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课程名称:《西方文化史》 开课单位：福州大学外国语学院 开课教师： 潘红,余梅娴 Course Introduction(课程说明) Topic 1 What is Culture and Why do We have to learn the history of it? 什么是文化？为什么学习文化史？ Mesopotamia Civilization美索不达米亚文明→20th century European culture Western experience---powerfully shapes the world (government, institutions, ideas, law, values) President Barack Obama’s bow to Emperor Akihito upon arriving at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo November 14, 2009 sparks criticism from right Different perceptions of beauty ways of seeing(do you see a vase or two human faces?) Confucian tradition儒教传统 《三字经》（Three-Character Clas