Clash! : 8 cultural conflicts that make us who we are

✍ Scribed by Hazel , Rose Markus; Conner, Alana D

• Publisher: Hudson Street Press
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 292
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

What kind of person are you' Are you independent'individual, unique, and in control of your world' Are you interdependent'relational, similar to others, and good at adjusting to situations' Or are you both' In Clash!, leading cultural psychologists Hazel Rose Markus and Alana Conner show us how our cultural backgrounds create and reflect these two basic ways of being a self, which then shapes everything from how we run our governments to how we raise our children. Markus and Conner also demonstrate how clashes between independence and interdependence fuel many of today's most pressing conflicts, including tensions between East and West, the Global North and Global South, men and women, blacks and whites, conservative and liberal, religious groups, rich and poor, and businesses, governments, and nonprofits. Provocative and entertaining, Clash! offers solutions to many of the problems that plague our workplaces, schools, and relationships. For readers of The Culture Code by Clotaire Rapaille and The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki, it doesn't just explain who we are, it also envisions who we could become. Read more...

Abstract: What kind of person are you' Are you independent'individual, unique, and in control of your world' Are you interdependent'relational, similar to others, and good at adjusting to situations' Or are you both' In Clash!, leading cultural psychologists Hazel Rose Markus and Alana Conner show us how our cultural backgrounds create and reflect these two basic ways of being a self, which then shapes everything from how we run our governments to how we raise our children. Markus and Conner also demonstrate how clashes between independence and interdependence fuel many of today's most pressing conflicts, including tensions between East and West, the Global North and Global South, men and women, blacks and whites, conservative and liberal, religious groups, rich and poor, and businesses, governments, and nonprofits. Provocative and entertaining, Clash! offers solutions to many of the problems that plague our workplaces, schools, and relationships. For readers of The Culture Code by Clotaire Rapaille and The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki, it doesn't just explain who we are, it also envisions who we could become

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Hearts and minds, East and West --
A spin through the culture cycle --
Women are from earth, men are from earth: gender cultures --
Color lines: cultures of race and ethnicity --
Class acts: socioeconomic cultures --
States of mind: U.S. regional cultures --
Getting religion: faith cultures --
Love's labour's lost: workplace cultures --
The economic equator: cultures of the global north and south --
Self-made: the culture of you.

✦ Subjects

Culture conflict.;Culture.;Self.;Social Science.;SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.