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1、GeneralityandPersonalityofCultureGeneralityintheconceptofculturemeansthesharedvalues,thoughtsetc.demonstratedinmostofitspeople.Personalityconsistsofthetraitsthatareuniquetoanindividualhumanbeing.Itispartlygeneticandpartlylearned.Becausemuchofpersonalityisacquired,itisstronglyinfluencedbycultur
2、e.Yetaverywiderangeofpersonalitiescandevelopwithinagivenculture,whencethedangerofplacingtoomuchemphasison‘nationalcharacter.Peoplearethinking,feelingindividualswhosebiologyandhistoryinteractandplaycrucialrolesintheirsocialcollectivebehavior.Consequently,thevaluesandbehaviorsofaparticularcultur
3、emaynotbethevaluesandbehaviorsofalltheindividualswithinthatculture.There’saperfectexampletoshowthesetwoconcepts.WhenUlyssesS.GrantandRobertE.LeemetintheparlorofamodesthouseatAppomattoxCourtHouse,Virginia,onApril9,1865,toworkoutthetermsforthesurrenderofLee'sArmyofNorthernVirginia,agreatchapteri
4、nAmericanlifecametoaclose,andagreatnewchapterbegan.BackofRobertE.LeewasthenotionthattheoldaristocraticconceptmightsomehowsurviveandbedominantinAmericanlife.LeewastidewaterVirginia,andinhisbackgroundwerefamily,culture,andtradition...theageofchivalrytransplantedtoaNewWorldwhichwasmakingitsownleg
5、endsanditsownmyths.HeembodiedawayoflifethathadcomedownthroughtheageofknighthoodandtheEnglishcountrysquire.Americawasalandthatwasbeginningalloveragain,dedicatedtonothingmuchmorecomplicatedthantheratherhazybeliefthatallmenhadequalrights,andshouldhaveanequalchanceintheworld.InsuchalandLeestoodfor
6、thefeelingthatitwassomehowofadvantagetohumansocietytohaveapronouncedinequalityinthesocialstructure.Thereshouldbealeisureclass,backedbyownershipofland;inturn,societyitselfshouldbekeyedtothelandasthechiefsourceofwealthandinfluence.Itwouldbringforth(accordingtothisideal)aclassofmenwithastrongsens
7、eofobligationtothecommunity;menwholived,nottogainadvantageforthemselves,buttomeetthesolemnobligationswhichhadbeenlaidonthembytheveryfactthattheywereprivileged.Fromthemthecountrywouldgetitsleadership;tothemitcouldlookforthehighervalues-o
