Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 15:36:14 -0500 (EST) From: Gerald Levy <glevy-AT-pratt.edu> Subject: M-G: Re: Table manners according to Doug H Doug Henwood <dhenwood-AT-panix.com> wrote: > I > think good language, good thinking, and good art shouldn't be the province > of the educated bourgeoisie alone. I think they should be the universal > property of humankind, and that this should be one of the central goals of > socialism. What has the above to do with Marxism? You speak of "good language" ... I ask *whose* language? "Good thinking"? The thinking of *what class*? "Good art" ... *for whom by whom*? It may not have occurred to you but language, "thinking", and art are historically created and socially-specific rather than being trans-historical and "universal." [btw, Doug's suggestion that the "universal" ... "good language" is proper English is an example of national chauvinism. I wonder: do others agree that one of the "central goals of socialism" should be the Queen's English?]. Jerry --- from list marxism-general-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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