Working at the Interface of Cultures Eighteen Lives in Social Science [Hardcover]

Behind the mask of objective science lie the dynamics of what happens to scientists who go to live and work in another culture. Those who work and study in an alien culture often find themselves changed in ways that affect their scientific work. How does this challenge, stimulate, provoke, suggest and inspire advances and novelty in their theories, methods and instruments?

Originally published in 1997, each of the essays in this title explores these issues through the experiences of a distinguished practitioner, describing the process of intellectual growth and development. Chosen for their extensive experience with people holding a different worldview, the authors have all achieved renown for their contributions to the social science of culture.

List of Contributors.  Preface.  1. What Kind of Game in a Far-Away Forest? Ernest E. Boesch  2. A Natural Experiment: Nature Runs an Untidy Laboratory George M. Guthrie  3. Always Something New Out of Africa Gustav Jahoda  4. Raised in a Collectivist Culture, One May Become an Individualist Harry C. Triandis  5. The Archimedes Effect Geert Hofstede  6. Indigenising Westernised Chinese Psychology Kuo-shu Yang  7. In Search of my Brahman Jai B.P. Sinha  8. The Making, Unmaking and Remaking of a Psychologist Edward E. Sampson  9. Tales that Wag the Dog: Globalisation and the Emergence of Postmodern Psychology Kenneth J. Gergen and Mary M. Gergen  10. The Double Life of a Bilingual: A Cross-Cultural Perspective Anna Wierzbicka  11. Crossing the Bosphorus: Toward a Socially Relevant and Culturally Sensitive Career in Psychology ?idem Kait?iba_i  12. Cruising the World: A Nomad in Academe J.W. Berry  13. Enculturation ofl#@