Product Description: A wise person makes a distinction or says nothing There are few distinctions as important as the nature (divided or united) of power. Pluralism becomes clear when divided into DP visitor pluralism and UP insular pluralism.

Product Description: Why--the causal relation discussed in this book--answers a string of sixty-four thousand dollar questions. Why did China fail to sustain its technological supremacy and fail to develop modern science? Why did the creativity in the Arab civilization decline sharply after 1200 AD? Why was Byzantium not creative? And what is the secret of the ever-expanding Western creativity...read more

Product Description: Knowing national characters can improve the understanding of ourselves, others, and history. This book shows the build-up of national characters through Unity of Power versus Division of Power by comparing and contrasting the works of experts in the field: Madariaga (Englishmen--fair play, Frenchmen--le droit, Spaniards--el honor, Triandis (individualism vs...read more

Product Description: Creativity has been a driving force in the development of civilizations and in raising individuals to fame and/or fortune. What makes one person creative and one society achieve great stature and influence? Unmasking that high creativity is the task of this book...read more