香港经济史--------ppt3.ppt

LECTURE (3): Culture & Identity
History of Political Culture & Identity
(Lecture by Agnes Ku)
Today’s Focuses
Political Culture before the 1980s
Political apathy (冷感)?
Nationalism before the 1980s
Weak nationalism?
Changing Political Culture in the transitional Period (1984-1997)
Political Culture & Identity after 1997
I. Political Culture before the 1980s
Different Interpretations
Political Apathy (Lau Siu-kai 劉兆佳, 1982)
Political Activism (抗爭) + depoliticization非政治化(Lam Wai-man, 2004)
1. Political Apathy (Lau Siu-kai, 1982)
Question: why political stability despite rapid economic development by the 70s?
Cultural orientations of the people:
Short-term horizon
Social stability
Materialism
Context: escaping from China in the 1950s
– looking for stability & work in HK
Lau …
Culture: “Utilitarian Familism”(功利家庭主義)
-an adaptation of traditional familism to the Hong Kong setting
(traditional familism took the family as an integral part of society & placed high value on symbolic . non-material rewards from society)
Lau …
UF: “a normative & behavioural tendency of an individual to place his familial interests above the interests of society or any of ponent individuals and groups, and to structure his relationships with other individuals and groups in such a fashion that the furtherance of his familial interests is the primary consideration. Moreover, among the familial interests materialistic interests take priority over all other interests.”()
Lau …
Political Apathy
(a)  Aloofness towards society
-mitted to HK but treating it in an instrumental way – as a place wherein one can exploit the opportunities to maximize interests for oneself & one’s family;
(b) Avoidance of involvement with outsiders (people outside the familial groups)
(c) Low social participation
Lau …
Indicators of political apathy (examples):
low voting rate in the Urban Council
low participation rate in political & anizations
 POLITICAL STABILITY
(. few &