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Informationen zum Autor Richard A. Shweder, a cultural anthropologist, is the William Claude Reavis Professor of Human Development, University of Chicago. Klappentext In these provocative essays! one of the most brilliant advocates of cultural psychology maintains that cultural differences in mental life lie at the heart of any understanding of the human condition. 1 halftone. 4 line illustrations. Zusammenfassung Drawing on ethnographic studies of the distinctive modes of psychological functioning in communities around the world! Shweder explores ethnic and cultural differences in ideals of gender! in the life of the emotions! in conceptions of mature adulthood and the stages of life! and in moral judgments about right and wrong. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Anti-Postculturalism (or! The View from Manywheres) 1. Who Sleeps by Whom Revisited (with Lene Balle-Jensen and William Goldstein) 2. The "Big Three" of Morality (Autonomy! Community! Divinity) and the "Big Three" Explanations of Suffering (with Nancy C. Much! Manamohan Mahapatra! and Lawrence Park) 3. Cultural Psychology of Emotions: Ancient and New (with Jonathan Haidt) 4. "What about Female Genital Mutilation?" And Why Understanding Culture Matters 5. The Return of the "White Man's Burden" and the Domestic Life of Hindu Women (with Usha Menon) 6. Culture and Mental Development in Our Poststructural Age 7. A Polytheistic Conception of the Sciences and the Virtues of Deep Variety 8. Fundamentalism for Highbrows: The Aims of Education Address at the University of Chicago Conclusion: From Manywheres to the Civilizing Project! and Back Notes References Acknowledgments Index
