The Challenge of Human Diversity: Mirrors, Bridges, and Chasms

by Middleton, Dewight R.

• ISBN13: 9781577662495
• ISBN10: 1577662490
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-01
• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	v
Introduction: The Challenge of Diversity	1	(2)
Understanding Diversity	3	(1)
The Strategy of Anthropology	3	(4)
Plan of the Book	7	(2)
Culture Shock	9	(18)
Shocks to the System	10	(13)
The Shock of the New	23	(2)
Conclusion	25	(1)
Critical Thinking	26	(1)
Common Ground	27	(20)
Brain, Mind, and Evolution	28	(2)
Social Race	30	(2)
Thought, Emotions, and Culture	32	(10)
Channeling Behavior	42	(3)
Conclusion	45	(1)
Critical Thinking	46	(1)
Our Lived Difference	47	(20)
Culture as Adaptation	48	(10)
Culture as Meaning	58	(3)
Culture as System	61	(4)
Conclusion	65	(1)
Critical Thinking	66	(1)
Mirrors and Chasms	67	(18)
Colonialism and Racism	68	(1)
The Noble Savage	69	(1)
Indigenous Response and Resistance	70	(3)
Images and Myths	73	(7)
Native Resurgence and Political Actions	80	(2)
Conclusion	82	(1)
Critical Thinking	83	(2)
The Comparative Perspective	85	(22)
Early Comparisons	87	(5)
Survival Tasks and Sociocultural Complexity	92	(9)
Controlled Comparison: McWorld	101	(3)
Conclusion	104	(1)
Critical Thinking	104	(3)
Meeting the Challenge of Global Issues	107	(6)
Bibliography	113	(8)
Index	121