Publication Date
2003
Publication Place
Cambridge, Massachusetts. -
Harvard University Press, 2003.
Subject
Ethnopsychology, Cultural pluralism., Multiculturalism
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
419
Physical Dimensions
22 cm
Library
The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)
Record ID
3100001~!120380~!4959
Library Location
HS-SS Stacks
Date
2003
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-400) and index.. 120380. viii, 419 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Sample Text
Why do American children sleep alone instead of with their parents? Why do middle-aged Western women yearn for their youth, while young wives in India look forward to being middle-aged? In these essays, the author reminds us that cultural differences in mental life lie at the heart of any understanding of the human condition. Drawing on ethnographic studies of the distinctive modes of psychological functioning in communities around the world, Richard Shweder explores ethnic and cultural differences in ideals of gender, in the life of the emotions, in conceptions of mature adulthood and the stages of life, and in moral judgments about right and wrong. The knowable world, Shweder observes, is incomplete if seen from any one point of view, incoherent if seen from all points of view at once, and empty if seen from nowhere in particular. This work strives for the "view from manywheres" in a culturally diverse yet interdependent world.
ISBN
0674010574, 9780674010574, 067401135X, 9780674011359
