Western & Eastern Culture

• Western culture basically is about the focus on oneself and personal needs.
• Western culture is predicated on putting egoism; egoism is focused on oneself
• • Western culture is inclined in more acquisition of material things.
  • Western culture is obsessed with being successful.
• • Western culture, wealth and poverty is the result of enterprise and hard work.
  • Western culture celebrates the youth and being young.
• Western culture subscribe to the idea of evolution.
• The dilemma is whether to follow and subscribe to the Western influences or subscribe to Eastern ideas.
• Eastern culture is about focus on others and the feeling of others.
• Eastern culture is about collectivism; collectivism is all about focus on others.
• Eastern culture is tilted towards less assets (thus the mantra less is more).
• Eastern culture, long life is equated with wealth; more inclined towards long life (yolo).
• Eastern culture, wealth and poverty is the result of fortune and luck.
• Eastern culture values the wisdom of years and seniority.
• Eastern culture subscribe to concept of reincarnation.
• Concept of Self in Western Thoughts

  • Self is a social construction which is symbolically and signally created between and among social beings.
  • Phenomenological object which can be productively studied through as series of evanescent actions, self is multidimensional entity.
  • Self is an interpersonal unit.
• Concept of Self in Western Thoughts

  • Self takes form in communication.
  • Self is intimately connected to bodily experience both ontogenetically and here and now awareness.
  • Self is both phenomenal and nonphenomenal.
  • Self acquires substance according to semantic, syntactic and pragmatic.
• Concept of Self in Eastern Thoughts

  Confucianism: A gentleman by following the moral (knowing what is right and wrong) way consisting of the virtues of love, righteousness, wisdom, propriety and loyalty in order to promote harmony in society.
• Concept of Self in Eastern Thoughts

  Theravada: Detachment and desirelessness to reach nirvana (enlightenment); reciprocal relationship; (Mahayana) compassion to other humans for belief that we are part of the same ever-changing universe (Buddhism)
• Concept of Self in Eastern Thoughts

  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 and Taoism)
• Concept of Self in Eastern Thoughts

  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 “one-of-us” (Filipino Psychology)
• Individualism

  • People are autonomous and independent from their ingroups.
  • Give priority to their personal goals of their in-groups.
  • Behave on their basis of attitudes rather than norms.
• Collectivism

  • Interdependent within their ingroups.
  • Give priority to the goals of their groups.
  • In-groups primarily shape their behavior.
  • Behave in a communal way.
  • Concerned in maintaining relationships with others