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Xenophobe's Guide to the Dutch
Xenophobe's Guide to the Dutch
Author: Rodney Bolt
It's all in your mindThe spirit of tolerance does constant battle with the ghost of Calvin for control of the Dutch psyche. Few Dutch people go to church anymore, but they don't need to. Inside every Hollander's head is a little pulpit containing a preacher with a wagging finger. Going DutchThis is the nation that ...  more » Culture vulturesThe Dutch are cultural magpies. They keep a beady eye on other people's cultural trends, and are swift to snap up sparkling new fashions. This means that rather than producing an indigenous culture, they have become voracious consumers of everybody else's?true Europeans, whose cultural fads and fancies know no borders. The Netherlands acts as a giant cultural sponge. Double DutchFor the Dutch, the other side of the question is as important as the question itself. Dialogue is the lubricant of tolerance, and the essential ingredient of dialogue is "Yes, but . . ."
ISBN-13: 9781906042288
ISBN-10: 1906042284
Publication Date: 7/1/2008
Pages: 92
Edition: Revised
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Publisher: Oval Books
Book Type: Paperback
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