when i talk about the West and Western civilization in my own work, all i
mean is the culture of thought that has evolved from the Greeks through the
medieval world, as opposed to systems of thought more directly informed,
say, by Buddhism or Chinese thought or Egypt and the like. it is a porous
but useful distinction,,,,
gary shank
shank@duq.edu
>Kedmon,
>
>Thank you for raising issues that had been bothering me also. A
>comparative analysis of university, government, and corporate science in
>the US alone might break the category of 'western science', if not that of
>the different 'schools' that tend to align with the work of major
>scientists that sometime span political and ideological boundaries.
>
>I wonder what Latour experts could offer of the findings from his work.
>
>Bill Barowy, Associate Professor
>Lesley College, 31 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138-2790
>Phone: 617-349-8168 / Fax: 617-349-8169
>http://www.lesley.edu/faculty/wbarowy/Barowy.html
>_______________________
>"One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself
> and watch yourself softly become the author of something beautiful."
>[Norman Maclean in "A river runs through it."]
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