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i second ThatBritGuy.  the issue of the function and formation of elites (and, relatedly, intellectuals) in society is one that has come up, at least for me, over and over reading this website.  and it is not an idle topic politically, having implications about power and equality in society at large.

Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.
by marco (cowannar at gmail punkt com) on Fri Feb 9th, 2007 at 12:13:37 PM EST
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I see...

yes, I understand now.. a diary not about my particular definition but about the notion.. yeah .. you two are right.. it seems worthy of a diary.. but I do nto think I have the knowledge of the elite to do it...

I am sure here there are other people more fit to do the diary :) Iam not an elite+elite :)

A pleasure

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Fri Feb 9th, 2007 at 12:23:26 PM EST
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here: The difference between being arrogant and matter-of-fact?


In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 9th, 2007 at 12:27:18 PM EST
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