National Character Revisited: A Proposal for Renegotiating the Concept *

2020 ◽  
pp. 167-183
Author(s):  
Daniel Bell
Keyword(s):  
National Character

Schooling the Muslim Nation

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iqbal Singh Sevea
Keyword(s):  
Educational System ◽  
National Character ◽  
The West ◽  
Western Education ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Muslim Education

This article examines Muhammad Iqbal’s critique of contemporary approaches towards Muslim education. In his writings, poetic and prose, Iqbal took on both the traditional religious authorities who administered the Madrasas and the modernists associated with the Aligarh College for failing to provide an education that was true to the ‘national character’ and to develop a synthesis of Islamic and western knowledge. While the former were criticised for ignoring modern intellectual developments, the latter were attacked for being intellectually captive to the West. At a broader level, this article employs Iqbal as a foil to debates over the empowering potential of western education. Iqbal’s views are examined against the background of attempts by Muslim intel-lectuals to negotiate between the adoption of a universal modern education and the development of an educational system that kept Muslims grounded in Islam and their ‘national character’. These negotiations took on a number of shapes, pedagogical and polemical as well as theological.

Rumor as a Footnote to Chinese National Character

1975 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan D. London ◽  
Miriam B. London
Keyword(s):  
National Character ◽  
Probable Source

A case study of an odd rumor, widely current in China after Nixon's visit, is detailed. Based on interviews of respondents from Kwangrung and Fukien Provinces, an examination of the stabler aspects of this rumor not only points to its probable source, but also reveals two traditional components of Chinese national character.

National Character and Internet Use

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 940-940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bijou Yang ◽  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Internet Use ◽  
National Character ◽  
Industrialized Nations

Measures of extraversion and neuroticism for 18 industrialized nations were associated with Internet use.

Traditional Culture Expression and Innovation of Contemporary Architecture

2014 ◽  
Vol 638-640 ◽  
pp. 2290-2293
Author(s):  
Han Fang Liu ◽  
Xue Mei Jin ◽  
Jia Fu
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Power Source ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
National Character ◽  
Architectural Form ◽  
Chinese Architecture ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Architectural Innovation ◽  
Regional Character ◽  
Contemporary Architecture

This paper analyzes the factors influencing the contemporary architectural innovation. It puts forward that the model of standardization and mass production contribute to similar “international” architectural form, which results in the disappearing of the “national character” and“regional character” of Chinese architecture. However, simplified traditional expressions make contemporary architectural innovation too superficial, leading to a “trap” of imitation. It also pointes out that the combination of the methods of symbol and metaphor , technology and materials of modern architecture, a further exploration of traditional culture symbols, cultural energy stimulating is the power source of contemporary architectural innovation, and make a argumentation through success and failure cases.

scholarly journals Climatic warmth and national wealth: some culture‐level determinants of national character stereotypes

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 953-976 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert R. McCrae ◽  
Antonio Terracciano ◽  
Anu Realo ◽  
Jüri Allik
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
National Character ◽  
South Italy ◽  
National Wealth ◽  
National Values ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
National Stereotypes ◽  
North And South

National character stereotypes are widely shared, but do not reflect assessed levels of personality traits. In this article we present data illustrating the divergence of stereotypes and assessed personality traits in North and South Italy, test hypotheses about the associations of temperature and national wealth with national character stereotypes in 49 cultures, and explore possible links to national values and beliefs. Results suggest that warmth and wealth are common determinants of national stereotypes, but that there are also idiosyncratic influences on the perceptions of individual nations. Published in 2007 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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