Collective emotions
The common parlance is convinced that you experience the world in the way, in the mood you’re. It is also convinced that you look at the world in your very personal way and you react to it the same.
Meanwhile scientific research confirms this. I will pick out two main branches of science to illustrate this. The one is the concept of affect-logic based on the research and thoughts of Luc Ciompi. The other one is the concept of functional identity based on …………………….
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When the words “I love you” are so shocking
Well we in in the western world have heard so much about the difficulty of showing up emotions in China or in East Asian countries. And it seems even worse to talk about emotions. Especially being said by parents to their children or children to their parents.
Candice Chung from the “daily life” writes about this difficulty and the difference to look on this difficulty from the Chinese perspective. She states this difficulty, she also talks about the challenge she had experienced in her own family trying to confront her parents with ……………….
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Prohibiting rituals reinforces struggle of survival
Rituals play a very important role in all cultures, in the development of children and in relationship. You cannot live without rituals. Rituals can derive from culture and society, they can also derive from the inner world of children and grown ups. They are part of communication and always embody some Kind of symbolic message.
They express and thus embody personal Needs in a certain way. It is a series of actions or type of behaviour regularly and invariably followed by someone It can be religious, social and/or personal. ( This reminds me of the discussion in China right now if Christian rituals referring to Xmas should be allowed or not).
On the one hand a ritual mirrors a certain state of communication in a culture or Society. On the other hand it mirrors ………….
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More about selfie and self trust
A lot is said about selfies, about making selfies and the function of selfies. Here is another aspect. A selfie serves to more deeply entrench the sexual objectification of women and girls and that one looses the control of the self-image once it’s shared online.
Others criticize the apparent narcissism aspect.
One could also say and here we have new sociological research being done that making a selfie also is some kind of democratic nature because it holds liberatory potential. Those, who are not well presented in media obviously like to make selfies because it has a value for them. The value of being represented in media.
Because those who feel more self trust are more easily present in media.
http://sociology.about.com/od/Current-Events-in-Sociological-Context/fl/The-Selfie-Debates-Part-II.htm
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Gesture and words
Spontaneous gestures can help children to learn whether they use spoken language or sign-language. This is an important result of a new report.
It’s really interesting and important that the reported findings make clear that children have an understanding of the notions before they are able to express themselves in speech. Notion means here a gesture plus word-combination.
Children learn this from their parents. This of course, and this is another result, has been found with children who learn sign-language from their parents. Even deaf children who were not able to learn a spoken language learn a sign-language, so to say a homemade gesture-system in order to communicate.
Please read more about it via this link:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140819094005.htm
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A hug heals heartbeat and blood pressure
Of course you know how much you like a hug. Of course you remember how it felt like the last time. But did you know that a hug heals heartproblems, reduces high blood-pressure?
In older times people knew about that. They of course did not know this connection on the physical level, but just by doing it. In our times a hug often is done without really being touched inside. We hug one another because people usually do so. We hug one another because others expect it from me. We hug each other because…..
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“The wisest fortitude (or bravery) is the escape”
says an old chinese proverb. How do you think about this in a world like this right now? When there is war or crisis all over the world?
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Sex is gender and “not” sex
From a very early age on we can decipher sex, sexuality and the differences in detail. Some days ago I came across a little investigation on this competence. I was astonished about one result:
If you look at the picture above you maybe ask if you know the difference between the individuals pictured are male or female. Most of the people are able to decipher by ……..
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Alibabas success: western vs chinese way of capitalism (part 1)
Last Friday the whole world, that means the global market, had an eye on China, an eye on Alibaba.
Alibaba, Chinas biggest IT-based company runs among others with Taobao the biggest virtual market-place in China. Compared to western companies Alibaba is bigger than Ebay and Amazon together, just to name one comparison.
Alibaba and Taobao is not only a marketplace, it is…………..
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In Germany we name our country „Fatherland“. I was told that you in China say “Motherland”. Some days ago I found out that there’s another identification you could say.
I will call it “Otherland”.
What do I mean ………….
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