Re: culture and coercion
Robin Harwood (HARWOOD who-is-at UConnVM.UConn.Edu)
Fri, 10 May 96 08:07:06 EDT
>But I cannot be a cultural relativist about my own cultures. I
>cannot simply say that they are as they are and people in them
>behave as they do because they are constrained by this culture. I
>have a responsibility to also be a critic of my culture, to judge
>it according to values available within it, to condemn aspects of
>it, and seek with others to change it. I would never do that with
Jay, I agree with you completely here! It's funny, though, that
we take our felt responsibility in such different directions. You
see unnecessary coercion which needs critique, and I see excessive
individualism which needs critique! I wonder what Freud would
say about us... (smile)
Robin