Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 14:49:24 -0700 From: Patrick Crosby <pcrosby-AT-ieee.org> Subject: Re: newbies Well, I disagree. 30 emails+ /day of "newbie" questions, and newbies telling what their personal interests, and people thanking newbies for these posts (is that a "metapost," perhaps? a post about posts?) are, is a bit much. Especially when my own posts are now getting censored. (At least in the last 3 hours, the last one I attempted to post has nt made it. Maybe because I was critical in it of some well known televangelists?). When I have time to figure out how to do it, I will unsubscribe. There USED to be serious discussion here. heymoira-AT-email.com wrote: > I would like to thank the newbies for reviving this list. For a while there, it was close to being moribund. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael Franklin <kennarfl-AT-hotmail.com> > Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 11:36:33 -0500 > To: bourdieu-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu > Subject: question > > > Hey list, > > > > I'm one of those so-called newbies, so treat me tenderly. > > > > I just finished Distinction and had a question. In the chapter on culture > > and politics, Bourdieu discusses a disconnect between class condition and > > political consciousness (e.g., a working-class guy who is politically > > conservative and an evangelical Christian). Mediating this "disconnect" is > > class interest, but Bourdieu never identifies the principles of assignment > > that would link a specific class with a specific interest. The conventional > > way of defining "interest" is by identifying a social agent's (or class of > > agents') subjective intentions/beliefs. Yet, Bourdieu seems to define > > "interest" objectively, outside the social agent's consciousness, by > > suggesting that there is a true politics associated with the > > social/economic condition of the social agent that trumps the false > > politics associated with myth, religion, nationalism, etc. > > > > If anyone could point me in the direction of relevant articles/books, I'd > > appreciate it, especially something that takes into account mass media and > > PR. > > > > Thanks much, > > Michael Franklin > > University of MN > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > ********************************************************************** > > Contributions: bourdieu-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu > > Commands: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu > > Requests: bourdieu-approval-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com > http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > > ********************************************************************** > Contributions: bourdieu-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu > Commands: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu > Requests: bourdieu-approval-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ********************************************************************** Contributions: bourdieu-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu Commands: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu Requests: bourdieu-approval-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
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