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The Age of Nepotism

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Originally part of Europe trip
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15 years ago, February 5th 2009 No: 1 Msg: #62308  
Hello Jelena 😊

So brake that chain of prejudice, and go see the places from the bottom of your list, you will be amazed by all you've been missing. There is a book that talks allot about these kind of things, it is a travel journal of an Iranian American entrepreneur traveling in Balkans, called The Age of Nepotism. I warmly recommend it,


The age of Nepotism seems like an interesting book. Would you tell us a little more about how is helps break the chain of prejudice.

Has anybody else reading this thread read this book? What did you think about it?

Mel
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15 years ago, February 6th 2009 No: 2 Msg: #62448  
Hello Mell, nice to meet you!
So,
Culture can be viewed as a phenomena relating to each country or a region individually. A lot of theories talk about culture being predetermined and we all have a certain elements of our own culture implemented on some unconscious level. But the thing is that different cultures are more and more being viewed through a needs of global society that tends to marginalize small or in any way different or set back cultures usually referred to as uncivilized. Some of those cultures are placed in the hart of Europe, some in Africa, others in Middle East, but the fact is that our intolerance to different cultures is growing each day we choose to be concentrated on what is set as a cultural model by the mighty western societies. Difference is what makes this world so colorful, and finding similarities between the people of different nationality, religion and culture is a way to make connections to the rest of the world. In addition to this, I found an exciting reading called The Age of Nepotism that talks about different cultures and the ways to connect with others.

Thank you
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