Cultures differ over whether the world is a living whole or a machine

Evidence

Holistic/Organic: sees world as interconnected like a living thing. Views humans and the rest of nature in reciprocal relationships of interdependence. … Mechanism: sees world and life processes as being like a machine. Exhibited in such terms as “information processing” and “feedback systems.” — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 615

Categorization

• DEFINE: Teaching-pair of root metaphors, holistic versus mechanistic, that anchors class comparison of worldviews.
• XREF: connects to: Science presents itself as universal and culture-free but is itself a cultural discourse — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 545; Human cultures historically vary with their material or productive basis — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 861; Human diversity of societies proves culture is not tightly biologically fixed — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 156 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Collectivism differs qualitatively across cultures, not just in degree #exemplifies (0.78)
• Human diversity of societies proves culture is not tightly biologically fixed #expands (0.73) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 156
• Human cultures historically vary with their material or productive basis #expands (0.72) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 861
• Cultures differ thickly while sharing a thin universal morality of prohibitions #expands (0.71)