I don't think Russian intellectuals think much like American or European ones. They're still caught up in Westernizer/Slavophile controversies.
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 16, 2007, at 2:29 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
> > If intellectuals in global cafe society think
> alike, that is
> > not because American intellectuals have become
> cosmopolitan but
> > because intellectuals in the rest of the world
> have adopted many of
> > the American ideas.
>
> The traffic isn't just one way. American
> intellectuals have long been
> Europhiles, and quite a few have dabbled in Eastern
> religions; more
> recently, Latin American culture has made its way
> into parts of
> American intellectual and cultural life. Besides,
> when we're not
> being arrogant provincials, Americans can be open to
> the world's
> cultures because we come from all over the place.
>
> Doug
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