| ID | 019196 |
| Call Number | 153.4/NIS |
| Title Proper | Geography of thought |
| Other Title Information | How Asians and Westerners think differently...and why |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Nisbett, Richard E. |
| Publication | New York, Free Press, 2003. |
| Description | xxiii, 263p Grey spine |
| Note | People actually think - and even see - the world differently, because of differing ecologies, social structures, philosophies, and educational systems that date back to ancient Greece and China, and that have survived into the modern world. As a result, East Asians think 'holistically' - that the world is a circle - while Westeners think 'analytically' - that it is ia line. From feng shui to metaphysics, from comparative linguistics to economic history, a gulf separates the children of Aristotle from the descendents of Confucius. At a momen in history when the need for cross-cultural understading and collaboration have never been more important, 'the geograpahy of thought' offers both a map to that gulf, and a blueprint for a bridge that might be able to span it |
| Standard Number | 9780743255356 |
| Price. Qualification | $15.99(Pb) |
| Classification Number | 153.4 |
| Key Words | IBDP ; TOK ; Mental processes ; Cognition and culture ; Thought and thinking - Philosophy |