Exploring Cultural Perspectives on Transition and Transformation
Delve into a comparative analysis of Greek and Chinese worldviews on transition and transformation as discussed by Tanna Darty. Discover how the divergent philosophical roots shape their understanding of concepts like being, language, and the nature of change, offering unique insights into the complexities of reality and existence.
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THE SNOW MELTS: PRESUPPOSITIONS OF WESTERN SCIENCE TANNA DARTY
DIVERGENCE OF CULTURES JULLIEN STARTS OFF THIS CHAPTER BY TALKING ABOUT WHY HE RECOGNIZES THE INTERSECTIONALITIES & DIVERGENCES IN CULTURES, INSTEAD OF THEIR DIFFERENCES. -PROMOTES UNITY -DECREASES PREJUDICE HE THEN MOVES INTO LOOKING AT BOTH CHINESE AND GREEK (WESTERN) CULTURES, SPECIFICALLY THEIR LANGUAGES. WHICH RESOURCES THEY HAVE EACH DEPLOYED AND PROMOTED, IN THEIR INVENTIVENESS, AND WHICH CAN BE PUT TOO GOOD USE BY OUR COMMON INTELLIGENCE TODAY (JULLIEN 2009, 28)
GREEK VIEW OF TRANSITION GREEKS FOCUS ON BEING AND THAT IS THE HANDICAP FROM WHICH GREEK THOUGHT SUFFERS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT THINK IN TERMS OF TRANSITION (JULLIEN 29). THE IDEA OF BEING MUDDIES A TRANSITION. WHEN DOES SOMETHING CHANGE FROM NOT BEING TO BEING? OR BEING TO NOT BEING? OR FROM ONE BEING TO ANOTHER? WHEN DOES SNOW BECOME WATER? PLATO WAS UNABLE TO THINK IN TERMS OF TRANSITION, SAYING OF THE SNOW, IT CAN NEVER COEXIST IN ANY WAY WITH HEAT BUT JULLIEN ARGUES THAT SNOW MUST RELINQUISH ITSELF TO HEAT (PLATO 1961B, 102-3) (JULLIEN 32).
CHINESE VIEW OF TRANSITION CHINESE THOUGHT HAS BEEN ABLE IN CONTRAST TO GO BEYOND THE LACK OF DEMARCATION OF THE TRANSITION AND THUS ALSO OF THE SILENT TRANSFORMATION WHICH RESULTS FROM IT (JULLIEN 29). CONTRASTING FROM GREEK THINKING, CHINESE THINKING IS MADE TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE STATE OF WHAT ONE SEES BUT DOES NOT PERCEIVE (LAO- TZU 1992, 14:16) (JULLIEN 33). THE CONCEPT OF TAO IS IMPORTANT IN UNDERSTANDING CHINESE THOUGHT. JULLIEN SAYS IF IT MUST AT ANY PRICE BE DEFINED, IS ESSENTIALLY TRANSITION, AND THIS IS WHY IT IS INDEFINABLE (JULLIEN 34).
LANGUAGE WESTERN LANGUAGE LENDS ITSELF TO ATTRIBUTES OF BEING AND THEREFORE DOES NOT LEND ITSELF TO TRANSITION. CHINESE LANGUAGE AVOIDS TELEOLOGIES OR FORCING QUALITIES ON NON- LIVING THINGS. MAKING THINGS HAVE QUALITIES MAKES THEM HARDER TO TRANSFORM. CHINESE YIN & YANG THOUGHT IS THE IDEA THAT ONE THING LENDS ITSELF TO ANOTHER. THAT ONE THING CAN SPILL ITSELF INTO THE OTHER AND CANNOT RENEW ITSELF EXCEPT THROUGH THIS OTHER (JULLIEN 37).
QUESTION OF THE MELTING SNOW ARISTOTLE SAYS THAT EVERYTHING WHICH CHANGES, DOES SO BETWEEN CONTRARY TERMS SO OPPOSITES, LIKE COLD AND HEAT, REPLACE EACH OTHER WHEN A TRANSITION OCCURS (1984A, 189-90). THE QUESTION WHEN THE SNOW IS IN THE PROCESS OF MELTING IS IT STILL SNOW? IS IT NOT ALREADY WATER? CAN REALLY BECOME WHAT IS THE THING THAT EXISTS THE STATE OF TRANSITION THAT IS SUSTAINED BETWEEN THE TWO? (JULLIEN 35-6). THIS IS WESTERN QUESTIONING, BUT CHINESE THOUGHT AVOIDS THIS ISSUE OF A THIRD COMPONENT, BY NOT APPROACHING REALITY IN TERMS OF BEING. APPARENTLY ARISTOTLE IMAGINED THIS IDEA, BUT DISREGARDED BECAUSE IT WAS PURELY ILLOGICAL (JULLIEN 37).
IMPLICATIONS OF TRANSITIONING BEING ABLE TO DETECT WHEN TRANSITIONS OCCUR IS A STRENGTH OF CHINESE CULTURE, WHILE WESTERN CULTURE MAY GET TOO CAUGHT UP ON THE PROCESS OF TRANSITIONING. THIS CAN BE A STRENGTH IN THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD, BECAUSE CHANGES IN ORGANISMS AND ENVIRONMENTS OFTEN NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. EX: INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE. TO DATE, MANY INSECT RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATIONS AGAINST [MOSQUITOES] HAVE FAILED, PROBABLY BECAUSE RESISTANCE LEVELS WERE ALREADY TOO HIGH AND WELL ESTABLISHED WHEN THE IRM WAS IMPLEMENTED (DUSFOUR ET AL. 2019). RESOLVE THE DIFFICULT WHILE IT IS STILL EASY. DEAL WITH THE LARGE WHILE IT IS STILL SMALL. DIFFICULT AFFAIRS IN THE WORLD MUST BE DEALT WITH WHEN THEY ARE EASY. MAGNIFICENT AFFAIRS IN THE WORLD MUST BE DEALT WITH WHEN THEY ARE SMALL. (LZ63).
RESOURCES DUSFOUR, I., J. VONTAS, J. P. DAVID, D. WEETMAN, D. M. FONSECA, V. CORBEL, K. RAGHAVENDRA, M. B. COULIBALY, A. J. MARTINS, S. KASAI, AND F. CHANDRE. 2019. MANAGEMENT OF INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE IN THE MAJOR AEDES VECTORS OF ARBOVIRUSES: ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES. PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES 13:1 23. JULLIEN, FRAN OIS, ET AL. THE SILENT TRANSFORMATIONS. SEAGULL BOOKS, 2011. LAOZI DAODEJING CH. 6
