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1、CulturalConflictsandGlobalizationCulturesarelikeundergroundriversthatrunthroughourlivesandrelationships,givingusmessagesthatshapeourperceptions,attributions,judgments,andideasofselfandother.Thoughculturesarepowerful,theyareoftenunconscious,influencingconflictandglobalization
2、inimperceptibleways.Culturesareembeddedineveryconflictbecauseconflictsariseinhumanrelationships.Culturesaffectthewayswename,frame,blame,andattempttotameconflicts.Cultureisalwaysafactorinconflict,whetheritplaysacentralroleorinfluencesitsubtlyandgently.Foranyconflictthattouche
3、suswhereitmatters,wherewemakemeaningandholdouridentities,thereisalwaysaculturalcomponent.IntractableconflictsliketheIsraeli-PalestinianconflictortheIndia-PakistanconflictoverKashmirarenotonlyaboutterritorial,boundary,andsovereigntyissues,butalsoaboutacknowledgement,represent
4、ation,andlegitimizationofdifferentidentitiesandwaysofliving,being,andmakingmeaning.Conflictsbetweenteenagersandparentsareshapedbygenerationalculture,andconflictsbetweenspousesorpartnersareinfluencedbygenderculture.Inorganizations,conflictsarisingfromdifferentdisciplinarycult
5、uresescalatetensionsbetweenco-workers,creatingstrainedorinaccuratecommunicationandstressedrelationships.9Sometimesculturepermeatesconflictpushingforthwithintensity,othertimesquietlysnakingalong,hardlyannouncingitspresenceuntilsurprisedpeoplenearlystumbleonit.Cultureisinextri
6、cablefromconflict,thoughitdoesnotcauseit.Whendifferencessurfaceinfamilies,organizations,orcommunities,cultureisalwayspresent,shapingperceptions,attitudes,behaviors,andoutcomes.Givenculture'simportantroleinconflicts,whatshouldbedonetokeepitinmindandincludeitinresponseplans?Cu
7、lturesmayactliketemperamentalchildren:complicated,elusive,anddifficulttopredict.Inmyopinion,beingfamiliarwithcultureisakeytoolfordisentanglingandmanagingmultilayered,culturalconflicts.Weshouldbeawareoftheirnatures,howtheywork,andwaystheyintertwinewithourrelationshipsintimeso
8、fconflictandharmony.Also,weshouldbeawareofseveraldimensionsofculture,includ
