GLOBL 1 Lecture 4: Lecture 4
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Description of what one does who studies, teaches, and writes about it. A discourse (western) whose function is to organize, authorize, legitimate, basis of elaborate theories about people, customs, mind, etc. dominate, rule over the way europe dealt with the orient. Historical origins (mcneill) our capacity to invent a world of shared feelings and symbols, then act on them makes humans different. Capable of more rapid evolution than either biological or chemical and physical processes. Cooperation is key (by invention of rhythmic voice and dances) Ideas are most contagious aspects of human cultures. Fully human when we use language to override sensory stimuli. World as a cone rather than globe. Correct angles for navigation distort size and shape as they demarcate. Greenland and n. america enlarged while africa, india, and indonesia diminished. Exaggerate above 40th parallel, europe (hodgson) maps express feelings.
