Foundations of Culture: Knowledge-Construction, Belief Systems and Worldview in Their Dynamic Interplay

ISBN-13: 9783631566855 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 312 str.

Harald Haarmann

Spis treści

Contents: Arbiters of culture: Time - reality - human consciousness - identity - The significance of symbol-making - Knowledge-construction in the world of cultural diversity - Contrasting cultures: Quandaries and pitfalls - The impact of knowledge-construction on the culture process: 30 postulates on the dynamics of sustainability and change - Coda: Harmony versus tension

O autorze

The Author: Harald Haarmann Ph.D., born in 1946, is a German linguist and cultural scientist living and working in Finland. He obtained his Ph.D. in Bonn (1970) and his Habilitation (qualification at professorship level) in Trier (1979). He has taught and conducted research at several German and Japanese universities, and is a member of the Research Centre on Multilingualism in Brussels. Since 2003, he has been Vice-President of the Institute of Archaeomythology (with headquarters in Sebastopol, California) in addition to being director of its European branch (based in Luumäki, Finland). Harald Haarmann is the author of more than 40 books in German, English, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese. Among his awards are the «Prix Logos», 1999 (France), the «American Medal of Honor», 2002 (USA), and the «Plato Award», 2006 (UK).