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EAST AND WEST IN THE FACE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
Author(s) -
Dupuis Marc R.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1989.tb00988.x
Subject(s) - acculturation , cohesion (chemistry) , face (sociological concept) , affect (linguistics) , sociology , everyday life , politics , technological change , economic geography , social psychology , psychology , political science , social science , geography , economics , anthropology , communication , law , chemistry , organic chemistry , ethnic group , macroeconomics
. Technological changes affect Western culture in three ways: the ratio between the lifetimes of technologies and the human lifetime is inverted; the three principal realms of human life (the home, the workplace, and leisure activity), as well as political systems, are affected; and the cohesion of the social body is threatened. The impact on Eastern culture is softened by a clearer role assigned to school, the resulting level of education, and the influence of Confucian ethics. However, acculturation will vary among countries, depending on the communication ability in the respective societies and the degree of development of social cellular structures, which are the most able to manage complexity.