Stereotypes, statistics, and schemata

Noretta Koertge

pp. 111-124

in: Fred D'agostino, I. C. Jarvie (eds), Freedom and rationality, Berlin, Springer, 1989

Abstract

Historians of ideas and students of comparative cultures debate the extent to which all people share e.e. cummings's ideal of being "nobody-but-myself". However, within the modern Western European tradition, most of our political philosophies, theologies, and common sense belief systems emphasize the uniqueness and autonomy of individuals.