scholarly journals Traditional Stories as Possible Vignettes in the Research of Moral Judgement: A Preliminary Report Using Stories from Mahabharata

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-219
Author(s):  
Swagata Choudhuri ◽  
Jayanti Basu
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Ecological Validity ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Moral Judgement ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
The West ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Indian Context

The most prevalent stimuli for exploring moral judgement in laboratory settings are small vignettes in the form of moral dilemmas. These dilemmas, mostly borrowed from the field of philosophy, are often criticised for lacking ecological validity due to their confined outcomes, hypothetical physical harms, focus on one character and overlooking cultural aspects. These criticisms are especially implicative for Indian culture which may have a different perspective on morality due to cultural prerogatives, encouraging collectivism as opposed to individualism of the West. Moreover, Indian culture often incorporates hints of ancient traditions and tales in a subtle but extensive way. We wished to probe this complex paradigm of moral judgement in the Indian context empirically by qualitatively analysing the responses and exploring the corresponding ratings of 60 participants, employing 10 selected stories from the Mahabharata. A preliminary report of the analysis is presented here. While the ratings varied considerably for similar judgements, the qualitative results indicated a complex amalgamation of emotions, reasons, intuitions and cultural influences. The scope for using epic stories to understand moral judgement, in the context of contemporary society, is discussed. The findings further encourage questioning the relevance of culture and issues of the ecological validity of vignettes.

scholarly journals Jesus and Spirituality: Reading the Fourth Gospel in the Light of the Indian Culture

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 780
Author(s):  
Johnson Thomaskutty
Keyword(s):  
Gospel Of John ◽  
Fourth Gospel ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Mystical Traditions

The Gospel of John is considered as one of the significant literary masterpieces that appeals to Indian spirituality and ideals in multifarious ways. The Gospel has unique features as a universalistic rhetoric that encompasses feelings and aspirations of Indians. The character of Jesus in the Gospel and His assimilative power to contemporary realities reverberate the situational aspects of Indian communities. In the current article, first of all, an attempt is made to explore the character of Jesus and the impression of the Johannine spirituality in relation to Indian realities. We also attempt to place the Fourth Gospel in Indian context in order to derive an interpretative dynamism that takes into account both the Jesus of John and the diverse religious and cultural aspects of today’s context. The character of Jesus and the spirituality reflected in John have much in common with the mystical traditions of the Indian religions.

BUDAYA INDIA DI MINANGKABAU STUDI ANALISIS TERHADAP ARTEFAK DI TANAH DATAR DAN WILAYAH SEKITARNYA

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bambang Budi Utomo ◽  
Sudarman Sudarman
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
The West ◽  
Royal Institution ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
History Approach

In general, the influence of Indian culture embodied in the form of Hinduism and Buddhism developed in the western region of Nusāntara. Archaeological evidence in the form of buildings caṇḍi / stūpa and statues, while historical data is written in inscriptions and manuscripts. The presence of Indian cultural influences was also found in the West Sumatra region in the form of sacred buildings from brick materials, and stone and metal statues. From historical sources, information was obtained that in the region had developed a royal institution which also had the influence of Indian culture. This study used a cultural history approach, not political history which is commonly used by most archaeologists and historians. The aim of this approach is to see the unity and unity among the Nusāntara residents, especially the Minangkabau and other regions

scholarly journals Methodology for Understanding Indian Culture

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 89-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jai B.P. Sinha ◽  
Rajesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Human Behavior ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
The West ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Historical View ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Cultural Reality

Methods of understanding cultures, including Indian culture, are embedded in a broad spectrum of sociocultural approaches to human behavior in general. The approaches examined in this paper reflect evolving perspectives on Indian culture, ranging from the starkly ethnocentric to the largely eclectic and integrative. Most of the methods herein discussed were developed in the West and were subsequently taken up with or without adaptations to fit the Indian context. The paper begins by briefly reviewing the intrinsic concept of culture. It then adopts a historical view of the different ways and means by which scholars have construed the particular facets of Indian culture, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each. The final section concludes with some proposal about the best ways of understanding the complexity that constitutes Indian cultural reality.

The Indian Invasion of Alexander and the Emergence of Hybrid Cultures

2021 ◽  
pp. 037698362110096
Author(s):  
Chandima S. M. Wickramasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Survival Strategies ◽  
Alexander The Great ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
The West ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
Achaemenid Empire ◽  
Return Home ◽  
Cultural Features

Alexander the Great usurped the Achaemenid Empire in 331 bc, captured Swat and Punjab in 327 bc, and subdued the region to the west of the Indus and fought with Porus at the Hydaspes in 326 bc. But he was forced to return home when the army refused to proceed. Some of his soldiers remained in India and its periphery while some joined Alexander in his homeward journey. When Alexander died in 323 bc his successors ( diodochoi) fought to divide the empire among themselves and established separate kingdoms. Though Alexander the Great and related matters were well expounded by scholars the hybrid communities that emerged or revived as a result of Alexander’s Indian invasions have attracted less or no attention. Accordingly, the present study intends to examine contribution of Alexander’s Indian invasion to the emergence of Greco-Indian hybrid communities in India and how Hellenic or Greek cultural features blended with the Indian culture through numismatic, epigraphic, architectural and any other archaeological evidence. This will also enable us to observe the hybridity that resulted from Alexander’s Indian invasion to understand the reception the Greeks received from the locals and the survival strategies of Greeks in these remote lands.

Is There A Middle East?

1973 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikki R. Keddie
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
The West ◽  
Petty Bourgeoisie ◽  
Cultural Sphere ◽  
Traditional Islam

The Middle East, as a geographical term, is generally used today to cover the area stretching from Morocco through Afghanistan, and is roughly equivalent to the area of the first wave of Muslim conquests plus Anatolia. It is a predominantly Muslim area with widespread semi-arid and desert conditions where agriculture is heavily dependent on irrigation and pastoral nomadism has been prevalent. With the twentieth-century rise of exclusive linguistic nationalisms, which have taken over many of the emotional overtones formerly concentrated on religious loyalties, it becomes increasingly doubtful that the Middle East is now much more than a geographical expression – covering an area whose inhabitants respond to very different loyalties and values. In Turkey since the days of Atatürk, the ruling and educated élites have gone out of their way to express their identification with Europe and the West and to turn their backs on their traditional Islamic heritage. A glorification of the ‘modern’ and populist elements in the ancient Turkish and Ottoman past has gone along with a downgrading of Arab and Persian cultural influences–indeed the latter are often seen as having corrupted the pure Turkish essence, which only re-emerged with Atatürk’s swepping cultural reforms. Similarly the Iranians are increasingly emulating the technocratic and rationalizing values of the capitalist West, and in the cultural sphere identify with the glorious civilization of pre-Islamic Iran. This identification goes along with a downgrading of Islam and particularly of the Arabs, which has characterized both radical nationalists like the late nineteenth-century Mîrzâ Âqâ Khân Kirmânî and the twentieth-century Ahmad Kasravâ1 and more conservative official nationalists such as the Pahlavi Shahs and their followers. The recent celebrations of the 2500th anniversary of the Persian monarchy, for example, were notable for their virtual exclusion of the Muslim ulama, though religious leaders of other religious were invited, and their lack of specifically Islamic references. In both Iran and Turkey, traditional Islam has become largely a class phenomenon, with the traditional religion followed by a majority of the peasantry and the petty bourgeoisie, but rejected or radically modified by the more educated classes. With the continued spread of Western-style secular education it may be expected that the numbers of people identifying with nationalism and with the West (or with the Communist rather than the Islamic East) will grow.

Brand identity and culture interaction in the Indian context: a grounded approach

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arbuda Sharma ◽  
Sanjay Patro ◽  
Harish Chaudhry
Keyword(s):  
Reference Points ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Brand Identity ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Inductive Research ◽  
Quality Product ◽  
Cultural Cues

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore how elements of culture and cultural cues such as customs, values and norms interact with the brand identity. A qualitative research has been done to understand which cultural aspect is important for which aspect of brand identity. The results would be useful for designing the product.Design/methodology/approachThis research focuses on exploring and validating the interaction between the factors of brand identity and various dimensions of culture. Multiple frameworks of brand identity and culture have been reviewed, factors have been identified and the interaction between the factors of brand identity and elements of culture has been established in the Indian context. Grounded theory approach has been exercised here as a holistic inductive research technique for identifying the interaction between factors of brand identity and elements of culture. This paper has explored inter-relationship between strategies adopted by managers in creation of brand identity and its consequential perception.FindingsFollowing interaction has been found between the brand identity factors and cultural aspects – product shape, product size and packaging size – were found to interact with individualism vs collectivism, brand image, overall brand presentation, distribution, perception and quality were found to be strongly associated with power distance. Similarly associations were found between country of origin and belief, quality, product differentiation, frame of reference, points of parity and uncertainty avoidance, between Brand Ambassador – Person/ Icon and 9; Beliefs, between Fit with environment and self, Brand customer relationship and long term vs short term orientation, between Enhanced Self Perception and Masculinity vs Femininity, between Brand heritage, packaging colors and images and Customs and Symbols.Research limitations/implicationsThe outcomes of our research show that customization is an indispensable principle to be followed in the global markets and elements of culture and cultural indications such as customs, values and collective norms are integral in driving the branding strategies.Practical implicationsThe outcomes of the study lay emphasis on the parallel groundwork that the managers must make for their strategies, so that, the company centric variables of brand identity are well in sync with the socio cultural indicators of the region they are serving.Originality/valueUnlike previous researches, this work records the consumers' perspective in understanding their purchase choices based on their cultural norms and influences.

scholarly journals A comunicação sobre HIV nas práticas de saúde no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS)- Brasil = The communication about HIV in health practices in the Unified Health System (SUS)-Brazil

2019 ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Patrícia Estrella Liporace Barcelos ◽  
Adriana Cavalcanti de Aguiar
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Biomedical Knowledge ◽  
Electronic Library ◽  
Brazilian Literature ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Unified Health System ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Bibliographic Search

Resumo: Introdução: Dimensões comunicacionais permeiam as práticas dos profissionais de saúde. Desde a criação do SUS (Sistema Único de Saúde), em 1988, no Brasil, são enfatizados princípios como a humanização do cuidado e a valorização dos aspectos relacionais, sociais e culturais na comunicação com usuários e entre profissionais. Com relação à Aids, políticas de saúde buscaram informar e mudar comportamentos, enfatizando o diagnóstico precoce, o tratamento adequado e a prevenção. Apesar da epidemia do HIV ter estimulado muitas inovações na educação e comunicação em saúde, ainda se verificam ações predominantemente prescritivas, baseadas no saber biomédico, responsabilizando indivíduos por seus problemas de saúde. Objetivos: O presente trabalho investigou como a comunicação envolvendo o HIV atualmente é abordada nos cenários de práticas do SUS. Metodologia: Foi realizada uma análise temática de conteúdo em busca bibliográfica na literatura brasileira especializada publicada de 2000 a 2018 na SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online). Resultados: Obtivemos 15 artigos que mostram a comunicação utilizada como instrumento de fomento à adesão, prevenção, detecção e tratamento do HIV, mas também como competência para lidar com dilemas éticos e morais. Conclusão: Embora ainda seja restrita, a produção acadêmica em comunicação sobre HIV nos serviços aponta mudanças em direção às necessidades do usuário.Palavras-chave: comunicação; serviços de saúde; Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS); HIV; Aids.Abstract: Introduction: Communication dimensions permeate the practices of health professionals. Since the creation of the Brazilian Health Care System (SUS), in 1988 in Brazil, principles such as humanization of care and appreciation of relational, social and cultural aspects of communication between users and professionals and in professional teams have been emphasized. In relation to AIDS, health policies have sought to inform and change behaviors, emphasizing early diagnosis, appropriate treatment and prevention. Although the HIV epidemic has stimulated the development of technologies in health education and communication, there still predominate prescriptive actions aimed at biomedical knowledge and blaming individuals for their health problems. Objectives: This study investigated how communication regarding HIV has been addressed in SUS practices. Methodology: A thematic analysis of bibliographic search content was carried out in specialized Brazilian literature published from 2000 to 2018 in SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online). Results: The 15 articles obtained display communication as a tool to promote adherence, prevention, detection and treatment of HIV, but also point to its importance in dealing with ethical and moral dilemmas. Conclusion: Although it is still restricted, the academic production of HIV communication in services indicates a trend towards addressing the needs of the users.Keywords: communication; health services; Unified Health System (SUS); HIV; Aids.

scholarly journals PENDEKATAN BUDAYA DALAM MENGENALI PERILAKU MAHASISWA

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fadilla Saputri
Keyword(s):  
Student Behavior ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Behavior Patterns ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Home Village ◽  
The University

Culture is closely related to how people's behavior patterns are reflected in daily life. One of the cultural targets discussed in this scientific work is related to the influence of culture on student behavior patterns. Differences in patterns of student behavior will look different according to the culture of their respective regions. Not only limited to the local culture but also the culture that indirectly they always apply in the area or their own home village. Other cultural aspects are also seen in terms of the approach to residence of students in overseas areas around the university. Some of the approaches taken are related to cultural influences on student behavior related to factors of origin, birth innate factors, as well as residential or boarding factors.

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