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🌏 East-West Differences

Explorations of the deep cultural, philosophical, and psychological divergences between Eastern and Western societies, and what these differences reveal about human nature itself.
The Geography of Thought
by Richard E. Nisbett • 2003
Westerners lock on objects; East Asians read the field: a divide rooted in ancient Greece and China.
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🧠 Cultural Psychology👥 Social Cognition🧩 Cognitive Styles
The Geography of Thought Summary
The Geography of Thought 89%
Westerners lock on objects; East Asians read the field: a divide rooted in ancient Greece and China.
by Richard E. Nisbett 2003
3.82
4k+ ratings
🧠 Cultural Psychology👥 Social Cognition🧩 Cognitive Styles
The Geopolitics of Emotion
by Dominique Moïsi • 2008
Oil and armies are not what drive nations. The real forces: fear, hope, and humiliation.
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500
🗺️ Geopolitics🧠 Political Psychology❤️ Emotion And Politics
The Geopolitics of Emotion Summary
The Geopolitics of Emotion 89%
Oil and armies are not what drive nations. The real forces: fear, hope, and humiliation.
by Dominique Moïsi 2008
3.65
500 ratings
🗺️ Geopolitics🧠 Political Psychology❤️ Emotion And Politics
The Japanese Mind
by Roger J. Davies • 2002
Japan runs on unwritten rules. Twelve everyday concepts reveal the logic beneath the surface.
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2k+
🗾 Japanese Society🌏 Cross-Cultural🤫 Indirect Communication
The Japanese Mind Summary
The Japanese Mind 88%
Japan runs on unwritten rules. Twelve everyday concepts reveal the logic beneath the surface.
by Roger J. Davies 2002
3.72
2k+ ratings
🗾 Japanese Society🌏 Cross-Cultural🤫 Indirect Communication
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
by Samuel P. Huntington • 1998
Global conflict is no longer ideological: seven civilizations now compete for power and survival.
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🗺️ Geopolitics💣 Post-Cold War Order⚔️ Cultural Conflict
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order Summary
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order 88%
Global conflict is no longer ideological: seven civilizations now compete for power and survival.
by Samuel P. Huntington 1998
3.78
14k+ ratings
🗺️ Geopolitics💣 Post-Cold War Order⚔️ Cultural Conflict
Has the West Lost It?
by Kishore Mahbubani • 2018
China and India ran the global economy for 1,800 years. The West's brief interruption is ending.
3.70
984
🌍 Global Power Shifts🇨🇳 China'S Rise♟️ Realpolitik
Has the West Lost It? Summary
Has the West Lost It? 88%
China and India ran the global economy for 1,800 years. The West's brief interruption is ending.
by Kishore Mahbubani 2018
3.70
984 ratings
🌍 Global Power Shifts🇨🇳 China'S Rise♟️ Realpolitik
菊與刀
by Ruth Benedict • 1946
A hidden ledger of obligation explains why Japan is warrior and aesthete, rigid yet adaptable.
3.85
4k+
⛩️ Japanese Culture😳 Shame Cultures🪜 Social Hierarchy
菊與刀 Summary
菊與刀 88%
A hidden ledger of obligation explains why Japan is warrior and aesthete, rigid yet adaptable.
by Ruth Benedict 1946
3.85
4k+ ratings
⛩️ Japanese Culture😳 Shame Cultures🪜 Social Hierarchy
Orientalism
by Edward W. Said • 1978
Western knowledge of the East was never innocent: it invented the Orient to justify imperial rule.
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📚 Postcolonial Theory🏛️ Cultural Imperialism👤 Othering
Orientalism Summary
Orientalism 88%
Western knowledge of the East was never innocent: it invented the Orient to justify imperial rule.
by Edward W. Said 1978
4.14
30k+ ratings
📚 Postcolonial Theory🏛️ Cultural Imperialism👤 Othering
A Beginner's Guide to Japan
by Pico Iyer • 2019
Why 32 years in Japan taught Pico Iyer less than his first week.
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🗾 Travel Essays🎭 Japanese Culture🔬 Cultural Anthropology
A Beginner's Guide to Japan Summary
A Beginner's Guide to Japan 88%
Why 32 years in Japan taught Pico Iyer less than his first week.
by Pico Iyer 2019
3.81
2k+ ratings
🗾 Travel Essays🎭 Japanese Culture🔬 Cultural Anthropology
When Cultures Collide
by Richard D. Lewis • 2005
Why Germans schedule and Italians improvise: a cultural map for anyone who works across borders.
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567
🗺️ Cross-Cultural Management📐 Cultural Dimensions🧠 Cultural Intelligence
When Cultures Collide Summary
When Cultures Collide 88%
Why Germans schedule and Italians improvise: a cultural map for anyone who works across borders.
by Richard D. Lewis 2005
3.95
567 ratings
🗺️ Cross-Cultural Management📐 Cultural Dimensions🧠 Cultural Intelligence
The Silk Roads
by Peter Frankopan • 2015
History looks different when you place the Silk Roads, not Europe, at the center of everything.
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🌍 World History🏔️ Central Asian History🐫 Trade Routes
The Silk Roads Summary
The Silk Roads 88%
History looks different when you place the Silk Roads, not Europe, at the center of everything.
by Peter Frankopan 2015
4.17
50k+ ratings
🌍 World History🏔️ Central Asian History🐫 Trade Routes
Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes
by E. Randolph Richards • 2012
Your culture is reading your Bible for you, and you never noticed.
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📖 Biblical Interpretation🕶️ Cultural Blind Spots🌍 Western Worldview
Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes Summary
Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes 88%
Your culture is reading your Bible for you, and you never noticed.
by E. Randolph Richards 2012
4.31
8k+ ratings
📖 Biblical Interpretation🕶️ Cultural Blind Spots🌍 Western Worldview
How the World Thinks
by Julian Baggini • 2018
The West asks what is true. India asks what liberates. A map of philosophy beyond Europe.
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🧭 Comparative Philosophy🛐 Comparative Religion🪞 Conceptions Of Self
How the World Thinks Summary
How the World Thinks 87%
The West asks what is true. India asks what liberates. A map of philosophy beyond Europe.
by Julian Baggini 2018
3.67
3k+ ratings
🧭 Comparative Philosophy🛐 Comparative Religion🪞 Conceptions Of Self
The New Orientalists
by Ian Almond • 2007
Postmodernism attacked Orientalism. Then, from Nietzsche to Žižek, it built a subtler one.
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41
🌀 Postmodern Philosophy🕌 Orientalism🌍 Postcolonial Theory
The New Orientalists Summary
The New Orientalists 87%
Postmodernism attacked Orientalism. Then, from Nietzsche to Žižek, it built a subtler one.
by Ian Almond 2007
3.41
41 ratings
🌀 Postmodern Philosophy🕌 Orientalism🌍 Postcolonial Theory
The New Vichy Syndrome
by Theodore Dalrymple • 2010
Europeans were never richer or healthier. The rot is in the soul, not the balance sheet.
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238
🏚️ European Decline⛪ Secularization🌐 Cultural Relativism
The New Vichy Syndrome Summary
The New Vichy Syndrome 87%
Europeans were never richer or healthier. The rot is in the soul, not the balance sheet.
by Theodore Dalrymple 2010
3.89
238 ratings
🏚️ European Decline⛪ Secularization🌐 Cultural Relativism
I Stand Corrected
by Eden Collinsworth • 2014
When a Western etiquette expert tried to teach China about manners, China politely corrected her.
3.20
188
🏢 Business Etiquette🇨🇳 Modern China📖 China Memoir
I Stand Corrected Summary
I Stand Corrected 87%
When a Western etiquette expert tried to teach China about manners, China politely corrected her.
by Eden Collinsworth 2014
3.20
188 ratings
🏢 Business Etiquette🇨🇳 Modern China📖 China Memoir
Dreaming in Chinese
by Deborah Fallows • 2010
Tones, compounds, missing pronouns: how Mandarin encodes a worldview no guidebook can offer.
3.63
2k+
📖 Language Memoirs🏮 Chinese Culture🧠 Linguistic Relativity
Dreaming in Chinese Summary
Dreaming in Chinese 87%
Tones, compounds, missing pronouns: how Mandarin encodes a worldview no guidebook can offer.
by Deborah Fallows 2010
3.63
2k+ ratings
📖 Language Memoirs🏮 Chinese Culture🧠 Linguistic Relativity
La défaite de l'Occident
by Emmanuel Todd • 2024
The Ukraine war exposed not Russian power but a hollowed-out West in terminal decline.
3.96
685
🌍 Geopolitical Analysis🏚️ Post-Soviet Studies📉 Western Decline
La défaite de l'Occident Summary
La défaite de l'Occident 87%
The Ukraine war exposed not Russian power but a hollowed-out West in terminal decline.
by Emmanuel Todd 2024
3.96
685 ratings
🌍 Geopolitical Analysis🏚️ Post-Soviet Studies📉 Western Decline
Intercultural Marriage
by Dugan Romano • 1988
Why love isn't enough when you marry across cultures, and the framework for making it work.
3.87
98
🌍 Intercultural Marriage😵 Culture Shock✈️ Expatriate Life
Intercultural Marriage Summary
Intercultural Marriage 87%
Why love isn't enough when you marry across cultures, and the framework for making it work.
by Dugan Romano 1988
3.87
98 ratings
🌍 Intercultural Marriage😵 Culture Shock✈️ Expatriate Life
The Future Is Asian
by Parag Khanna • 2019
The West's two-century dominance was a blip. Asia reclaims the center, with new rules.
3.70
1k+
🗺️ Asian Geopolitics🏛️ Technocratic Governance🌐 Multipolar World Order
The Future Is Asian Summary
The Future Is Asian 87%
The West's two-century dominance was a blip. Asia reclaims the center, with new rules.
by Parag Khanna 2019
3.70
1k+ ratings
🗺️ Asian Geopolitics🏛️ Technocratic Governance🌐 Multipolar World Order
Ancient Worlds
by Michael Scott • 2016
Democracy, republic, and Confucianism were born in the same century. None by design.
3.77
635
⚖️ Comparative History🌏 Eurasian History🐪 Silk Road
Ancient Worlds Summary
Ancient Worlds 87%
Democracy, republic, and Confucianism were born in the same century. None by design.
by Michael Scott 2016
3.77
635 ratings
⚖️ Comparative History🌏 Eurasian History🐪 Silk Road
Russia - Culture Smart!
by Anna King • 2007
Why personal trust outweighs contracts in Russia, and how a toast seals the deal.
3.81
135
🪆 Russian Customs🤝 Cross-Cultural Business📝 Unwritten Rules
Russia - Culture Smart! Summary
Russia - Culture Smart! 87%
Why personal trust outweighs contracts in Russia, and how a toast seals the deal.
by Anna King 2007
3.81
135 ratings
🪆 Russian Customs🤝 Cross-Cultural Business📝 Unwritten Rules
The Return of Marco Polo's World
by Robert D. Kaplan • 2018
Liberal order collapsed. Eurasia fused into one war-prone corridor, and America is an island.
3.79
848
🗺️ Geopolitics🌏 Eurasian Politics⚔️ Great Power Rivalry
The Return of Marco Polo's World Summary
The Return of Marco Polo's World 87%
Liberal order collapsed. Eurasia fused into one war-prone corridor, and America is an island.
by Robert D. Kaplan 2018
3.79
848 ratings
🗺️ Geopolitics🌏 Eurasian Politics⚔️ Great Power Rivalry
The Anatomy of Dependence
by Takeo Doi • 1973
Japan named an emotion the West cannot name. That single word unlocks an entire social order.
3.71
319
🔄 Cross-Cultural Psychology🇯🇵 Japanese Society🤱 Emotional Dependence
The Anatomy of Dependence Summary
The Anatomy of Dependence 87%
Japan named an emotion the West cannot name. That single word unlocks an entire social order.
by Takeo Doi 1973
3.71
319 ratings
🔄 Cross-Cultural Psychology🇯🇵 Japanese Society🤱 Emotional Dependence
Mao's America
by Xi Van Fleet • 2023
Mao's Red Guards burned the books of her childhood. Now she watches America strike the match.
4.42
560
🏮 Maoist China🕯️ Survivor Testimony⚖️ Totalitarian Parallels
Mao's America Summary
Mao's America 87%
Mao's Red Guards burned the books of her childhood. Now she watches America strike the match.
by Xi Van Fleet 2023
4.42
560 ratings
🏮 Maoist China🕯️ Survivor Testimony⚖️ Totalitarian Parallels
Beyond Human Nature
by Jesse J. Prinz • 2011
Language, emotions, gender, and thought: how culture builds the mind that biology only primes.
3.69
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🧠 Cultural Psychology🌍 Cognitive Anthropology🧬 Nature Vs Nurture
Beyond Human Nature Summary
Beyond Human Nature 87%
Language, emotions, gender, and thought: how culture builds the mind that biology only primes.
by Jesse J. Prinz 2011
3.69
246 ratings
🧠 Cultural Psychology🌍 Cognitive Anthropology🧬 Nature Vs Nurture
Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling
by Jane Hyun • 2005
The values that made you excel now cap your career. Rewire, not reject: the playbook.
3.52
249
🎋 Asian American🏢 Corporate Leadership🌐 Cross-Cultural Communication
Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling Summary
Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling 87%
The values that made you excel now cap your career. Rewire, not reject: the playbook.
by Jane Hyun 2005
3.52
249 ratings
🎋 Asian American🏢 Corporate Leadership🌐 Cross-Cultural Communication
Civilization
by Niall Ferguson • 2011
Five hundred years of Western rule rested on six innovations. The rest have now caught up.
3.86
10k+
📈 Rise Of The West⚖️ Comparative History🔭 Macrohistory
Civilization Summary
Civilization 87%
Five hundred years of Western rule rested on six innovations. The rest have now caught up.
by Niall Ferguson 2011
3.86
10k+ ratings
📈 Rise Of The West⚖️ Comparative History🔭 Macrohistory
River Town
by Peter Hessler • 2001
Fuling: no Americans in 50 years. Hessler arrived a teacher, and became Ho Wei.
4.28
14k+
🌾 Rural China📍 Memoir Of Place🗣️ Language Immersion
River Town Summary
River Town 87%
Fuling: no Americans in 50 years. Hessler arrived a teacher, and became Ho Wei.
by Peter Hessler 2001
4.28
14k+ ratings
🌾 Rural China📍 Memoir Of Place🗣️ Language Immersion
Cultures and Organizations
by Geert Hofstede • 1993
Six cultural dimensions shape how nations work, lead, and trade; your MBA covered only one.
4.11
1k+
🏢 Cross-Cultural Management📊 Organizational Behavior🌍 National Culture
Cultures and Organizations Summary
Cultures and Organizations 87%
Six cultural dimensions shape how nations work, lead, and trade; your MBA covered only one.
by Geert Hofstede 1993
4.11
1k+ ratings
🏢 Cross-Cultural Management📊 Organizational Behavior🌍 National Culture
Thailand - Culture Smart!
by Roger Jones • 2003
Navigate Thailand without losing face: the cultural codes that turn visitors into welcome guests.
3.91
287
🏯 Thai Culture📚 Cultural Guidebooks🌏 Cross-Cultural Communication
Thailand - Culture Smart! Summary
Thailand - Culture Smart! 87%
Navigate Thailand without losing face: the cultural codes that turn visitors into welcome guests.
by Roger Jones 2003
3.91
287 ratings
🏯 Thai Culture📚 Cultural Guidebooks🌏 Cross-Cultural Communication
Riding the Waves of Culture
by Fons Trompenaars • 1989
Culture turns global deals into minefields. The seven dimensions that reveal the traps.
3.84
434
🌍 Cross-Cultural Management📐 Cultural Dimensions🤝 Intercultural Competence
Riding the Waves of Culture Summary
Riding the Waves of Culture 87%
Culture turns global deals into minefields. The seven dimensions that reveal the traps.
by Fons Trompenaars 1989
3.84
434 ratings
🌍 Cross-Cultural Management📐 Cultural Dimensions🤝 Intercultural Competence
The Culture Map
by Erin Meyer • 2014
Eight hidden cultural scales explain why your brilliance in Stockholm is incompetence in Shanghai.
4.33
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🌍 Cross-Cultural Management👥 Multinational Teams📐 Cultural Dimensions
The Culture Map Summary
The Culture Map 87%
Eight hidden cultural scales explain why your brilliance in Stockholm is incompetence in Shanghai.
by Erin Meyer 2014
4.33
31k+ ratings
🌍 Cross-Cultural Management👥 Multinational Teams📐 Cultural Dimensions
Japanese for Travellers
by Katie Kitamura • 2007
Beneath Japan's celebrated cool: an economy ruined, a youth paralyzed, and a country losing memory.
3.13
93
🗾 Post-War Japan📉 Lost Decades🏙️ Japanese Society
Japanese for Travellers Summary
Japanese for Travellers 87%
Beneath Japan's celebrated cool: an economy ruined, a youth paralyzed, and a country losing memory.
by Katie Kitamura 2007
3.13
93 ratings
🗾 Post-War Japan📉 Lost Decades🏙️ Japanese Society
Remaking the World
by Andrew Wilson • 2023
1776's revolutions built the secular West. Can faith still answer its deepest anxieties?
4.46
2k+
🌍 Western Civilization📚 Cultural History🏛️ Secularization
Remaking the World Summary
Remaking the World 87%
1776's revolutions built the secular West. Can faith still answer its deepest anxieties?
by Andrew Wilson 2023
4.46
2k+ ratings
🌍 Western Civilization📚 Cultural History🏛️ Secularization
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
by David S. Landes • 1998
Coal and colonies don't explain Western wealth. The real reason: a culture that rewarded dissent.
3.96
4k+
🏛️ Economic History🌍 Comparative Development🧠 Cultural Explanations
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations Summary
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations 87%
Coal and colonies don't explain Western wealth. The real reason: a culture that rewarded dissent.
by David S. Landes 1998
3.96
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Economic History🌍 Comparative Development🧠 Cultural Explanations
The Way of Zen
by Alan W. Watts • 2011
Zen claims truth cannot be spoken. Watts explains the philosophy, history, and practices anyway.
4.16
24k+
🧘 Zen Buddhism📜 Eastern Philosophy☯️ Taoism
The Way of Zen Summary
The Way of Zen 87%
Zen claims truth cannot be spoken. Watts explains the philosophy, history, and practices anyway.
by Alan W. Watts 2011
4.16
24k+ ratings
🧘 Zen Buddhism📜 Eastern Philosophy☯️ Taoism
Etiquette Guide to Japan
by Boyé Lafayette De Mente • 1990
Master the customs of bowing, dining, and business to navigate Japan without a cultural stumble.
3.76
782
🗾 Japanese Culture🤝 Cultural Etiquette🧳 Travel Guides
Etiquette Guide to Japan Summary
Etiquette Guide to Japan 87%
Master the customs of bowing, dining, and business to navigate Japan without a cultural stumble.
by Boyé Lafayette De Mente 1990
3.76
782 ratings
🗾 Japanese Culture🤝 Cultural Etiquette🧳 Travel Guides
How to Save the West
by Spencer Klavan • 2023
The West's unraveling isn't political. It's philosophical, and the remedy is older than the problem.
4.27
468
🏛️ Western Civilization📉 Cultural Decline🏺 Classical Philosophy
How to Save the West Summary
How to Save the West 87%
The West's unraveling isn't political. It's philosophical, and the remedy is older than the problem.
by Spencer Klavan 2023
4.27
468 ratings
🏛️ Western Civilization📉 Cultural Decline🏺 Classical Philosophy
Cultural DNA
by Gurnek Bains • 2015
Ancient migrations carved eight mindsets. They still decide which global ventures succeed.
3.58
19
🏢 Cross-Cultural Management🌍 Global Leadership🧬 Cultural Evolution
Cultural DNA Summary
Cultural DNA 87%
Ancient migrations carved eight mindsets. They still decide which global ventures succeed.
by Gurnek Bains 2015
3.58
19 ratings
🏢 Cross-Cultural Management🌍 Global Leadership🧬 Cultural Evolution
Business Over Turkish Coffee
by Zafer Parlar • 2001
Relationships before deals, meals before meetings: the unwritten rules of Turkish business.
3.89
18
🏢 Cross-Cultural Business🧠 Cultural Intelligence🤝 Relationship Building
Business Over Turkish Coffee Summary
Business Over Turkish Coffee 87%
Relationships before deals, meals before meetings: the unwritten rules of Turkish business.
by Zafer Parlar 2001
3.89
18 ratings
🏢 Cross-Cultural Business🧠 Cultural Intelligence🤝 Relationship Building
Conquests and Cultures
by Thomas Sowell • 1998
Geography blocked Africa, conquests lifted Britain, and human capital explains the gap.
4.44
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🌍 Comparative History💰 Economic History🧠 Human Capital
Conquests and Cultures Summary
Conquests and Cultures 87%
Geography blocked Africa, conquests lifted Britain, and human capital explains the gap.
by Thomas Sowell 1998
4.44
964 ratings
🌍 Comparative History💰 Economic History🧠 Human Capital
Day of Empire
by Amy Chua • 2007
Dominating the world has always required one thing: taking in the talent everyone else rejects.
3.77
999
🏛️ Comparative History👑 Empire Studies📉 Rise And Fall
Day of Empire Summary
Day of Empire 87%
Dominating the world has always required one thing: taking in the talent everyone else rejects.
by Amy Chua 2007
3.77
999 ratings
🏛️ Comparative History👑 Empire Studies📉 Rise And Fall
Confucianism
by Daniel K. Gardner • 2014
No god, no police: how one moral philosophy held Chinese society together for two thousand years.
3.98
372
🏮 Chinese Philosophy📜 Confucianism🎯 Virtue Ethics
Confucianism Summary
Confucianism 87%
No god, no police: how one moral philosophy held Chinese society together for two thousand years.
by Daniel K. Gardner 2014
3.98
372 ratings
🏮 Chinese Philosophy📜 Confucianism🎯 Virtue Ethics
Sun and Steel
by Yukio Mishima • 1968
Words trapped him. The body gave him a second grammar: its final word was death.
3.83
9k+
🎋 Japanese Aesthetics🧠 Mind Body Dualism⚔️ Bushido
Sun and Steel Summary
Sun and Steel 87%
Words trapped him. The body gave him a second grammar: its final word was death.
by Yukio Mishima 1968
3.83
9k+ ratings
🎋 Japanese Aesthetics🧠 Mind Body Dualism⚔️ Bushido
Abroad in Japan
by Chris Broad • 2023
He went to rural Japan to teach English. A missile alert at dawn changed everything.
4.11
23k+
🏞️ Rural Japan📚 Teaching Abroad🍜 Japanese Food
Abroad in Japan Summary
Abroad in Japan 87%
He went to rural Japan to teach English. A missile alert at dawn changed everything.
by Chris Broad 2023
4.11
23k+ ratings
🏞️ Rural Japan📚 Teaching Abroad🍜 Japanese Food
A Short History of Chinese Philosophy
by Feng Youlan • 1948
The 2,500-year argument over how to live well that China conducted instead of religion.
4.33
687
🏮 Chinese Philosophy🌏 Eastern Thought🏛️ Schools Of Thought
A Short History of Chinese Philosophy Summary
A Short History of Chinese Philosophy 86%
The 2,500-year argument over how to live well that China conducted instead of religion.
by Feng Youlan 1948
4.33
687 ratings
🏮 Chinese Philosophy🌏 Eastern Thought🏛️ Schools Of Thought
Trying Not to Try
by Edward Slingerland • 2014
Four paths to spontaneous mastery, debated in ancient China and now confirmed by cognitive science.
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2k+
🏮 Chinese Philosophy🍃 Effortless Action🧠 Cognitive Science
Trying Not to Try Summary
Trying Not to Try 86%
Four paths to spontaneous mastery, debated in ancient China and now confirmed by cognitive science.
by Edward Slingerland 2014
3.74
2k+ ratings
🏮 Chinese Philosophy🍃 Effortless Action🧠 Cognitive Science
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon?
by Yong Zhao • 2014
China's schools ace tests and kill creativity. Western reformers now race to import the same trade.
3.94
203
📚 Education Systems📝 Standardized Testing🌍 Comparative Education
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? Summary
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? 86%
China's schools ace tests and kill creativity. Western reformers now race to import the same trade.
by Yong Zhao 2014
3.94
203 ratings
📚 Education Systems📝 Standardized Testing🌍 Comparative Education
The New Silk Roads
by Peter Frankopan • 2018
Asia revives ancient trade routes, and a new world order is being drawn without the West.
3.57
8k+
🇨🇳 China Rising🛣️ Belt And Road🌐 Eurasian Integration
The New Silk Roads Summary
The New Silk Roads 86%
Asia revives ancient trade routes, and a new world order is being drawn without the West.
by Peter Frankopan 2018
3.57
8k+ ratings
🇨🇳 China Rising🛣️ Belt And Road🌐 Eurasian Integration
What Is Tao?
by Alan W. Watts • 2000
The most important truth refuses to be named. What follows from that changes everything.
4.17
1k+
🏮 Taoist Philosophy🎋 Eastern Wisdom🌊 Effortless Action
What Is Tao? Summary
What Is Tao? 86%
The most important truth refuses to be named. What follows from that changes everything.
by Alan W. Watts 2000
4.17
1k+ ratings
🏮 Taoist Philosophy🎋 Eastern Wisdom🌊 Effortless Action
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