Humility Among the Kung! Essay

These Grandfathers presented Black Elk with gifts to help him on his journey. A wooden cup, a bow and arrows, a white wing of cleansing, an herb to heal, a sacred pipe a flowering stick and the power to make live and to destroy were the tools that were given to him. Then, the Grandfathers showed Black Elk what was to become of his people. He was shown a holy tree which once had been flowering and was now gone. The people he was supposed to lead were thin and starving, and Black Elk cried as he saw the fate of his people.

(Bowers, A.W., 1992) The village members that planned on searching out their enemies could be seen giving feasts to the older men for advice, checking their riding equipment and ceremonial bundles. Warfare was highly encouraged within the tribes and males hoped to show publicly their military accomplishments. The members of the tribe that were asked to remain in the village to help protect women, children and the elderly were praised just as high as if they returned to the village victories from

The `savage' people have a ritual of their own which has multi-purposes. The details of the ceremony involve a `sacrifice' where a boy gets whipped until he collapses in order to "please Pookong and Jesus." (117) Similar to the `civilized' society, this ceremony shows how the people of this society value community and stability. The boy getting whipped is willing to get beaten for the good of the people so that the land would be blessed

The Next piece is an image form Guo Xi who was a master from the Northern

Three areas of philosophy emerged amidst the chaos and constant warring of the Zhou era. The three were called Confucianism, Daoism, and legalism. They were Chinese philosophies that were thought to be the best ways to rule and achieve order in the society. Confucianism believed that a ruler 's job was to set a good example, and not order. Since people were thought of as naturally good, they would following the right path based on their own conscience. Legalism was a more harsh way of ruling, led by Hanfeizi. They thought people were evil, and needed strict laws and punishment to keep them in line. Daoism was very different from either of the other two. It was led by Laozi, who taught that the best kind of government was one who governed

Instead, Lee was taunted and belittled by everyone for choosing a “bag of bones”. He was even told that the ox he had chosen was going to ruin the Christmas feast, but Lee insisted that he had chosen a beautiful animal and was confident that they would still eat with pleasure. They replied saying, “Of course we will eat it; it’s food. But it won’t fill us up to the point where we will have enough strength to dance. We will eat and go home to bed with stomachs rumbling”(Lee, Eating Christmas with the Kalahari Pg. 2). Lee was also told that the lack of meat would cause a fight over how they were going to distribute it amongst the Ju. The response frustrated Lee to the point that he tried searching for a better ox, but was unable to find another. He decided that he was just going to serve the ox regardless.

To explain the phenomenon, sociologists pointed to the “culture of honor” that the original inhabitants brought with them from Scotland, England and Northern Ireland. The culture of honor stemmed from regions in where herdsmen had to

Foraging for wild plants and hunting wild animals is the most ancient of human subsistence patterns. Prior to 10,000 years ago, all people lived in this way. Hunting and gathering continues to be the subsistence pattern of some societies around the world including the !Kung. The !Kung population is located in the Kalahari Desert, in isolated parts of Botswana, Angola, and Namibia. The !Kung live in a harsh environment with temperatures during the winter frequently below freezing, but during the summer well above 100F. The !Kung, like most hunter-gatherer societies, have a division of labor based mainly on gender and age.

Confucian culture, also known as Confucianism, was founded by Confucius during the Spring and Autumn Period, which was developed gradually after the Han Dynasty with benevolence as the core. Since the Han Dynasty, Confucianism was the official ideology and the basis of mainstream ideology in the vast majority of historical periods of China, and it also influenced many southeast Asian countries in history. After a variety of shocks, Confucianism was still the core values of China's social public, and represented the Chinese culture and national tradition in the world (Littlejohn, 2010). In the contemporary society, the Confucian culture in China increasingly spread, at the

Ku’oosh decides to perform the warrior ceremony for those who have killed in battle. After he gave Tayo Indian tea, he turned to him and said, “There are some we can’t cure like we used to, not since the white people came. The others who had the Scalp Ceremony, some of them are not better either.” Since Ku’oosh could not cure Tayo he referred him to a medicine man that was more suited for Tayo’s conditions.

The article, Teaching Humility in an Age of Arrogance written by Michael Patrick Lynch, starts off his article by first defining humility and arrogance. Thinking that you know it all and you don’t need to improve because you know everything or are great already, is an arrogant way of thinking. He believes the major reason Americans think this way is because of technology. The Internet gives us so much information that we cannot as humans explain it ourselves. We over estimate our knowledge about the world and at the end of the day; humans are not machines that know everything. Lynch stated it is a good thing we do not know everything because together everyone knowledge can know “quite a bit.” Lynch mentions that we either know it or it

Antecedents are things that must exist before another can take place (Cutcliffe & McKenna, 2015, p. 253). In order for cultural humility to occur, diversity and power imbalance must be present (Foronda, Baptiste, Reinholdt, & Ousman, 2015). Diversity among people can consist of a variety of ethnicities, cultures, ages, religions, social classes, occupations, or genders. Diversity is an antecedent of cultural humility, because the concept of cultural humility revolves around certain types of people being open to other types of people. Another aspect that should be present for cultural humility to manifest is power imbalance. Inequalities in authority can represent superiority or inferiority of one person or group, which further indicate a lack of cultural humility.

Ang Lee’s Crouching tiger Hidden Dragon is probably one of the most successful foreign films to ever be screened in America. Being the number one film of the year in 2000. On the other hand it was reportedly considered a flop in China. While it was influenced by American film styles, it still kept true to many aspects of its Chinese film heritage. With very apparent love story, it lacked the Extreme amount of Kung Fu fight scenes eastern audiences have come to enjoy. This is a stunning love story between a monk and widow. While it does have its share of over the top fight scenes, when you start to dig deeper the films many social implications become apparent. With ties to subjects such as religion, martial arts, philosophy, love, and even gender issues. This film is a representation of the modern era and how long practiced traditions are being challenged. Each character and plot line allows a glimpse into the Social and Traditional understanding of a culture.

He was a philosopher attributed with the writing of the Tao-Te-Ching and the reputed founder of Taoism. ("Tao" meaning the way of all life, "Te" meaning the fit use of life by all men, and "Ching" meaning text.) Lao Tzu was not his real name but rather an honorary title given to him by his followers meaning "Old Master".

Confucius created a system of thinking called Confucianism. If only one word could be used to summarize the Chinese way of life for the last two thousand years, that word would be Confucian. No other person has had as great an effect on the life and thought of the Chinese people as Confucius. He is the most adored person in Chinese history. Confucius claimed no greatness, instead he looked to a past time that he saw as the golden age. He told one of his disciples, "I transmit but I do not create. I am sincerely fond of the ancient. I would compare myself to Old P'eng who was fond of talking about the good old days." Confucius was a transmitter of the wisdom of the past. From his study of Chinese tradition, he gathered the