chapter 5 Flashcards
(12 cards)
There is a clash of civilization that is plaguing the country right now and though this is not officially and consciously acknowledged, this war for dominance is victimizing all Filipinos in one form or another.
There is really no middle ground, and it is either one is rooting for the other side or opposing all contentions and wisdom from another side.
This is the battle for the dominance, and prisoners are not taken and captured. This is literally, the war between the eastern self- versus the western self.
THE SELF IN WESTERN AND ORIENTAL/
EASTERN THOUGHT
Focus on oneself and personal needs
Predicated on putting egoism first
Inclined in more acquisition of material things
Obsessed with being successful
Wealth and poverty is the result of enterprise and hard work.
Celebrates the youth and being young.
Subscribe to the idea of evolution.
Western
compassion to other humans for belief that we are part of the same ever-changing universe
(Buddhism)
Focus on others and the feeling of others
It is all about collectivism
Tilted towards less assets.
Inclined towards long life; long life is equated with wealth.
Wealth and poverty are the result of fortune and luck.
Values the wisdom of years and seniority
Subscribe to concept of reincarnation
Eastern
- Self is a social construction which is symbolically and signally created between and among social beings
- Phenomenological object which can be productively studied through a series of evanescent actions, self is multidimensional entity
- Self is an interpersonal unit
- Self takes form in communication
- Self is intimately connected to bodily experience both ontogenetically and here and now awareness
- Self is both phenomenal and non-phenomenal
- Self acquires substance according to semantic, syntactic and pragmatic
Western
A gentleman by following the moral way consisting of the virtues of love, righteousness, wisdom, propriety and loyalty in order to promote harmony in society (Confucianism)
(Confucianism)
detachment and desire lessness to reach nirvana;
(Theravada)
reciprocal relationship;
(Mahayana)
Attainment of liberation in the identification of Atman (the spiritual essence of all individual human beings) and Brahman (the spiritual essence of the universe) through the Four Yogas
(Hinduism)
Concept of Kapwa, recognition of shared identity, an inner self shared with others; Two levels or modes of social interaction – ibang-tao or “outsider” and hindi ibang-tao or “oneof-us”
(Filipino Psychology)
- People are autonomous and independent from their in- groups
- Give priority to their personal goals of their in- groups
- Behave on their basis of attitudes rather than norms
Individualism
- Interdependent within their in-groups
- Give priority to the goals of their in groups
- In-groups primarily shape their behavior
- Behave in a communal way
- Concerned in maintaining relationship with others
Collectivism