Word: centricity
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...owes its very terminology and subject of analysis to classical political philosophy.The presence of Latin and Greek in college core curricula, however, does privilege eminently Western ideas and works. While such a thought might send shivers down the spine of the most committed post-colonial literary theorist, this Western-centric ideal should not be a cause of concern.To put putatively “Western” learning, like classical languages, on par with other cultural traditions presents an acute case of internal inconsistency. The idea of a university, of liberal learning— which Harvard claims to exemplify?...
...should shake us to the core. While media coverage of Ahmadenejad’s visit to the United Nations General Assembly last week was primarily focused on the dangers posed to America and to the world by a nuclear Iran, it behooves us to remove ourselves from this America-centric perspective and consider the actual suffering of those already under his fanatic and menacing rule...
...months (as my colleagues whom I've been buttonholing with questions can attest), I found the coverage of the credit situation and its possible effects on the rest of the economy to be frustratingly vague and Wall Street-centric. I felt like I should know what was going on, and I didn't. Just what exactly were we facing, and who could be hit in what...
...Force has always been the shiniest, most hardware-centric of the nation's military services. Whether it's the brooding bat-like B-2 bomber, the razor-sharp F-22 fighter, or the constellation of satellites that transmits everything from war plans to the GPS signal telling you where you are, the flyboys spare almost no expense in outfitting themselves with the state-of-the-art armament. This year, the Air Force is spending close to $65 billion - more than either the Army or Navy - developing new weapons. So at a time when politicians never tire of declaring their unbridled...
Military strategists see it as vindication for their continued calls for heavy, armor-centric warfare, while geo-strategists take it as a lesson in the dangers of a small country baiting a bigger and nearer foe when its key ally packs little more than rhetorical firepower, at least in the short term...