Altruism, Risk and Sibling Rivalry Chapter uri icon

abstract

  • In 1955 Richard Wright, an American writer who wanted to hear the human race speaking, traveled to Bandung, Indonesia to cover the unprecedented gathering of Asianand a few Africanleaders that has become known as the Bandung Conference. The Color Curtain, Wrights book about the conference, is among other things an appeal for altruism, a call for the West to nurture the new-born countries represented at Bandungeven if that would mean grooming potential rivals.

author list (cited authors)

  • Collins, M.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Collins, Michael

editor list (cited editors)

  • Kapur, B. K., & Chong, K.

Book Title

  • Altruistic Reveries: Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences

publication date

  • January 2002