Why the West Is Not the Best : 10 Superiority Myths
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching
| Author: | Francisco Capelo | ISBN: | 9781329732803 |
| Publisher: | Lulu.com | Publication: | December 3, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Lulu.com | Language: | English |
| Author: | Francisco Capelo |
| ISBN: | 9781329732803 |
| Publisher: | Lulu.com |
| Publication: | December 3, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Lulu.com |
| Language: | English |
From Psychology to Mass Media, from Linguistics to Architecture, these are the 10 reasons why the West thinks it´s better than the rest. Is Stephen Hawking wrong about the universe´s space expansion ? Does Noam Chomsky really studies Language...? Why has official science chosen Freud instead of Jung ? This is the book every scholar from the social or exact sciences should read. These are ten myths professed as absolute truths and upon which our society of fear is built: 1 – Linguistics: the Myth of moneme / morpheme 2 – Physics: the Myth of the universe’s space expansion 3 – Sociology/Anthropology: the Myth of the self-sufficient society 4 – Educational system and Politics: the Myth of the “neutral society" 5 – Psychology: the Myth of scientific objectivity 6- Economics: the Myth of development 7- Communication Media: the Myth of “free” Communication Media 8- Egocentrism: the Myth of the concept of family 9- The invention of Money 10- The “international style” in architecture
From Psychology to Mass Media, from Linguistics to Architecture, these are the 10 reasons why the West thinks it´s better than the rest. Is Stephen Hawking wrong about the universe´s space expansion ? Does Noam Chomsky really studies Language...? Why has official science chosen Freud instead of Jung ? This is the book every scholar from the social or exact sciences should read. These are ten myths professed as absolute truths and upon which our society of fear is built: 1 – Linguistics: the Myth of moneme / morpheme 2 – Physics: the Myth of the universe’s space expansion 3 – Sociology/Anthropology: the Myth of the self-sufficient society 4 – Educational system and Politics: the Myth of the “neutral society" 5 – Psychology: the Myth of scientific objectivity 6- Economics: the Myth of development 7- Communication Media: the Myth of “free” Communication Media 8- Egocentrism: the Myth of the concept of family 9- The invention of Money 10- The “international style” in architecture
