Pancasila. It is the Indonesia’s philosophical foundation. The term of “Pancasila” etymologically is derived from two old Javanese words (originally from Sanskrit): panca meaning five‚ and sila meaning principles. It encompasses five principles considered to be inseparable and interrelated. First is belief in the one and only God. Second is just and civilised humanity. Third is the unity of Indonesia. Fourth is democracy guided by the inner wisdom in the unanimity arising out of deliberations amongst
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religious symbols and their meaning (31). He wanted to make sense of cultural systems and also encouraged other social scientists to abide by that task. He believed that symbols guide humans and give us a sense of meaning. Unlike other social scientists‚ Geertz defined religion. The following is his definition of religion: “a system which acts to establish powerful‚ persuasive‚ and long lasting moods and motivations in men by formulating conceptions of a general order to existence‚ and clothing these conceptions
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Primordialist Model- model developed in the 19610’s‚ Clifford Geertz‚ essay “The Integrative Revolution: Primordial Sentiments and Civil Politics in the new states. Describes how many 3rd world countries try to build nations and integrate their political institutions based on “civil order” a political system based
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Museums as rituals Scott Cunningham‚ a writer‚ once said‚ “Rituals developed as a means of contacting and utilizing the energy within humans as well as in the nature world” (Ascension Gateway). This thought provoking quote could be used to spark the thinking of how rituals are practiced in our daily secular lives. Carol Duncan does a great job with showing how rituals are practiced in our secular lives; she uses museums to emphasize this point. Carol Duncan’s Civilizing Rituals: Inside
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Out One’s New Sword Reason and Responsibility. Ed. Joel Feinberg & Russ Shafer-Landau. 12th ed. Thomson Wadsworth. 2005. Print. Fluehr-Lobban‚ Carolyn Anthropologists‚ Cultural Relativism‚ and Universal Rights The Chronicle of Higher Education. 1995 Geertz‚ C.‚ 1984‚ Distinguished Lecture: Anti Anti-Relativism. American Anthropologist 86:263-78. Blackford‚ Russell Book review: Sam Harris’ The Moral Landscape Journal of Evolution and Technology. Vol. 21. 53-62. Print. Journal of Anthropological Research
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from the French by Robert Hurley Freud‚ S. (1950). Totem and taboo : some points of agreement between the mental lives of savages and neurotics / by Sigmund Freud ; authorized translation by James Strachey. London : Routledge and Kegan Paul‚ 1950 Geertz‚ C Kuper‚ A.‚ & Kuper‚ J. (1996). The social science encyclopedia / edited by Adam Kuper and Jessica Kuper. London ; New York : Routledge‚ 1996. La Fontaine‚ J. S. (1985). What is social anthropology? / Jean La Fontaine. London ; Baltimore‚ Md. :
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1. Orientalism Western’ interest and motivation on the “Orient” or Eastern-based cultures regions is an unstated‚ and perhaps unrecognized motivation to exploit the region and in doing so‚ enrich the west. When we look around our daily life‚ no matter you live in which continent‚ there are Iphones‚ Cocacola‚ Nikes‚ Mcdonald’s‚ L’Oreal‚ English expressions or ads. Some might said these are just multinationals and advanced technological goods. They are changing our daily lives and shaping the
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It is in this context that the present paper contrasts the importance of two divergent approaches to training‚ approaches that are either universalistic (etic) or particularistic (emic) in nature. While most extant literature on cross-cultural communication focuses primarily on culture-specific-emic-approaches‚ this paper stresses the value of also drawing on pan-cultural-universalistic-approaches. We illustrate the utility of such an approach through the example of "politeness" theory (Brown & Levinson
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benefits in controlling and monitoring. However‚ this puts to manifest that human beings should not be mere variables to be studied‚ rather‚ people with specific roles that need to be understood and measured in some respects but not in all. Reference to Geertz shows that the analysis of culture doesn ’t has to be an experimental science in search of laws‚ but an interpretative science is search of meanings. The work of Lindridge & Dibb found that a new school of thought has emerged in marketing that
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Historically‚ The United States of America were molded as a country with the intention of having a clear separation of the ‘Church’‚ referring to the Christian church‚ and the state. Evidently‚ religion has no cemented impact within the state – a governing body‚ however America is‚ arguably‚ not a state‚ but rather a combination of a nation-state; as many believe. A nation – a group of people with a shared identity‚ envelopes religion often‚ along with many other facets of humanity‚ being the connective/communal
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