Forword 1
PART Ⅰ A Probe into Theoretical Problems 1
Chapter 1 Culture and Culturology 3
1．Culture 3
2．Culturology 16
Chapter 2 Western and Chinese Cultures 23
1．Western Culture 23
2．Chinese Culture 32
Chapter 3 Instability and Stability of Dominant Cultures 42
1．Instability of Dominant Western Culture 43
2．Stability of Dominant Chinese Culture 47
PART Ⅱ A Study of Subject-Object System 54
Chapter 4 The Influence on Culture:Objective Nature 56
1．Western Civilization 57
2．Chinese Civilization 63
Chapter 5 The Influence of Culture:Subjective Society 76
1．Value Dimensions 76
2．Value Orientations 92
Chapter 6 The Dual Character:Ideals of Life 109
1．Chinese and Western Humanism Concerning Ideals of Life 110
2．Confucianism and Christianity Concerning Ideals of Life 112
3．Confucianism and Taoism Concerning Ideals of Life 116
4．The Doctrine of the Golden Mean Concerning Ideals of Life 119
PART Ⅲ A Study of Physical-Psychological System 127
Chapter 7 The Psychological World:World View 128
1．The Formation of Particular World Views 129
2．Religion as a World View 133
3．Religious Orientations 140
4．A Comparison of World Views 169
Chapter 8 The Physical World:Artistic Life 180
1．Architectural Style 180
2．Painting and Drawing 185
3．Landscape Gardens 192
4．Culinary Art 196
Chapter 9 The Dual Character:Family Structure 204
1．Importance,Functions and Types of Families 204
2．Culture and Family 206
3．A Comparison among Family Patterns 216
PART Ⅳ A Study of Temporal-Spatial System 237
Chapter 10 Accumulation:History and Government 238
1．The Influence of History and the Effect of a Culture's History 239
2．Historical Accumulation of American Culture 240
3．Historical Accumulation of Chinese Culture 246
Chapter 11 Influence:Environments and Cultures 256
1．The Influence of Natural Environments 257
2．The Influence of Foreign Cultures 270
Chapter 12 The Dual Character:Globalization 283
1．The Drawbacks of Cultural Globalization 283
2．Cultural Globalization:Not Americanization 289
主要参考文献 310