Culture and Human Thought

The Core of Who We Are

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Individuals often view "culture" as activities beyond their interests, associating the concept with exclusivity or high art. To be cultured is often synonymous with engaging in physical expressions of art, like opera, a classical music concert, a museum exhibit or a theater performance. While culture does indeed extend to all these things, it is the internal processes of memory, language, imagination and thought that frequently have more significance than any real-world activity. Culture is day-to-day life, ideas, identity and perception.This book investigates the ways in which thought and belief have inspired collective human endeavors and traditions. It brings the act of thinking into focus, outlining its effect on civic development while exploring the history of cultural epistemology. Spanning time periods and geographic regions, chapters derive new meaning from the connections between thought, belief, tradition and the cultures they create. They explore how active thinking leads to group identity and document the multigenerational ideas and attitudes that have strengthened cultural memory.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-10-20
Mått152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt263 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor194
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476690742

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Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction to Thinking and CultureOne. Thinking About CultureWays of Thinking, Feeling and ActingInescapable Community StoriesTwo. Creativity as Cultural ExpressionSymbols Disclose a Characteristic of TruthThree. Culture as the Spirit of HumanityIdeologies of Particular ImportanceFour. In Search of Cultural RealityA Timely ExistenceFive. Truth Is More Than a Way of ThinkingExpressions as Truth and UntruthSix. Ways of Cultural RecollectionRecollection as Social OrientationSeven. The Critical Nature of CultureThe Universality of Ethics ThinkingEight. Knowledge and Cultural ThinkingUnderstanding, Logic and ExpressionNine. Cultural Spaces and Social InclusionSustaining Cultural WaysTen. The Idea of Cultural IdentityThe Perceived TransformationLost IdentityChapter NotesBibliographyIndex