Re: [xmca] Question

[mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>]

Elina--

I spent a great many sessions with Russian grad students who were interested
in this issue. We had a LOT of trouble with the fact that there seem to be a
whole lot of words that appear to refer in overlapping ways with
"self-consciousness."  Terms in the family of reflectivity, reflexivity came
up a lot among the Russian students, but they were trying hard to figure out
what the right English words were for whatever Russian term was being used.
Not just "samo-soznanie" was used in their conversations as well, with
meta-cognition slipping in along with "reflexia."

I am unsure what to suggest. What is occasion for the question?
mike

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Larry Purss <lpscholar2@gmail.com> wrote:

> Elina
>
> I wanted to express my appreciation of the quote you sign off with by
> Tagore.  It  captures the central imperative of foregrounding  context and
> traditions in the emergence of self-consciousness [the string] BUT that
> without the string there is no violin.
> I find myself often reflecting on the implications this perspective
> elaborates.
>
> One suggestion I would like to suggest on the emergence of
> self-consciousness is Andy's vimeo podcast on the Historical roots of
> cultural-historical theory. [Hegel is central]
>
> Larry
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Elina Lampert-Shepel
> <ellampert@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Hi, everyone,
> > I would appreciate if anyone can recommend publications on
> > self-consciousness in cultural-historical tradition. I am interested in
> any
> > references on this issue.
> >  Thanks in advance,
> >  Elina
> >
> > --
> > I have on my table a violin string. It is free. I twist one end of it and
> > it
> > responds. It is free. But it's not free to do what a violin string is
> > supposed to do - to produce music. So I take it, fix it in my violin and
> > tighten it until it is taut. Only then is it free to be a violin string.
> > -Sir Rabindranath Tagore
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