[lit-ideas] Re: The continuation of Realpolitik -- a rant
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 05:47:22 -0500
I don't know who David Wright is, but many of his statements have a
Rochefoucauld flavor to them. Maybe he's French, I decided, and (like Andy)
writes under a mysterious pseudonym. So I googled up David Droit -- nothing.
So I tried David Tout Droit -- again, nothing. Discouraged, I quit. He could
be English for all I know.
Mike Geary
Memphis
----- Original Message -----
From: David Wright
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 1:34 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The continuation of Realpolitik -- a rant
No CV needed.
I understand; an, ahem, pay attention now, academic...that is merely...well,
academic. No chiding neccessary. The )(&) and circumstance of the most recent
post will suffice.
If you must play publicationopoly in asian culture stuff, then look me up
at least you got chapter, dude -- happy reading,
d.
P.S. Cornell...whe's dat?
Johnny wrote:
Be careful who you chide. I do, indeed, live abroad, almost 28 years now in
Japan. I am, in addition, an anthropologist, a China specialist with a Ph.D.
from Cornell, who once wrote a dissertation on the symbolism of Taoist magic.
If you would like to go a bit deeper than the superficialities of your recent
observations, allow me to recommend my chapter on Traditional Chinese Religion
in Ray Scupin, ed., Religion and Culture: An Anthropological Focus. Pearson
Prentice Hall, 2nd Edition, 2008, pages, pages 303-321.
Of course people quarrel and quibble about their gods, ghosts and
ancestors. "Mine is better than yours" is basic human nature. Still, only a
fool mistakes the local equivalent of a high-school rivalry for a categorical
imperative.
John
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