Exploring Borders: Understanding Culture and Psychology

ISBN-13: 9780415234009 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 153 str.

Giuseppe Mantovani; Michael Cole; Michael Cole

Opis

The author of this work highlights and explores the ways in which culture acts as framework organizing our experience. He emphasizes the differences across and between cultures and examines the depths to which these can go. He also analyzes the functions of culture, including: mediation; meaning-making; and forming a repertory of values and principles. Finally, he considers some of the challenges raised by taking a cultural perspective and examines how these may be addressed in society.

Spis treści

Introduction. Part I. Frames of Experience 1. Birds and Spirits. 2. The Roots of Prejudice. 3. Metaphors and Analogies. Part II. Immeasurable Distances. 4. Different Shipwrecks. 5. Hopes of Happiness. 6. So Near and Yet So Far. Part III. The Web of Culture 7. Sun Counters. 8. Pride and Dignity. 9. The Blind Man's Cane. Part IV. Culture in Education 10. Cultivating Memory. 11. The Sheriff Comes for Virgil. 12. Crossing Borders. Conclusion. Notes. References.

O autorze

Giuseppe Mantovani is Professor of Attitudes at the University of Padova, Italy. His Previous publications include New Communication Enviroments (Taylor & Francis).