On 08/02/11 21:20, Michel Bauwens wrote:
translated, modernity threatens pre-modernity ... yes, that is undoubtedly true,
but I would add that trans-modernity can regenerate pre-modernity hence the many initiatives by people protecting traditional knowledge and medicine; we also see a enormous revival of traditional and complementary medicines in advanced western countries, which correlates with educational level (higher educated people rely less on scientific medicine)
a strategy of protection of traditional medicine which would rely on forbidding foreign language, education and western medicine, does not seem to have much chance of achieving anything, least of all the protection of traditional medicine, which in a unprotected traditional society would be swept away in an instant; hence an intelligent mix of resistance to protect traditional lifestyles and modes of production, mixed with an adaptation to modernity, and a strong push straight towards transmodernity, would seem like better strategies
Yes, you are right. The indigenous people with that position have it wrong. My apologies for once more being simplistic and supporting that position. They need a better analysis. I will leave the matter for the more educated and experienced strategists.