The I-it relation prevails between subjects and objects of thought and action; the I-Thou relation, on the other hand, obtains in encounters between subjects that exceed the range of the Cartesian subject-object relation.
To anyone who has given thought to the peculiar and strained relations that for centuries prevailed between Jews and Christians, and that in some quarters still continue, it must be plain that behind these antagonisms lies an ancient, deep-seated fear on the part of each of these groups of the other.
I can't tell you for sure if the Egyptians will accept it". Other sources in Israel warned that the complicated package requires extensive new negotiations and those could quickly lead to new stalemates barring a thaw in the "cold peace" that has prevailed between the two countries for nearly the last four years, unless both sides remain determined to achieve it.
During the next decades an uneasy coexistence prevailed between the Mongols in northern China and the Song state in the south.
The remarks suggested a clear departure from the often pointed and deprecatory speech that has prevailed between Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and President Bush.
A fragile cease-fire has since prevailed between Israel and Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran and is now helping the Syrian government fight rebel forces.
Incipient management of cereal plants and slash-and-burn techniques seem to have prevailed between 17.5 and 13 ka BP, which was indigenous and associated with grazing.
He argues that the Heideggerian and critical theory traditions have much in common despite the miscommunication, opposition, and even outright hostility that have prevailed between them including significant roots in the phenomenology of Edmund Husserl.
With that, the estrangement that prevailed between the world's two largest democracies during the cold war, when India drew close to the Soviet Union and the United States allied with Pakistan, has eased.
While peace has largely prevailed between the government and the militants inside Pakistan since earlier this year, the infiltration of Taliban fighters from the tribal areas into Afghanistan has risen sharply.
Since Hillary Clinton has already said that she will not stay after 2012, the harmony that prevailed between the Pentagon and the State Department during Mr Obama's first term may be absent if he wins a second.Nor is it clear just how suited Mr Panetta's particular political pedigree is for the immediate job in hand.
