美国人价值观及其成因_英文_.doc

[ 收稿日期] 2007..09..30 [ 作者简介]郭贇( 1986..), 女, 内蒙古师范大学外国语学院在读本科生。 .. 2007年11月内蒙古师范大学学报.. (哲学社会科学版) Nov. , 2007.. 第36卷.. 第6期Jou rn al of Inn erMongolia Norm alU n iversity ( Ph ilosophy Social Science) Vo.l 36.. No. 6 美国人价值观及其成因 郭贇 (内蒙古师范大学外国语学院, 内蒙古呼和浩特010022) .. .. [ Abstract] .. 美国是一个移民国家, 在其历史上共有两次持续时间较长的移民运动, 来自欧洲、亚洲、非洲和美 洲的移民不仅带来他们的技术, 而且也将其文化带入美国社会, 这对美国人价值观和世界观的形成起了很大的影 响作用。追求平等自由独立和自我是美国人价值观的核心组成部分, 这些价值观的渊源既可上溯到清教文化, 同 时, 独立战争中发表的美国..独立宣言 对其形成也产生了深远的影响。 [ KeyW o rds] .. 美国; 移民; 核心价值观; ..独立宣言 [ 中图分类号] D09 .. .. [文献标识码] A.. .. [文章编号] 1001..7623( 2007) S1..0404..03 ! ..American Values America has been p lay ing an important ro le in our w orld sinceWo rldWar II. A lthough its history is on ly about three hundred years long, it still has great effects on many aspects on o ther countries. Un likemost other people, America is primarily a nation of imm ig rants. Their ancestors em igrated from m any parts of the globe. This great ly influenced the ideas and va lues on w hich American are based. 1..Deve lopm ent o fAmerican Va lues. As an imm i.. grated country, American values are different from oth.. er countries. V arious ethn icit ies, d ifferent re lig ions and some other pecu liarities lead to different va lues. W hat. s more, the values a lso change in d ifferent t ime periods. So according to the time line, there are three ma instream values in American society, w hich are Tra.. dit iona l value, Modern va lue, and Post- modern va l.. ue. # . T rad itionalVa lue. The time frame of tradition.. al value is up to 1700s. Priests are themost influential people fo r those who hold th is belie.f They believe that hum an be ing is God. s creat ion in God. s image- bear.. er. So they are inc lined to preserve the past and obey the au thorit ies. They also think that hum an beings are created good, but gradually has fa llen and people have been separated from God by sin. So in o rder to recon.. cile to God by Jesus, they emphasize more o