Friday, December 28, 2007
Defining moment: Benazir Bhutto's assassination
Pakistanis throughout the world are mourning the death of Benizar Bhutto, former Prime Minister and candidate vying to return to the office in January's election. This event will have a long-lasting impact in at least three different cultural areas:
Ethnic Culture: The death of a leader can be a defining moment for a culture, and the leader's assassination is always a culturally defining moment. It will impact the Pakistani culture for many years to come. It is likely that those seeking political office in the country will adopt campaign strategies to prevent a similar assassination.
Gender Culture: Bhutto also stood as a role model for many women. She broke a cultural barrier in 1988 when she became the first woman to be democratically elected to lead a modern Muslim country. This immediately made her a role model for an entire generation of women in Pakistan as well as other nations. She gave them dreams and hopes that they could make a lasting impression on history.
Political Culture: As with many significant social events, political cultures are changed by assassinations. The extreme ends of political factions will be intent on lying blame for Bhutto's death. We've seen this historically following the death of Egypt’s Anwar Sadat, Argentina’s Pedro Aramburu, and Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev of Chechnya. In the United States, the assassination of John F. Kennedy is still being debated.
Looking at the impact of Bhutto’s assassination further exemplifies the position of MBC Global that every individual is part of many cultures and global events affect multiple cultures.
Pakistanis throughout the world are mourning the death of Benizar Bhutto, former Prime Minister and candidate vying to return to the office in January's election. This event will have a long-lasting impact in at least three different cultural areas:Ethnic Culture: The death of a leader can be a defining moment for a culture, and the leader's assassination is always a culturally defining moment. It will impact the Pakistani culture for many years to come. It is likely that those seeking political office in the country will adopt campaign strategies to prevent a similar assassination.
Gender Culture: Bhutto also stood as a role model for many women. She broke a cultural barrier in 1988 when she became the first woman to be democratically elected to lead a modern Muslim country. This immediately made her a role model for an entire generation of women in Pakistan as well as other nations. She gave them dreams and hopes that they could make a lasting impression on history.
Political Culture: As with many significant social events, political cultures are changed by assassinations. The extreme ends of political factions will be intent on lying blame for Bhutto's death. We've seen this historically following the death of Egypt’s Anwar Sadat, Argentina’s Pedro Aramburu, and Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev of Chechnya. In the United States, the assassination of John F. Kennedy is still being debated.
Looking at the impact of Bhutto’s assassination further exemplifies the position of MBC Global that every individual is part of many cultures and global events affect multiple cultures.
Labels: Ethnicity, gender, Regional
¶ 12/28/2007
