a study on the differences between western friendship and chinese friendship

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1、AstudyonthedifferencesbetweenWesternfriendshipandChinesefriendshipAbstractPeoplearesocialanimalsandcannotbedivorcedfromsocialgroups.Keepinginthecommunitywithpeoplehasbecomeanimportantpartoflifeinthisbiggroup.WiththedevelopmentofReformandOpenDoorandeconomicglobalization,Chinahasbeenincreasingl

2、yfrequentcommunicatingwithWesterncountries;especiallywiththeUnitedStatesthatistoreachanewstage.WithgrowingnumberofChinesestudentsinAmerica,andthe2008OlympicGamesheldinChinawhichmaderelationsbetweenChineseandAmericanapriority.Inthissituation,thefriendshipbetweenourtwopeopleswithdifferentcustom

3、sofdifferentcultureshasalsobeentested.What’sthedifferenceinfriendshipbetweenChineseandAmerican?WhytherearesomanypuzzledfortheChinesestudentsinthefriendshipoftheAmericans.Inthispaper,twokindsofself-organizationcomposedofindividualelement:theindependentandinterdependentself-constitutiveelementt

4、otalkaboutthedifferencesbetweenselfpointofviewofcollectivisminthecenterofChinesesocietyandtheindividual-centeredsocietyoffriendshipviewofAmericansociety.Keywords:friendship,difference,collectivism,individualism8IntroductionThedifferencesbetweenChinaandtheU.S.viewoffriendshipSocialcultureinChi

5、naandtheUnitedStatesisnotthesame. CollectivistcultureofChinesesocietyisplayingaleadingroleinthesociety,andsocietyistheindividualcultureoftheUnitedStatesplayadecisiveroleinthecommunity.Peopleasanindividualinsocietyhavetwodifferentcomponentsofselfconstitutiveelement:independentandinterdependent

6、constitutiveelementofself.Intheindividual'sculture,independentelementofselfstructurestandstheleadingrole.Whileinthecollectiveculture,interdependentconstitutiveelementofselfmakestheleadingrole.Tothepeoplewhoputtheemphasisonindependentself-configurationelement,theimportanttaskisthepursuitofuniq

7、ueness.Ontheotherhand,self-structurewithinterdependentelementsareusuallyregardedastheself-integratedpartofsocialrelations.Theemphasisoninterdependentself-constitutiveelementofthepeople,itsimportanttaskistointegratethemselvesintogroups,appropr