<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Why is there such an asymmetry? It has to do with what
colonialism is also about: establishing frameworks of inquiry
into the nature of human beings and societies through the use
of power and violence </b>(S. N. Balagangadhara et al., 2008).
Once established and generalized, such frameworks continue
to draw their legitimacy through sources other than those that
are cognitive in nature. Today, it appears to me, this legitimizing
process has reached its apotheosis in the guise of an attitude
that suggests that a science of culture and the sciences of the
social are simply impossible because of human and epistemic
limitations. Needless to say, a persistent âanti-scientificâ attitude
adds fodder to such an attitude.  link<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
colonialism is also about: establishing frameworks of inquiry
into the nature of human beings and societies through the use
of power and violence </b>(S. N. Balagangadhara et al., 2008).
Once established and generalized, such frameworks continue
to draw their legitimacy through sources other than those that
are cognitive in nature. Today, it appears to me, this legitimizing
process has reached its apotheosis in the guise of an attitude
that suggests that a science of culture and the sciences of the
social are simply impossible because of human and epistemic
limitations. Needless to say, a persistent âanti-scientificâ attitude
adds fodder to such an attitude.  link<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->