Cross-Civilizational Comparison of Heroic Culture: Value Foundations, Behavioral Logic and Social Embeddedness

Abstract

Aiming at the limitations of traditional heroic culture comparisons characterized by a Sino-Western dualistic opposition and the homogenization of non-Western cultures, this paper, from a cross-civilizational perspective, constructs a three-dimensional analytical framework of "China – the West – non-West (Japan, the Arab world)". It examines the cultural characteristics of heroic culture in these three types of civilizations from the dimensions of value foundation, behavioral logic and social embeddedness. Among them, Chinese heroic culture takes "righteousness" as its core, highlighting group orientation and moral responsibility; Western heroic culture is centered on individualism, emphasizing the breaking of conventions and a result-oriented approach; non-Western heroic culture, represented by Japan and the Arab world, focuses on loyalty to specific groups with closed ethical boundaries. Meanwhile, this paper reveals the advantages of Chinese heroic culture in cross-civilizational communicability, thereby providing theoretical support for its modern transformation, the shaping of a national image, and the promotion of global civilizational dialogue.