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• It is symbolized by people from all walks of life and diverse fields. • A: Hollywood actors and popular music celebrities. • B: Service industry, such as food restaurant, TV programs and so on. • C: Fashion :clothing, decoration, hairstyle
▼The basis features of American democratic system: a: social contract and nature rights b: popular sovereignty and limited government ▼Comments on American democracy a: ensure the rights of people b: ensure the political system
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It also declared that God had determined that some people
Advocate diligence, thrift , self-discipline, I Introspection and readiness to endure the hardship They considered individual responsibility more important than blind obedience
The basis of American culture
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Five major basis
Anglo-Saxon
Humanity Individualism
Democracy
Freedom and equality
Anglo-Saxon
Put it into practice
The founding of Plymouth colony
The Independence War
The Civil War
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1620
1776
1861
• Freedom and Equality is an engaging examination of who we are as ethical beings and an explanation of why we behave the way we do when confronted with value conflicts • it emerged from eons of evolution followed by millennia of social interaction • it is simple and obvious and provides a framework of easily understood imperatives that guide our behavior.
Conclusion
• The basis of American culture contains many parts apart from the five we have talked about above. Such as residential privacy, dash and daring in making experiment and so forth. • The American culture is mainly influenced by European culture in the development.
●The White Anglo-Saxon Protestants played an essential role in the process of foundations of American culture. ●The Anglo-Saxon culture is the dominant part of American culture which serves as the touchstone for equality. ●The Anglo-Saxon had two ideas to its credit:
Individualism
The value system of individualism
The origin of American individualism
American individualism in nowadays
•Individualism refers to the pursuit for freedom and difference
Humanity
• It also refers to human nature. • It is embodied by consumerism which contributes to economic development. • It values what is of practical use ,opposes phrase mongering , helps to blur class distinction and rejects wastefulness.
love of liberty ﹠ pure spiritual Christianity
●The ●The
religious tenet was similar to the Puritanism Anglo-Saxon Protestant theology:
The basic sinfulness of humankind
Democracy
In the 1780s
In the1830s
. The French writer Michel started to write about American democracy
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French write Alexis wrote About the democratic nature of American culture.
Individualism in the present age
• • • • It is personal privacy. It represents personal independence. It embodies personal behave. It advocates independent thinking and personal competition. • It calls for personal freedom and equality. • It symbolizes personal choice.
The origin
• It can be traced back to the beginning years of its history, when first American immigrants came to the North American continent. • After World War I, the new culture put more emphasis on the individual, since consumerism and the development of industrial capitalism depended on individual needs and desires. • In modern time, American glorified individualism, which promoted the development of American politics, economy, society and culture, even more aspects.
▼The two models of democracy in colonial times: a: the Virginia model. b: the New England model. ▼The victory of the war of independence established the American democracy system.
●Everyone
wants to make a different
The value system
• individual is the center and core of all values; • society is the means to the realization of personal goals in which individual is the only purpose; • morally speaking, all men are created equal and each person is entitled to free choice of life style. Since the birth of individualism, it has been influencing American society and has penetrated into every aspects of American life.
Pursuit of freedom and culture
★It is the guiding principles and goal of
American Culture ★Most of the history of the United states had put this basis into practice.