On May 7, 1:45 pm, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > On 5/7/2012 8:40 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > Of course musical criticism is political. A negative review from a > > prominent critic is supposed to have consequences for the career of > > the musician. Same for restaurant critics, film critics, etc. Part of > > being a successful critic is being courted by those who seek favorable > > reviews, and all of them struggle with how much of their integrity is > > worth to them. > > So now you expanded politics to include all activities of civil society. No > point arguing > with someone to whom words meant whatever they want them to mean.
Civil society is a political system. It is not much of a stretch to see that most enduring aspects of it have a political dimension. The more central to the political system (civilization) the thing is, the more politically powerful the thing in question would have to be. How could it be otherwise? Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
