Understanding and translating Confucian philosophy in the Analects: a sociosemiotic perspective

Semiotica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan Min
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Intercultural Understanding ◽  
Cultural Assumptions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confucian Philosophy ◽  
The Analects

Abstract As the representative of Chinese classical works, the Analects represents a source of difficulty in both understanding and interpretation of Confucian philosophy. Confucian philosophy as a philosophy of creativity and otherness is closely related with the social and cultural values in society. Therefore, the study of Confucian philosophy in the Analects cannot be separated from the descriptive study of the effects of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, contexts, language use, and the effects of language use on society. This article attempts to explore how the meaning of Confucian philosophy in the Analects is interpreted and accepted by Western readers through complex social semiotic interactions. The article focuses on the interpretation of Confucian philosophy as a reflection of cultural assumptions, values and prohibitions, and the manipulation of the social semiotic resources in the process of understanding, translation, and acceptance of Confucian philosophy in the Analects through a discussion of its original text, different versions and the reasons behind the social semiotic activities. The article concludes with a consideration of significant social semiotic interactions that influence the translator’s interpretation and reader’s acceptance of Confucian philosophy so as to facilitate intercultural understanding.

scholarly journals Analysis Of The Social And Cultural Values Contraining Increased African Apple Production In Anambra State Of Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 134-144
Author(s):  
D. O. Enibe
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Knowledge Gain ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Anambra State ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Social ◽  
Apple Production ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study analysed the social and cultural values constraining increased African Star Apple (ASA, Chrysophilum albidum) production in Anambra State of Nigeria. Data were collected using interview schedule on 80 respondents selected from six major assembly markets in six town communities of two Agricultural zones of the State. Ten respondents (5 men and 5 women) who are natives of the communities hosting the markets were selected through Snow ball sampling method (SBSM) from each of the markets. The interview schedule was mainly on yes or no questions. From the respondents, 7 in-depth interviews were conducted for detailed information on ASA important issues such as the crop’s feast activities, children’s song while under the trees and beliefs. Data were achieved with descriptive statistics such as percentage, frequency distribution and Tables. The study showed that: ASA production and consumption in the study area are by 100% constrained with social and cultural norms such as none planting, none harvesting, public ownership and free fruits collection. The result also reveals that the studied communities differ in their ASA fruit selling and buying norms and in ASA feast in the past and that they do not easily change their norms except on certain conditions such as knowledge gain and sensitization. The study inter alia recommends that effort to increase or commercialize its production by entrepreneurs requires orientation or sensitization of the tradition custodians in the communities and adequate protection of the trees in farm fields or plantations.

scholarly journals The Genesis of Violence and Self-Destruction in George Lamming’s Water With Berries

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (120) ◽  
pp. 19-30
Author(s):  
Basma Harbi Mahdi Al-Azawi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Alternative Interpretation ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Cultural Hegemony ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
The Tempest ◽  
The Social ◽  
Colonial Experience ◽  
Alternative Reading

This paper examines George Lamming’s Water with Berries, a postcolonial text, to reveal the counter literary strategy used by the writer to redefine the colonized against the Western cultural hegemony and the attempts done by the colonial writers to misrepresent and stereotype the colonized people. The paper discusses how the counter text with its alternative interpretation challenges the constitution upon which the canonical work has been based. Re-writing and writing back represent the textual resistance to the misrepresentations and ideas expressed by the center. Lamming explores the colonial experience and its effects on the social, moral, cultural values of previously colonized people. By re-writing Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Lamming provides an alternative reading that might appropriate or undermine the original text. Thus, writing from a post-colonial perspective creates a new perception of colonialism and its effects.

scholarly journals Omani Folk Tales: Anthropological Approach to Understand Social Culture Meanings

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 347
Author(s):  
Aida Fouad Elnabalawi
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Social Culture ◽  
Folk Tales ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Anthropological Approach

This study aims to provide an anthropological reading of some Omani folk tales and discusses them within their context and by their methodological dimensions. The study is also an attempt to classify folk tales. The research paper argues that folk tales have significant social and cultural semantics disclosed by the contents of their events. Folk tales have an important role in supporting the system of social values and cultural norms. Methodologically, this study is a descriptive research from an anthropological approach and uses its tools in the field study. The population study is located in the District of Bahla in the Governorate of Dakhlia. The results conclude that the content of the folk tales reveal the scope of the inherited norms and traditions and their vital role in supporting the social and cultural system, and in maintaining the folklore standards. Despite the threats to cultural values, new forms of folk tales representations in the cultural and artistic scene are taking place in the modern societal trends scene. 

scholarly journals DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF HONORIFIC USE IN KOREAN EMAIL DISCOURSE

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaegu Kim
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Age Difference ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Korean Language ◽  
Korean Culture ◽  
Korean Society ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Close Relationship

It is a relatively new field that examines how Korean culture affects Korean language use in terms of age difference in a corpus of computer mediated email discourse. The purpose of this descriptive study and experiment is to prove the close relationship between Korean language and culture. This paper shows the descriptive study of Korean culture in relation to language use. Korean culture acknowledges an inherent hierarchy with regard to age, and considers [+age] as relating socially to [+power]. When younger Koreans converse with older ones, they express different morpho-syntactic patterns, which is an age complex. The main task of the experiment was to examine the way through which the age complex is reflected by Korean honorific linguistic system in email discourse. I asked 15 Korean native speakers between the ages of 20 to 25 to write emails expressing an impositive request to [+age (46-50 years old)], [-age (below 25 years old)] and [=age] recipients. The results show significant differences in the use of grammatical features in emails written to [+age] recipients, as compared to emails written to [-age] and [=age] recipients. The implication of the findings is that the cultural values that are attached to age and aging in the Korean society affects Koreans’ language use, which means Korean language and culture are closely intermingled.

scholarly journals PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT DALAM PENGEMBANGAN DESA WISATA DAN IMPLIKASINYA TERHADAP SOSIAL BUDAYA DI DESA SENDANGAGUNG, MINGGIR, SLEMAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heni Widyaningsih
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Cultural Resilience ◽  
Social Culture ◽  
Group Mentoring ◽  
Potential Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Village

ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pemberdayaan masyarakat dalam pengembangan desa wisata dan implikasinya terhadap sosial budaya di desa Sendangagung, Minggir, Sleman. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan  kualitatif dengan jenis studi deskriptif. Hasil dari penelitian ini yaitu proses pemberdayaan masyarakat di Desa Sendangagung meliputi 3 tahapan, yaitu tahap membentuk iklim masyarakat berkembang, tahap memperkuat potensi dan komunitas, serta tahap pendampingan kelompok. Pengembangan potensi Desa Sendangagung terdiri dari 3 hal yaitu pengembangan potensi sumber daya manusia, potensi budaya dan potensi alam. Implikasi pemberdayaan masyarakat melalui pengembangan desa wisata budaya di Desa Sendangagung terhadap ketahanan sosial budaya wilayah berupa pelestarian terhadap budaya dan adat istiadat setempat, adanya perubahan mata pencaharian masyarakat, dengan adanya desa wisata maka pengelola harus menggali dan mempertahankan nilai-nilai adat serta budaya yang telah dimiliki, menimbulkan rasa bangga bagi penduduk desa untuk tetap tinggal di desanya, penguatan kehidupan beragama dan tetap terjaganya nilai-nilai kekeluargaan sosial masyarakat. Kata Kunci:, Desa Wisata,  Pemberdayaan Masyarakat, Sosial Budaya  EMPOWERMENT OF COMMUNITY IN DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM VILLAGE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON SOCIAL CULTURE IN SENDANGAGUNG VILLAGE, MINGGIR, SLEMAN ABSTRACTThis study aims to determine community empowerment in the development of tourist villages and their implications for socio-culture in the village of Sendangagung, Minggir, Sleman. This study uses a qualitative approach with a type of descriptive study. The results of this study are the process of community empowerment in Sendangagung village which includes 3 stages, namely the stage of forming a developing community climate, the stage of strengthening potential and community, and the group mentoring stage. The potential development of the Sendangagung village consists of three things, namely the development of the potential of human resources, the potential of culture and natural potential. Implications of community empowerment through the development of cultural tourism villages in Sendangagung village towards the socio-cultural resilience of the region in the form of preservation of local culture and customs, changes in people's livelihoods, with the existence of tourism villages, managers must explore and maintain their customary and cultural values , creating a sense of pride for the villagers to remain in their villages, strengthen religious life and maintain the social values of the community. Keywords: Community Empowerment, Socio-Culture, Tourism Village

Perceptions of Palestine: The View from Large Linguistic Datasets

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-54
Author(s):  
Terry Regier
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Cultural Perceptions ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Cultural Shift ◽  
General Theme ◽  
English Usage ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
English Speaking World

Cultural norms and trends are often reflected in patterns of language use. This article explores cultural perceptions of Palestine and Palestinians in the English-speaking world, through two analyses of large linguistic datasets. The first analysis seeks to uncover current conceptions of participants in the Israel-Palestine conflict, by identifying words that are distinctively associated with those participants in modern English usage. The second analysis asks what historical-cultural changes led to these current conceptions. A general theme that emerges from these analyses is that a cultural shift appears to have occurred recently in the English-speaking world, marked by greater awareness of Palestinian perspectives on the conflict. Possible causes for such a cultural shift are also explored.

PERILAKU ASUH ORANGTUA OVER PROTECTIVE TERHADAP PERKEMBANGAN SOSIAL ANAK DI TK ISLAM KHAIRA UMMAH IKUR KOTO KECAMATAN KOTO TANGAH KOTA PADANG

Generasi Emas ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Fifi Febiola ◽  
Izzati Izzati
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Study Methods ◽  
The Social ◽  
Protective Parenting

This study aims to describe the symptoms of over protective foster behsvior towards the social development of children in islamic kindergartens Khaira Ummah Ikur Koto Kecamatan Koto Tangah Kota Padang. This study uses a qualitative approach with descriptive study methods. The researcher uses parents and teachers as informants. How to use the date used by researchers is observasi, interviews, and documentation. Based one the descriptive and data analysis, it can be concluded that the research shows that parents provide parenting patterns that tend to be over protective of their children. This is indicated by the form of protective provided by parents to their children, and does not provide an opportunity for children to be able to do it themselves. The over protective parenting has an impact on children’s social development, namely children are difficult to adapt to the new environment, prefer to play alone, and result in children not being independent.

THE IDENTITY OF JAVANESE WOMEN (The study of Phenomenology Toward Indonesian Migrant Women Workers)

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-72
Author(s):  
Anam Miftakhul Huda
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Homo Sapiens ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Java Language ◽  
Cultural Codes ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
Opposite Sex

The woman stands for Java language (wani ditoto) term used for Homo sapiens gender and has reproduction. The opposite sex from the woman is a man or a male. The woman is a word commonly used to describe mature women. Awareness of Indonesian women to work very large, although the country must work out to become migrant workers, this is shown by the increasing number of women migrant workers every year.Based BNP2TKI report in 2013 the number of migrants reached 512 168 people, consisting of 285 197 person formal workers (56 %) and 226 871 informal migrant workers (44 %). Whereas in 2012 migrant workers reached 494 609 people consisting of 258 411 formal sector (52 %) and 236 198 informal migrant workers (48 %). (detik.com). This research using phenomenology approach by deep interview (unstructured) observation non participants and study documentation. The subject in this research is Javanese Indonesian women. The informants of this research are six women workers.   The purpose of this research is expected to describe the shift in the concept of Javanese women carry out tasks in abroad, there are Indonesian cultural values implied by the instincts of a typical traditional Javanese woman, though the housemaids are located in other countries.Social identity theory is a theory that was originally engaged in the area of Social Psychology, with the language and its ability to find and understand the meaning, has become a meta - theory that is able to bring together many disciplines such as psychology, anthropology, sociology, history, communications, as implications is that reality is always social, and the social contextual character always in a state of local culture and history.The meaning of something can be very different in cultures or groups of people who are different because in each cultural or community groups have own ways to interpret things. Groups of people who have a background of understanding is not the same to certain cultural codes will not be able to understand the meaning produced by other community groups.Research described that diversity nations woman patriarchy, Javanese culture properties characteristic of java women clearly reflected in life with workers Indonesia (TKW) is different from another country.

ANALISIS UNSUR EKSTRINSIK NOVEL SANG PEMIMPI KARYA ANDREA HIRATA

Jurnal KATA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Erlina Erlina
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Social Values ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Political Values ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
The Social ◽  
Data Source

<p><strong>            </strong><em>This research is motivated by the analysis extrinsic elements novel </em><em>Sang Pemimpi</em><em>. This study aimed to describe the social values, cultural values, moral values, and religious values in the novel </em><em>Sang Pemimpi</em><em>. The research is a qualitative study using descriptive methods. The data in this study is a form of social values, cultural values, </em><em>religius </em><em>values and moral </em><em>on Sang Pemimpi</em><em> novel by Andrea Hirata. Data source is </em><em>Sang Pemimpi</em><em> novel by Andrea Hirata. Data collection techniques in this study are: (1) to read and understand the Novel </em><em>Sang Pemimpi</em><em> by Andrea Hirata, and (2) give coding by underlining sentences containing social values, cultural values and political values in the note of the novel </em><em>Sang Pemimpi</em><em> by Andrea Hirata all data regarding speech acts in a novel study. While the steps in analyzing data are: (1) read data that has been </em><em>record</em><em>ed, (2) classify or record data for the purpose for researchers based on the novel </em><em>Sang Pemimpi</em><em> by Andrea Hirata, (3) interpreting or interpretation of data for the purpose of research is to analyze the novel Sang </em><em>Pemimpi</em><em> by Andrea Hirata, and (4) make the conclusion of the study. The results of this study stated that extrinsic elements contained in </em><em>Sang Pemimpi</em><em> novel by Andrea Hirata is the value of cultural education, where cultural rights set forth in the novel The Dreamer ie when they are a teenager then it started to work for money. Social educational value, namely the attitude of helping each other like Arai and Mak Cik, and as pastor and Jimbron. the value of religious education that is visible on the pastor and Jimbron, although Jimbron raised by a pastor, but the pastor did not impose his religion on Jimbron. moral and political education value seen in a leader who has no morals and honesty.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>            Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh analisis unsur ekstrinsik novel Sang Pemimpi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan nilai sosial, nilai budaya, nilai politik, nilai moral, dan nilai religius dalam novel Sang Pemimpi. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan menggunakan metode deskriptif. </em><em>Data dalampenelitian iniadalah bentuk nilai sosial,  nilai budaya, nilai realigi dan moral dalam novel Sang Pemimpi karya Andrea Hirata. Sumber datanya adalah novelSang Pemimpi karya Andrea Hirata.Teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini adalah: (1) membaca dan memahami Novel Sang Pemimpi karya Andrea Hirata</em><em>, dan (2) </em><em>memberi pengkodean dengan menggarisbawahi kalimat-kalimat yang mengandung nilai sosial, nilai budaya, dan nilai politik dalam Mencatat Novel Sang Pemimpi karya Andrea Hirata  semua data mengenai tindak tutur dalam novel yang diteliti. Sedangkan langkah-langkah dalam menganalisis datanya adalah: (1) membaca data yang sudah dicatat, (2) mengklasifikasikan atau mencatat data sesuai tujuan peneliti berdasarkan novel Sang Pemimpi karya Andrea Hirata, (3) menginterprestasikan atau penafsiran data dengan tujuan penelitian yaitu menganalisis novel Sang Pemimpi karya Andrea Hirata, dan (4) membuat simpulan penelitian.</em><em>Hasil penelitian ini menyatakan bahwa unsur ekstrinsik yang dapat dalam novel Sang Pemimpi karya Andrea Hirata adalah nilai pendidikan budaya, di mana budaya yang tercantum dalam novel Sang Pemimpi yaitu apabila sudah beranjak remaja maka sudah mulai bekerja untuk mencari uang. nilai pendidikan sosial, yaitu adanya sikap saling tolong menolong seperti Arai dan Mak Cik, dan seperti pendeta dan Jimbron. nilai pendidikan religius yaitu terlihat pada pendeta dan Jimbron, walaupun Jimbron diasuh oleh seorang Pendeta, tetapi pendeta tersebut tidak memaksakan agamanya pada Jimbron. nilai pendidikan moral dan politik terlihat pada seorang pemimpin yang tidak mempunyai moral dan kejujuran.</em></p>

Perception of Absence as Value-Driven Perception

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anya Farennikova
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Ring Finger ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Form

Experiences of absence are often laden with values and expectations. For example, one might notice that a job candidate is not wearing a tie, or see the absence of a wedding band on a person's ring finger. These experiences embody cultural knowledge and expectations, and therefore seem like good candidates for being a form of evaluative perception. This chapter argues that experiences of absence are evaluative apart from the social or cultural values they take on. They are evaluative in their core, solely by virtue of being experiences of absence. The chapter begins by explaining why certain experiences of absence should be treated as a case of genuine perception. It then clarifies the role of the evaluative states in experiences of absence. The chapter concludes by arguing that experiences of absence constitute a new form of evaluative perception, and presents the subjective–objective dichotomy in a new light.

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