Clashes of civilizations: Critical conditions for evocation of hostile attitude toward foreign intrusion of cultural space.
详细信息
- 作者：Yang ; Yung-Jui.
- 学历：Doctor
- 年：2011
- 关键词：intercultural relations ; cultural symbolism ; spati
- 导师：Hong, Ying-yi,eadvisor
- 毕业院校：University of Illinois
- Department：Psychology
- ISBN：9781267274236
- CBH：3503721
- Country：USA
- 语种：English
- FileSize：951283
- Pages：74
文摘
Facing the increasingly intensified interactions between cultures, why do people sometimes react to foreign cultural influence in a negative way? Three critical conditions were proposed to account for peoples negative reactions toward intrusion of a foreign element into the sacred space of the local community. These three conditions are a) perceptions of the foreign element as a symbol of the culture it belongs to； b) the foreign element is perceived to have intruded into the physical space of the local community； and c) the local space is widely regarded by the local community with reverence and respect. Experiments 1 to 3 tested this proposed framework in different intercultural contexts: Chineses responses to the opening of a new McDonalds shop at the Great Wall of China Experiment 1)； Americans responses to an image of Mao Zedong superimposed on that of the Statue of Liberty Experiment 2)； and Americans responses to the construction of a Muslim Mosque near Ground Zero in New York City Experiment 3). The results from these three experiments supported the proposed model. Two additional experiments Experiments 4 and 5) explored other bases of resistance to spatial intrusions of a foreign element. Results from these additional experiments showed that when cultural intrusions occur in a foreign country or in a competitive political outgroup, individuals may be motivated by culture preservation values, or by political ideology to resist or welcome these intrusions. I close with a discussion on the implications of the results for managing intercultural relations and future research.