Thematic Dialectic and Cultural Contextualism

FAIN: FA-11808-77

Thomas K. Seung
University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX 78712-0100)

To write a book expounding Pi's original theory which views the development of the ethos of a culture as a sustained interplay of cultural themes and ideals. PI has labelled this interplay thematic dialectic and views it as a motive force in the development of a cultural tradition. The notion of thematic dialectic should be a useful instrument for implementing cultural contextualism, that is, the art of interpreting and understanding human endeavors in the cultural context of their origin and development.