Nevertheless, these differences may be reconciled from a Christian perspective by placing the emphasis on learning how to
decenter so that refocusing is possible.
The anterior lens of each ITS was
decentered up to 1 mm in 0.2 mm steps.
Among other measures, the Experiences Questionnaire emerged as a brief and usable self-report instrument intended to capture the ability to
decenter from thoughts and feelings (Fresco, Moore et al., 2007).
Because all history is entangled, the role of the United States must be
decentered and non-American history and experiences understood (32).
Derridean theory examines the interrelationships between center and
decenter part of social structure.
I begin with two issues associated with repertorial canons: the "add-and-stir" model, and the "
decentered author."
With his comparative approach and transnational context, Peck aims to "
decenter" Western history and challenge its strong tendency toward exceptionalism.
They claim that the book "draws on a certain eccentricity of expertise in an effort to
decenter convention" (4) So while Sportcult draws upon a variety of disciplines, the variety effectively produces a book that seems comfortable in its disparate and
decentered nature.
The poem demonstrates the persistence of categories of cultural difference even when one term of the self/other dialectic is destabilized or
decentered, a useful warning for those of us who are trying to learn how to
decenter ourselves.
In Saladin, we find the experiences that have done most to
decenter Rushdie personally -- Saladin too is a boy of Muslim background from Bombay, who goes to school in England and embraces English ways, and then is forced to confront the racism he has carefully ignored because he worships this enticing, empowering, colonizing culture and its tantalizing dreams of fair play and justice.