Social science as dialogue: narcissism,individualist and collectivist values,and religious interest in iran and the united states |
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Authors: | Nima?Ghorbani Email author" target="_blank">P?J?WatsonEmail author Stephen?W?Krauss Mark?N?Bing H?Kristl?Davison |
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Institution: | (1) University of Tehran, Iran;(2) University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA;(3) University of Hartford, USA;(4) Psychology/Department, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, #2803, 350 Holt Hall-615 McCallie Avenue, 37403 Chattanooga, TN |
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Abstract: | This investigation most importantly sought to illustrate the use of social science to promote cross-cultural dialogue. Fukuyama
(1992) explained contemporary cultural trends in terms of a triumphant individualism that would overcome all other forms of
social life, including what he described as the “fundamentalist resentment” of Iran. Lasch (1979) more pessimistically diagnosed
Western social arrangements in terms of an emerging “culture of narcissism.” In this study, Iranian and American university
students responded to measures of narcissism, individualist and collectivist values, religious interest, and psychological
adjustment (identity, self-actualization, and self-consciousness). Variables related to a sense of community (collectivist
values, religious interest, and identity) correlated negatively with narcissism in both societies, as did self-actualization.
These data supported a moderate position between the polarized extremes of Fukuyama and Lasch and more importantly demonstrated
how social scientific methods might be useful in creating a “space” for conducting a “dialogue between civilizations.” |
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