As Others See Us: A Conversation on Cultural Differences (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781507832332)

At this time, all cultures are studied through the prism of western scholarship. This results in a distortion that denies peoples from other cultures an access to their own experience. An examination of some key ideas drawn from Indian and western culture highlights the nature of the problem and the conceptual constraints imposed by western scholarship. These constraints are so deep and so pervasive within western culture that they set limits on western imagination itself, and, consequently, on the imagination of folks from all other cultures. Now, to regain access to the varieties of cultural experience, we must develop alternative theoretical frameworks. Here is an example of one such attempt. With this, we can begin to get a taste of what the world, including the West, would look like if people from other cultures were to describe it in their terms.

Author: S. N. Balagangadhara, Divya Jhingran
ISBN-10: 1507832338
ISBN-13: 9781507832332
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/22/2015
Pages: 220
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.48d