Crucial Distinctions: Process and Product: A response to: Sandhu. 2001. 'Fixed Visions and Visionaries'

Abstract

"I believe that Sandhu (2001) is seriously misreading Holling (1999). Holling's sculpting analogy concerned the process, not the product. This lack of precision is a problem with metaphorical writing, and I don't pretend to be so wise as to understand the phenomenon. However, I will attempt to both defend and clarify Holling, at least as I interpret his point. I do this not to nitpick (an example of a metaphorical word intended to illuminate rather than obscure), but because the distinction is far from trivial. It is, in fact, crucial."