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The Geography of Thought
The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and | Richard Nisbett
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A landmark book (Robert J. Sternberg, president of the American Psychological Association) by one of the world's preeminent psychologists that proves human behavior is not hard-wired but a function of culture. Everyone knows that while different cultures think about the world differently, they use the same equipment for doing their thinking. But what if everyone is wrong? The Geography of Thought documents Richard Nisbett's groundbreaking international research in cultural psychology and shows that people actually think aboutand even seethe world differently because of differing ecologies, social structures, philosophies, and educational systems that date back to ancient Greece and China. As a result, East Asian thought is holisticdrawn to the perceptual field as a whole and to relations among objects and events within that field. By contrast, Westerners focus on salient objects or people, use attributes to assign them to categories, and apply rules of formal logic to understand their behavior. From feng shui to metaphysics, from comparative linguistics to economic history, a gulf separates the children of Aristotle from the descendants of Confucius. At a moment in history when the need for cross-cultural understanding and collaboration have never been more important, The Geography of Thought offers both a map to that gulf and a blueprint for a bridge that will span it.
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ShayLRoss03
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I'm about halfway through this book and while it is certainly "thought-provoking" (ha), it's certainly a lot to take in. The method of thinking has very deep historical, sometimes religious, and often parental ties that continue to shape and evolve. However, the differences between Westerners and Asians is quite striking, where Nisbett, through countless studies and research, starts to discover why. #thoughtful #socialscience #asians #westerners

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aubergine123
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I need to return this, it's way overdue. But an excellent and fascinating read about the differences between eastern and western thinking.

I'm on page 167.

Lcsmcat This has been on my TBR (and my shelf) for years. I need to move it up. 6y
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Lcsmcat
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The premise of this book, which has been on my TBR far too long, is that where you grow up influences the way you #think. #Augustgrrrl @Cinfhen

Cinfhen That sounds fascinating 🤓I #think you need to bump this book up your TBR 7y
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