Message-ID: <9808049022.AA902248344@hudsmtphq.hud.gov> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 12:19:10 -0500 From: mailto:michael_o._patterson@HUD.GOV Subject: Re[2]: Values among villagers To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Values hierarchies are discussed by Tony Robbins in some of his books, notably Awaken the Giant Within [no endorsement implied]. People make decisions based on their values hierarchies, sot hey are important. There are cultural biases; for example, having a nice family is more important than having an expensive car, in Mexico.
At 12:27 AM 7/29/98 EDT, Nicole Richards wrote: >hello all,
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>Where is the list of values for the Europeans and Americans?
The list is omnipresent and widely distributed: we call it "history", "development", "the internet" and "art", among many others. The strange thing is the assumption that "villagers" could have a universal set of values cross-cutting class, gender, sexuality, age and all global influences. Likewise Europeans and Americans, in all of their diversity, are essentialized at the peril of not understanding "them" at all.
Kristin Ackerson