“A crucial difference between lite libertarians and the right kind is that to the former, the idea of liberty is propositional - a deracinated principle, unmoored from the realities of history, hierarchy, biology, tradition, culture, values. Conversely, the paleolibertarian grasps that ordered liberty has a civilizational dimension, stripped of which the libertarian non-aggression axiom, by which we all must live, cannot endure.” KindIdeasRealityValuesCultureDifferencesLibertyPrinciplesTraditionEndureLibertarianFormerDimensionsBiologyCrucialAggressionHierarchyAxioms Author:Ilana Mercer
“I think laughter is crucial. Some of the original cultures, like the Dalit and the Native American, don't separate laughter and seriousness.” ThinkingCultureLaughterOriginalsNativeCrucialNative AmericanSeriousness Author:Gloria Steinem
“... with every Asiatic country where we operate in cooperation with the existing culture, the need for intelligent understanding of that country and its ways of life will be crucial. These nations will very likely not respond to appeals with which we are familiar, and not value rewards which seem to us irresistible. The danger--and it would be fatal to world peace--is that in our ignorance of their cultural values we shall meet in head-on collision and incontinently fall back on the old pattern of imposing our own values by force.” WorldWayNeedsCountrySeemsWould BeValuesFallCultureForceNationsUnderstandingDangerIgnoranceDiversityIntelligentRewardsPatternsFamiliarAppealsCooperationCrucialIrresistibleImposingFall BackCollisionCultural Diversity Author:Ruth Benedict
“That a good fit between parental handling and child temperament is vital to help children adapt to the imperatives of their society is a crucial concept that can be applied to other cultures.” ChildrenHelpingCultureFitConceptsCrucialTemperamentImperativesParentalOther Cultures Author:Stella Chess