ARTSSCI 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Malcolm Gladwell, Analects, Junzi
18 Dec 2016
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Story: why chinese-canadian parents push: cultural revolution communist initiative to try and reform/reshape how society was structured. Resulted in many immigrants coming over: parents push because when they were living in china, they didn"t have any option of what they became. Story: rice paddies and math tests: outliers by malcolm gladwell. No one who can rise before dawn 365 days a year fails to make their family rich. (cid:499: wheat fields vs. rice paddies. Western cultures: work the field, then wait and relax. Asian cultures: constantly work the field no large breaks. Reductionism & cultural essentialism: telling the story of (cid:498)rice paddies to work ethic(cid:499) may be an oversimplification of the entire culture. Confucius: also known as (cid:498)kong qiu(cid:499) (551-479 bce, traditionalist, believed to be someone who believed in strict hierarchies, yet also seen as an egalitarian. Be careful not to oversimplify: spring & autumn period (771-476 bce) Based off a book written by confucius.
