论中国社会主义的文化基因

文化基因是人类社会存在的客观现象,对人类的繁衍和发展产生着重要作用;在中国传统文化之中,向来富有社会主义文化基因,体现了中国人对美好社会的追求;这种文化基因被激活之后,便形成了巨大的社会力量,规制了中国社会主义走向和速度,成为中国特色社会主义的重要支撑。     

人类学视角:文化调适的相对性——对华北农业可持续发展的再思考

文化的调适使人类能够在演化过程中生存,并在不同的环境中扩张。但文化的调适在特定的环境里具有相对性:文化在某一系列环境中是适应的,或在短时期内是适应的,却在另一系列环境中是不适应的,或在长时期内是不适应的。从文化人类学的角度,回顾与探讨华北地区农业文化调适环境的状况以及存在的非生态的文化调适,重新思考华北农业可持续发展的定位。     

Unjust punishment in organizations

What causes leaders to punish subordinates unjustly? And why might leaders keep punishing subordinates unjustly, even when this increases workplace misconduct? In the current paper we address these questions by suggesting that power and status cause leaders to punish unjustly. We review evidence on the effects of power and status on punishment, review how unjust punishments foster misconduct, and highlight how this creates a self-perpetuating feedback loop—leaders are more likely to punish in an unjust manner when subordinates engage in misconduct, but subordinates’ misconduct is partly caused by unjust punishments. We also discuss how leader-subordinate distrust may be at the heart of this phenomenon and how organizations may counteract unjust punishments. We draw attention to research areas that have received little attention and draw up an agenda for future research. Taken together, we integrate the literatures on power, status, punishment and trust, review evidence on when unjust punishments become perpetuating, challenge research suggesting that leaders are cautious when punishing, and guide future research on the topic of punishment in organizations.     

Culture and Crisis Communication: Nestle India's Maggi Noodles Case

Extant theoretical paradigms in the field of crisis communication are organization-centric and do not adequately recognize the role of culture. The purpose of this essay is to analyze a crisis faced by Nestle India using the framework of global public relations which defines culture broadly to include political, economic, media, societal, and activist cultures. Our analysis revealed that a multinational corporation with over a century of presence in the country struggled to align itself to the complexities of the cultures of the host country. In the case of Nestle India, whereas environmental variables such as political economy and Westernization of urban India boosted the growth of its instant noodles, the multinational also struggled to cope with the rise of media corporatization, activist pressure and the vagaries of regulatory enforcement not to speak of cultural nationalism. It is evident that Nestlé's crisis response was governed more by its traditional corporate culture than by an ability to keep pace with the changing demands of its environment, leading to the amplification of an issue into a crisis. The study concludes that multinationals that ignore culture will be forced to pay a heavy price both in terms of reputation and the bottom line.     

新中国六十年文化现代化的思考

文化现代化是现代化中最艰难的文化转型.新中国60年来,历史的发展赋予中国文化现代化以鲜明的时代特征.思考新中国60年来文化现代化,从文化与经济政治、时代性与民族性、本土化与全球化、一元与多元、文化事业和文化产业、人的发展与社会发展等六对矛盾着手,辨证把握中国文化现代化的特征,有助于我们深化对中国文化现代化的规律性和艰巨性的认识.     

A new nonparametric bivariate test for two sample location problem

A strictly nonparametric bivariate test for two sample location problem is proposed. The proposed test is easy to apply and does not require the stringent condition of affine-symmetry or elliptical symmetry which is required by some of the major tests available for the same problem. The power function of the proposed test is calculated. The asymptotic distribution of the proposed test statistic is found to be normal. The power of proposed test is compared with some of the well-known tests under various distributions using Monte Carlo simulation technique. The power study shows that the proposed test statistic performs better than most of the test statistics for almost all the distributions considered here. As soon as the underlying population structure deviates from normality, the ability of the proposed test statistic to detect the smallest shift in location increases as compared to its competitors. The application of the test is shown by using a data set.     

新文化运动对儒家文化的影响

儒学在两千多年的中国文化中占据着统治地位,这一现象在世界文明中也是独一无二的。1915年发起的新文化运动最终打破这一传统,使许多西方思想观念传入中国,对传统文化造成极大冲击,儒家思想受到批判。然而,由于儒家文化内在的演进逻辑与中国文明能够很好的贴合,儒家文化实际并没有消失,而是深深植根于中国人的精神世界中。     

从文化视角看中国的“新民乐”

作为传统音乐与现代音乐相结合的一种新音乐形式,中国"新民乐"受到社会各界人士的广泛关注.它的出现,在一定程度上顺应了社会发展的某种客观规律,其是非曲直应放在社会文化背景下去讨论和探究.中国"新民乐"在自身发展的同时,应注意对本民族文化信息的传递,符合民族文化发展的长远利益."新民乐"的发展尚有待于进一步完善,以及文化界和音乐理论界的关注与指导.     

权力·文化传统·外乡人——历史长篇小说《阴山殇》的文化解读

草原实力派作家孟和撰写的历史题材长篇小说《阴山殇》以乌拉特西公旗草原的历史、社会和自然为背景,以权力、暴力、欲望为叙述主线,通过塑造不同阶层人物形象,反映了权力、道德、社会秩序的崩溃以及战乱带来的灾难与恐惧。     

从马克思主义文化观审视大众文化

大众文化是一种新兴知识分子文化观念之产物,它充分地体现了大众的文化创造精神,是文化发展从自在到自觉的转变,鼓励大众的文化创造精神,利用大众文化形式是马克思主义文化观发展的必由之路,也是构建社会主义核心价值体系的重要形式。