TRUTH AS NORMATIVE CAPITAL – CULTURAL DIFFERENCES Truth necessary for correspond

TRUTH AS NORMATIVE CAPITAL – CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

Truth necessary for correspondence (Europe) (universal high trust) (commitment)

Truth necessary for fidelity (Judaism) (ingroup high – outgroup low) (pragmatic)

Truth necessary for conformity (China) (low trust) (avoidance)

Truth as unhelpful (everywhere else) (no trust) (ignorance)

FIVE BOOKS

Gotta read five books:

1) Keegan’s A History Of Warfare

2) Armstrong’s A History Of God

3) Mallory’s In Search of Indo-Europeans

4) Fukuyama’s Origins of Political Order

5) Fukuyama’s Trust.

Most people won’t understand the importance of the History of God (cross cultural study of the development of gods) but it’s just as important as Keegan’s history of warfare