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Situations Matter: Understanding How Context Transforms Your World (2011)

by Sam Sommers(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1594488185 (ISBN13: 9781594488184)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Riverhead Hardcover

review 1: Ik had verwacht dat de 'context' in de subtitel zou slaan op ruimtelijkheid (omgeving, geografie, stad/platteland, inrichting/architectuur van gebouwen, etc.). Helaas is dat niet zo, maar er staan wel interessante observaties in, onder andere over genderrollen.Sommers' boek is een aanklacht tegen het als 'gedetermineerd' beschouwen van bepaalde eigenschappen of gedragingen. Hij laat overtuigend zien dat menselijk gedrag niet vastligt, maar per context kan verschillen. Sommers spoort je dan ook aan om bij het beoordelen van andermans acties ook de (sociale) omgevingsfactoren mee te wegen die het gedrag van mensen kunnen beïnvloeden.Het boek is luchtig, toegankelijk en vol humor. Ik heb zelf het audioboek geluisterd, waarbij de vertelstem erg prettig in het gehoor ligt en h... moreet tempo goed te doen is.
review 2: A very well-written book, engaging and clear. Some of these concepts were familiar to me, as were some of the studies, but much of this was new, too. What I found most interesting is how fluid our sense of "self" is, how introspection about our core selves really isn't the saving grace that the self-help books would have you think. Why? Because our answers for why we've chosen certain paths change, depending on our age, circumstances, who's around us, what mood we're in, recent events in our lives, and more. I found it heartening to know just how changeable the self is. Though this may mean you can't know people (including yourself) as well as you had hoped, or fooled yourself into thinking, the upside is that we are all capable of change, and we all change more than we might have thought possible. I found this a positive and entertaining look at just how context-dependent we all are, and how to work with that knowledge to be more effective at work, in relationships, and in emergency situations (that may not look like emergencies to a crowd!). Thought-provoking. less

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