خلاصة:
The thesis of this paper is that human beings are remarkably dis-tinct from other living beings (animals, birds, insects, etc.) andArtificial Intelligence (AI) machines (computers, robots, etc.) bywhat we would like to call cultural symbols. The latter refers tosuch cultural components as language, science, knowledge, reli-gious beliefs, thought, myths, cultural norms and values
ملخص الجهاز:
The Concept of The Culturo-Symbolic Soul Cultural symbols are seen in this paper as being intrinsically imbued with transcendental/metaphysical qualities whose impact and role in shaping the behavior of human individuals and societies are viewed as crucial.
In other words, at this level, we aspire to make a social science contribution to basic research in the field of human cultural symbols, and try to apply our theoretical perspective in an empiri- cal manner on a sample of behavior drawn from different societies, cul- tures, and civilizations.
As we have outlined at the outset of this work, the speedy transmission of spoken and written words in today’s world should not be explained only by the high technology in the field of information/communi- cation, but also by the very intrinsic nature of language itself as a top human cultural symbol.
In modern social science terms, the inte- gration of the Islamic religious symbols and the Arabic language and its culture into the basic personality of the large majority of individuals resid- ing between Morocco and the Arabian Gulf created a crucial similarity or a full blown homogeneity between the Arab Muslim mother society of Arabia and the newly Islamized and Arabized people.
p In comparison to the Quebec-Canada case, the materialization since the seventh century of a genuine Arab Muslim identity for the different religious, linguistic and ethnic collectivities that were residing between the Arabian Gulf and the Atlantic Ocean is a good proof of the l0ng-last- ing effect of the impact of cultural symbols on people’s behavior.