Understanding Other Cultures

Course content

The course probes such social and cultural questions as ´Are there different kinds of rationality? ´, ´Does language limit and control thought? ´, ´What kind of difficulties arise when we attempt to translate from one language, or culture, into another?, ´Are there universal moral principles? ´, ´Is it possible to compare different cultures? ´ Basic concepts such as self, reason and sanity, money and wealth, religious beliefs, and health will be subjected to critique.