Cultural DNA, First Edition, The Psychology of Globalization by Bains, Gurnek -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction

The Psychology of the Eurozone Crisis We Are Not All the Same and That Is Good Unconscious Bias Greater Similarity and Difference at the Same Time The Globalization Challenge for Business Defining Cultural DNA A Word About the Evidence Why Bother with Differences? Notes

Chapter 1: America—The Change Makers

Founder Effects The Peopling of America Positivity Embracing the New Assimilation over Accommodation Mammon: Tamed and Untamed The Triumph of Functionality Increasing Plurality Looking Ahead Notes

Chapter 2: Sub-Saharan Africa: Under Nature's Shadow

How Modern Humans Populated Africa Nature's Crucible: The Forces Shaping Africa's Cultural DNA Community and Beyond Naturalness: Expressed and Denied In the Moment Metaphor, Analogy, and the Connectedness of Things The Big Man and His Alter Ego Looking Ahead Notes

Chapter 3: India: Beyond This World

The Peopling of India The Toba Event The Forces That Have Shaped India's Cultural DNA Ahimsa Individual Paths Inner Directedness Horizontal Stratification Mathematics: The Art of the Hindus Ritualistic Thinking Looking Ahead Notes

Chapter 4: The Middle East: Ambivalence and Uncertainty in the Modern Age

How Modern Humans Populated the Middle East Deserts and Civilization: The Twin Drivers of Middle Eastern Cultural DNA The Rules of Life The Commercial Instinct The Best Ideas in the World The Honor–Modesty System The Other Sex Concentric Circles of Belonging Managing Contradictions and Tensions Notes

Chapter 5: China: The Seekers of Harmony

The Peopling of China The Forces That have Shaped China's DNA The Drive for Harmony The Authoritarian Compact Concrete and Practical Inventiveness Fast Slow Bounded Sociability and Empathy The Art of Copying Future Considerations Notes

Chapter 6: Europe: The Equal Society

The Forces that have Shaped European Cultural DNA Equality and Elitism Bounded Individualism Analyisis and Structured Planning Reserved Sociability The Diminishing Drive for Mastery The Opportunities and Challenges for European Culture Notes

Chapter 7: The Far Continents

Latin America—The Ever-Changing Melting Pot Australia: Mateship in a Far-Off Land Notes

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