Cultural Models and Collective Mentalities in Literature, Art, and Philosophy

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This edited collection combines social science and humanities inquiries to examine the collective mentalities, identities, and national cultural models of people from different communities and nations.
Unpacking the sociocultural mechanisms of peoples actions and experiences, the contributors use literary works to illustrate and further explore such mechanisms. This book explores a variety of diverse geographies-- such as Germany, Middle Asian republics, Russia, Spain, and the USAin order to compare national forms of human subjectivity and further examine collective consciousness and cultural minds.

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Slav Gratchev is Professor of Spanish at Marshall University.
Valery Chirkov is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology and Health Studies at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.