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Beyond Culture is a proud celebration of human capacities. For too long, people have taken their own ways of life for granted, ignoring the vast, international cultural community that surrounds them. Humankind must now embark on the difficult journey beyond culture, to the discovery of a lost self a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hall, Edward T. (Edward Twitchell), 1914-2009
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Anchor Books, 1989.
Edition:Anchor books ed.
Subjects:
Intercultural communication.
Cultural lag.
Social evolution.
Personality and culture.
Social Evolution
interkulturális kommunikáció
személyiség és kultúra
társadalmi fejlődés
Cultuur.
Attitude (Psychology)
Human behavior.
Social psychology.
Anthropology.
Cultural lag
Geschichte
Intercultural communication
Personality and culture
Social evolution
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The paradox of culture
  • Man as extension
  • Consistency and life
  • Hidden culture
  • Rhythm and body movement
  • Context and meaning
  • Contexts, high and low
  • Why context?
  • Situation: culture's building block
  • Action chains
  • Covert culture and action chains
  • Imagery and memory
  • Cultural and primate bases of education
  • Culture as an irrational force
  • Culture as identification
  • Notes.