About
This site is revolves around a couple of themes in particular:
- How does the world look when seen through the prism of grid-group cultural theory? (Hence the title).
Read an introduction to cultural theory, or see the Wikipedia entry.
- Notes on philosophy and sociology (the subtitle, until March 2010, was ‘opening up the horizon for something else’, which is a quotation by philosopher Paul Ricoeur).
From time to time other thoughts pop up.
‘Impulses we attempt to strangle only develop stronger muscles’
(Yahia Lababidi: Quoted in Geary’s Guide to the World’s Great Aphorists).
For more, see ‘How I learnt to stop worrying and love grid-group cultural theory‘.
Contact: fourcultures at gmail.com
February 11, 2009 at 6:56 am |
Gday
I’d just like to say how glad I am that you are running this fourcultures blog.
In 2002 I had a piece up at Online Opinion which mentioned Mary Douglas and in carious Fora and blogs I was accused of esoteric post-modern relativist….
impossible.http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=529
30 Oct 2002 … meika von samorzewski describes how some of his early choices have made later choices .
From there I blogged as “dolebludger” but my heart wasn’t in it
February 11, 2009 at 9:17 pm |
Thanks, meika – happy to be of service! I read your ‘Online Opinion’ piece – very interesting. Your story reminded me of something I read recently about the 1834 repeal of the Poor Law in England. It was claimed this was the first time that it ceased to be accepted that a person had a right to live even if they didn’t work. These days it’s just assumed that we all know and agree on the definition of ‘work’. It’s the structure of society that makes the dominant philosophy of work appear ‘natural’, when it isn’t.
February 11, 2009 at 6:58 am |
oops, it suddenly submitted! how did it do that, and I thought it was a web form for an email contact…
and why is “impossible” there? where did that word come from?
weird
further thoughts have been swamped by interface oddness
May 8, 2009 at 12:37 pm |
Not sure if comment went through, but hope so…
May 8, 2009 at 10:48 pm |
Sorry Yahia, it didn’t appear. Can you resend it, please?
May 8, 2009 at 11:02 pm |
Brave New Day,
I was just saying that I’m happy to see my words somehow a part of your thoughtful conversation, and I hope you will engage with more of the ideas found in my book: Signposts to Elsewhere, http://www.janestreet.org/press
Cheers, Yahia
May 8, 2009 at 11:03 pm |
Having a hard time posting on this site… Please, write me here if you like: Y.Lababidi@Yahoo.com