Bert hamminga Questions on  Cultures and Hierarchy    Back to: Index:  Teaching Docs:  Lecture Notes Philosophy of Economy:

Control Questions

1. Why, in the story, did Nitwit have to change his conduct?
2. Why did the Japanese like this deviant group of Dutch semi-artists and heavy drinkers?
3. What constitutes a "Nitwit", of the type depicted in the story?
4. Explain the differences between patronizing, military and family-type hierarchies.
5. There are three illustrations of hierarchy in the text: the Polish "police" joke, the military "shoe" anecdote and the Tombura refugee story. Which three ideas do these three illustrations respectively mean to convey?

Open Questions

1. Communicate with your fellow students stories or anecdotes about interaction between people that you read about or experienced in patronizing, military and family-type hierarchies.