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RE: [xmca] What does "separation" mean



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

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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
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