Comments on: Things that are Impossible in Japan http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2007/12/05/things-that-are-impossible-in-japan/ Catholic Anglican Reflections on Theology and Culture Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:27:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Janet Leslie Blumberg http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2007/12/05/things-that-are-impossible-in-japan/#comment-472 Janet Leslie Blumberg Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:44:59 +0000 http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2007/12/05/things-that-are-impossible-in-japan/#comment-472 Hmmmm. Fascinating post. It has been said to me by an Asian scientist on my blog that the appeal of Western science for him is its universality and lack of ethnicity or parochialism. He stressed how easily it is assimilated and appreciated by those from (or in) Asian cultures. In Catholicism and in psychoanalysis, the "I" is always already deeply parochialized? But we're parochial in ways that grievously conflict with one another? (The two centers.) Lots to think about here. Hmmmm. Fascinating post.

It has been said to me by an Asian scientist on my blog that the appeal of Western science for him is its universality and lack of ethnicity or parochialism. He stressed how easily it is assimilated and appreciated by those from (or in) Asian cultures.

In Catholicism and in psychoanalysis, the “I” is always already deeply parochialized? But we’re parochial in ways that grievously conflict with one another? (The two centers.)

Lots to think about here.

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