Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id PAA03587 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 16 May 2001 15:51:51 +0100 Subject: Re: Bourdieu and meaning Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 10:46:03 -0400 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas Est Veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "memetics list" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20010516144605.AAA15509@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 05/16/01 09:31, Ryan, Angela said this-
>As for the American Declaration: it does indeed, paradoxically, state a
>belief which the locators did not implement, which was not so and still is
>not;
No political idea is ever 'so', and implementing political ideas is
always a process.
>The power of words
>is none other than the power delegated to the speaker:
This sounds like a typical franco-marxist politically-based assertion. ;-)
The power of words can indeed be the power of the speaker- as long as the
content is irrelevant and the information being conveyed _is_ the power
of the speaker.
And, yes, there are never enough listeners, but plenty of people with
only their ears open, to make Bourdieu's comment pungent with social
truth.
- Wade
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