Escaping Culture Finding Your Place In The World 1st Edition Frederico Wilson by Frederico Wilson 9781626526976, 1626526974 instant download after payment.

Culture is generally considered and accepted as the human expression of language, the arts and sciences, spirituality, and social interaction. Since time and immemorial, philosophers and social anthropologists have deliberated how these aspects of human development define us. Escaping Culture, Finding Your Place in the World offers an alternative twist to this narrative by examining culture through a series of introspective profiles, memoirs and vignettes. The author’s edification of culture makes the case that all facets of human nature begin with consciousness, identity, self-awareness and self-empowerment. As to when, or if ever, intuitive individual distinctiveness happens, it varies between people and is unquestionably influenced by allegiances, peer pressure and circumstances. But it stirs within us all, awaiting awakening, consideration and a rallying call. Escaping Culture concedes that norms and customs are taught by communal fiat and that as children, we have little choice but to absorb what is encouraged, promoted and expected. We’re innocents, compliant and susceptible to the edicts of our hosts. But as we grow older, we have the opportunity, if not an obligation, to seek enlightenment outside the margins of prevailing social attitudes and convention. At what point then, do we become mindful and question our public and private norms and place in the world? The truth is that, it’s different for all of us. Some of us choose at an early age; some of us evolve over time; some of us never do. It’s a choice. And that’s the point. We all possess the power at some time in our lives to view the world of our choosing. If we seek, and expect to find relevance and our rightful place in the world, we must first free ourselves from our own culture. In so doing, we gain new perspectives, personage and balance. Escaping Culture advocates breaking away from the overpowering authority of groupthink and asserts that we cannot appreciate complementary or divergent people or realize our full human potential unless and until we escape conformity, group influence, expectations and definition. Through reflective, life-altering observations, Escaping Culture proclaims that cultural self-awareness is a mindset, more powerful than any assemblage, faction or group, and that we have the power within us to escape the trappings of traditions and customs to become not "one or the other," but whole. Escaping Culture affirms and provokes, and opens our eyes to a worldview, seen through an independent and different colored lens.