比较中西文化的相同与差异.pdf

C C h o B i C m l n a a i p i v r i a l t i r M h z i c e a n C t g o W i r o m a e n c s s k t : Misunderstanding China: Cultural barriers, Western responses Drs. Jerusha McCormack John G Blair IIEA, 140925 Drs. McCormack Blair 2 How the West doesn’t understand China  Considers China within Western categories (rather than Chinese ones)  Tries to understand China through Western modalities – Information/quantification/causation – Asking Western questions leads to finding China lacking (echo chamber effect) – Invokes “universal” laws and principles IIEA, 140925 Drs. McCormack Blair 3 Why the West doesn’t understand China  West shaped by Judeo-Christianity  West operates from first principles (e.g., “the rule of law” vs. “a rule of law”)  “Universal laws” of the West don’t extend to China (no self-evident truths)  Western authority syste