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1、中国地质大学（北京）期末考试论文专用课程名称：英美文化概况班号：10091022学号：1009102225姓名：王伟成绩：TheessenceofAmericanculture—individualismAbstract:IndividualismasatypicalWesterncapitalistpoliticalandsocialphilosophy,thatthesupremacyofpersonalvalues.TheUnitedStatesisatypicalrepresentativeofth
2、evaluesofindividualism,individualismisanimportantpartoftheAmericanspirit.Americanindividualism,rationalprinciplesderivedfromtheChristianspiritandthepursuitofindividualautonomy.IntheprocessofdevelopmentofAmericanculture,itbecamethestartingpointofAmericanTho
3、ughtanddestination,constitutetheessenceofAmericanculture.Keywords:theessenceoftheindividualisticculture"Individualism"inWesternculture,especiallyinAmericancultureplaysanimportantrole."Individualism,"theearliestuseofthetermisFrenchformof"individualism",from
4、theEuropeansandso-calledrootcausesoftheFrenchRevolution-Enlightenmentthinking-commonreactions.Butfirstsystematicuseof"individualism"isthetermthemid-1820s,Saint-Simon'sfollowers.PerhapsbecauseofthepervasiveinfluenceofSaint-Simondoctrine,"individualism"inthe
5、19thcenturythetermhasbeenverywidelyused,developedintoapersonalideologyandtheory,thatisapoliticalphilosophyWesternphilosophyandsocial.Itsmaincontentsare:emphasizingthevalueofthesubject,Ibelievethateveryonehasvalue,ahighdegreeofimportanceofindividualself-con
6、trol,self-control,self-development.Individualismisbasedonindividual-basedphilosophyoflife.任课教师：吴学玲高平日期：2011年12月10日中国地质大学（北京）期末考试论文专用课程名称：英美文化概况班号：10091022学号：1009102225姓名：王伟成绩：However,thetruemeaningofindividualismvaries.InFrance,itusuallycarriesanegativecon
7、notation,evenitremainsso,meansthattheemphasisonindividualwillbemoreharmfultotheinterestsofthecommunity.Forsomepeople,individualismisadangerousidea;inothersitseems,individualismisasocialoreconomicanarchy,thelackofthenecessarysystemsandstandards;somepeoplebe
8、lievethatitistheuniversalpersonalselfishattitude.Socialistsaresimply"individualism"isequivalenttoa"socialist"and"communism"oftheopposite.Frenchliberalstalkaboutindividualism,butregardeditasaminimumofstateinte
