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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454989903321

Autore

Mantovani Giuseppe <1942->

Titolo

Exploring borders [[electronic resource] ] : Understanding culture and psychology / / Giuseppe Mantovani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-280-40118-4

0-203-13092-8

0-203-17034-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 p.)

Disciplina

155.8/2

Soggetti

Culture

Ethnopsychology

Cultural relativism

Ethnocentrism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [142]-148) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Frames of experience; Birds and spirits; The roots of prejudice; Metaphors and analogies; Immeasurable distances; Different shipwrecks; Hopes of happiness; So near and yet so far; The web of culture; Sun counters; Pride and dignity; The blind man's cane; Culture in education; Cultivating memory; The sheriff comes for Virgil; Crossing borders; Conclusions; Notes; References; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Highlights and explores the ways in which culture acts as a framework organising our experience. The emphasis is placed on the differences across and between cultures and the depths to which these can go.