strong correlationism

is represented by the likes of Hegel and Marx and can be equated with imperialism: the subject is the creator of his world and different cultures are taken to be incommensurable.

These critiques miss the target because they rely on an idea of the incommensurability of cultures. This idea stems from strong correlationism (Hegel). Strong correlationism is equated with imperialism: cultural difference can be used to justify imposing an alien bureaucratic power layer on top of an existing indigenous culture, for example. The critique of crossing over, or of arguing for commensurability, is a symptom of the very imperialism from which one is trying to rescue thinking by departing from strong correlationist orthodoxy. How ironic is that?

strong correlationism, n.Definitions

strong correlationism