Negotiating Meaning-part 3: Cultural/Cognitive Thought Styles

Mary Douglas believes there is a grid/group structure which describes the way people think in various contexts. She believes this results in four major thought styles which tend to guide our thinking along the twin axes of social solidarity and personal freedom: individualist, hierachist, communitarian, and isolate. Interestingly, other scholars (Alan Fiske, Richard, Shweder, and Jonathan Haidt) have seen similar patterns, though they usually give them somewhat different names. This series overlaps with the series parts 1 and 2.

1. 1Introduction-thought stylesEnglish
2. 2"Avatar" as a parable of translationEnglish
3. 3Thought styles-1English
4. 4Thought styles-2English
5. 5The dynamic use of cognitive framesEnglish
6. 6Emory College Center for Mind, Brain, and CultureEnglish
7. 7The paradox of choiceEnglish
8. 8The art of choosingEnglish
9. 9A kinder, gentler philosophy of successEnglish
10. 10Five Domains of Moral JudgmentEnglish
11. 11Social IntuitionismEnglish
12. 12MAP: Our Multiple SelvesEnglish
13. 13NeuroanthropologyEnglish
14. 14On Being HumanEnglish
15. 15How do you view the world?English
16. 16The Role of Culture in Translation (2000-TTW)English
17. 17The role of culture in translationEnglish
18. 18Mary Douglas and beyond (2009-TTW)English
19. 19Lost in Translation (2003-TTW)English
20. 20Moral and Ritual Purity: A True Divide?English
21. 21Conceptual MetaphorsEnglish
22. 22Revising the Fault LineEnglish