Culture Change

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All cultures change &ndash; but some aspects change more rapidly than others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Drawing on extensive experience of various cultures, in this book David Lewis develops a model that differentiates between the rates of change in different aspects of a culture.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Culture teaches us how to relate to other human beings, so David also explores aspects of what it means to be human.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some distinctively human features that are influenced by culture include the development of a sense of humour, a sensitivity to the voice of one&rsquo;s conscience and a capacity to look towards the future with hope.</span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><strong>David C. Lewis</strong> is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Ethnology and Sociology at Yunnan University – which is one of the leading centres for the study of Cultural Anthropology in China.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has also taught at the Universities of Leeds and Cambridge in England and at universities in Russia and Germany.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since 1991 David has been an affiliated researcher of the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit at the University of Cambridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His fieldwork experience is reflected in his writings on Japan, Russia, England and Central Asia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 2009 the government of Yunnan awarded him the <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Caiyunjiang</em> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">¿¿</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Microsoft JhengHei'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">¿</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">medal in recognition of his service to China.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This book is dedicated to his wife and five children, who have shared with David in exploring other cultures.</span></p>

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