The problem with symboling and other such abstract approaches to language, speech and communication is it becomes an 'organ' without a body, to borrow a metaphor from Deleuze and Guattari.
CJ ^^^^^^^ CB: Exactly ! Symbols allow communication with people whose bodies are no longer imitatable directly. The living generation and dead generation are abstacted from each other and so their communication must be in an abstract form. The unique characteristic of human culture and language is abstractness relative to the social orders of other species. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
