英语论文73：浅析美国的个人主义与中国的集体主义.docVIP

浅析美国的个人主义与中国的集体主义 ——林奇与狼牙山五壮士 Brief Discussion on American Individualism and Chinese Collectivism—— Jessica Lynch and Five Warriors on Langya Mountain Abstract This paper makes an analysis of the cultural difference between America and China — American individualism and Chinese collectivism from the perspective of prisoners of war and then discusses the importance to foster the spirit of individualism in today’s China when it encounters two setbacks in its reform and development. One of the two setbacks is weak ability to innovate in science and technology and the other is slow process of rule by law. With openness and positive attitude of drawing on other civilizations’ strong points, China would avoid detours in its double social transformations from the type of farming to industry and from industry to information. Key Words prisoners of war (POW); American individualism; Chinese collectivism; innovation in science and technology; rule by law 摘　要 本文试从战俘的角度分析中美文化的不同 — 美国的个人主义与中国的集体主义，并结合现阶段中国改革发展中出现的科技创新能力弱和法治建设进程缓慢两问题，探讨发扬个人主义精神的重要性。笔者相信在中国进行从农耕社会向工业社会过渡，工业社会向信息社会过渡的双重社会转型过程中，只有以开放和学习的心态积极地借鉴其他文明的优点，中国的改革发展才能少走弯路。 关键词 战俘；美国的个人主义；中国的集体主义；科技创新；法治 Introduction Jessica Lynch Five Warriors on Langya Mountain(/photos.html) (/GB/33842/34535/2578835.html) On July 22, 2003, after nearly four months in a military hospital, American Private Jessica Lynch finally returned home. The small town of Elizabeth, West Virginia, celebrated her arrival with a display of local pride, pomp and pageantry. Another heroic story took place in China’s Hebei province sixty-two years before that on September 25, 1941 during the War of Resistance Against Japan (1937-1945). Five Chinese soldiers committed suicide by jumping off a cliff when they ran out of ammunition and all the reachable stones. They are the later Five Warriors on Langya Mountain who are remembered and respected by Chinese people till today.Those are two completely differen