“Me-Other” or “Us-Others” Dualism and the problem of identity / 7 May 2008

Our civilization is based on these dualisms, but this reality cannot say us anything per se. The cancer or Aids or Schizophrenia are very famous illnesses that they are in our civilization, too. So what? Should we save them just because they exist? Should we save them just because they are being produced by some biological processes? If we go to a Medicine and he says us that we are attacked by cancer and she/he says us that it is very natural because of some certain biological process what will we think?
Our civilization is not based on these dualisms but it is based on finding some ways to solve them
Generally we can see three methods to solve these dualisms as bellow:
1- Chinese Methodology. Maybe we can call that Far-East solution. It can bee understood by the method that a Chinese instructor teaches his pupil to use arch and arrow. You will hear these sentences from your Chinese master: “There is no target, forget about arch and arrow. That is you who should go to the target. The arch, arrow, and also target are just your illusions. Forget about these illusions. …” you see! He tries to dissolve your consciousness in this process. He tries to dissolve you in the “other”. That is nothing like “You” and “other”. We can see the Far-Eastern approach to the process of modernization. See China, India, Philippine, Indonesia, and Japan. All of them have accepted the western culture and modernization. One may say but they are now resisting against western culture. As I will show in this article the idea that they are resisting against western culture is partly wrong and partly it is produced by western culture not by Far-Easterners.
2- Western Methodology. Do you want to learn archery? You will have a theoretical class at first. Your master will say you about the structure of the arch, the arrow, how should you take them in your hand, how should you control your body and especially your breath. Yes. This methodology is based on structuralism. The western culture is based on this structuralism to solve the problem of dualism. The approach that I am highly agreed with and I will show that it is the only real solution.
3- The Middle Eastern methodology. If you want to learn archery in the Middle East you will hear that your master will shout on you while he is full of hate “Destroy the target! Annihilate it!” and then you should forget about arch and arrow and you should pick up an axe and annihilate the target. Nothing should remain, otherwise you will be perished. Eliminating the “Others” is the only way that Middle Eastern culture has discovered.
“Identity” of personals is being shaped in the way of their endeavors to overcome this duality. The identity of cultures also is being shaped in the same way, but a little bit more complicated in practice.