[lit-ideas] Re: media violence
- From: "Torgeir Fjeld" <torgfje2@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 21:13:20 +0100
On 26 May 2004 at 13:53, John Wager wrote:
> Calling the war a "Civil War" implies acceptance of the "Northern"
> view of sovereignty: There is ONE entity, the "United States," and
> parts of that single entity are at war with other (internal) parts. A
> "civil" war. But in Florida in 1964 the people in charge of textbooks
> thought that the "Southern" view was still correct:
OK, so then it makes sense that there's still much resistance to terming
the armed insurgence in South Africa up until 1994 as a "civil war". Only
last month etc etc...
Concerning the mosaic metaphor: I wonder if each element can maintain its
distinction in a post-war articulation. Otoh, with Henry Giroux: "teach
the conflicts".
Cheers,
-t
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Torgeir Fjeld
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