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**HedgeYourBets** · 03-17-2006, 08:00 AM

Topic started by Venki (@ proxyle02.ext.ti.com) on Wed Jul 10 14:22:57 .

[i]"In the modern planetary situation, Eastern and Western ‘cultures’ can no longer meet one another as equal partners. They meet in a westernized world, under conditions shaped by western ways of thinking." --- W. Halbfass

"This essay argues that intellectual svaraj (self-rule) is as fundamental to the long term success of a civilization as is svaraj in the political and financial areas. Therefore, it is important to ask: whose way of representing knowledge will be in control? It is the representation system that defines the metaphors and terminology, interprets what they mean in various situations, influences what issues are selected to focus on, and, most importantly, grants privileges by determining who is to control this marketplace of ideas."

From: The Axis of Neocolonialism
at: http://www.sulekha.com/column.asp?cid=218625

Are we Tamizhs sufficiently equipped with the necessary intellectual rigor based on our classics? If not, what needs to be done and how can the system be changed to do so?

03-17-2006, 08:00 AM	#3
HedgeYourBets Join Date Aug 2008 Posts 4,655 Senior Member	Do Tamizhs learn enough of our Classics Topic started by Venki (@ proxyle02.ext.ti.com) on Wed Jul 10 14:22:57 . [i]"In the modern planetary situation, Eastern and Western ‘cultures’ can no longer meet one another as equal partners. They meet in a westernized world, under conditions shaped by western ways of thinking." --- W. Halbfass "This essay argues that intellectual svaraj (self-rule) is as fundamental to the long term success of a civilization as is svaraj in the political and financial areas. Therefore, it is important to ask: whose way of representing knowledge will be in control? It is the representation system that defines the metaphors and terminology, interprets what they mean in various situations, influences what issues are selected to focus on, and, most importantly, grants privileges by determining who is to control this marketplace of ideas." From: The Axis of Neocolonialism at: http://www.sulekha.com/column.asp?cid=218625 Are we Tamizhs sufficiently equipped with the necessary intellectual rigor based on our classics? If not, what needs to be done and how can the system be changed to do so?
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