碰撞下的跨文化交流：中西文化对比研究

图书标准信息

• 作者 祝吉芳 著
• 出版社 海洋大学出版社
• 出版时间 2010-10
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9787563027590
• 定价 32.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 282页
• 字数 365千字
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

TherealityofourrelativebackwardnesscompelsustoimportalotfromtheWesterncountries.TodaywelearnEnglish，readbooksaboutWarrenEdwardBuffett，wearnikeshoes，drinkCoca-Cola，listentorapsongs，driveMercedes-Benz，andwatchHollywoodmovies.OurhighereducationtendstobeWesternnized，too-emphasizinganalysis，criticism，logic，andformalapproachestoproblem-solving.WhatistragicisthatinspiteoftheseeminglyprevalentwesternizationinchinaWesternersreporttheyfeeluncertainanduncomfortableininteractingwithChineseandtherehasbeenmuchcoverageofcommunicationbreakdowns.Iamconvincedthatmuchofthisproblemstemsfromlackofmutualunderstandingofculturalbackgroundknowledge，forinrealitythecurrentwesternizationwithinChinaissuperficial.Itisduetothislackthatmanyofourgoodintentionshavebeenmisinterpretedintheinterculturalcommunication.
Inwritingthesepages，Ihaveanambitiousgoal.IhopeIcandisplaytothereaderthatmostoftentheculturaldifferencesarejustdifferencesofdegree，andthatacknowledgingtheculturaldifferenceswillleadonetore-examinehisorherownculture.Forthisreason，thisbookistofocusonculturalcomparisonandcontrastandtriestoidentifyculturaldifferencesaswellasreasonsbehindtheseexplicitorhiddendiscrepancies.

【目录】

PartⅠEastandWest
Unit1WhyComparingCluneseandWesternCultures？
Ⅰ.AncientCivilizationsandCultures
Ⅱ.CulturalComparativeStudiesinChina
Ⅲ.ImperativestoCompareChineseandWestemCultures
Ⅳ.ANoteonSomeKeyTerms
Unit2TraditionalCharacteristicsofChineseandWesternCultures
Ⅰ."ThereAreAllKindsofBirdsWhenaForestGetsLarge"
Ⅱ.TraditionalChineseCulturalCharacteristics
Ⅲ.TraditionalWesternCulturalCharacteristics
Unit3AffinitiesacrossCultures
Ⅰ.AnUnexpectedAffinity
Ⅱ.ReadingforMoreCulturalAffinities
Ⅲ.ANoteonSomeKeyTerms

PartⅡCulturalDifferencesinSilentLanguages
Unit4Time
Ⅰ.TimeinChinaandtheWest
Ⅱ.TwoTimeModes
Ⅲ.Past-orientedSocietiesvs.Future-orientedSocieties
Ⅳ.TwoTimeOrientations
Ⅰ.SpatialLanguage
Ⅱ.SpatialLanguageandCulture
Ⅲ.SpatialLanguageandLife
Ⅳ.ChangesWeCannotAfford
Unit6Smiles，NodsandSilence
Ⅰ.SmilesintheInterculturalCommunication
Ⅱ.Nods
Ⅲ.Silence

PartⅢCulturalDifferencesinThinking
Unit7Intuitivevs.LogicalThinking
Ⅰ.DefinitionsofIntuitiveandLogicalThinking
Ⅱ.PhilosophyandThinking
Ⅲ.ApplicationoftheTwoThinkingModes
Ⅳ.ImpactofThinkingModesonWritings
Ⅴ.LogicinChinaandIntuitionintheWest
Urut8Dialecticalvs.AnalyticalReasoning
Ⅰ.ProverbPreferencesacrossCultures
Ⅱ.DialecticalReasoning
Ⅲ.AnalyticalReasoning
Ⅳ.MoreabouttheTwoReasoningModes
Unit9Holisticvs.AtomisticVisions
Ⅰ.ADetentionRoomIncident.
Ⅱ.ProminentAttributesofHolisticandAnalyticVisions
Ⅲ.VisionandCognition

PartⅣDifferentCulturalOrientetions
PartⅤDifferentCulturalStandards
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