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The Middle East
For over a decade the Middle East has monopolized news headlines in the West. Journalists and commentators regularly speculate that the region’s turmoil may stem from the psychological momentum of its cultural traditions or of a “tribal” or “fatalistic” mentality. Yet few studies of the region’s cultural psychology have provided a critical synthesis of psychological research on Middle Eastern societies. Drawing on autobiographies, literary works, ethnographic accounts, and life-history interviews, The Middle East: A Cultural Psychology offers the first comprehensive summary of psychological writings on the region, covering works by psychologists, anthropologists, and sociologists written in English, Arabic, and French. Rejecting stereotypic descriptions of the “Arab mind” or “Muslim mentality,” Gary Gregg adopts a life-span development framework, examining influences on development in the context of recent work in cultural psychology, and compares Middle Eastern patterns less with Western middle class norms than with those described for the region’s neighbors: Hindu India, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Mediterranean shore of Europe. The psychological writings overwhelmingly suggest that the region’s strife stems much less from a stubborn adherence to tradition and resistance to modernity than from widespread frustration with broken promises of modernization - with the slow and halting pace of economic progress and democratization. A sophisticated account of the Middle East’s cultural psychology, this book provides students, researchers, policy-makers, and all those interested in the culture and psychology of the region with invaluable insight into the lives, families, and social relationships of Middle Easterners as they struggle to reconcile the lure of Westernized life-styles with traditional values.
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Culture and Identity in a Muslim Society
In the last fifteen years, psychologists have rediscovered culture and its influence on emotion, thought, and self. Research appeared to produce a consensus that the world's cultures can be ranked on dimensions of individualist vs. collectivist, with Western cultures falling at the individualist end, and non-Western cultures at the collectivist end. Studies seemed to further indicate that individualist cultures give rise to \"independent\" selves so that Westerners think and act autonomously while collectivist cultures foster \"interdependent\" selves with permeable boundaries that embed non-Westerners in social relationships so that they think and act relationally. Culture and Identity presents an alternative to the individualist vs. collectivist approach to identity. Unlike most psychological and anthropological studies of culture and self, it directly studies individuals, using study of lives-style interviews with young adults living in villages and small towns in southern Morocco. It analyses the life-narratives of two men and two women, building a theory of culture and identity that differs from prevailing psychological and anthropological models in important respects. In contrast to modernist theories of identity as unified, the life-narratives show individuals to articulate a small set of shifting identities. But in contrast to post-modern theories that claim people have a kaleidoscopic multiplicity of fluid identities, the narratives show that the identities are integrated by repeated use of culturally-specific self-symbols, metaphors, and story-plots. Perhaps most importantly, the life-narratives show these young Moroccans self-representations to be pervasively shaped by the volatile cultural struggle between Western-style modernity and authentic Muslim tradition. Offering a new approach to the study of identity, the volume will be of interest to cross-cultural psychologists, anthropologists, and scholars specialising in the study of lives.
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American Statesmanship
This book, much needed in our public discourse, examines
some of the most significant political leaders in American
history.
With an eye on the elusive qualities of political greatness,
this anthology considers the principles and practices of diverse
political leaders who influenced the founding and development of
the American experiment in self-government. Providing both breadth
and depth, this work is a virtual \"who's who\" from the founding to
modern times. From George Washington to Frederick Douglass and
Elizabeth Cady Stanton to FDR and Ronald Reagan, the book's
twenty-six chapters are thematically organized to include a brief
biography of each subject, his or her historical context, and the
core principles and policies that led to political success or
failure. A final chapter considers the rhetorical legacy of Bill
Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump. Nearly all
readers agree that statesmanship makes a crucial difference in the
life of a nation and its example is sorely needed in America today.
These concise portraits will appeal to experts as well as history
buffs. The volume is ideal for leadership and political science
classroom use in conjunction with primary sources.
Contributors: Kenneth L. Deutsch, Gary L. Gregg II, David
Tucker, Sean D. Sutton, Bruce P. Frohnen, Stephanie P. Newbold,
Phillip G. Henderson, Michael P. Federici, Troy L. Kickler,
Johnathan O'Neill, H. Lee Cheek, Jr., Carey Roberts, Hans
Schmeisser, Joseph R. Fornieri, Peter C. Myers, Emily Krichbaum,
Natalie Taylor, Jean M. Yarbrough, Christopher Burkett, Will
Morrisey, Elizabeth Edwards Spalding, Patrick J. Garrity, Giorgi
Areshidze, William J. Atto, David B. Frisk, Mark Blitz, Jeffrey
Crouch, and Mark J. Rozell.
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Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture
As a meeting point for world cultures, the USA is characterized by its breadth and diversity. Acknowledging that diversity is the fundamental feature of American culture, this volume is organized around a keen awareness of race, gender, class and space and with over 1,200 alphabetically-arranged entries - spanning 'the American century' from the end of World War II to the present day - the Encyclopedia provides a one-stop source for insightful and stimulating coverage of all aspects of that culture.Entries range from short definitions to longer overview essays and with full cross-referencing, extensive indexing, and a thematic contents list, this volume provides an essential cultural context for both teachers and students of American studies, as well as providing fascinating insights into American culture for the general reader. The suggestions for further reading, which follows most entries, are also invaluable guides to more specialized sources.
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The Routledge Companion to Religion and Science
The field of religion and science is one of the most exciting and dynamic areas of research today. This Companion brings together an outstanding team of scholars to explore the ways in which science intersects with the major religions of the world and religious naturalism. The collection provides an overview of the field and also indicates ways in which it is developing. Its multicultural breadth and scientific rigor on topics that are and will be compelling issues in the first part of the twenty-first century and beyond will be welcomed by students and scholars alike.
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Violence, conflict, and world order
This is an ethnographic collection of 12 edited talks and conversations from a conference on violence, conflict, and the world order held at Eastern Kentucky University. The conference was organized by Carole Garrison, Chair of Criminal Justice and Police Studies at EKU, who arranged for video recording and transcription of the talks and conversations. The collection is divided into two parts: domestic and global issues. Some of the topics examined include violence against women, restrictions on women's reproduction, culture and ideology, homeland security, terrorism and invasion, empire, and human rights. The talks themselves are framed by an insightful and exciting prologue and an intriguing epilogue by the editor.
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