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Re: Traditions that don't work

Ravishankar V. — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:18:22 GMT

Some of what you say is true. Tradition and prosperity are not directly connected, or causality can't be established without doubt. Critics of Weber have

Re: Traditions that don't work

Kranthikeshvara K — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:12:51 GMT

Every educated non-specialist, I am sure, will have his/her own pet explanations of India's past prosperity and current situation. We can even have engaging

Re: Traditions that don't work

Arun — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:27:04 GMT

IMO, the question to ask is not why the West is prosperous, but why (most of) Asia succumbed to Western domination? An Asia not so dominated has shown its

Re: Traditions that don't work

Umamahesh — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:39:46 GMT

Hi, K: "India was rich for thousands of years without putting the world at risk whereas the West has been filthy rich for a couple of centuries but by putting

Re: Traditions that don't work

Kranthikeshvara K — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:07:40 GMT

Michael, You are absolutely right! India was rich for thousands of years without putting the world at risk whereas the West has been filthy rich for a

Re: Traditions that don't work

indigenous1985 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:34:14 GMT

... Okay, I got that wrong. But I find it hard to believe that there is no underlying cause for failure or success. Even if 75 percent of it is because of

Re: Traditions that don't work

Michael Steinberg — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:08:10 GMT

... Only by a few. The Weber thesis has been dumped by serious scholars. It's likely that there is no deep cause for the sudden rise of the European world

Re: Traditions that don't work

indigenous1985 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:05:45 GMT

Well, western prosperity is generally chalked up to its Protestant ethic. So would you say that something about its tradition worked in terms of generating

Re: Traditions that don't work

Ravishankar V. — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:35:11 GMT

Some questions that pop up here. Will giving up the 'traditions' whatever they may mean- I don't really any longer know what people mean by 'traditions'-

Traditions that don't work

indigenous1985 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:10:33 GMT

Congratulations, Sarah and Raf! I just printed out both your theses and have started reading "Losing My Tradition". It is quite a page turner and I hope to

The problem of induction

Arun — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:45:34 GMT

Is this idea - that we know ourselves primarily through induction - and therefore cannot properly pose the problem of induction - worth anything or is it

Re: Steve Farmer on "the neurobiological origins of primitive religi

Kranthikeshvara K — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:33:11 GMT

A lot of people, including philosophers, have started believing and asserting that religion is a by-product or side-effect of evolution. What is also

Pakthun Secularism

Arun — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:10:59 GMT

Worth a quick read. http://www.airra.org/newsandanalysis/SAHAR%20DECEMBER%202009%5B1%5D.pdf (PDF file: December 2009 issue of SAHAR, "The Voices of Pashtuns")

Fw: Caste discrimination proposed for UK Equality Bill

Prakash Shah — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:09:22 GMT

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