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rajiv.malhotra [sMTP:rajiv.malhotra] skrev 23. april 2001

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> 3. Does personally branding the `Other' serve a useful purpose

> in cross-cultural dialog, or merely expose the pathology of the

> scholar? Does it build a bridge or a wall?

 

Is this really a cross-cultural dialogue? The professors mentioned here

represent a political movement in India. One may like or dislike that

movement and say so accordingly. There are certain politicos in this

country that I would not hesitate to call dangerous. Why should Indian

politicians and political sympathisers have a claim to be treated

differently? In the 30ies, some people branded a number of German

politicians dangerous. Was it just a lack of cultural sensitivity? Was

Anti-Communism merely a cultural prejudice, or was it a principled view of

a political ideology?

 

You raise important questions, but I believe you are mixing cards from two

different decks.

 

Lars Martin Fosse

 

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