Surprisingly, my political science thesis topic - and the study of Eastern and Western dialectics within it (key theme related to contradiction management, an approach I use to assess China) - takes me back to the theme of dialogue between religions, within which I worked a few years ago in a research assistant role. I have an ongoing dialogue between the taoist roots of Eastern dialectics, virtue and Christ. Thankfully, I can always turn to Dr. Huang for advice :)
"Dialectical logic has its roots in Taoism and is a perspective that embraces paradox and contradiction as the very vehicle through which positive change and growth can occur (Palich et al 2002). Following this logic, change is obtained by the tension between two opposing forces while the absence of this tension results in a lack of evolution. That is why the resolution of contradictions is not consistent with evolution and thus the Chinese spend more time discovering complexities than trying to reduce them"
-Karsaklian, 2016 (343)
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