Being ourselves and being with others | Janne Teller, Stefan Priebe, Sophie Ward
Philosophy For Our Times
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The Differences Between Generational Living and Individualism
I wonder if we can say something about whether cultures where in general generational cohabitation is very common. I'm also interested in the kind of cultural differences that result from situations where there is that kind of it's generational living and particularly in terms of groupthink versus individual thinking. Can we make those kinds of cultural judgments? It's really hard to make cultural generalizations but you know what I think intergenerational living works only where there is a respect within the group for for each other's choices, he says. We all know about the cases here where girls get killed because they've tried to marry somebody the family doesn't want them to or they're not allowed to work. You know
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