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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974691903321

Autore

Harrison Lawrence E

Titolo

The central liberal truth : how politics can change a culture and save it from itself / / Lawrence E. Harrison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-770008-X

0-19-983984-0

1-280-84613-5

0-19-804111-X

9786610846139

1-4294-3838-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

306/.01

Soggetti

Culture

Politics and culture

Social values

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-244) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Riddle of Hispaniola; 2 Disaggregating "Culture"; 3 Models and Instruments of Cultural Transmission/Change; 4 Religions and Progress; 5 Culture in Action I; 6 Culture in Action II; 7 Patterns of Cultural Change; 8 Success and Failure; 9 Conclusion: Guidelines for Progressive Cultural Change; Notes; Appendix: Biographical Sketches; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on a research project that explored the cultural values of many nations, this book focuses on values around the globe, describing how each nation's culture has propelled or retarded their political and economic progress. It presents 25 factors that operate differently in cultures prone to progress and those that resist it.