BookRix

Boston, MA

I'm not sure if David Brooks is deliberately playing dumb, or is just enjoying
his strawmen. My status as a woman (et cetera) does not necessarily affect my
view of commodity prices or St. Augustine. It doesn't mean that there are no
objective facts at all. But my identity certainly acts as a lens through which
I look at the world. Being Jewish affects how I see St. Augustine; being a
woman affects how I view proposals for healthcare and social services. Brooks
is trying to set up a false dichotomy between a tribal postmodernist world of
no facts and an imaginary world of pure reason. Why should political labels
affect your view of GMOs? Well, if your political view is also related to an
underlying view of scientific and political authority, or to claims about
nature, then that's going to affect how you see genetic engineering.

There are more interesting, subtle claims to be made about how identity can be
wielded in politics, but Brooks is less interested in exploring those ideas
and more interested in playing the bewildered white man. Orwell believed that
experience was more important than identity--but he was also very conscious of
his social class, one of the most important markers for him in prewar Britain,
and how it had shaped his politics and worldview.

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Da ist diese Stimmung zu spüren, die
ich als Kind so gerne hatte und heute
natürlich auch noch...

Damit das Gedicht "weihnachtlich
bestens geschmückt ist", müsstest
du noch zwei Verbesserungen durch-
führen bei: Fält und vieleicht.
Hier hast du das zweite "l" unter-schlagen.

Liebe Grüße von Nibiru

Schöne, besinnliche Zeilen!
Sagt der Weihnachtsverweigerer. *grins*

L.G. Martina

Gefällt mir gut - würde es gern bei Gelegenheit mit zur Weihnachtszeit mit einbringen - also in der Arbeit mit Senioren - wenn erlaubt :)))

Wunderbare Zeilen.

Bei solchen schönen Worten kann die Weihnachtszeit kommen. Deine Zeilen habe ich sehr gern gelesen.
Marion