Cultural encounters
Subtitle: essays on the interactions of diverse cultures now and in the past
By: edited by Robert Cecil and David Wade ; with a foreword by Robert Cecil.
Contributors: Cecil, Robert, 1913-; Wade, David.; Institute for Cultural Research (Tunbridge Wells, England)
Publisher: Octagon Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Culture diffusion.; Culture -- History.; Cultural relations.
Description: Here is a collection of essays on subjects as diverse as the classical literature of what is now Soviet Georgia; the relationship between the Indian guru and his followers; or the influences that have made modern China what it is. It also includes contributions from three eminent authors on questions of ecology, population and energy, on the argument that these are likely to exercise an increasing effect on human societies. --From publisher's description.
Notes: Essays based on public lectures delivered under the aegis of the Institute for Cultural Research.

Includes bibliographical references.