Culture Change

Ethnicity, Values and ‘Becoming Human’

David C. Lewis (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

369 Seiten

2026
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-981-95-0831-0 (ISBN)

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All cultures change – but some aspects change more rapidly than others. Drawing on extensive experience of various cultures, in this book David Lewis develops a model that differentiates between the rates of change in different aspects of a culture.Culture teaches us how to relate to other human beings, so David also explores aspects of what it means to be human. Some distinctively human features that are influenced by culture include the development of a sense of humour, a sensitivity to the voice of one’s conscience and a capacity to look towards the future with hope.

David C. Lewis is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Ethnology and Sociology at Yunnan University – which is one of the leading centres for the study of Cultural Anthropology in China. He has also taught at the Universities of Leeds and Cambridge in England and at universities in Russia and Germany. Since 1991 David has been an affiliated researcher of the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit at the University of Cambridge. His fieldwork experience is reflected in his writings on Japan, Russia, England and Central Asia. In 2009 the government of Yunnan awarded him the Caiyunjiang 彩云奖medal in recognition of his service to China. This book is dedicated to his wife and five children, who have shared with David in exploring other cultures.

Introduction.- Chapter 1. Change is a Constant.- Chapter 2. Culture is a Process.- Chapter 3. Measuring change.- Chapter 4. Interpreting History.- Chapter 5. Things.- Chapter 6. Power.- Chapter 7. Kiss and Kin.- Chapter 8. Spiritual Dynamics.- Chapter 9. Values.- Chapter 10. A model of change.

Erscheinungsdatum	29.11.2025
Zusatzinfo	23 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
Schlagworte	China • Culture • Ethnicity • Globalization • Japan • Russia
ISBN-10	981-95-0831-2 / 9819508312
ISBN-13	978-981-95-0831-0 / 9789819508310
Zustand	Neuware