[lit-ideas] Re: 21. century European anti-Semitism
- From: Scribe1865@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 01:54:06 EDT
In a message dated 4/19/2004 1:43:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
mccreery@xxxxxxx writes:
Not really disagreeing. Just pointing out that this is Sociology 101
and requires a bit more sophistication for real, messy world
applications.
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One poses broad speculations in the hope that others will pick them to pieces
and add sophistication where it is lacking.
The Amish, for example, are more complex than normally assumed, since part of
their rite of passage involves a "wandering period" in which the young Amish
are encouraged to go out and explore the world of "the English," before
deciding to join Amish culture.
That's quite different from a culture that has no "wandering period," but
restricts activity everywhere and always as part of membership in a group.
To add Omar's observation, would a relatively "new" culture be likely to
adopt a rite of passage like a "wandering year" or would it vehemently impose
strict adherence from birth to grave?
And segmentary opposition is a useful concept in explaining how the US has
changed from a month after 9/11 to today, where the Iraq action is seen more
and
more as Bush's private vendetta and less and less as a response to a surprise
attack far greater than Pearl Harbor.
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