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An 8 page paper which examines the different cultural meanings of silence. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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the word, most notably eastern parts of the world, feel very differently about silence. In many ways silence, and the way in which people deal with silence, is a very
cultural element, something that is incredibly illustrative of beliefs and a culture and a people. With that in mind the following paper examines the cultural meanings of silence with a
focus on eastern and western thought, that involving primarily American, Japanese and Chinese. Cultural Meanings of Silence In first understanding how
silence relates to cultures it is perhaps important to know that the cultures being examines, western and eastern, are very different in many very subtle yet foundational ways that are
often hard to pinpoint. One author notes, "Traditionally, Western societies are characterised as individualistic and Eastern societies as collectivist, suggesting that in countries like China and Japan, the focus is
on society as a whole, rather than each persons individual characteristics" (Mind Hacks 2005). One can understand this in seeing how the western people are often taught, from an early
age, to look out for themselves, think for themselves, and win. For the eastern individuals they are taught that they are part of a larger community, that they must do
things for the good of all the community, and that winning is good for all, not just the individual. There are apparently
many arguments concerning where these foundations have originated. For example, "Some have suggested that this reflects the different philosophical traditions of these cultures, with the West tending to approach problems
by analytically breaking them down into component parts, and the East looking at problems in their wider context" (Mind Hacks 2005). Whatever the case, and there are likely many reasons
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