Monday, May 24, 2010

Cultural coherence . . .

"The historical task of culture is always and everywhere the same: the creation of a world in which its inhabitants may find themselves at home and yet accommodate the stranger without yielding their habitus to him." -- Philip Rieff

1 comment:

Jeff Wild said...

This article was mentioned in another blog I read, I thought it would interest you and it seems to resonate in some way with this post. The article is about a book entitled, "Embodying Culture: Pregnancy in Japan and Israel"

Here is the link: http://www.booksandculture.com/articles/2010/mayjun/meaningoflife.html