[lit-ideas] Re: In the Name of Efficiency [was: Punitive Expeditions, Helm's World, Psychotic Expeditions, Pasifistic Expeditons, Experience War, Who are you calling crazy?, Honor: A History, etc.]

  • From: "John McCreery" <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 20:14:47 +0900

On 5/10/06, Judith Evans <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 


And yes, the point about subcultures and group loyalty is
elementary (but so is the
point that subcultures vary and also may exhibit internal
variation).


Of course. Every heard of Mary Douglas' group and grid approach to
analyzing that variation (described in her book _Natural Symbols_).
It's very pertinent, indeed, to this discussion.

John

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