WHEN'S IT OUT IN PAPERBACK?
Lefty PhD candidate Glen Fuller does edu-babble at his blog:
Update: In an update Fuller confirms his contempt for lesser mortals and further exposes his questionable writing skills:
I am currently writing the monster 50-plus page first section of my dissertation where I modify the concept of the cultural industry so it can be thought along the two sides of an assemblage. Anyway I came across this line that is perfect for the sub-section where I first introduce the function of enthusiast magazines in the collective assemblage of enunication pertaining to an enthusiasm for modified cars and the culture organised around it:Fuller isn't always so obtuse. Here he deals with Quadrant's Padriac McGuinness:
"It is in one's own language that one is bilingual or multilingual. Conquer the major language in order to delineate in it as yet unknown minor languages. Use the minor language to send the major language racing." ATP, orig. ital., p 105
Hurry up and die.No need for all the bullshit filler when he's not trying to impress other lefty super-brains.
Update: In an update Fuller confirms his contempt for lesser mortals and further exposes his questionable writing skills:
J.F. Beck draws attention to what he calls 'edu-babble', which is understandable he might think it is babble as he has not had the privilege of my many years of education.Fuller has no idea how many years of education I have.
posted by Anonymous at 9:40 PM |
1 Comments:
I am not interested in status! Who cares!?!?! Is that what you RWDB's are actually concerned with? That some uppity left-winger will think that he or she is actually of a higher status than the ignorant RWDB's? omg! I have not pursued research into these attitudes and avenues (following on from others who argued that everyday life in late capitalism is simply a question of 'status') because I didn't think people were actually like that! Is this the only sort of differentiation that you think is possible, ie a distribution across a vertical hierarchy? Please, if you had actually read the stuff that you think artificially raises me above everyday people then you would know that there are horizontal patterns of distribution.
The obviousness of this horizontal difference across many diverse cultural practices is evident in everyday culture. For example, think about the different codes of football, and how the different codes impact on the everyday lifeworlds of fans and enthusiasts. This difference may be placed in a subjective heirarchy, ie I like this over that, but there is certainly not an objective measure that would place the different codes in some kind of relation to each other. In fact, any selection of measurement criteria to try to produce an objective hierarchy between the different codes would betray another level of subjective selection.
The language I use may appear stilted to you, but the point is that those who have spent years working in similar areas and are familiar with the terms and concpets I am using will not find them as stilted. (Perhaps some would remain precisely because it is on my blog and not an academic paper.) I would not expect a soccer fan to be able to comment properly, if at all, on a rugby league game. Some basic elements can be transferred (two teams, the ball, the pitch, rules, and so on), but they are different in such a way that can not be overcome.
Also here is something that was emailed to me that preempts the claim for the existence of 'clear' or 'straightforward' language in everyday life:
"Just musing on JF Beck's antagonism of you: (I am too shy to engage in public internet-based chest beating):
Has the man never applied for a home loan (standard rate vs base rate - WTF?)? Indulged in the capitalist system ;) and invested in shares (franked and fully franked shares? Debentures? Does he know how to balance his debits and credits?)? Bought a coffee (WTF is a double tall mocha grande anyway? Will it hurt?)? Used a computer (mouse? Window? Is
he aware of what the elevator is in his top-most window?)? Has he ever tried reading a bill of parliament?"
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