Guest guest Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 At 9:41 am -0500 9/12/03, V.V.Raman wrote: >.... >4. If much of what one teaches about Western civilization in India >consists of Roman orgies, papal corruption in the Middle ages, the >Huns, the Crusades, the inquisition, St. Bartholomew massacre, the >Salem witch hunt, slavery in the Americas, and the like, rather than >Plato, De Rerum Natura, Roman law, St. Thomas of Aquinas, Dante, >Shakespeare, Newton, Euler, the discovery of vaccines, >world-transforming inventions, and the like, and keep concentrating >on European colonialism and exploitation of the world, hegemonic >dominance, etc., quite possibly people of European heritage living >in India would be appalled and feel offended. ... Surely it's important that all these things should be taught, if people are to understand a civilization? I don't think you could understand Dante without knowing about papal corruption in the Middle Ages. Valerie J Roebuck Manchester, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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