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- Title: On the Traditional Chinese Notion of "Harmony": Resources to the Intercultural Communication (Report)
- Author : China Media Research
- Release Date : January 01, 2009
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 193 KB
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Intercultural communication is a field which focuses on the exploration of the relationship between communication and culture. The ultimate aim of the discipline is to help people from diverse cultural backgrounds communicate more effectively with one another and establish a harmonious relationship. To some extent, the creation of harmony within the communication relationship among people from different cultures is of vital importance to successful intercultural communication . While the traditional Chinese thought of "harmony" can provide the field with new and illuminating resources in theoretical basis and practical usage. At the present time, globalization has made intercultural contact become more and more frequent, however severe cultural conflicts still abound. As Wang Ke-Ping pointed out (2007): "The new millennium has been expected to be a promising era for peace and development. Contrary to all expectations, its very outset is shrouded in terror, fear, hatred, tension, conflict and war among many other forms of suffering and misery" (p.36). The main cause of the destructive force in the new millennium derives from the hostile attitude towards alien cultures and diversified differences, and this situation has called for the necessity of great dialectical thought on the differences and the urgent need of the establishment of a harmonious relationship in intercultural contact. Therefore, the traditional Chinese notion of harmony which accentuates difference and diversity is edifying.