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The term, separation, as people are using it here, seems to be similar if not the same as a discussion involving Jaan Valsiner and Barbara Rogoff with respect to person/environment and in various discussions of how to understand "context." I think recovering those prior discussions might help here. mike On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Michael Glassman <MGlassman@ehe.osu.edu>wrote: > Hi Larry, > > Do you think Shotter is right, I mean that separation is usually associated > with space. The earliest ideas of separation in the social sciences I can > think of seems to come from Freud, who wasn't concerned about physical > separation at all, and doesn't seem to conceputalize it that way. Maybe > space comes later with the dominance of measurement? > > Michael > > ________________________________ > > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu on behalf of Larry Purss > Sent: Wed 7/20/2011 10:14 AM > To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity > Subject: [xmca] What does "separation" mean > > > > I wanted to ask others to reflect on the meaning of "separation" as it > seems > central to notions of opposition and chiasmic intertwining. John Shotter > states > > "the very word "separation" as such is misleading: it suggests separation > in > a spatial sense - we need to realize that the qualitative differences OF > SUCCESSIVE MOMENTS cannot be captured in spatial imagery: to differ > qualitatively and to be distinct in space are two quite different notions. > > Separation and differentiation as word meanings are common sense terms used > to describe developmental processes but I wonder if we are sharing common > responses to these word meaninings? > > Larry > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca