1.3 The Necessity of Culture Diversity
Know thyself, know thine enemies;
One hundred battles, one hundred victories.
——Sun Tsu, Chinese martial philosopher
The words above reveal the importance of knowing
diversities in human interactions when in battle. It seems
important in nowadays also. Somehow we need to learn,
in Edwad Hall’s words, to “accept the fact that there are
many roads to truth and no culture has a corner on the
path is better equipped than others to search for it.” We
can learn more with Hofstede’s advice: “The principle
o surviving in a multicultural world is that one does not
need to think, feel, and act in the same way in order to
agree on practical issues and to cooperate.” We can agree
to be different and to allow for diversity. We can celebrate
our own culture in terms of how it is or is not like another,
and celebrate other cultures because they are different
or are not. The more we know about other cultures the
more we will know about our own. And, especially when
confronted with another view of the universe, humankind
takes refuge in the comfort of the familiar. Then knowing
the diversity of culture helps us understanding more about
the outside world as well as ourselves.
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