Ottoman Empire, ca A.D. 1700 Imperial History of the Middle East: 5000 Years of History in 90 seconds

Ottoman Empire, ca A.D. 1700

Imperial History of the Middle East: 5000 Years of History in 90 seconds

http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1095/Turkey.html#title

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Four Generic Types of Cultures

2. Vertical Collectivism / Authority Ranking Cultures

Ch. 02 The Thai KingdomCh. 03 The Japanese GardenCh. 04 India: The Dance of ShivaCh. 05 Bedouin Jewelry and Saudi ArabiaCh. 06 The Turkish CoffeehouseCh. 07 The Brazilian SambaCh. 08 The Polish Village ChurchCh. 09 Kimchi and Korea

Fig. 1.2. Four Generic Types of Cultures (p. 15)

POWER DISTANCE

INDIVIDUALISM COLLECTIVISM

Low

(horizontal)

High

(vertical)

Equality

Matching(interval)

Community Sharing

(nominal)

Market

Pricing(ratio)

Authority Ranking(ordinal)



authority ranking

found in large parts of Asia, Africa, and Latin America

involves a psychological relationship between the leader or leaders and all others in the culture



frequently, such a culture is symbolized not by the handshake, which reflects equality, but by different forms of bowing



there is a dynamic, two-way relationship between subordinates and leaders in authority ranking cultures

• although the leaders receive more rewards, they are responsible for safeguarding the livelihoods of subordinates

http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1095/

Cultural Metaphors

Unit of analysis in the book = the nation or national culture

Other “units of analysis” may include:

one person (e.g., Paul Buffalo)the family (e.g., Strodtbeck)the communitya regiona culture

http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/Buffalo/pbwww.html

Culture Counts

and it counts quit a bit

Geert Hofstede (1991)

IBM study demonstrated that national culture explained 50% of the differences in attitudes in IBM’s 53 countries (p. 5)

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Ottoman Empire, ca A.D. 1700 Imperial History of the Middle East: 5000 Years of History in 90 seconds