Comparison Between Development Concepts of American Democratic Culture and Chinese Social Culture

The cornerstone of the US social development lies in the general consensus about the mainstream social values of the democratic culture. The differences of the development concepts between its value of individual supremacy and the China's collectivism result in the different social development patterns in China and the US. The individual value and liberalism lead to the convergence in the group formed under the Chinese moral education and supported by the values,which will generate the divergence of the core concepts about the directions of the two kinds of social cultures. The difference of the social development under the US democratic theory and China's traditional spirit of rites makes them a pluralistic existence which can be enriched and improved in the exchanging and mutual learning process rather than an existence of antagonism.

The cornerstone of the US social development lies in the general consemus a- bout the mainstream social values of the democratic culture. The differences of the develop- ment concepts between its value of individual supremacy and the China＇ s collectivism result in the different social development patterns in China and the US. The individual value arid liber- alism lead to the convergence in the group formed under the Chinese moral education and supported by the values, which will generate the divergence of the core concepts about the di- rections of the two kinds of social cultures. The difference of the social development under the US democratic theory and China＇ s traditional spirit of rites makes them a pluralistic existence which can be enriched and improved in the exchanging and mutual learning process rather than an existence of antagonism.