> So what about all the fragmentation into ethnic conflict and cultural > particularisms? > [Roberto Calvo Macias] John, wonīt you mind explain this a little, > sorry, but I donīt understand. I was trying to illustrate my point that the apparent dominance of the West is contradicted by the (re)-emergence of what one might call "tribal" identities throughout the world. > One might also ask about the effects of instrumental > rationality/technology on "Western" culture - multi-layered and > self-contradictory beast that it is... > [Roberto Calvo Macias] Not so multilayered, i think... But its > a good question to discuss, what do Jungerites think of this? What I mean by multi-layered is the whole complex of "external" influences which have been absorbed and reworked in Europe/USA and which continue to do so. Trivial examples - what would Germany be without Doener shops? Or England without reggae and curry? (Not for nothing was one of the inofficial England World Cup Songs called "Vindaloo"). > The cartesian world view died with relativity.. And relativity with irreversibility > of time, caoplexity . Do you read IP New Alliance? . No, and I didn't even try to read "A Brief History of Time" ;-) > Hm, where the BJP develop atom bombs in the name of Hindu nationalism!! > [Roberto Calvo Macias] Dont mix country with singular person. > One really ought to be careful with such monadic views of culture... > I am quite agree with you John, but who is being monadic now? The point was, of course, that Hindu nationalism is very un-Western (or is it just the result of British colonial rule having fused INdia together in the first place??). And that Atom bombs are the epitomony of the destructives of instrumental rationality which has been the dominant mentality in the West (and which was also part of the moving force behind Imperialism). And now it gets complicated precisely because of the interference and intermingling of two cultures to produce new, instable hybrids. Regards, JK ============================================================================== John King Eduard-Spranger-Str. 7 Zimmer 5/16 71634 Ludwigsburg ==============================================================================
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