Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 10:05:45 +0200
Subject: Re: Wacquant on boxing


How can any person who claims to be a social scientist dare to condemn
someone by the topic they are writing on without ever even looking at
their work (or being able to spell their name correctly)?

It is important to fight fascism and to be aware of subtle tendencies
towards fascism. Yet especially the latter are not found in a headline
or a "topic" but - as students of Bourdieu should know - in a specific
perspective of the world. Anyone who reads Wacquant will be ashamed of
this accusation.

On the other hand condemning people without knowing anything about their
work certainly does not show fascism, but an understanding of scientific
and democratic dialogue that I am very sceptical of.

Anja Weiss

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