DeepStructureofCulture文化的深层结构

1、DeepStructureofCulture文化的深层结构1. Understanding Deep Structure-1We believe the source of how a culture views the world can be found in its deep structure. It is this deep structure that unifies a culture, makes each culture unique, and explains the how and why behind a cultures collective action.1. Un

2、derstanding Deep Structure-1The three most influential social organizations that make up a culture deep structure are family, state (community), and worldview (religion).These three social organizations, working in combination, define, create, transmit, maintain, and reinforce the basic elements of

3、every culture.1.1 Cultures Deep Structure1. Understanding Deep Structure-2Although many intercultural communication problems occur on the interpersonal level, most serious confrontations and misunderstandings can be traced back to cultural differences that go to the basic core of what it means to be

4、 a member of a specific culture.1. Understanding Deep Structure-2“The people of different civilizations have different views on the relations between God and man, the individual and the group, the citizen and the state, parents and children, husband and wife, as well as differing views of the relati

5、ve importance of rights and responsibilities, liberty and authority, equality and hierarchy. (S.P. Huntington, “The Clash of Civilizations, 1993)2. Functions of Deep Structure-1Deep structure institutions carry a cultures most important beliefsThe three institutions of family, state, and religion ca

6、rry the messages that matter most to people. Your parents, community, and religion are given the task of teaching you what is important and what you should strive for. 2.1 Sistine Chapel, Vatican City 2. Functions of Deep Structure-2Deep structure institutions and their messages endureThe enduring q

7、uality of the major institutions of culture, and the messages they carry, is one of the ways in which cultures are preserved. Each generation is given the wisdom, traditions, and customs that make a culture unique.2.2.1 岳麓书院2.2.2 屈原 ?离骚?2. Functions of Deep Structure-3Deep structure institutions and

8、 their messages are deeply feltThe content generated by these institutions, and the institutions themselves, arouses deep and emotional feelings. Look around the world and you can observe deeply rooted loyalty and nationalism on every continent.2.3 Tit For Tat2. Functions of Deep Structure-4Deep str

9、ucture institutions supply much of our identityYou are not born with an identity. Through countless interactions you discover who you are.“We learn our identitieswho we arethrough socialization. (Charon)2.4.1 The Web of Identity2. Functions of Deep StructureDeep structure institutions supply much of our identity“Everyone has multiple identities which may compete with or reinforce each other: