Communication Between Cultures

such as China, Korea, and Japan, one reason for the respect and reverent attitude toward the elderly is ancestor worship. Perhap ...

Respect for the elderly is manifest not only in deep structure institutions and social laws but also by a culture’s use of langu ...

knowledge and wisdom of each tribe to the younger members of the family. This means the elders are the keepers of oral tradition ...

demographic shifts, and changes in economies and the labor market are some of the key drivers of family change.”^148 We need to ...

How to give and accept compliments. Controlling one’s ego. Developing empathy. Respect for others. Because all cultures prepare ...

parents encourage, approve, and reward aggressive behavior.^160 Rancer underscores the positive image associated with aggression ...

with families and individuals in the community be understanding and sensitive to many different cultural beliefs and practices.” ...

Summary The deep structures of a culture, which include such elements as family (clans), state (community), and religion (world ...

Concepts and Questions How are the three deep structure elements interrelated? Are those links the same in every culture? Durin ...

CHAPTER 4 Worldview: Cultural Explanations of Life and Death The creation of a worldview is the work of a generation, rather tha ...

society.”^2 A culture’s worldview focuses on the major assumptions about life that all individuals, at one time or another, must ...

We begin with two differing worldviews regarding nature. In general terms,“The West emphasizescontrolof nature; the East emphasi ...

Atheism as a Worldview The idea of atheism, often referred to as a worldview in which“man is the measure,” has been a part of th ...

is also a belief in helping others, that assistance centers on people helping people, not an outside authority. A Set of Ethical ...

Religion is typically experienced within a social institution with commonly shared tradi- tions, sacred texts, beliefs, and wors ...

Recall that Chapter 3 discussed the importance of a culture’s social institutions. Religion, as pointed out, is one of those ins ...

to the basic theme of this chapter:The deep structure of culture deals with issues that matter most to people.Whether they are w ...

Religion in the Twenty-First Century We ended the last section by noting the tandem relationship between religious activity and ...

that all religions establish boundaries fortheir adherents. Each of these boundaries, be they territorial (sacred land) or symbo ...

(approximately 14 million—less than 0.22 percent worldwide^45 ), Jews can be found in nearly every country in the world. Because ...