Placeholder text
Cultural Schizophrenia
Only 1 item left in stock
Description
Based on examples ranging from Iran to Morocco, the author portrays a society he defines as peripheral-bound by a slavish adherence to its own glorified history, its "Tradition"-yet facing an external reality that derives from the West. The meeting of these two incompatible worlds sees the West but, more importantly, in how it sees itself.
Shayegan draws on a vast range of cultural experiences (from China and Japan to India and Latin America) in analyzing the type of mentality that is chained to its history. Sources as diverse as Jung and Octavio Paz widen the scope of this illuminating text. Already published in French, Turkish, Spanish, and Arabic to great critical acclaim, this English edition of Cultural Schizophrenia will be required reading for everyone concerned with the state of the world today, whether in the Third World or the West.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
198
Release Date:
1997-12-01
Publication Date:
1997-11-01
Publisher:
Syracuse University Press
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0815605072
ISBN13:
9780815605072
Weight:
298 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
11 cm
Condition
Show more
Show less
Show more
Show less
Good
The items bear minimal signs of past use, such as light scratches or memories in the form of markings. These signs of wear give the items a charming character and tell stories of their previous owners, while not affecting their functionality.
€11,89