Analysis Of Richard Lewis When Cultures Collide By Richard Lewis

Richard Lewis--a world traveler who speaks ten languages. He explains cultures through language in the World. His book “When Cultures Collide” now in its third edition, which has sold more than one million copies since it was first published. People think this book nailed and showed the World’s economy. What is more, Lewis plots countries in relation to three categories, which has a significant influence on people’s understanding of different cultures. As for the three types of categories. The first type is Linear-actives. A Linear-Active is a person who just can do one thing at a time; they do not have so much energy to do a lot during one period. Germans and Swiss are in this group. The second is the kind I really like, which is Multi-Actives.

Most of the conclusions are based on some common characteristic. The behavior of people of different cultures is not something willy-nilly. There exist trends, sequences and traditions. (Gus Lubin) For example, after a long period of cultural exchanges and collisions, we know that Germans and Swiss are actually likely to plan ahead step by step, and they also just talk half of the time, which accord with Linear-Active people. So his views can be put forward in the late twentieth Century were very predictive and referential. In addition, Lewis’s classifying is more reliable than some other kindred. Because he does not rigidly divide the cultures, races and people into three categories, according to his chart of explain the World, there are still many people are between different personality types. Categories like this are more flexible, this also makes it easier to distinguish between different cultures. Like Russia and France are in the middle of Linear-active, multi-active, that is to say, Russia and France are likely to speak but not speak so much, and they can do maybe one or two things at a time. Their personalities are softer. Through his chart, we can clearly know the differences about different countries and cultures. People’s Character, which is located between the two types of culture may not so clear, but it is also their unique

On the one hand, by seeing his point of view, we can know more about other places’ cultures and personalities. What the most interesting thing is that before we come to a country, we can read those categories and learn some customers, in this way, we can get to know their habits ahead of time and don’t break their taboos. All of those can avoid some embarrassing things between different cultures. On the other hand, there are many economic mysteries are contained in cultural types. People can seek economic chances based on different cultural categories. So in some way his viewpoint lead people and give some skills about how to get chances from different cultures and get along with people far away from