Overview

Individuals often view ""culture"" as activities beyond their interests, associating the concept with exclusivity or high art. To be cultured is often synonymous with engaging in physical expressions of art, like opera, a classical music concert, a museum exhibit or a theater performance. While culture does indeed extend to all these things, it is the internal processes of memory, language, imagination and thought that frequently have more significance than any real-world activity. Culture is day-to-day life, ideas, identity and perception. This book investigates the ways in which thought and belief have inspired collective human endeavors and traditions. The text brings the act of thinking into clear focus, outlining its effect on civic development while exploring the history of cultural epistemology. Spanning across time periods and geographic regions, chapters derive new and unique meaning from the connection between thought, belief, tradition and the cultures they create. It explores how active thinking leads to group identity and documents the multigenerational ideas and attitudes that have strengthened cultural memory.

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Author:   Gary Edson
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9781476690742

ISBN 10:   147669074
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   30 October 2022
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Introduction to Thinking and Culture One. Thinking About Culture Ways of Thinking, Feeling and Acting Inescapable Community Stories Two. Creativity as Cultural Expression Symbols Disclose a Characteristic of Truth Three. Culture as the Spirit of Humanity Ideologies of Particular Importance Four. In Search of Cultural Reality A Timely Existence Five. Truth Is More Than a Way of Thinking Expressions as Truth and Untruth Six. Ways of Cultural Recollection Recollection as Social Orientation Seven. The Critical Nature of Culture The Universality of Ethics Thinking Eight. Knowledge and Cultural Thinking Understanding, Logic and Expression Nine. Cultural Spaces and Social Inclusion Sustaining Cultural Ways Ten. The Idea of Cultural Identity The Perceived Transformation Lost Identity Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Gary Edson, professor emeritus of museum science at the Center for Advanced Study of Museum Science and Heritage Management, Museum of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, was executive director of the Museum for 25 years. The author of numerous books and articles on museum practices, he lives and works in Taiwan, R.O.C.

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