HERBERT S. GROSS Rockville, Md., Oct. 31, 2012 The Writer Responds The readers underestimate the historical and existential depth of this problem, and the degree to which Pakistan is what American military assistance has made it.
In the modern as in other periods, shifts in hermeneutical emphases reflected broader academic and philosophical trends; historical-critical, existential, and structural interpretation have figured prominently during the 20th century.
A historical romp or an existential drama?
In the face of an existential threat, the historical Russia somehow re-emerged in the Soviet Union during the war — and then was eclipsed again.
The association of height with cultural desirability and even existential value has deep historical roots.
But how to explain the paralyzing resistance to climate change action, where the risks approach existential peaks unseen in historical human experience?
So among the bickering team banter and historical dress-up there is an existential question: why do the right thing when the universe has already decided you're irrelevant?
So, I thank thee for running, Sarah Palin, and for helping us last Tuesday to dodge the surreal, existential and yes, perhaps the greatest historical bullet of our lifetime.
It offers a rationale for the union's future, whereas the existential concept is a product of unprecedented historical experience the post-war reconstruction of Europe and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
