Deliberate cultural withdrawal can serve genuine connection
Evidence
Japan followed the same pattern. In the seventh century Japan imported Chinese culture and made the “transformation on its own initiative, free from economic and military pressures” to high civilization. “During the centuries that followed, periods of relative isolation from continental influences during which previous borrowings were sorted out and the useful ones assimilated would alternate with periods of renewed contact and cultural borrowing. Through all these phases, Japanese culture maintained its distinctive character. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 205 (
#exemplifies, via linked claim)
The dialectical critic of culture must both participate in culture and not participate. Only then does he do justice to his object and to himself. — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 55 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Authentic cultural criticism requires simultaneous participation and detachment — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry: Selected Essays…, 55; Japan’s cultural borrowing cycled between open contact and isolation that preserved identity — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 205
Related
- Japan’s cultural borrowing cycled between open contact and isolation that preserved identity (similarity 0.91)
Broader Connections
- Japan’s cultural borrowing cycled between open contact and isolation that preserved identity
#exemplifies(0.78) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 205 - Authentic cultural criticism requires simultaneous participation and detachment
#expands(0.75) — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 55