tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948367.post113716879425928009..comments2008-09-05T14:46:08.745-04:00Comments on Lamb At School: living the dreamSimon Jo-Keelinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519356058137871719noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948367.post-1142258578605521362006-03-13T09:02:00.000-05:002006-03-13T09:02:00.000-05:00Pat has a good point, I think. Just because you ca...Pat has a good point, I think. Just because you can be aware and critical of something doesn't mean it changes your sense of its truth. I would just add to Pat's JLo example that an apparently instinctive reaction is still also conditioned by that person's past experiences and socialization. "Instinct" is not necessarily nonsocial. Perfect examples of this can be found among all those overacheiving, intelligent social critics with eating disorders. That's why social criticism like anthropology doesn't actually make life any easier--and can even lead to more confusion and internal conflict!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948367.post-1139083743288582432006-02-04T15:09:00.000-05:002006-02-04T15:09:00.000-05:00Your reaction could also mean that, despite your a...Your reaction could also mean that, despite your analytically and philosophically sophisticated approach to your subject matter, you still instinctively romanticize what your pre-analytic mind has stereotyped as "authentic" cultural expression. Perhaps that's what you meant by "some important differences... between engagements with one's 'native' system and an 'imported' one."<BR/><BR/>It seems analogous to how a hetero man who's a committed feminist can still be turned on by JLo and her terrible ilk, in that his instincts aren't ruled (completely) by his beliefs and values.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948367.post-1137982251112493472006-01-22T21:10:00.000-05:002006-01-22T21:10:00.000-05:00you're a very smart man, simon k...HAPPY NEW YEAR,...you're a very smart man, simon k...<BR/><BR/>HAPPY NEW YEAR, MAN!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com