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The Influence of Culture on Visual Perception,
Marshall & D Campbell Segall
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Description for The Influence of Culture on Visual Perception,
Hardcover. This book explores the French Enlightenment's use of cross-cultural comparisons - particularly the figures of the Chinese mandarin and American and Polynesian savage - to praise of critique aspects of European society and to draw general conclusions regarding human nature, natural law, and the rise and decline of civilizations. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
This book explores the French Enlightenment's use of cross-cultural comparisons - particularly the figures of the Chinese mandarin and American and Polynesian savage - to praise of critique aspects of European society and to draw general conclusions regarding human nature, natural law, and the rise and decline of civilizations.
This book explores the French Enlightenment's use of cross-cultural comparisons - particularly the figures of the Chinese mandarin and American and Polynesian savage - to praise of critique aspects of European society and to draw general conclusions regarding human nature, natural law, and the rise and decline of civilizations.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indianapolis Bobbs Merrill 1966
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History
Number of Pages
271
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137002532
SKU
V9781137002532
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About Marshall & D Campbell Segall
David Harvey is an associate professor of History at the New College of Florida.
Reviews for The Influence of Culture on Visual Perception,
" the best overview of the French Enlightenment's engagement with diversity . . . This comprehensive and clear book should be read by everyone as a primer on the role of the Enlightenment in articulating the contours of many of the debates about diversity that still preoccupy us in the workplace, in law, and in the academy." - AHR ... Read more