On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > *From:* John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx> > *To:* lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Sent:* Monday, November 7, 2011 12:34 AM > *Subject:* [lit-ideas] Re: education > > John: Whether the battle is winnable in a world where > market-fundamentalist economics are grounded in a neo-Calvinist view of > humanity (a few blessed, mostly damned) is, I fear, open to question. > Whether it is winnable in a world where, ever since the invention of > writing, scribe and ruler have worked hand in hand to exploit the rest, > whatever the ideology said to govern economic affairs, is very much open to > question. > > > Andy: John, that's brilliant. > As much as I would like to claim credit, I owe the observation to my wife, who got the basic idea from reading Max Weber's *The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism *while doing freshman humanities at Reed College. John -- John McCreery The Word Works, Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN Tel. +81-45-314-9324 jlm@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.wordworks.jp/