{"product_id":"orient-and-occident-east-west-synergy-von-gebhard-deissler","title":"Orient and Occident - East-West Synergy","description":"\u003cp\u003eScientific Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Cultural Studies - Miscellaneous, , language: English, abstract: In the following I would like to attempt an answer as to whether and how the cultural distance between East and West can be bridged. Rudyard Kipling in his days said \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTill Earth and Sky stand presently at God's Great Judgement Seat;'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the lines which are usually quoted. However, an Indian Maharajah and former Indian Ambassador to Washington D.C., correctly added the following lines, which are \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'But there is neither East nor West, Border, not Breed, nor Birth,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen two strong men stand face to face,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough they come from the end of the Earth'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand he interpreted the two ¿strong men¿ as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen two strong ¿minds¿ meet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783656010876\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783656010876","offer_id":39438476116061,"sku":"9783656010876","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/70c032ef-a860-489f-a425-3b4315f00356.jpg?v=1777868634","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/orient-and-occident-east-west-synergy-von-gebhard-deissler","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}