There is an interesting NY Times Story on Area Studies which includes the
following reformulation of Luria's conception of Romantic Science, taken,
so to speak, to a new scale:
Area scholars have begun to catch on that globalization plays out differently depending on where you are, said Mr. Calhoun said. "You can't generalize from the local, but you can't generalize without the local."
The entire story can be read at http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/07/arts/07AREA.html
Happy New Year Ana, Anna et al.
mike
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