Collectivism

In Anthem, the people of the society believed in collectivism, and ideology forced upon them since birth. They were always told that they were and must be equal to all men, for one cannot be better than the other. The society never dared to question the belief in fear of no longer being accepted. Through Anthem, Ayn Rand warned of the dangers of blindly and unquestionably following an ideology; the dangers to society that unexamined loyalty to belief system pose is ignorance, becoming close…

all of her relatives can come, not just in a club as Ian’s parents think normally. Even long guest-list for the wedding, Toula’s father tends to invite all of relatives, instead of the couple want to hold a small one. Another scene that shows collectivism is when Mr. Portokalos give the couple a gift. That is a house which is next to the house of Toula’s family. Even when Toula got married and normally live with her husband, her father still wants to stay nearer her so that they seem to be…

young as five years old; around the same time preschool is expected to begin. I believe the seriousness behind this world wide game is much deeper than most believe it is, and the answers could be found in Hofstede’s cultural dimensions of time, collectivism versus individualism, indulgence, and masculinity versus femininity. Mexican soccer can be portrayed in the terms of time, because the sport revolves around the time type of event. This is important for understanding the culture behind…

individuals. Hofstede theory has five dimensionals, the theory explain about the cultural dimension which are individualism vs collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity/femininity, and long term orientation. The explanation of individualism vs collectivism is that individualism focuses on the word I which mean care more on their individual life but for collectivism is focused on the word W which means care more in the group. Power distance is measurement discloses the…

their sight. It describes an logical organization and framework of their behaviour which can be seen in the dimensions like specific-diffuse, internal-external direction, universalism-particularism, and we can see relationships in individualism-collectivism, achievement-ascription, neutral-affective. On the other hand, Hofstede describes about values present in people and its effect on their behaviour. Therefore, the difference between them is that Trompenaars study lies on the surface of…

Anthem, Ayn Rand portrays the collectivist society as the antithesis of a Utopia. Collectivism Is the belief in the interdependence of all beings and stresses the importance of the group over the importance of the individual. Rand realizes the theoretical good in collectivism, but illustrates how the downfalls are far greater than the advantages. Rand uses the protagonist, Equality, to demonstrate how the ideas of collectivism, though with good intention, ultimately sacrifice morality and…

plain speaking is an honest way. Failures will lead to subjective guilt and self-esteem weakening. People under collectivism influence tend to focus on family, and individuals must obey the collective will. The children learn to consider the problem from perspective of "collective", failures will lead to personal and collective shame. It is clear that Chinese culture belongs to collectivism culture, and American culture belongs to individualism…

of Toula in the movie. The movie is intercultural because it compares the American and Greek cultures reveal the differences. We can see these differences in many scenes of the movie such as family relationships, nationalism, individualism and collectivism. Firstly, main characters are Toula Portokalos, a 30-year-old single Greek girl living in Chicago with her family and Ian Miler, single being school teacher. Family relationships is more important in Greeks than in Americans. The Greeks…

philosophical belief regarding society. Ayn Rand’s philosophical belief is Objectivism, which encompasses the theory of individualism and discredits the theory of collectivism. Describing the virtues of individualism as well as the disadvantages of collectivism including racism, Ayn Rand sufficiently explains her philosophical perspective. Unlike collectivism, Objectivism is an extremely simple concept that allows no room for contradictions. Objectivism is a philosophy of rational…

With a score of 48, Indian cul-ture is moderate collectivistic (Hofstede, 2011). World’s average score is 43. Which demonstrate Indi-an culture is not extremely collectivistic. For instance, collectivism is seen in Indian families. In India, all family members stay together as a joint family. Another illustration is the festival, marriages and other cultural events celebration. However, the Individualistic approach can be seen in Hinduism. The…