There must be subjects that are not like
this, but I can't
> think of any at the moment. If a subject is not central to the
> interdisciplinary study of other persons, at a minimum it
> has such a role in the life of the person pursuing it.
>
> The form of life of the worker is the co-product of all work.
>
> Or does anyone disagree?
> think of any at the moment. If a subject is not central to the
> interdisciplinary study of other persons, at a minimum it
> has such a role in the life of the person pursuing it.
>
> The form of life of the worker is the co-product of all work.
>
> Or does anyone disagree?
I don't disagree except, in the modern
"economy of scale" amid current definitions of "productivity" certain
professions become untenable no matter how important they are to the life of the
culture, community and family or to the life of those who practice
it. The closest thing that I could compare it to is "racism"
where people who are the wrong color are not allowed at the table or the
uniqueness of their culture is regarded as valueless.
The comments that Rupert Ross made about language
in the First Nations of Canada could be said as well about the African languages
or for that matter Ebonics which has a verb rather than a noun
base. But it is the fact that English in its noun centered
world view is considered the only world view that has value to North American
cultures even though the experts in Linguistics all came down on the side of
teaching Ebonics as a bridge language not only for African American culture but
for those dealing with African culture such as American
businessmen.
Business and modern economics seems to come down on
such an English centered reality that at its extremes they even hobble
themselves without learning the foreign language that they must do business
within. Or they do a quick Berlitz course that just makes them
on the level of "Dick and Jane going to the bathroom" when they are in intricate
business negotiations. If that is adaquate for business
between America and China, Japan or Korea then business is even more simple
minded than even I ever imagined. Or consider the importance
of war. Life and
Death. America firing qualified Arab linguists
because they are Gay, then they tie themselves to translators who can
have their own agendas and suffer from corruption themselves. They won't
all have the Patriotism of the Cherokee Sargeant York in WW I or
the Navajo code talkers in WW II.
After the problem has been apparent at the UN for
forty years there is no excuse for such self-limiting chauvinism.
Just to make this understandable I would suggest that you check out this URL and
listen to the dialogue between folks who are all arguing over a translated
manual codified in the third century from three different languages and cultures
into many different versions of what that manual is supposed to mean in
English. I would also ask you to note the threatening nature
towards the host for his having a different take on that manual.
Such is the stuff of decaying Empires
made.
Ray Evans Harrell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Keith Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Ed Weick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 5:24
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Subject: Re: [Futurework] Not ideological (was More
crap again)
>
> [snip]
>
> > I regard economics in exactly the same way as Kenneth Boulding did -- whom
> > I met and had a fascinating conversation with at Coventry Quaker Meeting
> > House 20 years ago, not long before he died -- as an interdisciplinary
> > subject central to the subject of man.
>
> It seems to me that most subjects are interdisciplinary and
> central to the subject of man. For instance, computer
> programmers shape the social and psychological milieu in which
> users of their programs will live.
>
> There must be subjects that are not like this, but I can't
> think of any at the moment. If a subject is not central to the
> interdisciplinary study of other persons, at a minimum it
> has such a role in the life of the person pursuing it.
>
> The form of life of the worker is the co-product of all work.
>
> Or does anyone disagree?
>
> \brad mccormick
>
> --
> Let your light so shine before men,
> that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)
>
> Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
>
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