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by xpe 1208 days ago
What can we read to get a fair overview of Swedish culture with regards to intellectual curiousity, education, conformism (I've seen this claimed but have no firsthand experience), and so on?

Here is one starting point: "Small Facts and Large Issues: The Anthropology of Contemporary Scandinavian Society" : https://www.jstor.org/stable/2155886 ... I haven't read it yet. I like the anthropological point of view though.
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xpe 1208 days ago
One anecdote. One person I trust view most Swedes as much more open minded than most Americans.
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BurningFrog 1208 days ago
As a Swede who emigrated to the US, my hunch is that we're open minded about different things.

Or in other words, we have different "taboo areas" our minds won't stray from.

I don't have examples. It's mostly a hunch.

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wahnfrieden 1208 days ago
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3791704
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xpe 1208 days ago
How is "Racism and Support of Free-Market Capitalism: A Cross-Cultural Analysis" relevant to my question? I didn't ask about economic systems in particular. Is there something in there about sociological perspectives?
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