RE: context/development

From: Alfred Lang (alfred.lang@psy.unibe.ch)
Date: Thu Aug 31 2000 - 15:14:52 PDT


Nate and Mike, I just wanted to add to Mike's warning we should'nt
de-biologize culture, to which I fully agree, the converse warning
also: we shouldn't biologize culture. That is presently the greater
risk, considering the echo vulgar Darwinism gets these times in the
business and political world. I repeat my point: the problem is: we
have separate and untranslatable languages to describe bios and
culture. Even the people who want to speak together on this are
severely handicapped by this lack of suitable language.

To understand either bios or culture in itself, even if it were
perfect understanding, would probably tragic because it would
unavoidable miss or tear humans into two pieces. That is what
actually happens, only both understandings are indeed less than
perfect.

I would like to ask anybody on the list whether you think there exist
a conceptual system capable of describing bios and culture in the
same terms so understanding what is common to both and what is
different and why is at all possible.

Alfred

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