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...especially, as Coles points out, in the context of this year's presidential election. And yet at first glance, Lives of Moral Leadership is not very weighty or academically substantive. Each of the different chapters deals with a different story, but in the end (and this is a somewhat reductionist conclusion) it's all the same...
Labelling genetic polymorphisms is an interesting and very controversial way of investigating psychiatric illness. There is little question that people's mental states are the product of both genetic and environmental influences; nature and nurture co-choreograph our intellectual steps and missteps. Still, it often seems superficial and reductionist to explain complex mental machinations with a chromosome number and base substitution. How can we possibly acknowledge the flair of the human thought process by merely pinpointing a genetic locus...
Defying common labels seems to be a habit with Zhang. While he is categorized as a "Sixth Generation" director, Zhang balks at the reductionist labeling prevalent in Chinese cinema. While Zhang is right when he says "discussing directors as cohesive generations collapses varied styles into one," generational labels do help identify key changes in cinematic practice. Unified by a stylistic break from the past and disillusionment born out of the Cultural Revolution, Fifth Generation directors searched history and literature for a native, pristine China...
...another the pantheon of Shakespearean roles without becoming excessively confused is no small feat. Amblad goes from flight attendant, to especially silly Romeo, to a Martha Stewart-esque "Titus Androgynous" running a cooking show with a revenge theme, where the main ingredient is the rapist. His approach to the reductionist difficulties of "head pie" has all the confidence and self-possession one would expect of the woman herself. Opposite him in this scene is Green, with a Muppet-like rendition of Lavinia, the tongueless assistant. The idea for the scenario is mediocre at best, but the caricatures by Amblad...
...recent receptivity towards alternative medicine represents a return to ancient notions rooted in the history of both Eastern and Western medicine. The first step was a movement away from the reductionist philosophy of Western biomedicine which compartmentalized the body into separate systems. A greater emphasis was then placed on "new" more integrated views of the person, views that had been embraced by many alternative medical practitioners for millenia. A more holistic, interconnected medical paradigm, which led to the development of mind body medicine, was the result...