The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West

The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap (Vintage Contemporaries)

As East and West become more and more entwined, we also continue to baffle one another. Whatâ€™s more importantâ€”self-sacrifice or self-definition? Do we ultimately answer to something larger than ourselvesâ€”a family, a religion, a troop? Or is our mantra â€œTo thine own self be trueâ€?
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Gish Jen, drawing on a trove of personal accounts and cutting-edge research, shows how our worldviews are shaped by what cultural psychologists call "independent" and "interdependent" models of selfhood. Coloring what we perceive, remember, do, make, and tell, imbuing everything from our ideas about copying to our conceptions of human rights, these models help explain why the United States produced Apple while China created Alibabaâ€”and what that might mean for our shared future. As engaging as it is fascinating, The Girl at the Baggage Claim is a book that profoundly transforms our understanding of ourselves and our time.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 29879319
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2018-01-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781101972069

The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap (Vintage Contemporaries)