were also presented as racially superior, and European history as a discipline became essentially the history of the dominance of white peoples.
  • Consequently, what was in fact an experience of a selected few (usually white males of upper classes, with some occasional mentions of their female counterparts), was typically presented as the illustrative experience of the entire society.
  • Although aspects of U.S. history, such as slavery, genocide of American Indians, or disfranchisement of the large segments of the society for decades after the onset of the American statehood, are now taught in most (yet not all) American schools, they are presented as marginal in the larger narrative of liberty and democracy.
  • As the 20th-century history of Germany is filled with events and processes that are rarely a cause of national pride, the history curriculum in Germany (controlled by the 16 German states) is characterized by a transnational perspective that emphasizes the all-European heritage, minimizes the idea of national pride, and fosters the notion of civil society centered on democracy, human rights, and peace.

• The Inca People

  • For example, a black-and-white checkerboard pattern topped with a pink triangle denoted a soldier.
  • The complex patterns woven into most Incan textiles and made into tunics, like this one, denoted a person's position in society.
  • Explain Inca agriculture, clothing, commodities, and architecture and how these elements shaped their complex society.

• Enlightenment Ideals

  • What have become the core ideas advocated by modern democracies, including the civil society, human and civil rights, or separation of powers, are the product of the Enlightenment.
  • The philosophic movement was led by Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who argued for a society based upon reason rather than faith and Catholic doctrine, for a new civil order based on natural law, and for science based on experiments and observation.
  • Many, like Voltaire, held that without belief in a God who punishes evil, the moral order of society was undermined.
  • As such, they laid foundations for modern, rational, democratic societies as we know them today.
  • This perspective directly attacked the traditionally exclusive position of the European aristocracy but was still largely focused on expanding the rights of white males of a particular social standing.

• The Vedas

  • The Yajur Veda is divided into the White and Black halves and contains prose commentaries on how religious and sacrifices should be performed.
  • The system is frowned upon by many people in Indian society and was a focus of social justice campaigns during the 20th century by prominent progressive activists such as B.