I think it also means "philosophy of life" in German. And it should be pronounced "velt-an-shh-aoong". I hope I got that right. Basically, "w" in German is pronounced like "v" in English and "v" in German is pronounced like "f" in English.
-Amlan. --- Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is something interesting from Jung.Incidently, does > anyone know how the world 'Weltanschauung' is pronounced.I > know it means 'world view', but the way Jung has used it, > does theword have some special significance in German? > ***In his 1957 classic, The Undiscovered Self, Carl Jung > examined indetail Nazi Germany's mass psychosis and the > dangers of learning "tosubmit absolutely to a collective > belief." Here is what he observed: > "The truth is that we don't know for certain whether > somethingsimilar might happen elsewhere. It would not be > surprising if it didand if another nation succumbed to the > infection of a uniform andone-sided idea. America…seems to > be immune because of the outspokencounter-position she has > adopted, but in point of fact she is perhapseven more > vulnerable than Europe, since her educational system is > themost influenced by the scientific Weltanschauung with > its statisticaltruths; Her mixed population finds it > difficult to strike roots in asoil that is practically > without history. The absence of a historicaland humanistic > education so sorely needed in such a circumstanceleads, on > the contrary, to a Cinderella existence." > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > Mailing list FAQ: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
