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Julian-Baggini’s-How-the-World-Thinks-is-there-to-fill-the-Sapiens-size-hole-in-your-life’-Observer’s-guide-to-Autumn-in-culture-In-this-groundbreaking-global-overview-of-philosophy,-Julian-Baggini-travels-the-world-to-provide-a-wide-ranging-map-of-human-thought.One-of-the-great-unexplained-wonders-of-human-history-is-that-written-philosophy-flowered-entirely-separately-in-China,-India-and-Ancient-Greece-at-more-or-less-the-same-time.These-early-philosophies-have-had-a-profound-impact-on-the-development-of-distinctive-cultures-in-different-parts-of-the-world.-What-we-call-‘philosophy’-in-the-West-is-not-even-half-the-story.Julian-Baggini-sets-out-to-expand-our-horizons-in-How-the-World-Thinks,-exploring-the-philosophies-of-Japan,-India,-China-and-the-Muslim-world,-as-well-as-the-lesser-known-oral-traditions-of-Africa-and-Australia’s-first-peoples.Interviewing-thinkers-from-around-the-globe,-Baggini-asks-questions-such-as:-why-is-the-West-is-more-individualistic-than-the-East?-What-makes-secularism-a-less-powerful-force-in-the-Islamic-world-than-in-Europe?-And-how-has-China-resisted-pressures-for-greater-political-freedom?-Offering-deep-insights-into-how-different-regions-operate,-and-paying-as-much-attention-to-commonalities-as-to-differences,-Baggini-shows-that-by-gaining-greater-knowledge-of-how-others-think-we-take-the-first-step-to-a-greater-understanding-of-ourselves.
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