Guest guest Posted May 11, 2001 Report Share Posted May 11, 2001 Rajiv Malhotra asked Robert Zydenbos: <<Please enlighten us on: what percent of faculty in philosophy departments are researching/teaching IP; what percent of courses in philosophy departments are on IP; what percent of papers in the mainstream philosophy journals (again not Indology journals) are on IP. Admittedly, my findings are based on the top US universities, but the results show less than 3% share, and in most cases practically ZERO.>> In other words, why doesn't RZ drop whatever he's doing, get a very large foundation grant, and hire a staff of research assistants to do a massive research project? I would think Dr. Malhotra and his foundation would be in a better position to do this. By the bye, my impression is that universities and colleges NOT in "the top US universities" (which is by no means to say they are not good or even excellent) are more open to such cross-cultural initiatives than the top few dozen "research universities," even though the latter are more likely to fund area studies and language and literature programs. If this is indeed so my best guess why it is so is that the very competitiveness of the big research universities tends towards increasing standardization in all matters, whereas others sometimes compete for students by doing unusual things. Allen Thrasher Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D. Senior Reference Librarian 101 Independence Ave., SE Southern Asia Section LJ-150 Asian Division Washington, DC 20540-4810 Library of Congress U.S.A. tel. 202-707-3732 fax 202-707-1724 Email: athr The opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the Library of Congress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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