YESSSSSSSS - This idea has been nagging at me for years and you (of course) figured it out and wrote it up in a clear and concise way. Who cares what the Ur story was? What matters is what it means to people now. I despise this "Mythbusters" approach to breaking any old thing down to some overly simplistic roots and then dismissing it. It's here and now because it matters. It matters because it is here and now.
Can't wait till you do a follow up that takes into account James Bau Graves' ideas about how the things a community argues about reveals the things that are most important to that community... he said it better, but somehow my notes from "Cultural Democracy" didn't make the move to the new lap top :(
What else was lost??? I don't even want to know...
YESSSSSSSS - This idea has been nagging at me for years and you (of course) figured it out and wrote it up in a clear and concise way. Who cares what the Ur story was? What matters is what it means to people now. I despise this "Mythbusters" approach to breaking any old thing down to some overly simplistic roots and then dismissing it. It's here and now because it matters. It matters because it is here and now.
Can't wait till you do a follow up that takes into account James Bau Graves' ideas about how the things a community argues about reveals the things that are most important to that community... he said it better, but somehow my notes from "Cultural Democracy" didn't make the move to the new lap top :(
What else was lost??? I don't even want to know...
Anyway, great as always.